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Gene Chandler: A Song Called Soul - VINYL LP

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Management number 205635333 Release Date 2025/10/22 List Price $88.40 Model Number 205635333
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Title: A Song Called Soul
Artist: Gene Chandler
Label: Charly
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5060767449493
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2025-01-31
Number of Discs: 1

- First ever compilation of his finest Chicago recordings courtesy of the Constellation label - Features ten chart hits including four Top 5 Billboard R&B smashes - 140g black vinyl - Printed inner sleeve featuring exclusive notes by Dean Rudland.Gene Chandler was born Eugene Dixon in Chicago 1937. He began to sing in a number of local groups and joined the Dukays who were signed by Carl Davis and Bill "Bunky"Shephard to their tiny Nat label where they recorded 'Duke Of Earl', co-written by Chandler. The song was assigned to the Vee-Jay label, for national distribution, and was released in 1961 attributed to Gene Chandler. It went to the top spot on both the pop and R&B charts selling a million copies and marking the start of Chandler's solo career.Chandler was at the centre of Chicago's thriving soul scene and when he joined Ewart Abner's Constellation label in 1963 a string of hits followed breaking both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B Top 5.This long-overdue collection brings together the cream of Chandlers Chicago recordings from the legendary Constellation label, featuring Chandler's smooth, effortless, vocals, and Curtis Mayfield's signature sound that filled the dance floors on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tracks:
1.1 A Song Called Soul
1.2 Think Nothing About It
1.3 If You Can't Be True (Find a Part Time Love)
1.4 Everybody Let's Dance
1.5 Nothing Can Stop Me
1.6 (Gonna Be) Good Times
1.7 I Hate to Be the One to Say
1.8 Just Be True
1.9 Bet You Never Thought
1.10 Baby, That's Love
1.11 (I'm Just a) Fool for You
1.12 I Can Take Care of Myself
1.13 Mr. Big Shot
1.14 I Can't Save It
1.15 Buddy Ain't It a Shame
1.16 You Can't Hurt Me No More

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