The Sweet Sound of Success is on Scepter proclaimed the ads in the Billboard magazine of the 1960s and indeed it was true. The New York-based Scepter label (and its affiliate Wand Records) recorded some of the finest R&B and soul sides and this CD collects together 28 of them. Magical soul names such as Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown, Jackie Ross, Big Maybelle and Judy Clay. The young Tammi Terrell, under her maiden name of Tammy Montgomery, belting out 1961's It's Mine. Other names less widely known, but still revered on the soul scene - singers like Tommy Hunt (a real Northern Soul fave) and Roscoe Robinson. Among the songwriters, some real class - Holland, Dozier, Holland with Come See About Me, Kenny Gamble with Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers and Ashford, Simpson (later of the mega-successful Ashford & Simpson) & Armstead with Baby Take Me, Keep On Searchin' and One Step At A Time.
Track listing
ShowSide 1
- 01 Preview You've Got The Power - The Esquires
- 02 Preview If I Had You - Brooks O'Dell
- 03 Preview There's Still A Tomorrow - The Diplomats
- 04 Preview The Same Old Story - Big Maybelle
- 05 Preview Don't Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye - The Shirelles
- 06 Preview Invisible - Lenny Miles
- 07 Preview That's Enough - Roscoe Robinson
- 08 Preview Baby Take Me - Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown
- 09 Preview Keep On Searchin' - Candy And The Kisses
- 10 Preview Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers - Nella Dodds
- 11 Preview If I Catch You - Timmy Shaw
- 12 Preview Hand It Over - Chuck Jackson
- 13 Preview He's No Good - Freddie Hughes
- 14 Preview The Love Of My Man - Theola Kilgore
- 15 Preview Look Over Your Shoulder - Chuck Jackson
- 16 Preview One Step At A Time - Maxine Brown
- 17 Preview The Door Is Open - Tommy Hunt
- 18 Preview It's Mine - Tammy Montgomery
- 19 Preview Lonely People Do Foolish Things - Judy Clay
- 20 Preview How Much Pressure - Roscoe Robinson
- 21 Preview Come See About Me - Nella Dodds
- 22 Preview Half A Man - L C Cooke
- 23 Preview This World's In A Hell Of A Shape - Jackie Ross
- 24 Preview Do It Now - Bessie Banks
- 25 Preview Ask Me - Maxine Brown
- 26 Preview Can't Let You Out Of My Sight - Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown
- 27 Preview Gonna Send You Back To Georgia - Timmy Shaw
- 28 Preview Don't Believe Him, Donna - Lenny Miles
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