VA - Champion Records- The Singles Collection - 3CD-BOX 2011

Although Nashville is primarily known as the center of country music, the city also has had a flourishing music scene in other genres, including R&B, and a big chunk of Nashville’s R&B history is due to Ted Jarrett, who founded Champion Records (and its sister labels Calvert, Kit, and Cherokee Records) in 1956, releasing several fine R&B singles, most of which were no more than regional hits, before the label officially folded three years later in 1959. This three-disc, 60-track set collects some of those gems, including sides by Earl Gaines, Gene Allison, the Fairfield Four, Baker Knight, and many others, making for a fun and varied playlist - and for a history lesson as well. (allmusic.com)

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VA - Champion Records- The Singles Collection 1956-1959
(3CD Blue Label 2011)


1. She Can Rock - Little Ike
2. Am I Losing You - Little Ike
3. I'm Just What You're Looking For - Christine Kittrell
4. I Thank Him - Christine Kittrell
5. Somebody Somewhere - Gene Allison
6. You're My Baby - Gene Allison
7. Somebody Somewhere - Larry Birdsong
8. You're My Baby - Larry Birdsong
9. Best of Luck Baby - Earl Gaines
10. Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Earl Gaines
11. Pipe Dreams - The Jimmy Beck Orchestra
12. Blue Night - The Jimmy Beck Orchestra
13. Real Good Man - Murfreesboro
14. Oh My Love - Murfreesboro
15. Three Times Seven - Larry Birdsong
16. I Understand - Gene Allison
17. Oo Wee Honey - Larry Birdsong
18. Let's Try It Again - Larry Birdsong
19. Now Do You Hear - Earl Gaines
20. Three Times Seven - Earl Gaines
21. Let's Rock and Roll
22. My Little Baby
23. Let Your Will Be Done
24. Lord You Know
25. Moon Flight - Johnny Birdgeforth
26. Blue Organ - Johnny Birdgeforth
27. Six Days a Week - The Kinglets
28. You Gotta Go - The Kinglets
29. No Fool No More - Charles Wigg Walker & the Daffodils
30. Slave to Love - Charles Wigg Walker & the Daffodils
31. Crawdad Hole - Chuck Harrod & The Anteaters
32. They Wanna' Fight - Chuck Harrod & The Anteaters
33. Kiss Away - The Clips
34. Let Me Get Close to You Baby - The Clips
35. Fiesta - The Jimmy Beck Orchestra
36. Nightmare - The Jimmy Beck Orchestra
37. You Gonna Be Sorry - Gene Allison
38. Now That We're Together - Gene Allison
39. No You Love Me - Larry Birdsong
40. Every Night in the Week - Larry Birdsong
41. Bring My Cadillac Back - Baker Knight
42. I Cried - Baker Knight
43. Halelujah - Clenest Gant/Don Q
44. Jump Jump Hi Ho - Clenest Gant/Don Q
45. Hold Back My Tears - Earl Gaines
46. Love You Love You Love You - Earl Gaines
47. If Things Don't Change - Gene Allison
48. Young and Fancy Free - Larry Birdsong
49. Love Me a Long Long Time - Daddy Dean Orchestra
50. Road, The - Daddy Dean Orchestra
51. Rent's Too High - Cliff Butler
52. Fool - Cliff Butler
53. Goofin' Off - Joyce Paul
54. Tell Me the Truth - Joyce Paul
55. Who Spins the Wheel - Sandra Meade
56. Fever - Sandra Meade
57. Since You Left Me Behind - Larry Birdsong
58. Live the Life I Sing About - Larry Birdsong
59. I Can't Stand to See You Go - Clenest Gant/Don Q
60. Love Me Always - Clenest Gant/Don Q