Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago’s Finest

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mama Didn't Lie
recording of:
Mama Didn’t Lie
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
Jan Bradley2:05
2Strange Feeling
Billy Stewart2:11
3I've Been So Lonely
Cookie & the Cupcakes2:17
4Soulful Dress
Sugar Pie DeSanto2:52
5Love Ain't Nothin' (But a Monkey on Your Back)
Johnny Nash2:16
6Who's That Guy
Kolettes2:55
7Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud
Tony Clarke3:16
8I Had a Talk With My Man
Mitty Collier3:43
9I Cant Help Myself
Gems3:00
10Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
recording of:
Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing
lyricist and composer:
Oliver Sain
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp.
Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure3:03
11Voice Your Choice
part of:
CBC Music: The Ultimate Election Day Playlist
recording of:
Voice Your Choice
writer:
Maurice McAlister and Gerald Sims
Radiants42:35
12Selfish One
Jackie Ross3:20
13The Entertainer
Tony Clarke2:36
14I Do Love You
recording of:
I Do Love You
Billy Stewart3:01
15Love Is a Five-Letter Word
James Phelps3:31
16The Soul of a Man
Fontella Bass3:34
17Temptation 'Bout to Get Me
Knight Brothers3:28
18Do I Make Myself Clear
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto3:02
19Take Me for a Little While
Jackie Ross2:34
20What About Me?
Valentinos2:49
21I'm Satisfied
Mitty Collier2:04
22Searching for My Love
recording of:
Searching for My Love
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Moore (jazz musician)
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present)
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces2:33
23Only Time Will Tell
Etta James3:24
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rescue Me
producer:
Billy Davis (r&b producer/songwriter/performer Roquel Davis), Raynard Miner and Carl Smith (Songwriter and producer)
lead vocals:
Fontella Bass
arranger:
Phil Wright (American jazz pianist and assistant to Barbara Morrison)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1965)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 31)
recording of:
Rescue Me
writer:
Raynard Miner and Carl Smith (Songwriter and producer)
publisher:
United Artists Music Co., Inc. (ended), Chevis Music Publ. Corp. and Reservoir 416
Fontella Bass4.52:56
2I'm Not Ashamed
Bobby McClure2:55
3Stay by My Side
Jo Ann Garrett2:59
4Have Pity on Me
Billy Young2:33
5Wade in the Water
Ramsey Lewis3:29
6I Fooled You This Time
Gene Chandler2:54
7Don't Pass Me By
Big Maybelle3:11
8Lonely Girl
Andrea Davis3:06
9To Be a Lover
Gene Chandler2:57
10Don't Knock Love
Barbara Carr2:28
11I Believe She Will
Eddie and Ernie3:01
12Mercy Mercy Mercy
recording of:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (with lyrics)
lyricist:
Gail Fisher (Gail Fisher-Levy) and Vincent Lopez Levy
composer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
publisher:
Zawinul Music
version of:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Marlena Shaw3:06
13A Love Reputation
Denise LaSalle2:48
14Dirty Man
recording of:
Dirty Man
composer:
Bobby Miller (US songwriter & record producer)
Laura Lee2:56
15I Cant Make It Without You
Fred Hughes2:44
16Hold On
Radiants2:58
17Good to Me
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, United States (on 1967-06-06)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1967-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-06-06)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (Chicago blues guitarist) (on 1967-06-06)
horn [horns]:
The Muscle Shoals Horns (on 1967-06-06)
instruments:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1967-06-06)
vocals:
Irma Thomas (on 1967-06-06)
Irma Thomas2:36
18You Left the Water Running
cover recording of:
You Left the Water Running
writer:
Oscar Franck, Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music") and Dan Penn
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Maurice & Mac2:44
19Oh What a Day
Dells2:50
20Baby I Love You
Little Milton2:49
21Losers Weepers
Etta James3:02
22Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
recording of:
Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
writer:
Marv Johnson and Henry Williams (The Dells)
Dells4:34