Chuck Willis "The Complete Chuck Willis 1951-1958"

Chuck Willis' brief career, 1952 - 1958 spanned both jump and R&B and he has generally received less than the credit he deserves. Fortunately his music and his songs remain to tell his story. He was a breakthrough pioneer who, after a few years of regular appearance on the R&B charts, had several huge 'crossover' hits. In all he had fourteen R&B hits between 1952 and 1958 and five pop hits during late 1957 into 1958.That was it. He died on April 10th 1958, aged thirty - in a hospital for a stomach operation. Despite the shortness of his career his importance to the history of R&B is being continually reassessed, not only for his hit recordings - but for writing songs like It's Too Late and I Feel So Bad which are performed and recorded to this day. (Allmusic)trax Early Recordings & First R&B Hits 1951-1954 disc 1:
01 Can't You See 02 It Ain't Right To Treat Me Wrong 03 Be Good Or Be Gone 04 Let's Jump Tonight 05 I Rule My House 06 I Tried (To Get Along With You) 07 It's Too Late Baby 08 Here I Come 09 Loud Mouth Lucy 10 My Story 11 Caldonia 12 Wrong Lake To Catch A Fish 13 Salty Tears 14 Going To The River 15 Baby Have Left Me Again 16 Don't Decieve Me (Please Don't Go) 17 I've Been Treated Wrong Too Long 18 When My Day Is Over 19 My Baby's Coming Home 20 You're Still My Baby 21 What's Your Name 22 I Feel So Bad 23 Need One More Chance 24 Change My Mind 25 My Heart's Been Broken Again 26 Give And Take 27 I've Been Away Too Longtrax R&B and Crossover Hits...And Alan Freed 1954-1956 disc 2:
01 Love Struck 02 Lawdy Miss Mary 03 One More Break 04 I Can Tell 05 Search My Heart 06 Ring Ding Doo 07 Come On Home 08 If I Were You 09 Two Spoons Of Tears 10 Charged With Cheatin' 11 My Baby's On My Mind 12 Take It Like A Man 13 Keep A Knockin' 14 If I Had A Million 15 You Broke My Heart (You Know You Don't Love Me) 16 Make Up Your Mind 17 You Win This Time 18 I Don't Mind If I Do (There Was A Time) 19 Blow Mr Jackson 20 Welcome Home 21 Peace And Love 22 Search My Heart 23 Bless Her Heart (Break My Rule) 24 Night Of Misery 25 It's Too Late (live) 26 What's Your Name (live)trax More Chart Success And...King Curtis 1957-1958 disc 3:
01 It's Too Late 02 Kansas City Woman 03 Juanita 04 Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You 05 Ease The Pain 06 C.C. Rider 07 The Train Has Gone 08 Love Me Cherry 09 Betty And Dupree 10 My Crying Eyes 11 What Am I Living For 12 Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes 13 Thunder And Lightnin' 14 My Life 15 You'll Be My Love 16 Keep A Drivin' 17 There's Got To Be A Way 18 Stop And Think 19 From The Bottom Of My Heart 20 Just One Kiss 21 I'll Be So Glad When Your Heart Is Mine 22 Big Drops Of Rain 23 Sugar Sugar 24 Love Of Loves 25 My Baby
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