Trapeze Catalogue Home / Shop / Trapeze Catalogue / Various Artists - The 1961 R&B Hits Collection (4CD) Various Artists - The 1961 R&B Hits Collection (4CD) Various Artists - The 1961 R&B Hits Collection (4CD) £19.00 Stock Status: In Stock Add to your Wish List Information Specifications This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobats highly popular Americas Greatest Hits series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1961. This great value 113-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 its teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover into the pop charts through artists like Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Brook Benton, The Miracles, Aretha Franklin and The Marvelettes. There was also a significant weight of other records from the increasingly powerful Motown, Tamla and other labels producing material which would have a significant influence on emerging talent across the pond in the UK, like The Beatles, who absorbed some of the songs in this anthology into their repertoire, sowing the seeds of the British invasion which was soon to transform the pop landscape once more. 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 in the R&B chart, and the foundations of the soul boom of the late 60s and 70s was clearly in evidence in many of the hits included here. 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. Disc 1 Track Title Artist 1 He Will Break Your Heart Jerry Butler 2 Last Date Floyd Cramer 3 Wonderland By Night Bert Kaempfert & His Orch. 4 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) Brook Benton 5 A Thousand Stars Kathy Young & The Innocents 6 North To Alaska Johnny Horton 7 Cry Cry Cry Bobby Bland 8 Shop Around Miracles 9 Gonzo James Booker 10 Ruby Ray Charles 11 Trouble In Mind Nina Simone 12 Spoonful Etta & Harvey 13 I Idolize You Ike & Tina Turner 14 Stand By Me Little Junior Parker 15 I Count The Tears Drifters 16 Happy Days Marv Johnson 17 Gee Whiz The Innocents 18 Close Together Jimmy Reed 19 Chills And Fever Ronnie Love & His Orch. 20 Angel Baby Rosie & The Originals 21 Exodus Ferrante & Teicher 22 Them That Got Ray Charles & His Orch. 23 There's A Moon Out Tonight The Capris 24 All In My Mind Maxine Brown 25 You Can Have Her Roy Hamilton 26 Won't Be Long Aretha Franklin 27 Bye Bye Baby Mary Wells Disc 2 Track Title Artist 1 The Tear Of The Year Jackie Wilson 2 What A Price Fats Domino 3 Calcutta Lawrence Welk 4 Pony Time Chubby Checker 5 At Last Etta James 6 Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) Carla Thomas 7 Think Twice Brook Benton 8 I Pity The Fool Bobby Bland 9 Bewildered James Brown 10 Blue Moon Marcels 11 For My Baby Brook Benton 12 The Watusi The Vibrations 13 Spanish Harlem Ben E. King 14 One Mint Julep Ray Charles 15 Trust In Me Etta James 16 Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe 17 Find Another Girl Jerry Butler 18 Apache Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar 19 Please Tell Me Why Jackie Wilson 20 Ain't It Baby The Miracles 21 Some Kind Of Wonderful Drifters 22 But I Do Clarence "Frogman" Henry 23 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay Gene McDaniels 24 Runaway Del Shannon 25 Daddy's Home Shep & The Limelites 26 I'm A Fool To Care Joe Barry 27 Funny Maxine Brown 28 Driving Wheel Junior Parker Disc 3 Track Title Artist 1 Stand By Me Ben E. King 2 Heart And Soul Cleftones 3 Barbara Ann Regents 4 Big Boss Man Jimmy Reed 5 Fool That I Am Etta James 6 I Don't Mind James Brown 7 I Feel So Bad Elvis Presley 8 Every Beat Of My Heart Pips 9 You Always Hurt The One You Love Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 10 Tossin' And Turnin' Bobby Lewis 11 Raindrops Dee Clark 12 I've Got News For You Ray Charles 13 I'm Comin' On Back To You Jackie Wilson 14 The Boll Weevil Song Brook Benton 15 Please Stay The Drifters 16 Quarter To Three Gary "U. S." Bonds 17 Peace Of Mind B. B. King 18 I Like It Like That (Part I) Chris Kenner 19 That's What Girls Are Made For Spinners 20 I'll Be There Damita Joe 21 Last Night Mar-Keys 22 School Is Out Gary U.S. Bonds 23 Don't Cry No More Bobby Bland 24 I Don't Want To Take A Chance Mary Wells 25 No, No, No The Chanters 26 I'm A Telling You Jerry Butler 27 Music, Music, Music The Sensations Featuring Yvonne 28 My True Story Jive Five 29 Let The Four Winds Blow Fats Domino Disc 4 Track Title Artist 1 Amor Ben E. King 2 Baby, You're Right James Brown 3 I Love You Yes I Do Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats 4 It's Gonna Work Out Fine Ike & Tina Turner 5 Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed 6 One Track Mind Bobby Lewis 7 Frankie And Johnny Brook Benton 8 Hit The Road Jack Ray Charles 9 Look In My Eyes Chantels 10 A Little Bit Of Soap Jarmels 11 Don't Cry, Baby Etta James 12 I Really Love You The Stereos 13 Bristol Stomp Dovells 14 Ya Ya Lee Dorsey 15 Sweets For My Sweet Drifters 16 Please Mr. Postman Marvelettes 17 Runaround Sue Dion 18 Operation Heartbreak Aretha Franklin 19 In The Dark Little Junior Parker 20 Tower Of Strength Gene McDaniels 21 Just Got To Know Jimmy McCracklin 22 Soothe Me Sims Twins 23 The Fly Chubby Checker 24 September In The Rain Dinah Washington 25 Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) Solomon Burke 26 Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues The Miracles 27 Turn On Your Love Light Bobby Bland 28 There's No Other (Like My Baby) Crystals 29 Gypsy Woman Impressions Artist: Various Artists Discs: 4 EAN: 824046713423 Release: January 2019 Brand: Acrobat Product Code: ACQCD7134 Weight: 0.2kg
