The Roots of Soul

1 JAMES BROWN – Please, Please, Please (Brown/Terry) 1956 # 5
2 JACKIE WILSON – Reet Petite (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1957 # 62
3 RAY CHARLES – Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) 1960 # 3
4 SAM COOKE – You Send Me (Cooke) 1957 # 1
5 BOBBY DAY – Over And Over (Byrd) 1958 # 41
6 THE ROYALES (HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS) – Get It (Tucker/Ballard) 1953 # 6
7 IVORY JOE HUNTER – Empty Arms (Hunter) 1957 # 2
8 LAVERN BAKER – Play It Fair (Campbell) 1955 # 2
9 JIMMY JONES – Good Timin´ (Ballard/Tobias) 1960 # 8
10 JAMES BROWN – Why Do You Do Me (Byrd/Keels) 1956
11 JESSIE HILL – Ooh Poo Pa Doo (Hill) 1960 # 3
12 CLYDE McPHATTER – Just To Hold My Hand (Perryman/Robey) 1957 # 6
13 DON & DEWEY – I´m Leavin´ It All Up To You (Harris/Terry) 1957
14 ETTA JAMES – Good Rockin´ Daddy (Berry/Josea) 1955 # 6
15 ROY BROWN – School Bell Rock (Brown) 1959
16 RAY CHARLES – Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (Bland) 1960
17 ROSCO GORDON – Just A Little Bit (Gordon) 1960 # 2
18 BARRETT STRONG – Money (Bradford/Gordy Jr) 1960 # 2
19 JAMES BROWN – I Don´t Know (Brown/Terry) 1956
20 SOLOMON BURKE – Just Out Of Reach (Stewart) 1960
1 WILBERT HARRISON – Kansas City (Leiber/Stoller) 1959 # 1
2 LAVERN BAKER – I Cried A Tear (Julia) 1958 # 2
3 JAMES BROWN – I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On (Knox/Scott) 1956
4 SAM BUTERA – Bim Bam (Butera/Stanley) 1958
5 JACKIE WILSON – Lonely Teardrops (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1958 # 1
6 DON COVAY – Paper Dollar (Covay) 1957
7 RAY CHARLES – Confessin´ The Blues (Charles) 1949 # 2
8 IVORY JOE HUNTER – Since I Met You Baby (Hunter) 1956 # 1
9 SOLOMON BURKE – I´m All Alone (Crudup) 1956
10 THURSTON HARRIS – Fine Fine Frame (Harris) 1959
11 JAMES BROWN – No, No, No, No (Brown) 1956
12 CLYDE McPHATTER – Rock And Cry (Gagliano) 1957 # 91
13 MARIE ADAMS – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (McCarthy/Johnson/Monaco) 1958
14 SAM COOKE – I´ll Come Running Back To You (Cooke) 1957 # 1
15 FATS DOMINO – So Long (Domino/Bartholomew) 1956 # 5
16 HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS – It´s Love Baby (Jarrett) 1955 # 10
17 RAY CHARLES – I´m Moving On (Snow) 1959 # 11
18 JAMES BROWN – Hold My Baby´s Hand (Brown/Smith/Scott/Byrd) 1956
19 DON & DEWEY – The Letter (Harris/Terry) 1957
20 BOBBY DAY – Come Seven (Rene/Ellison) 1957
1 JACKIE WILSON – To Be Loved (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1958 # 7
2 JAMES BROWN – I Won´t Plead No More (Byrd/Keels) 1956
3 IVORY JOE HUNTER – I Almost Lost My Mind (Hunter) 1950 # 1
4 LLOYD PRICE – Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) 1952 # 1
5 RAY CHARLES – One Mint Julep (Toombs) 1960 # 1
6 RUTH BROWN – I Want To Do More (Leiber/Stoller) 1955 # 3
7 JIMMY JONES – Handy Man (Blackweel/Jones) 1960 # 3
8 HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS – Teardrops On Your Letter (Glover) 1959 # 4
9 SAM COOKE – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Watson/Best) 1958 # 15
10 MARV JOHNSON – You Got What It Takes (Carlo/Davis/Fuqua/Gory Jr/Johnson) 1959 # 2
11 JAMES BROWN – Chonnie-On-Chon (Brown/Scott/Byrd/Smith) 1956
12 MOONAH – All Shook Out (Mattis) 1953
13 SOLOMON BURKE – A Picture Of You (Meerenstein) 1957
14 ALICE JEAN & THE MONDELLOS – 100 Years From Today (Young/Washington) 1957
15 BOBBY DAY – My Blue Heaven (Whiting/Donaldson) 1959
16 LITTLE WIILIE JOHN – My Nerves (Toombs/Glover) 1956
17 RAY CHARLES – My Bonnie (Traditional) 1958
18 RUDY GREEN – It´s You I Love (Green) 1953
19 CLYDE McPHATTER – Seven Days (Carroll/Taylor) 1956 # 2
20 JAMES BROWN – Just Won´t Do Right (Brown) 1957
1 RAY CHARLES – Sticks And Stones (Turner/Glover) 1960 # 2
2 THE TEMPOS – Never Let Me Go (The Tempos) 1958
3 OSCAR McLOLLIE & JEANETTE BAKER – Hey Girl, Hey Boy (McLollie/Thomas) 1958
4 JAMES BROWN – Let´s Make It (Brown) 1957
5 TV SLIM – Flatfoot Sam (Wills) 1957
6 SAM COOKE – You Were Made For Me (Cooke) 1958 # 7
7 CLYDE McPHATTER – Twice As Nice (McPhatter) 1959
8 JACKIE WILSON – That´s Why (I Love You So) (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1959 # 2
9 RAY CHARLES – See See Rider (Traditional) 1950
10 WILBERT HARRISON – C. C. Rider (Willis) 1960
11 LITTLE RICHARD – Send Me Some Lovin´ (Price/Marascalco) 1957 # 3
12 JAMES BROWN – Gonna Try (Brown) 1957
13 FAYE ADAMS – Shake A Hand (Morris) 1953 # 1
14 SOLOMON BURKE – I´m In Love (Horton) 1956
15 RAY CHARLES – Tell The Truth (Pauling) 1960 # 13
16 IVORY JOE HUNTER – A Tear Fell (Hunter) 1956 # 15
17 HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS – Finger Poppin´ Time (Ballard) 1960 # 2
18 ALICE JEAN & THE MONDELLOS – Daylight Saving Time (McClay/Darksdale) 1957
19 JAMES BROWN – Can´t Be The Same (Brown) 1957
20 BOBBY DAY – When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Rene) 1957
1 JAMES BROWN – Messing ‚With The Blues (Brown) 1957
2 CLYDE McPHATTER – Treasure Of Love (StallMAN)Shapiro9 1956 # 1
3 SAM COOKE – Lonely Island (Ahbez) 1958 # 10
4 RUTH BROWN – Teardrops From My Eyes (Ttoombs) 1950 # 1
5 BOBBY DAY – Ain´t Gonna Cry No More (Byrd) 1959
6 RAY CHARLES – (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Cadena/Herman) 1958 # 5
7 JACKIE WILSON – I´ll Be Satisfied (Gordy Jr./Carlo/Gordy) 1959 # 6
8 FATS DOMINO – Valley Of Tears (Domino/Bartholomew) 1957 # 2
9 LLOYD PRICE – I´m Gonna Get Married (Price/Logan) 1959 # 1
10 JAMES BROWN – You´re Mine, You´re Mine (Brown/Scott) 1957
11 LAVERN BAKER – Bumble Bee (Fullylove/Baker) 1959 # 46
12 SOLOMON BURKE – I Need You Tonight (Horton) 1957
13 ERNIE K. DOE – Mother-In-Law (Toussaint) 1960 # 1
14 RAY CHARLES – You Be My Baby (Pomus/Shuman/Charles) 1958
15 SHIRLEY & LEE – Let The Good Times Roll (Goodman/Lee) 1956 # 1
16 FAYE ADAMS – I´ll Be True (McLemore) 1953 # 1
17 SAM COOKE – Chain Gang (Quasha/Yakus) 1960 # 2
18 LITTLE RICHARD – Can´t Believe You Wanna Leave (Price) 1957
19 JAMES BROWN – Love Or A Game (Brown) 1957
20 RAY CHARLES – I Had A Dream (Harper/charles) 1958
1 BOBBY DAY – That´s All I Want (Byrd) 1959 # 98
2 RUTH BROWN – 10-15 Hours (Toombs) 1952 # 1
3 JAMES BROWN – I Walked Alone (Knox/Scott) 1957
4 BILLY BLAND – Let The Little Girl Dance (Spencer/Glover) 1960 # 11
5 RAY CHARLES – Let The Good Times Roll (Theard/Moore) 1959
6 THURSTON HARRIS – (I Got Loaded At) Smokey Joe´s (Harris) 1956
7 BUSTER BROWN – Fannie Mae (Brown) 1959 # 1
8 WILBERT HARRISON – Don´t Wreck My Life (Harrison) 1959
9 LAVERN BAKER – That´s All I Need (Chase/Baker/Biggs) 1955 # 6
10 JACKIE WILSON – Doggin´ Around (Tarnopol) 1960 # 1
11 RAY CHARLES – Mess Around (Nugetre/Stone) 1953
12 JAMES BROWN – That Dood It (McCoy/Toombs) 1957
13 DON & DEWEY – Little Sally Walker (Harris/Terry) 1959
14 SAM COOKE – Win Your Love For Me (Cooke) 1958 # 4
15 BIG JOE TURNER – Morning, Noon And Night (Calhoun) 1956 # 8
16 CLYDE McPHATTER – You Went Back On Your Own Word (Bemton) 1959 # 72
17 EUGENE CHURCH – Pretty Girls Everywhere (Church/Williams) 1958 # 6
18 RAY CHARLES – Tell Me How Do You Feel (Charles/Mayfield) 1959
19 JAMES BROWN – Baby Cries Over The Ocean (Brown) 1957
20 ETTA JAMES – The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) (James/Otis/’Ballard) 1955 # 1
1 RAY CHARLES – What´d I Say (Charles) 1959 # 1
2 JAMES BROWN – Begging, Begging (Toombs/Dixon) 1958
3 LAVERN BAKER – Still (Burton/Plummer) 1956 # 4
4 SMILEY LEWIS – Schooldays Are Back (King/Bartholomew) 1957
5 BOBBY DAY – So Long Baby (Byrd) 1957
6 RUTH BROWN – Mambo Baby (Singleton/McCoy) 1954 # 1
7 SAM COOKE – Love You Most Of All (Campbell) 1958 # 12
8 CLYDE McPHATTER – Come What May (Porter) 1958 # 3
9 BOBBY MARCHAN – Chickee Wah Wah (Smith) 1956
10 JAMES BROWN – That´s ‚When I Lost My Heart (Brown) 1958
11 RAY CHARLES – Drown In My Own Tears (Glover) 1956 # 1
12 EARL GRANT – The End (Jacobson/Krondes) 1958 # 7
13 JOHNNY ACE – Pledging My Love (Washington/Robey) 1955 # 1
14 JACKIE WILSON – Night (Lehman/Miller) 1960 # 3
15 SOLOMON BURKE – If You Need Me (Bateman/Pickett/Saunders) 1960
16 RAY CHARLES – Get On The Right Track Baby (Turner) 1957
17 RUDY RAY MOORE – The Buggy Ride (Moore) 1956
18 LINDA HOPKINS – Mama Needs Your Lovin´ Baby (Rivera/Henry/Bass) 1959
19 BEN E. KING – Spanish Harlem (Leiber/Spector) 1960 # 10
20 JAMES BROWN – Try Me (Brown) 1958 # 1
1 BOBBY DAY – Gotta New Girl (Byrd) 1957 # 82
2 JAMES BROWN – I Want You So Bad (Brown) 1959 # 20
3 EARL KING – Old Faithful And True Love (Singleton/McCoy) 1955
4 MEL WILLIAMS – Send Me A Picture Baby (Cosgrove) 1955
5 JACKIE WILSON – You Better Know It (Wilson/Henry) 1959 # 1
6 RAY CHARLES – Ain´t That Love (Charles) 1957 # 9
7 JAMES BROWN – This Old Heart (Brown) 1960 # 20
8 CLYDE McPHATTER – A Lover´s Question (Benton/Williams) 1958 # 1
9 TINY TOPSY – Just A Little Bit (Thornton/Thompson/Bass/Washington) 1959
10 SOLOMON BURKE – They Always Say (Burke) 1958
11 JAMES BROWN – There Must Be A Reason (Brown) 1959
12 RAY CHARLES – Swanee River Rock (Traditional) 1957 # 14
13 RUTH BROWN – As Long As I´m Moving (Calhoun) 1955 # 4
14 BUDDY BANKS – Happy Home Blues (Pyles) 1949
15 WILBERT HARRISON – 1960 (Harrison) 1960
16 RAY CHARLES – Hallelujah I Love Her So (Charles) 1955 # 5
17 BOBBY DAY – Little Turtle Dove (Byrd) 1958
18 SONNY KNIGHT – Keep A-Walkin´ (Smith) 1955
19 JAMES BROWN – Tell Me What I Did Wrong (Brown) 1958
20 SAM COOKE – Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha (Campbell) 1959 # 2
1 RAY CHARLES – Talkin´ ´Bout You (Charles) 1957
2 JACKIE WILSON – Talk That Talk (Wyche) 1959 # 3
3 JAMES BROWN – I´ve Got To Change (Brown) 1959
4 WYNONIE HARRIS – Lovin´ Machine (Merritt/Lambert) 1951 # 5
5 BOBBY DAY – Say Yes (Byrd) 1959
6 RAY CHARLES – Leave My Woman Alone (Charles) 1956
7 DAVE BARTHOLOMEW – My Ding-A-Ling (Bartholomew/Rhodes) 1952
8 LARRY WILLIAMS – Just Because (Price) 1957 # 11
9 AMOS MILBURN – Bad, Bad Whiskey (Davis) 1950 # 1
10 SAM COOKE – Only Sixteen (Campbell) 1959 # 13
11 JAMES BROWN – Doodle Bee (Davis/Shubert) 1959
12 SMILEY LEWIS – I Hear You Knocking (Bartholomew/King) 1955 # 2
13 BIG JOE TURNER – Chains Of Love (Nugetre) 1951 # 2
14 CHUCK WILLIS – It´s Too Late (Willis) 1956 # 3
15 LLOYD PRICE – Forgive Me, Clawdy (Price) 1956
16 JACKIE WILSON – I Am The Man (Hamilton/King) 1960 # 10
17 RAY CHARLES – I´ve Got A Woman (Charles) 1954 # 1
18 RUTH BROWN – Oh What A Dream (Willis) 1954 # 1
19 JAMES BROWN – It Was You (Brown) 1959
20 BOBBY DAY – Alone Too Long (Byrd) 1959
1 JAMES BROWN – Good Good Lovin´ (Brown/Shubert) 1959
2 RAY CHARLES – Don´t You Know (Charles) 1954 # 10
3 CHUCK WILLIS – What Am I Living For (Harris/Jay) 1958 # 1
4 BOBBY DAY – Darling If I Had You (Byrd) 1957
5 SMILEY LEWIS – One Night (Bartholomew/King) 1956 # 11
6 JACKIE WILSON – A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (Wyche) 1960 # 1
7 CHUCK WILLIS – Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (Willis) 1958 # 9
8 JAMES BROWN – Think (Pauling) 1960 # 7
9 HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS – Let´s Go, Let´s Go, Let´s Go (Ballard) 1960 # 1
10 BEN E. KING – Young Boy Blues (Pomus/Spector) 1960
11 SAM COOKE – Wonderful World (Cooke/Adler/Alpert) 1960 # 2
12 LLOYD PRICE – Personality (Price/Logan) 1959 # 2
13 CARLA THOMAS – Gee Whiz (Thomas) 1959 # 5
14 JAMES BROWN – You´ve Got The Power (Brown/Terry) 1960 & Bea Ford # 14
15 THE VAN McCOY STRINGS – Sweet And Easy (McCoy/Cobb) 1958
16 RAY CHARLES – This Little Girl Of Mine (Charles) 1955 # 9
17 SMILEY LEWIS – The Bells Are Ringing (Lewis/Bartholomew) 1952 # 10
18 WILBERT HARRISON – Goodbye Kansas City (Harrison) 1960
19 BOBBY DAY – Unchained Melody (Zaret/North) 1959
20 JAMES BROWN – I´ll Go Crazy (Brown) 1960 # 15