BOBBY PARKER – THE SOUL OF THE BLUES – RHYTHM AND BLUES CD

Bobby Parker is best known for his hit You Got What It takes from 1961 but his first recordngs date from 5 years earlier and are included here in this great selection from 1956 to 1968.  On this album Bobby shows there is alot more to him than his hit as he covers Rock N Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Blues and Soul.  It is astonishing that this is the first Bobby Park retrospective album.

1-1       –The Emeralds (23)     Sally Lou

1-2       –The Emeralds (23)     Why Must I Wonder

1-3       –Bo Diddley   I’m Looking For A Woman

1-4       –Bobby Parker (2) With Paul Williams (9)     Titanic

1-5       –Bobby Parker (2) With Paul Williams (9)     Once Upon A Time, Long Ago

1-6       –Bobby Parker (2) With Paul Williams (9)     Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby

1-7       –Bobby Parker (2) With Paul Williams (9)     Up, Up, Up

1-8       –Bobby Parker (2)       Blues Get Off My Shoulder

1-9       –Bobby Parker (2)       You Got What It Takes

1-10     –Bobby Parker (2)       Foolish Love

1-11     –Bobby Parker (2)       Stop By My House

1-12     –Bobby Parker (2)       Watch Your Step

1-13     –Bobby Parker (2)       Steal Your Heart Away

1-14     –Bobby Parker (2) With Harry Lewis (4)       Night Stroll (Pt. 2)

1-15     –Henry Curtis*           I Got The Blues So Bad

1-16     –Bobby Parker (2)       It’s Too Late Darling

1-17     –Bobby Parker (2)       Get Right

1-18     –Bobby Parker (2)       Gimme Some Lovin’

1-19     –Bobby Parker (2)       Do The Monkey

1-20     –Bobby Parker (2)       Don’t Drive Me Away

1-21     –Bobby Parker (2)       Keep Away From My Heart

1-22     –Little Bobby Parker*            I Won’t Believe It Till I See It

1-23     –Bobby Parker (2)       It’s Hard But It’s Fair

1-24     –Bobby Parker (2)       I Couldn’t Quit My Baby

1-25     –Nat Hall        You Don’t Know (Just How I Feel)

1-26     –Nat Hall        Money, You Never Get Tired Of

1-27     –Bobby Parker (2) With Billy Clark (3)          Hot Gravy

1-28     –Bobby Parker (2) With Billy Clark (3)          In Be Tween

1-29     –Billy Clark With The Maskmen*      Soul Party (Pt. 2)

1-30     –Lucille Brown & Billy Clark (3)       Both Eyes Open

2-1       –Bobby Parker (2)       Born Under A Bad Sign

2-2       –Bobby Parker (2)       Everyday I Have The Blues

2-3       –Bobby Parker (2)       Bent Out Of Shape

2-4       –Bobby Parker (2)       I Call Her Baby

2-5       –Bobby Parker (2)       Break It Up

2-6       –Bobby Parker (2)       Bobby A-Go-Go

2-7       –Bobby Parker (2) With The Mask Man & The Cap-Tans     Chicken Wings

2-8       –Bobby Parker (2)       Watch Your Step (Take 2)

2-9       –Bobby Parker (2) With Paul Williams (9)     Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby (Take 2)

2-10     –Wee Willie Mason & Billy Clark (3) There She Blows

2-11     –Nat Hall        Talkin’ About Love

2-12     –Nat Hall        Why

2-13     –Billy Clark (3) With The Maskmen* Soul Party (Pt. 1)

2-14     –Sonny Stevenson      Night Stroll (Pt. 1)

2-15     –Wee Willie Mason     Funky Funky

2-16     –Bo Diddley   Bo Diddley

2-17     –Bo Diddley   Diddy Wah Diddy

2-18     –Bo Diddley   Dancing Girl

2-19     –Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams*           Pass The Buck

2-20     –Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams*           Give It Up

2-21     –Noble “Thin Man” Watts* With Paul Williams (9)   Big Two Four

2-22     –Noble “Thin Man” Watts* With Paul Williams (9)   South Shore Drive

 

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