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Title: Complete Singles As & Bs 1951-59
Artist: Chuck Willis
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046319823
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2017-06-09
Number of Discs: 2

Chuck Willis was a hugely talented and distinctive R&B, blues and rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter during the 1950s, his life and career cut short in 1958 when he succumbed to illness at the age of 30, a tragedy which undoubtedly prevented him from making his mark in an even more emphatic way during the post rock 'n' roll era and beyond. He was a highly convincing blues shouter, but he also was adept at performing smooth R&B ballads, which enabled his writing and recording to range across the different styles during what was a dynamic era in popular music. After making his recording debut for Columbia in 1951, he moved across to their Okeh label, and had Top 5 R&B hits with "My Story", "Going To The River", "You're Still My Baby", before moving to Atlantic in 1956 to score more hits with "It's Too Late", "C.C. Rider" and R&B No. 1, and his sadly ironic valedictory No. 1 with "What Am I Living For" in 1958. Along the way, he wrote hits for other artists like "Oh What A Dream" for Ruth Brown. This great value 57-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B sides of all his singles, plus some bonus LP tracks. As such, it represents a comprehensive overview of his chart-focused recording activity, and is an excellent showcase for his distinctive talent.

Tracks:
1.1 It Ain't Right to Treat Me Wrong
1.2 Can't You See
1.3 I Rule My House
1.4 I Tried
1.5 Let's Jump Tonight
1.6 It's Too Late Baby
1.7 Here I Come
1.8 Loud Mouth Lucy
1.9 My Story
1.10 Caldonia
1.11 Wrong Lake to Catch a Fish
1.12 Salty Tears
1.13 Going to the River
1.14 Baby Have Left Me Again
1.15 Don't Deceive Me
1.16 I've Been Treated Wrong Too Long
1.17 My Baby's Coming Home
1.18 When My Day Is Over
1.19 You're Still My Baby
1.20 What's Your Name
1.21 I Feel So Bad
1.22 Need One More Chance
1.23 Change My Mind
1.24 My Heart's Been Broke Again
1.25 Give and Take
1.26 I've Been Away Too Long
1.27 Lawdy Miss Mary
2.1 Love Struck
2.2 I Can Tell
2.3 One More Break
2.4 Search My Heart
2.5 Ring-Ding-Doo
2.6 It's Too Late
2.7 Kansas City Woman
2.8 Juanita
2.9 Whatcha' Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You
2.10 Come on Home
2.11 It Were You
2.12 Charged with Cheating
2.13 Two Spoons of Tears
2.14 C. C. Rider
2.15 Ease the Pain
2.16 That Train Has Gone
2.17 Love Me Cherry
2.18 Betty and Dupree
2.19 My Crying Eyes
2.20 What Am I Living for
2.21 Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes
2.22 My Life
2.23 Thunder and Lightning
2.24 Keep A-Driving
2.25 You'll Be My Love
2.26 Just One Kiss
2.27 My Baby
2.28 There's Got to Be a Way
2.29 Sugar Sugar
2.30 Big Drops of Rain