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Various Artists - These Great Stars Are On Fire & Fury
R&B · 2018

Various Artists

These Great Stars Are On Fire & Fury
Label: Sunset Blvd Records SBR-7925
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Track Listing

Disc 1: The Hits

  1. I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) (Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords)
  2. I Love You So (Carl Hogan and the Miracles)
  3. What's the Word, Thunderbird (Bobby & Buddy)
  4. Dear Loraine (The Federals)
  5. All Night Long (The Du Maulers)
  6. Dance Honey Dance (The Velvets)
  7. Oh Gee, Oh Gosh (The Kodoks)
  8. Number 9 Train (Tarheel Slim)
  9. I'm Gonna Catch You (Running Out On Me) (Curtis Carrington)
  10. My Love Will Never Die (Channels)
  11. Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
  12. Going Back to My Hometown (Hal Paige & The Whalers)
  13. It's Too Late (Tarheel Slim and Little Ann)
  14. Wild As You Can Be (Mary Ann Fisher)
  15. Making It (Willis Jackson)
  16. Lookout (Rockin' Bradley)
  17. Hard Grind (Wild Jimmy Spruill)
  18. Fannie Mae (Buster Brown)
  19. Please Don't Go (Back to Baltimore) (Johnny Acey)
  20. The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James)
  21. Keep A'Calling (Paul Perryman)
  22. All My Life (Riff Ruffin)
  23. Come On Little Boy (June Bateman)
  24. There Is Something On My Mind (Parts 1 & 2) (Bobby Marchan)
  25. I've Got It (The Gay Poppers)

Disc 2: The Hits

  1. Valarie (The Starlites)
  2. You Don't Have to Go (Sam Myers)
  3. Booty Green (Bobby Marchan)
  4. Steppin' Out (The Upsetters)
  5. Can She Give Me Fever (Little Junior Lewis)
  6. Empty Arms (Mighty Joe Young)
  7. Mojo Hand (Lightnin' Hopkins)
  8. Every Beat of My Heart (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
  9. Think I Know (Dr. Horse)
  10. Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey)
  11. Letter Full of Tears (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
  12. Shake Your Moneymaker (Elmore James)
  13. Sugar Babe (Buster Brown)
  14. Do-Re-Mi (Lee Dorsey)
  15. You're Going to Miss Me (When I'm Gone) (Chuck Bradford)
  16. Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison)
  17. I Need Your Loving (Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford)
  18. Mean Ole Frisco (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup)
  19. These Lonely Tears (Little Joe Cook)
  20. Don't You Worry (Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford)
  21. I Wonder (Jimmy Ricks)
  22. I Love You (Yes I Do) (Willie Hightower)
  23. Flaming Mamie (Billy Hambric)
  24. I Find No Fault (In My Baby's Love) (Johnny Jones)
  25. Ghosts of Love (Joe Haywood)

Disc 3: The Rarities

  1. Wildcat Tamer (Tarheel Slim)
  2. Put On My Shoes (Mary Ann Fisher)
  3. Mush (Little Bobby Roach)
  4. Heart Trouble (Billy Lewis)
  5. Much Obliged (Gil Hamilton)
  6. Sad, Sad Lonesome Day (Sam Myers)
  7. Truly Yours (The Scarlets)
  8. Lizzie Mae (Delmar)
  9. Come On Back Where You Belong (Little Junior Lewis)
  10. That's A Promise (Helen Bryant)
  11. Why Baby (Mighty Joe Young)
  12. Dig That Rock and Roll (Riff Ruffin)
  13. Can't Stop Moving (Johnny Chef)
  14. I'm Lonely (Ike Nesbitt)
  15. I'm Tired Of It (Dr. Horse)
  16. New Kind of Love (Otis Scott)
  17. Say It Was a Dream (Chuck Bradford)
  18. Baby Please (Buddy Skipper)
  19. The Things I Do For You (Linda Martell and the Anglos)
  20. I'm a Go'fer (Tyrone Rowe)
  21. Let's Have Some Fun (Wilbert Harrison)
  22. Love My Baby So (Ernie and Jean Terrell)
  23. Somebody's Gonna Want Me (Ricky Lewis)
  24. Debt of Love (Joe Haywood)
  25. No Love as Sweet as Yours (Johnny Jones)

This collection is THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION of the PIONEERING R&B labels FIRE AND FURY!

The first 50 tracks feature THE HITS - and tracks 61-75 collects the labels' RARITIES!

The postwar explosion of independent rhythm and blues record companies included an extremely important group of African American-owned firms that played hardball with the big boys long before Berry Gordy established Motown. Heading the list were Vee-Jay Records in Chicago, Don Robey’s hard-boiled Duke/Peacock empire in Houston, and Bobby Robinson’s Harlem-based Fury and Fire logos.  

Robinson accrued his early industry experience from behind the counter of Bobby’s Record Shop, located down the block from the Apollo Theatre. The store opened for business on August 20, 1946, and it became a gathering place for record buyers and music luminaries alike. Stars would wander down between their Apollo shows, and label honchos would stop by to see what was selling. Along the way, Robinson learned the ingredients that went into a hit.

Product Details

  • Label: Sunset Blvd Records
  • Catalog #: CD-SBR-7925LE
  • Release Date: 2018
  • Packaging: Jewel Case