I Love Paris - The Great American Songbook Goes R&B CD

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I Love Paris - The Great American Songbook Goes R&B CD

Many Rhythm & Blues performers dabbled in the Great American Songbook, and this unique collection presents thirty memorable examples.
Featuring artists includeClyde McPhatter, Little Esther, Jesse Belvin, Big Maybelle, Varetta Dillard, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Little Willie John, Lavern Baker, Frankie Lymon, Ruth Brown, Gene McDaniels, Jerry Butler, Marv Johnson, Big Joe Turner, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and many others.
Many of these tracks are very difficult to find elsewhere on CD.

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Disc 1
  1. Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
  2. Jackie Wilson - I Apologise
  3. Roy Hamilton - Unchained Melody
  4. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - You Always Hurt the One You Love
  5. Ketty Lester - Love Letters
  6. Clyde McPhatter - These Foolish Things
  7. Tony Williams - If
  8. Little Esther Phillips - Release Me
  9. Sammy Turner - Always
  10. Etta James - Prisoner of Love
  11. Sam Cooke - For Sentimental Reasons
  12. Jesse Belvin - Summertime
  13. Timi Yuro - Let Me Call You Sweetheart
  14. Big Maybelle - All of Me
  15. Varetta Dillard - What'll I Do
  16. Little Willie John - Sleep
  17. Lavern Baker - Wheel of Fortune
  18. Frankie Lymon - Goody Goody
  19. James Brown - Bewildered
  20. Ben E King - At Last
  21. Johnny Nash - As Time Goes By
  22. Ruth Brown - I'll Get Along Somehow
  23. Jimmy Jones - For You
  24. Gene McDaniels - When I Fall In Love
  25. Jerry Butler - After the Laughter
  26. Marv Johnson - September In the Rain
  27. Brook Benton - Blues In the Night
  28. Big Joe Turner - Corrine Corrina
  29. Bobby Bland - St James' Infirmary
  30. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Love Paris