Twenty Greatest Hits

Twenty Greatest Hits

ASIN: B00005Y87F

Track Listings

1. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

2. Heartbreak U.S.A.

3. Amigo's Guitar

4. Mommy for a Day

5. This White Circle on My Finger

6. Release Me

7. I Gave My Wedding Dress Away

8. Rank Stranger

9. Will Your Lawyer Talk to God?

10. She's No Angel

11. Making Believe

12. Searching (For Someone Like You)

13. Lonely Side of Town

14. How Far Is Heaven

15. Left to Right

16. (I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein

17. Meanwhile Down at Joe's

18. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On

19. Paying for That Back Street Affair

20. I Don't Claim to Be an Angel

Tracks:

Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam And Dave
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown
I'll Be The Other Woman - The Soul Children
Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
I Forgot To Be YOur Lover - William Bell
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
(Do The) Push And Pull, Part I - Rufus Thomas
Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
Starting All Over Again - Mel And Tim
In The Rain - The Dramatics
So I Can Love You - The Emotions
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
I've Been Lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight
Theme From 'Shaft' - Isaac Hayes

Customer Reviews:

This is a KILLER collection.......2006-11-10

When you listen to this, you cannot help but say to yourself "how incredible the talent roster was for this record label". Not only did you have this very special array of vocalists but, for the most part, it was the same house band playing on all of these memorable songs.

Stax will always have their nemesis, Motown, but they should not be considered competitors. Both labels were great yet they were apples and oranges, completely different. Motown was pretty and melodic while Stax was funky and dirty. Stax also had a much more muscular sound, musically, so their house musicians got a lot more accolades. I enjoy Motown but I love Stax!

There is no need to talk about song highlights since these are all classic hits. The nice thing here is that Stax gave you variety. You have funk, you have duets, you have love gone bad, you have man hating female vocalists, you have bluesman, you have thumping bass and greasy guitar, you have killer horn sections, you got Jean Knight singing "Mr Big Shot"...this has everything...pretty, hard, loud, soft etc.

For the Stax fanatic, you will know all the songs but most people are not fanatics they are simply just loooking for a great compilation. If that is you, you will say to yourself "I did not know all of these great artists and songs came from the same label".

This cd works on many levels. It is a great compilation of classic soul songs, it satisfies the hard core collector who wants all of these tunes, it operates as a GREAT party cd/driving cd and lastly, it is a piece of history that showcases how the South interpreted soul.

If you like this then there is a part II with slightly more obscure tunes, a lot funkier and bluesier, yet just as satisfying.

DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUY THIS!

Keep your Motown, I'll take Stax.......2005-10-29

When all my friends were digging Motown I was digging Otis and Johnny and Sam and Dave and Eddie and Carla and so on and so on.
Motown is good. It's black folks making music for white folks, but Stax was black folks and white folks making music for folks who like their R&B stripped down and basic and raw. There never was and never will be a singer better than Otis Redding. There will never be a back up band better than Booker T and the MGs or the Bar Kays.
Stax (an amalgam of Stewart and Axton the founders) and the affiliated Volt label put out the best ever music. It stands the test of time. It was a moment in time that was brief but golden. This album is just a sample but if it peeks your interest, and if you love soul music, it will, then go from here and appreciate Otis Redding and Johnnie Taylor and Eddie Floyd and all the great talents that passed through the Stax/Volt studios and came under the guiding inflence of the legendary Steve Cropper and company.

Funky R&B @ it's best.......2003-12-20

I love R&B music of the 60s and 70s. Although I live in Memphis, I have always enjoyed Motown music the most and never bothered to study the Stax music made right here in Memphis. Wow! The body of Stax records is incredible and it's interesting to listen to this music and compare to Motown's music. The sounds are both great but very different. I strongly recommend this album and encourage you to listen and compare to the writers and musicians from Motown. It competes very favorably.

GOLDEN YEARS OF SOUL.......2003-04-22

Immerse yourself in the gorgeous Stax sound from the golden years of soul! Every one of these 20 tracks is a gem, from Sam And Dave's opening number to Isaac Hayes' shimmering Theme from Shaft (1971). Eddie Floyd's Knock On Wood has been much covered, for example by Amii Stewart in the late 1970s, while Mr Big Stuff, also from 1971, is the only track of Jean Knight's besides her later 1980s hit My Toot Toot that I'm familiar with. And what a voice and attitude she has! The instrumental hit Green Onions is well known to all, as is Otis Redding's classic Dock Of The Bay. Little known classics include Mel & Tim's Starting All Over Again and In The Rain by The Dramatics, the latter with thunder and rain sound effects. My favourites on this essential album include The Staple Singers' addictive Respect Yourself and I'll Take You There, a delicious marriage of gospel and soul. The Stax sound was a bit more rootsy than Motown, but the melodies were just as beautiful. This precious music just improves with age.

Love (of Soul) Keeps Them Together.......2000-02-24

The Stax/Volt story has two acts: the first, when the label was run by Atlantic Records and featured the royalty of Southern soul (Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. & The MGs) and act two, when Atlantic took its share of the label's masters and, after a short period of continued success, the label faded away.

Tracks:

Last Night - The Mar-Keys
Touch A Hand, Make A Friend - The Staple Singers
Hearsay - The Soul Children
Respect - Otis Redding
Private Number - Judy Clay/William Bell
Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The MG's
Testify (I Wonna) - Johnnie Taylor
I Like What You're Doin' To Me - Carla Thomas
Behind Closed Doors - Little Milton
The Breakdown - Rufus Thomas
Never Can Say Goodbye - Isaac Hayes
You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers
Dedicated To The One I Love - The Temprees
I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) - Johnnie Taylor
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
I've Never Found A Girl - Eddie Floyd
Show Me How - The Emotions
That's What The Blues Is All About - Albert King

Customer Reviews:

More of the Best from the Undisputed Mecca of Soul.......2002-12-20

You would think that Volume 2 would be nothing but worthless leftovers from Volume 1 but nosiree! Top of the Stax Volume 2 proves that Memphis's immortal Stax Record company produced enough GREAT soul hits to fill not one but two volumes, nay even a third volume (hint! hint!). The Rise and Fall of Stax was the Rise and Fall of Great R&B, and gems like this exist to remind us how great our music once was.

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Kitty Wells' Twenty Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is right, but NOT The Original Hit Recordings
Kitty Wells' Twenty Greatest hits
classic country fan
Title is misleading, tracks are not original hits.

Kitty Wells - Twenty Greatest Hits
Kitty Wells
Manufacturer: Tee Vee Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music

Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000003OOM
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Heartbreak U.S.A.
Amigo's Guitar
Mommy For A Day
This White Circle On My Finger
Release Me
I Gave My Wedding Dress Away
Rank Stranger
Will Your Lawyer Talk To God
She's No Angel
Makin' Believe
Searching (For Someone Like You)
Lonely Side Of Town
How Far Is Heaven
Left To Right
(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein
Meanwhile Down At Joe's
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
Paying For That Backstreet Affair
I Don't Claim To Be An Angel

Customer Reviews:

Kitty Wells' Twenty Greatest Hits.......2002-08-04

What a disappointment! These are not Kitty's wonderful original recordings. The producer has added so much reverberation to her voice track that she sounds like she's recording in a cathedral. I found listening to it painful. In the end, I threw my cd away. People who have heard and love Kitty Wells will not find what they're looking for here.

Greatest Hits is right, but NOT The Original Hit Recordings.......2002-03-12

I echo the reviewer who alerted us to the fact these are not the original hit Decca recordings and thus do not sound the same - buyer beware! It IS the best collection of Kitty Wells hit records I have seen on CD, so that makes it all the more unfortunate the recording company could not pony up the bucks to use the real (read "Kitty's voice as originally recorded") hit recordings. There has never been another Kitty Wells!!

Kitty Wells' Twenty Greatest hits.......2001-10-19

This is one of the best CDs I have heard with the voice of Kitty Wells.It brings back all the ole days when I was a little girl listening to her music on the albums my mom had. This is a good variety of Kitty's music. I enjoyed listening to it -more than once.

classic country fan.......2000-08-29

Kitty Wells is beyond a doubt the true Queen of country music. This cd is a must for true country music lovers. Her singing is down to earth, she sings from her heart. There will never be another Kitty Wells, when she is gone the queen is gone. This cd is truly some of her best.

Title is misleading, tracks are not original hits........1998-08-19

The item looks promising, but the tracks are not all original hit recordings. Most are re-recorded with a straight-ahead acoustic band arrangement featuring dobro. Kitty does a nice job on the vocals and the session and recording quality is good, but the package will be a sad disappointment to the collector who expects reissues of Decca hits.

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SONG LIST

Little White Lies & 23 More!
Dick Haymes
Manufacturer: Beautiful Music Company
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FO05R4

Product Description

He sang with Harry james, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and many other big band greats. Now in one giant collection, hear the most beautiful songs he ever recorded. Song List You'll Never Know It Can't Be Wrong Man'selle It Might As Well Be Spring Here In My Heart It's Magic Room Full Of Roses Sunday, Monday Or Always What'll I Do Little White Lies AND MANY MORE!

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SONG LIST.......2007-03-14

1. SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS W/ VICTOR YOUNG
2. LITTLE WHITE LIES - W/ GORDON JENKING
3. THE NIGHT IS YOUNG AND YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL
4. IT'S MAGIC W/ GORDON JENKINS
5. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU W/VICTOR YOUNG
6. I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN W/ KEN DARBY SINGERS
7. LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY
8. TILL WE MEET AGAIN W/ HELEN FORREST
9. LOVE LETTERS W/ VICTOR YOUNG
10. ROOM FULL OF ROSES
11. MAM'SELLE W/ GORDON JENKING
12. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING W/ VICTOR YOUNG
13. IN CAN'T BE WRONG W/ THE SONG SPINNERS
14. A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT W/ 4 HITS AND A MISS
15. EASY TO LOVE
16. HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA W/ GORDON JENKINS
17. OH! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE W/ HELEN FORREST
18. IF YOU WE'RE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD W/ THE SONG SPINNERS
19. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW W/ THE SONG SPINNERS
20. WHAT'LL I DO W/ GORDON JENKING
21. HERE IN MY HEART W/ THE ANDREWS SISTERS
22. YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO W/ JERRY GRAY
23. SAY IT ISN'T SO W/ CARMEN CAVALLARO
24. O' MAN RIVER W/ GORDON JENKINS

Romantic Piano & Orchestra (World's Most Beautiful Melodies From Reader's Digest)

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Romantic Piano & Orchestra (World's Most Beautiful Melodies From Reader's Digest)

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000F3WGAO

Product Description

Featuring 20 of Henry Mancini's greatest hits as performed by Henry Mancini with his orchestra.

Night and Day: The Great Songs of Cole Porter (World's Most Beautiful Music From Reader's Digest)

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Night and Day: The Great Songs of Cole Porter (World's Most Beautiful Music From Reader's Digest)

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000F3ZPPW

Product Description

Featuring 20 of the greatest Cole Porter songs as performed by The Romantic Strings Orchestra.

Twenty Years of Quarrel and Greatest Hits

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Twenty Years of Quarrel and Greatest Hits

Manufacturer: NYHC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000FFETSE

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The 20 Greatest Hits
Dionne Warwick
Manufacturer: Bescol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000N9GTDA

Product Description

TRACKLIST: 1 - WALK ON BY 2 - SAY A LITTLE PRAYER 3 - (THEME FROM) VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 4 - I LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 5 - ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 6 - MESSAGE TO MICHAEL 7 - DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE 8 - ARE YOU THERE (WITH ANOTHER GIRL) 9 - WHO CAN I TURN TO 10 - A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME 11 - DON T MAKE ME OVER 12 - YOU LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN (YOU BREAK MY HEART) 13 - MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF 14 - REACH OUT FOR ME 15 - ALFIE 16 - YOUVE LOST THAT LOVIN FEELING 17 - TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES 18 - I JUST DON T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF 19 - THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD 20 - PROMISES PROMISES

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20 GREATEST HITS
JACKIE WILSON
Manufacturer: STREETLIFE
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000KS0D5O

Product Description

HIGHER & HIGHER / NIGHT / LONELY TEARDROPS / REET PETITE / BABY WORKOUT / WHISPERS / ALL MY LOVE / THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU SO / DOGGIN' AROUND / A WOMAN A LOVER A FRIEND / I'M COMIN' BACK TO YOU / PLEASE TELL ME WHY / I'LL BE SATISFIED / TO BE LOVED / AM I THE MAN / I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING / YOU BETTER KNOW IT / THE TEAR OF THE YEAR / NO PITY / I JUST CAN'T HELP IT

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K-TEL International 40 Greatest Part 1

Perry Como - Twenty Greatest Hits
Perry Como
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music

Pop | Imports | Stores | Music

Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000G5VQ
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

Magic Moments
Caterina
Catch a Falling Star
I Know
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
I Believe
Try to Remember
Love Makes the World Go Round (Yeah Yeah)
Prisoner of Love
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
Round and Round
If I Loved You [From Carousel]
Hello, Young Lovers [From The King & I]
Delaware
Moonglow/Theme from "Picnic"
Killing Me Softly With Her Song
More
Dear Hearts and Gentle People
(I Love You And) Don't You Forget It

Album Details

The late Pierino Como, a Pennsylvania native son, enjoyed great success recording easy listening tunes mostly for novelty radio shows after World War II. He's known for such chart-toppers as 'Catch a Falling Star' & 'Prisoner of Love' & the hit singles 'Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes', 'Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) & 'Round & Round'. These gems are collected here on this RCA collection, which was originally released in 1980.

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K-TEL International 40 Greatest Part 1.......1999-12-12

In 1975 K-TEL International (UK) LTD assembled a compilation of Perry's songs titled "Perry Como ~ 40 Greatest" which earned a Gold Record for Perry in the UK. This 20 song compilation is part one of that original two record set. It is likely drawn from the same master copies provided to K-TEL as their source for the original release. The original K-TEL recordings were not the highest standard of quality for record pressings in 1975 but much of this is due to the fact that they were jamming ten songs per record side. These recordings are not re-mastered from first generation tapes and many of the songs originally recorded in real stereo are released here in monaural or electronically reprocessed stereo.

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