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Roy Hamilton was one of the truly individual and innovative performers of the R&B and pop scene during the 1950s and early '60s as he combined his classically-trained vocal style and his roots in black gospel music to bring another dimension to interpretations of contemporary pop and R&B material as well as to classics of the Great American Songbook to achieve a string of pop and R&B hits during these years. Along the way, he also provided inspiration for R&B and soul singers who followed in his wake, most notably Brook Benton, for whom he was a significant mentor, and Sam Cooke, encouraging him to turn towards secular music. Elvis Presley also credited him with influencing his ballad-singing style, while the Righteous Brothers also drew on his hit repertoire. This great-value 80-track 3-CD set comprises almost all his A & B sides recorded for the Epic label during this era, and features all his sixteen career hits he achieved before his untimely death from illness in 1969, including the R&B No. 1s "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Unchained Melody", and the Top 10 classics "Ebb Tide", "Hurt", "If I Loved You", "Don't Let Go" and "You Can Have Her". It's a comprehensive introduction to an artist who has not received the attention or recognition over the years that his influence and success merits, and it offers a substantial and enjoyable showcase for a highly distinctive
You'll Never Walk Alone
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
If I Loved You
So Let There Be Love
Lament
Ebb Tide
Beware
Hurt
Star of Love
I Believe
If You Are But a Dream
Unchained Melody
From Here to Eternity
Forgive This Fool
You Wanted to Change Me
A Little Voice
All This Is Mine (To Have and to Hold)
Cuban Love Song
Without a Song
Everybody's Got a Home
Take Me with You
Walk Along with Kings
There Goes My Heart
Somebody Somewhere
Since I Fell for You
I Took My Grief to Him
Chained
A Simple Prayer
A Mother's Love
My Faith, My Hope, My Love
So Long
The Aisle
That Old Feeling
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
I'm Gonna Lock You in My Heart (And Lose the Key)
Don't Let Go
The Right to Love
Crazy Feelin'
In a Dream
Lips
Jungle Fever
Wait for Me
Everything
Pledging My Love
My One and Only Love
It's Never Too Late
Somewhere Along the Way
I Need Your Lovin'
Blue Prelude
Time Marches on
Take It Easy, Joe
On My Way Back Home
A Great Romance
The Ten Commandments
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Down By the Riverside
I Get the Blues When It Rains
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Please Send Me Someone to Love
My Story
Sing You Sinners
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
The Clock
Never Let Me Go
A Lover's Prayer
Lonely Hands
You Can Have Her
Abide with Me
To the One I Love
You're Gonna Need Magic
No Substitute for Love
Please Louise
I'll Never Be Free
Dreams Oh Dreams
Don't Come Cryin' to Me
If Only I Had Known
I'll Come Running Back to You
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
I Am
Earthquake
