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 1960. This great value 115-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked in the Billboard R&B Top 15 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 it's teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover of pop artists into the R&B chart and vice versa, with artists like Jackie Wilson, The Drifters, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. The big chart winner of the year was Brook Benton, with three No. 1s and 23 weeks at the top, fourteen of those with Dinah Washington. 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. However, there was still a solid representation of old school blues artists like B.B. King and Jimmy Reed, and top class R&B singers like Etta James, Bobby Bland and James Brown formed the core of the chart, as well as the first chart incursions from the Motown stable by Barrett Strong and Marv Johnson. 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.
27 Bobby Rydell - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
28 Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel
- Disc 4 -
1 B. B. King - Partin' Time
2 Sugarpie Desanto - I Want to Know
3 Etta James & Harvey Fuqua - If I Can't Have You
4 Clyde McPhatter - Ta Ta
5 Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
6 Etta James - My Dearest Darling
7 Ventures - Walk - Don't Run
8 Marv Johnson - (You've Got to) Move Two Mountains
9 Bobby Peterson - Irresistible You
10 Jimmy Charles - a Million to One
11 Larry Verne - Mr. Custer
12 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of It's Own
13 Fats Domino - Three Nights a Week
14 Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
15 Bill Black's Combo - Don't Be Cruel
16 Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
17 Bob Luman - Let's Think About Livin'
18 Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted
19 Jackie Wilson - Am I the Man
20 Chubby Checker - the Hucklebuck
21 Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
22 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight'
23 Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much
24 Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
25 Gary "U. S." Bonds - New Orleans
26 Joe & Ann - Gee Baby
27 Etta Jones - Don't Go to Strangers
28 Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing the Blues
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 1960. This great value 115-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked in the Billboard R&B Top 15 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 it's teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover of pop artists into the R&B chart and vice versa, with artists like Jackie Wilson, The Drifters, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. The big chart winner of the year was Brook Benton, with three No. 1s and 23 weeks at the top, fourteen of those with Dinah Washington. 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. However, there was still a solid representation of old school blues artists like B.B. King and Jimmy Reed, and top class R&B singers like Etta James, Bobby Bland and James Brown formed the core of the chart, as well as the first chart incursions from the Motown stable by Barrett Strong and Marv Johnson. 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.