Soulsville U.S.A.: A Celebration of Stax

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

℗ & © «2017 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.»
℗ «This Compilation»

Annotation last modified on 2021-07-31 13:01 UTC.

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
Digital Media 2
Digital Media 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mr. Big StuffJean Knight2:34
2Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone
recording of:
Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone
writer:
Kent Barker, Don Davis (American record producer) and James Skeet Wilson
Johnnie Taylor3:02
3Never Can Say Goodbye
cover recording of:
Never Can Say Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Clifton Davis (musical theatre actor, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Portable Music Co., Inc.
Isaac Hayes3:39
4Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
edit of:
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get by The Dramatics (US soul music vocal group)
recording of:
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
lyricist and composer:
Tony Hester
publisher:
Groovesville Music (publishing) (ended), EMI Longitude Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Dramatics53:36
5Respect Yourself (single edit)
edit of:
Respect Yourself by The Staple Singers
recording of:
Respect Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Luther Ingram and Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI) (in 1988) and Klondike Enterprises (publisher) (in 1988)
The Staple Singers53:31
6Theme From Shaft
edit of:
Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes
recording of:
Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Isaac Hayes
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
part of:
The 44th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 44)
part of:
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
Isaac Hayes4.53:18
7Son of Shaft
The Bar‐Kays3:14
8That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Little Milton3:58
9Hearsay
recording of:
Hearsay
writer:
John Colbert and Norman West
The Soul Children3:32
10In the Rain
recording of:
In the Rain
writer:
Tony Hester
publisher:
Groovesville Music (publishing) (ended) and EMI Longitude Music
The Dramatics3:26
11Do Your Thing
edit of:
Do Your Thing (vocal) by Isaac Hayes
recording of:
Do Your Thing
lyricist and composer:
Isaac Hayes
publisher:
East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music, Inc.
part of:
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
Isaac Hayes3:20
12I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
recording of:
I've Been Lonely for So Long
writer:
Jerry Weaver and Posie Knight
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc. (in 1972), Lowery Music (in 1972, in 1988) and Irving Music (BMI) (in 1988)
Frederick Knight3:23
13I’ll Take You There
edit of:
I’ll Take You There by The Staple Singers
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 186) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 276)
recording of:
I’ll Take You There
lyricist and composer:
Alvertis Isbell
publisher:
Music for Africa (South Africa)
The Staple Singers53:16
14Starting All Over Again
recording of:
Starting All Over Again
lyricist and composer:
Phillip Mitchell
publisher:
Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing and Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Mel & Tim3:52
15Dedicated to the One I Love (single version)Temprees3:37
16Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
The Dramatics3:30
17Cheaper to Keep Her
recording of:
Cheaper to Keep Her
lyricist and composer:
Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
Dleif Music, Inc. and Irving Music (BMI)
Johnnie Taylor3:30
18If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me)The Staple Singers3:22
19I’ll Be the Other Woman
The Soul Children3:38
20Woman to Woman
engineer:
William Brown (engineer)
producer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
guitar:
Bobby Manuel
horn:
The Memphis Horns
membranophone:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
organ:
Lester Snell
piano:
Marvell Thomas
strings:
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers Singers
arranger:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger) and Lester Snell
cover recording of:
Woman to Woman
writer:
James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI) and Irving Music, Inc.
Shirley Brown3:55