VARIOUS ARTISTS - Welcome To Soulville (The Bobby Robinson Story)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CHARLY658LP
Barcode: 5060767444863
Release Date: 28 Jun 2024
Genre: R&B

BOBBY ROBINSON was more than a fixture in hisNew York community, he had been an essential part of its lifeblood for over 60 years. Had he just been the proprietor of the first record store (and reputedly the first black-owned business) on 125th Street, he would have been important enough, but he also had an ear for talent, recording landmark music across four decades, always at home with the music of his neighbourhood, be it doo-wop, R&B, soul or even rap.

He was an entrepreneur involved in over a dozen different labels, sometimes on his own, sometimes with a partner, often with his brother Danny, and he was behind records that became internationally famous by Gladys Knight, King Curtis, Elmore James, Lee Dorsey, Wilbert Harrison and Grandmaster Flash. He made many more that were simply good, and this compilation takes aim at the great work he did as a soul and R&B producer during the 1960s and early 70s. It’s an introduction that shows the quality that he created had depth beyond the headline names.

SIDE A
 Mary Ann Fisher - Put On My Shoes
 Billy Hambric - Flaming Mamie
 Ernie and Jean Terrell - Love Me Baby So
 Titus Turner - Soulville
 The Ramrods - Soultrain - Part 1
 Johnny Jones - I Find no Fault (In My Baby's Love)
 Joe Haywood - I Cross My Heart (And Hope To Die)
 Lee Moses - Time and Place
SIDE B
 Tommy Duncan - Let Me Take You Out
 Tiny Tim Harris - Don't Say
 Jim & Lee - Let Go, Baby
 The Carlettes - Lost Without Your Love
 The Victones - My Baby Changes
 Willie Hightower - Nobody But You
 Three Shades of Soul - Being in Love
 Lee Moses - I Can't Take No Chances

More From This Artist: Billy Hambric Ernie and Jean Terrell Jim & Lee Joe Haywood Johnny Jones Lee Moses Mary Ann Fisher The Carlettes The Ramrods The Victones Three Shades of Soul Tiny Tim Harris Titus Turner Tommy Duncan Willie Hightower