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Album: Bring It on Home: Black America / Various
# Song Title   Time
1)    HAVING A PARTY (MEDLEY) - The Ovations More Info...
2)    ROME (WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY) - Johnnie Taylor More Info...
3)    YOU SEND ME - Percy Sledge More Info...
4)    SHAKE - Otis Redding More Info...
5)    THE SOUND OF MY MAN (CHAIN GANG) - Theola Kilgore More Info...
6)    I'M GONNA FORGET ABOUT YOU - Bobby Womack More Info...
7)    WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE - Mel Carter More Info...
8)    BRING IT ON HOME TO ME - Eddie Floyd More Info...
9)    THAT'S HEAVEN TO ME - The Soul Stirrers More Info...
10)    CUPID - R B Greaves More Info...
11)    DANCE WHAT YOU WANNA - The Miracles More Info...
12)    I'LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU - Roy Hamilton More Info...
13)    I'M ALRIGHT- Little Anthony and the Imperials More Info...
14)    WONDERFUL WORLD - Johnny Nash More Info...
15)    LOVE YOU MOST OF ALL - The Persuasions More Info...
16)    A CHANGE IS GONNA COME - Brenton Wood More Info...
17)    NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO - The Flamingos More Info...
18)    SOMEBODY HAVE MERCY - Willie Hightower More Info...
19)    WIN YOUR LOVE FOR ME - Lou Rawls More Info...
20)    THE SMILE - The Simms Twins More Info...
21)    GOOD TIMES - Aretha Franklin More Info...
22)    SOOTHE ME - Sam And Dave More Info...
23)    AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS - The Supremes More Info...
 
Album: Bring It on Home: Black America / Various
# Song Title   Time
1)    HAVING A PARTY (MEDLEY) - The Ovations More Info...
2)    ROME (WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY) - Johnnie Taylor More Info...
3)    YOU SEND ME - Percy Sledge More Info...
4)    SHAKE - Otis Redding More Info...
5)    THE SOUND OF MY MAN (CHAIN GANG) - Theola Kilgore More Info...
6)    I'M GONNA FORGET ABOUT YOU - Bobby Womack More Info...
7)    WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE - Mel Carter More Info...
8)    BRING IT ON HOME TO ME - Eddie Floyd More Info...
9)    THAT'S HEAVEN TO ME - The Soul Stirrers More Info...
10)    CUPID - R B Greaves More Info...
11)    DANCE WHAT YOU WANNA - The Miracles More Info...
12)    I'LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU - Roy Hamilton More Info...
13)    I'M ALRIGHT- Little Anthony and the Imperials More Info...
14)    WONDERFUL WORLD - Johnny Nash More Info...
15)    LOVE YOU MOST OF ALL - The Persuasions More Info...
16)    A CHANGE IS GONNA COME - Brenton Wood More Info...
17)    NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO - The Flamingos More Info...
18)    SOMEBODY HAVE MERCY - Willie Hightower More Info...
19)    WIN YOUR LOVE FOR ME - Lou Rawls More Info...
20)    THE SMILE - The Simms Twins More Info...
21)    GOOD TIMES - Aretha Franklin More Info...
22)    SOOTHE ME - Sam And Dave More Info...
23)    AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS - The Supremes More Info...
 
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  • Illustrators: Eric Charge; Roger Armstrong; Tony Rounce.
  • Previous entries in Ace's Black America Sings series have focused on Bob Dylan and the Beatles, but also Otis Redding -- a singer/songwriter who shows up on Bring It on Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke singing "Shake," a song that became more identified with Otis than Sam. This alone suggests how great Cooke's legacy is: he wove his way into the very fabric of pop culture, quite clearly influencing generations of soul and rock singers, but also shaping how R&B could cross over into pop, along with the parameters of how black musicians could set up their own independent enterprises in the music business. Cooke's SAR label has been documented elsewhere and, unsurprisingly, some of the acts show up on this 24-track set, but Bring It on Home has greater ambitions than to round up Cooke-associated acts. Certainly, there are some here -- including Bobby Womack's funky 1970 rendition of "I'm Gonna Forget About You," the Soul Stirrers, and Lou Rawls -- but this taps into the smooth strut of his crossover pop, the grit of his gospel, his easy touch with a love song, and his sly ways of breaking down borders, both musical and sociological. As this compilation rolls on, skipping between symphonic singles recorded while Sam was alive and rawer sides from the late '60s and early '70s, what impresses is how far and wide Cooke's influence resonates. Before Motown, he was the one singer who figured out how to bridge the gap not only between the church and the street, but the street and the supper club, all the while without losing touch with his roots. He didn't sell out, he bought in, and by hearing all these wonderful artists who followed his path -- Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, Smokey Robinson, Brenton Wood, Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, Sam & Dave -- it becomes apparent just how important he was. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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