Killer B's US R&B Hits
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Killer B's US R&B Hits
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Release Date: Friday 12 February 2021
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There are few record collecting experiences more enjoyable than discovering a great, long lost & forgotten gem, on the B-side of a classic, much-loved Hit.
This compilation features 32 such killer flips, adorning various U.S. R&B hit 45s between 1954-1962.
Many of these artistes, like Ben E. King, The Drifters, James Brown and Jackie Wilson, often enjoyed two-sided hits; yet these were B-sides that somehow got away.
Singers like Dee Clark, Jerry Butler, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Roy Hamilton, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, The Shirelles, The Miracles, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Lloyd Price, Etta James, Bobby Bland, etc., were frequent R&B chart riders, while others, e.g. The Falcons, The Fiestas, Joe Henderson, were more-or-less One Hit Wonders.
Many of the A-sides of these discs were million sellers, and all were massive U.S. R&B hits (many of which crossed over to the Top 100); yet all of these Killer Bs sound like they could have been hit records, in their own right.
Tracks:
1. DEE CLARK - I WANT TO LOVE YOU
2. JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON - BROKE AND LONELY
3. JERRY BUTLER & THE IMPRESSIONS - SWEET WAS THE WINE
4. RUTH BROWN - SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME
5. RAY CHARLES - I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
6. THE FALCONS - GODDESS OF ANGELS
7. THE FIESTAS - LAST NIGHT I DREAMED
8. ROY HAMILTON - THE RIGHT TO LOVE
9. CLYDE MCPHATTER - I CAN'T STAND UP ALONE
10. LAVERN BAKER - DIX-A-BILLY
11. THE SHIRELLES - LOOK A HERE BABY
12. THE MIRACLES - HAPPY LANDING
13. MARY WELLS - I'M GONNA STAY
14. THE MARVELETTES - ALL THE LOVE I'VE GOT
15. BETTY LAVETT - SHUT YOUR MOUTH
16. IKE & TINA TURNER - THE WAY YOU LOVE ME
17. JAMES BROWN - I'LL NEVER, NEVER LET YOU GO
18. JOE TURNER & HIS BLUES KINGS - MIDNIGHT CANNONBALL
19. BO DIDDLEY - BRING IT TO JEROME
20. FREDDY KING - I LOVE THE WOMAN
21. JACKIE WILSON - NEVER GO AWAY
22. LLOYD PRICE - YOU NEED LOVE
23. ETTA JAMES - STREET OF TEARS
24. DEE DEE SHARP - SET MY HEART AT EASE
25. LITTLE WILLIE JOHN - NOW YOU KNOW
26. MAXINE BROWN - NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE
27. JOE HENDERSON - IF YOU SEE ME CRY
28. BOBBY BLAND - YOU'RE THE ONE (That I Need)
29. CHUCK JACKSON - THE PROPHET
30. 'LITTLE ESTHER' PHILLIPS - DON'T FEEL RAINED ON
31. THE DRIFTERS - ANOTHER NIGHT WITH THE BOYS
32. BEN E KING - THE HERMIT OF MISTY MOUNTAIN
