Various Artists - Chicago Soul '62 - RSD Vinyl LP Record

In 1962, Black Music was making its transition from R&B to soul, and the Chicago music industry was exploding, producing thousands of records and dozens of new labels.

The two biggest Black labels, Vee-Jay and Chess, led in the creation of the distinctive, smooth Chicago soul brand with names familiar and not so familiar: the former with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, and the latter with Mitty Collier, Etta James, and Billy Stewart.

And yet, it’s the smaller labels that make up the bulk of the Chicago story: Hawk with Geraldine Taylor, Lu-Cee with Roberta, M-Pac with Dorothy Prince. It’s here that we explore some of the finest sounds of the era in this collection.

Extensive liner notes written by Robert Pruter, author of the acclaimed Chicago Soul.

Track list:

Side One

The Town I Live In – McKinley Mitchell
I’m The One Who Loves You – The Impressions
Shake A Tail Feather – The Five Du-Tones
Mama Didn’t Lie – Jan Bradley
Make It Easy On Yourself – Jerry Butler
Seven Day Fool – Etta James
The Blues Don’t Like Nobody – Tony Adams
I’ve Got To Get Away From It All – Mitty Collier
How Much Longer – Geraldine Taylor
I’m On The Prowl – Roberta

Side Two

Fat Boy – Billy Stewart
Can’t Take No More – Ted Taylor
I Don’t Want To Suffer – Walter Jackson
Open Your Heart – Sugar Pie DeSanto
Shook Up Over You – Dee Clark
Something’s Got A Hold On Me – Etta James
Why Not Tonight – Dorothy Prince
Delilah – Major Lance
Money In My Pocket – Moss Tolbert