This continues the strand of R&B collections associated with Acrobat's highly popular 'America's Greatest Hits' series

This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat's highly popular 'America's Greatest Hits' series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1962. This great value 103-track 4-CD anthology includes, with a few exceptions, just about every record which peaked in the Billboard R&B Top 10 during that year. By this time, the R&B scene had evolved considerably as the rock 'n roll scene had matured and Tin Pan Alley had marketed its teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover into the pop charts through artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, The Crystals, The Four Seasons, Booker T & The MGs, and The Marvelettes. There was also a significant weight of other records from the increasingly powerful Motown, Tamla and other labels producing material which would have a significant influence on emerging talent across the pond in the UK, like The Beatles, who absorbed some of the songs in this anthology into their repertoire, sowing the seeds of the British invasion which was soon to transform the pop landscape once more. With the blurring of the boundaries between the genres, the more traditional blues and R&B artists whose music had helped lay the groundwork for rock found it harder to reach the top positions in the R&B chart, and the foundations of the soul boom of the late '60s and 70s was clearly in evidence in many of the hits included here. As with all these collections, it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even enthusiasts of the genre may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.

Track Listing

• Ray Charles & His Orchestra - Unchain My Heart
• Chubby Checker - The Twist
• Ray Charles & His Orchestra - But On The Other Hand Baby
• Barbara George - I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
• Ike & Tina Turner - Poor Fool
• James Ray - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
• Joey Dee & the Starliters - Peppermint Twist - Part I
• Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• James Brown and The Famous Flames - Lost Someone
• Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
• Ikettes - I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)
• Gary (U. S.) Bonds - Dear Lady Twist
• Eddie Holland - Jamie
• Joe Henderson - Baby Don't Leave Me
• Gladys Knight & the Pips - Letter Full Of Tears
• Solomon Burke - Cry To Me
• Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby
• Sam Cooke - Twistin' The Night Away
• Sensations - Let Me In
• Ace Cannon - Tuff
• The Corsairs - Smoky Places
• Chubby Checker - Slow Twistin'
• Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me
• King Curtis & The Noble Knights - Soul Twist
• Bobby Bland - Ain't That Loving You
• Shep and The Limelites - Our Anniversary
• Ray Charles & His Orchestra - At The Club

• Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time
• Ketty Lester - Love Letters
• Little Junior Parker - Annie Get Your Yo-Yo
• Ike & Tina Turner - Tra La La La La
• The Falcons - I Found A Love
• Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You
• Ray Charles & His Orchestra - Hide 'Nor Hair
• James Brown - Night Train
• McKinley Mitchell - The Town I Live In
• Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
• Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
• Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore
• Marvelettes - Playboy
• Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
• Jimmy Smith and The Big Band - Walk On The Wild Side (Part I)
• Joe Henderson - Snap Your Fingers
• Sam Cooke - Having A Party
• Orlons - The Wah Watusi
• Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Need Your Loving
• Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose A Good Thing
• Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
• Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love)
• Ray Stevens - Ahab, The Arab
• Claudine Clark - Party Lights
• Little Eva - The Locomotion

• Etta James - Stop The Wedding
• Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
• Valentinos - Lookin' For A Love
• Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me
• Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Rinky Dink
• Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions
• Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch
• Tommy Roe - Sheila
• Four Seasons - Sherry
• Brook Benton - Lie To Me
• Bobby Bland - Stormy Monday Blues
• Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Yield Not To Temptation
• Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Don't You Worry
• Contours - Do You Love Me
• Nat 'King' Cole - Ramblin' Rose
• Dickey Lee - Patches
• Marvelettes - Someday, Someway
• Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
• Earl Grant - Sweet Sixteen Bars
• Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Woman (Part I)
• Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
• Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go To Him)
• Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You
• Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
• Crystals - He's A Rebel

• Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love
• Sam Cooke - Somebody Have Mercy
• Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
• 'Little Esther' Phillips - Release Me
• Orlons - Don't Hang Up
• Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
• Dee Dee Sharp - Ride!
• Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
• Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock
• Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness
• Betty LaVett - My Man - He's A Lovin' Man
• LaVern Baker - See See Rider
• Exciters - Tell Him
• Marvelettes - Strange I Know
• Cookies - Chains
• Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans - Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah
• Tornadoes - Telstar
• Mary Wells - Two Lovers
• Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
• Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
• Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie
• Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me
• Johnny Thunder - Loop De Loop
• Bobby Bland - Call On Me
• Paul & Paula - Hey, Paula
• Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Language: English

Run Time: 241 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/09/18

UPC: 824046712327