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This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat's highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1960. This great value 115-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked in the Billboard R&B Top 15 during that year. By this time, the R&B scene had evolved considerably as the rock 'n roll scene had matured and Tin Pan Alley had marketed it's teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover of pop artists into the R&B chart and vice versa, with artists like Jackie Wilson, The Drifters, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. The big chart winner of the year was Brook Benton, with three No. 1s and 23 weeks at the top, fourteen of those with Dinah Washington. With the blurring of the boundaries between the genres, the more traditional blues and R&B artists whose music had helped lay the groundwork for rock found it harder to reach the top positions. However, there was still a solid representation of old school blues artists like B.B. King and Jimmy Reed, and top class R&B singers like Etta James, Bobby Bland and James Brown formed the core of the chart, as well as the first chart incursions from the Motown stable by Barrett Strong and Marv Johnson. As with all these collections, it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even enthusiasts of the genre may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Lloyd Price - Won'tcha Come Home
2 Bill Black's Combo - Smokie (Part 2)
3 Clyde McPhatter - Let's Try Again
4 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
5 Frankie Avalon - Why
6 Dee Clark - How About That
7 Connie Francis - Among My Souvenirs
8 Paul Anka - It's Time to Cry
9 Della Reese - Not One Minute More
10 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
11 Lloyd Price - Lady Luck
12 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
13 Bobby "Blue" Bland - I'll Take Care of You
14 Johnny Preston - Running Bear
15 Rosco Gordon - Just a Little Bit
16 B. B. King - Sweet Sixteen (Part I)
17 Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
18 Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea
19 Little Anthony & the Imperials - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko Ko Bop
20 Jack Scott - What in the World's Come Over You
21 James Brown - I'll Go Crazy
22 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man
23 Bobby Rydell - Wild One
24 Lavern Baker - Shake a Hand
25 Nat "King" Cole - Whatcha' Gonna Do
26 Percy Faith - Theme from "A Summer Place"
27 Ray Bryant Combo - Little Susie (Part 4)
28 Sammy Turner - Paradise
29 Drifters - This Magic Moment
30 Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me to Do:
- Disc 2 -
1 Marv Johnson - I Love the Way You Love
2 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me
3 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's
4 Platters - Harbor Lights
5 Buster Brown - Fannie Mae
6 James Brown (Aka Nat Kendrick & the Swans) - (Do the) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)
7 Billy Bland - Let the Little Girl Dance
8 Bill Black's Combo - White Silver Sands
9 Bobby "Blue" Bland - Lead Me on
10 Brook Benton - the Ties That Bind
11 Debbie Reynolds - Am I That Easy to Forget'
12 Wade Flemons - Easy Lovin'
13 Al Brown's Tunetoppers - the Madison
14 Elmo James and His Broomdusters - the Sky Is Crying
15 Jackie Wilson - Night
16 Harold Dorman - Mountain of Love
17 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons
18 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around
19 Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part II)
20 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
21 Jimmy Jones - Good Timin'
22 Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go
23 Johnny Preston - Cradle of Love
24 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife
25 Jeanne Black - He'll Have to Stay
26 Ray Bryant Combo - the Madison Time (Part I)
27 B. B. King - (I've) Got a Right to Love My Baby
28 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
29 Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
- Disc 3 -
1 Jack Scott - Burning Bridges
2 James Brown and the Famous Flames - Think
3 Ron Holden with the Thunderbirds - Love You So
4 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - a Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall in Love)
5 Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6 Hollywood Argyles - Alley Oop
7 Drifters - Lonely Winds
8 Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry
9 Bobby Marchan - There's Something on Your Mind (Part 2)
10 James Brown (And the Famous Flames) - You've Got the Power
11 Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth
12 Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones
13 Jon Thomas - Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)
14 Olympics - Big Boy Pete
15 Coasters - Wake Me, Shake Me
16 Jackie Wilson - a Woman, a Lover, a Friend
17 Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans
18 Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
19 Lloyd Price - Question
20 Ike & Tina Turner - a Fool in Love
21 Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires - It's Now or Never
22 Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
23 Ray Charles - Tell the Truth
24 Chubby Checker - the Twist
25 Nat "King" Cole & Stan Kenton - My Love
26 Brook Benton - Kiddio
27 Bobby Rydell - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
28 Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel
- Disc 4 -
1 B. B. King - Partin' Time
2 Sugarpie Desanto - I Want to Know
3 Etta James & Harvey Fuqua - If I Can't Have You
4 Clyde McPhatter - Ta Ta
5 Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
6 Etta James - My Dearest Darling
7 Ventures - Walk - Don't Run
8 Marv Johnson - (You've Got to) Move Two Mountains
9 Bobby Peterson - Irresistible You
10 Jimmy Charles - a Million to One
11 Larry Verne - Mr. Custer
12 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of It's Own
13 Fats Domino - Three Nights a Week
14 Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
15 Bill Black's Combo - Don't Be Cruel
16 Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
17 Bob Luman - Let's Think About Livin'
18 Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted
19 Jackie Wilson - Am I the Man
20 Chubby Checker - the Hucklebuck
21 Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
22 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight'
23 Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much
24 Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
25 Gary "U. S." Bonds - New Orleans
26 Joe & Ann - Gee Baby
27 Etta Jones - Don't Go to Strangers
28 Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing the Blues
