CD Album - Various Artists - Soul Voices - 60s Big Ballads - Kent

CD Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	Soul Voices - 60s Big Ballads
Label:	Kent
Country:	UK
Date:	29 May 2020
Catalogue:	CDKEND 490
Barcode:	029667098120
Format:	CD Album
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	5 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	Walter Jackson	Forget The Girl	Clint Ballard	Rate
02	Freddy Butler	They Say I'm Afraid (Of Losing You)	Joseph Hunter, Robert Kreinar, C Thomas, Eddie Willis	Rate
03	Roy Hamilton	Heartache (Hurry On By)	Wally Gold, Gilbert Kennington, Aaron Schroeder	Rate
04	Kenny Carter	Like A Big Bad Rain	Larry Banks, Herman Kelley	Rate
05	Ben E. King	(There's) No Place To Hide	Roger Atkins, Helen Miller	Rate
06	Clyde McPhatter	Lonely People Can't Afford To Cry	Leon Carr, Paul Vance	Rate
07	Herb Johnson	Gloomy Day	Jimmy Bishop, Kenny Gamble	Rate
08	Clarence Pinckney	Just Outside Of Lonely	Billy Terrell	Rate
09	Tony Mason	Seeing Is Believing	Gerald Harris, George Kerr	Rate
10	Tommy Hunt	Don't Make Me Over	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	Rate
11	Lou Johnson	Reach Out For Me	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	Rate
12	Brooks O'Dell	Now You Are Gone	Billy Mure	Rate
13	Jimmy Beaumont	You Got Too Much Going For You	Joe Simmons	Rate
14	Garrett Saunders	A Day Or Two	Ron Miller, Lee Porter	Rate
15	Freddie Scott	Where Does Love Go	Gerald Goffin, Carole King	Rate
16	Chuck Jackson	I Can't Stand To See You Cry	Van McCoy	Rate
17	Garnet Mimms	Anytime You Want Me	Norman Meade, Garnet Mimms	Rate
18	Gene Burks	Can't Stand Your Fooling Around	Bobbie Sims, Kenneth Sims	Rate
19	Billy Watkins	I Want To Be Loved	Savannah Churchill	Rate
20	James Carr	Lover's Competition	Rudolph Russell	Rate
21	Sammy Sevens	You Are A Lucky So And So	Kenny Gamble	Rate
22	Al Hibbler	Good For A Lifetime	Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein	Rate
23	Jimmy Radcliffe	Through A Long And Sleepless Night	Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman	Rate
24	Junior Lewis	I Love You So Much	Buddy Lucas	Rate

Notes

Compilation entry at 45cat

24 Page booklet with notes by Ady Croasdell

All tracks Mono apart from 1, 4, 15, 16 & 17.

Tracks 1, 4, 8, 10, 16, 19, 23 & 24 previously unissued.

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RogerFoster 3rd Jun 2020		Review Originally scheduled for release on 24th April 2020, but postponed due to the Covid19 Pandemic, the innocuous title "Soul Voices" understates what this compilation really is, which as a collection of the type of recordings from the early and mid '60s that are commonly described as "Beat Ballads", "Big City Ballads" or, in "Northern Soul" circles, "Enders" (due to the fact that they are commonly played at "Northern Soul" venues to wind-down at the end of a session). For those who don't know "Beat Ballads" were a variety of Soul Music, usually sung by men with "big" voices, that featured pounding (just below mid-tempo) beats, impassioned vocals, girlie-choruses and heart-rending lyrics. The height of the genre was during the 1962-66 period with well known, and commercially successful, examples including such records as "Any Day Now" by Chuck Jackson, "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King and "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" by Jimmy Ruffin. Sometimes the girls and/or pop singers also got in on the act with songs such as "Walk On By" by Dionne Warwick or "I'm Gonna Be Strong" by Gene Pitney fitting the description nicely. Needless to say none of the previously mentioned tunes are included and all of the "Beat Ballads" on here are sung by, usually "big-voiced", males. Some names are well known to '60s Soul fans (Ben E. King, Walter Jackson, Jimmy Radcliffe, Chuck Jackson for example), some are more obscure (Gene Burks, Clarence Pinckney), most tracks were originally released as singles in The US in the '60s, though 8 of them have only recently emerged from the vaults, including a rather splendid version of Dionne Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over" by Tommy Hunt. Here is a selection of what you can expect on this CD …. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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