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 Welcome to my 'vanity site' directed towards fans, students and those embroiled in the informational economy of  Black popular music from Jamaica and America c1940's to 1970's. If you have an interest in anything on this site and you want to get in touch, or to correct any mistakes (there are probably many) or whatever, go here:   mail@johnnyspencer.info  Please give the mail a relevant subject head: like Records, and not just Re. or any of the other insincere headings that stupid Spam mailers use, as it will be deleted without opening.

 There are two main categories on this site:
American: R&B,  Blues and Soul from the 1940s through 1970s.
Jamaican: Boogie, Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae, Dub; from the 1950s through 1970s.

After the two main categories their are other (subjective) sub categories. It [the site] can be categorized as combination of diverse components which interact both serially and in parallel. I have used a particular cataloguing system for really no other reason than my own convenience, the complexity of the site is however deliberate. At it's simplest this might just mean 'cross placement' i.e. you may find on the page 'Girls With Soul', a group record like Stay In My Lonely Arms that could also be on the page 'Soul Groups'. Even more cross placement is found in the Reggae section; while there is a Studio 1 page, Studio1 productions do, inevitably, crop up on all the other pages, similarly while the Rock Steady page is all Rock Steady, other Rock Steady cuts can be found elsewhere, like I Am Still In Love. On another level of complexity, I am bringing to bear my various interests to the site in the hope that through discovery it increases the understanding, for me at least, of one or a group of previously unrelated phenomena. 

Lastly, for what they are worth, anything of mine on this site is not copyrighted, feel free to copy or 'adopt' anything, I would only ask, if it is for public use, a citation in return.

To keep this site going without resorting to advertising or any other intrusive methods I have inserted this donation button. If anyone feels they have enjoyed their time on this site and can afford to make a donation please do so and I will be much obliged. 

 

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THE GUYS WITH SOUL PART I 

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Guys with Soul is, broadly, solo male artists 1960 -1969. 

 To view a record click on the artist or title.

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I'VE BEEN FOOLED BEFORE JIMMY DELPHS		ONE OF THESE OLD DAYS LITTLE MILTON
	THE HANDS OF TIME BOBBY ADENO		BLACK MAN CLEO PAGE
BLAME IT ON YOUR LOVE WESLEY PAIGE		HOW SWEET IT IS MARVIN GAYE
	I'LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU ROY HAMILTON		I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU DARRELL BANKS
THREE TIME LOOSER WILSON PICKETT		ITS A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD JAMES BROWN
	GOT TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND SOLOMON BURKE		I'M SHORTY TOMMY TUCKER
STAND BY ME BEN E. KING		HEARTBREAK (IT'S HURTIN' ME) JON THOMAS
	THIS CAN'T BE TRUE EDDIE HOLMAN		WHISPERS JACKIE WILSON
NOTHING CAN STOP ME GENE CHANDLER		STOP HER ON SIGHT (S.O.S.) EDWIN STARR
	LET'S GO GET STONED RAY CHARLES		IT'S ALL RIGHT SAM COOKE
YOU THREW A LUCKY PUNCH GENE CHANDLER		I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR RAY CHARLES
	ISLE OF SIRENS JERRY BUTLER		YOU CAN RUN JERRY BUTLER
GET READY DONNIE ELBERT		NO SAD SONG JOE SIMON
	SECOND HAND HAPPINESS JIMMY CONWELL		NEW LOVE THE FANTASTIC JOHNNY C
I'M HURTING BILLY GALES		PEOPLE SURE ACT FUNNY TITUS TURNER
	TIME STOPPED MARVIN SMITH		LET'S LIVE AARON NEVILLE
BAD FOR EACH OTHER CARL CARLTON		WALK ON BY LEE ROGERS
	SITTING IN THE PARK BILLY STEWART		CLOSE TO YOU CLARENCE ASHE
HEY! BABY BRUCE CHANNEL		EARTHQUAKE AL 'TNT' BRAGGS
	I PITY THE FOOL BOBBY BLAND		SHOTGUN WEDDING  ROY "C"
I SPY FOR THE FBI JAMO THOMAS		LOOK AT GRANNY RUN RUN HOWARD TATE
	MONEY WON'T CHANGE YOU JAMES BROWN		MOHAIR SAM CHARLIE RICH
TELL HIM I'M NOT HOME CHUCK JACKSON		RAINDROPS DEE CLARK
	HEY LITTLE GIRL MAJOR LANCE		THERE WAS A TIME JAMES BROWN
LOVELY LADIES JIMMY HUGHES		THE MONKEY TIME MAJOR LANCE
	REACH OUT FOR ME ROY HAMILTON		FIND ANOTHER GIRL JERRY BUTLER
CRY CRY CRY BOBBY BLAND		I DON'T WANT TO CRY CHUCK JACKSON
	LET'S MOVE AND GROOVE JOHNNY NASH		WHERE THERE'S A WILL LONNIE MACK
BEEN SO LONG SONNY WARNER		ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME LOU JOHNSON
	LOVE AIN'T NOTHING JOHNNY NASH		LOVE IS ALL RIGHT CLIFF NOBLES
THE 'IN' CROWD DOBIE GRAY		OUT OF SIGHT JAMES BROWN
	LONG TALL SHORTY TOMMY TUCKER		I DON'T CARE JOHNNY BRAFF
FAT BOY BILLY STEWART		WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE BOBBY BLAND
	TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT DON FLETCHER		DON'T START ME TALKING JOHNNY DARROW
FROM DAY TO DAY GENE CHANDLER		AGENT DOUBLE-O-SOUL EDWIN STARR
	LET THE KIDS DANCE BO DIDDLEY		POPCORN CHARLIE CHARLES SPURLING
WON'T YOU GIVE HIM SOLOMON BURKE		EL WATUSI RAY BARRETTO
	ANY OTHER WAY CHUCK JACKSON		STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW MARVIN GAYE
JUST AIN'T ENOUGH LOVE EDDIE HOLLAND		I CANT FIGHT THE TIME JAMES DUNCAN
	THINK IT OVER B. B. KING		TWO FACES HAVE I LOU CHRISTIE
I'M A LONESOME ROOSTER T. C. LEE		AIN'T THAT PECULIAR MARVIN GAYE
	DOWN HOME GIRL ALVIN ROBINSON		UNDER THE PINES WILLIE HOBBS
I LOVE YOU OTIS LEAVILL		COMIN' HOME BABY MEL TORME
	YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER BO DIDDLEY		WHO'S CHEATING WHO LITTLE MILTON
BLACK CLOUD CHUBBY CHECKER		I WON'T CRY JOHNNY ADAMS
	I CAN'T HOLD OUT ANY LONGER JIMMY SOUL		IM TOO FAR GONE BOBBY BLAND
WALK SLOW LITTLE WILLIE JOHN		LITTLE DARLING MARVIN GAYE
	I WAKE UP CRYING CHUCK JACKSON		SUMMERTIME BILLY STEWART
GIVING UP ON LOVE JERRY BUTLER		EIGHT MEN, FOUR WOMEN O. V. WRIGHT
	DO WHAT'CHA WANNA DONNIE ELBERT		THAT'S WHAT MAMA SAY WALTER JACKSON
IT TEARS ME UP PERCY SLEDGE		AIN'T LOVE GOOD - AIN'T LOVE PROUD TONY CLARKE
	THE MATADOR MAJOR LANCE		SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW LONNIE RUSS
SEND HER HOME TO ME JOHNNY MOFFETT		YOU CAN HAVE HER ROY HAMILTON
	KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE DANNY WHITE		MOTHER-IN-LAW ERNIE K-DOE
THE SNAKE AL WILSON		GANGSTER OF LOVE JOHNNY WATSON
	OUT TO GET YOU SHORTY LONG		MY BABE RON HOLDEN
THE HERMIT OF MISTY MOUNTAIN BEN E. KING		IN BETWEEN THE HEARTACHES DONNIE ELBERT
	THE OOGUM BOOGUM SONG BRENTON WOOD		MISTER BO JANGLES BOBBY COLE
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ARTHUR ALEXANDER		HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT JOE TEX
	I KEEP FORGETTIN' CHUCK JACKSON		YOU BE MY BABY RAY CHARLES
HEY HARMONICA MAN STEVIE WONDER		SOME OTHER GUY RICHIE BARRETT
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	NEVER, NEVER JOHNNIE TAYLOR	ROME JOHNNIE TAYLOR
DON'T PUT ME DOWN LIKE THIS DEREK MARTIN			DADDY ROLLIN' STONE DEREK MARTIN
	STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY BOBBY PARKER	WATCH YOUR STEP BOBBY PARKER
PART TIME LOVE LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR			SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR
	TELL IT LIKE IT IS AARON NEVILLE	WHY WORRY AARON NEVILLE
WHEN I HAD YOUR LOVE MARVIN GAYE			ONE MORE HEARTACHE MARVIN GAYE
	DON'T CRY NO MORE BOBBY BLAND	ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BOBBY BLAND
A SONG CALLED SOUL GENE CHANDLER			JUST BE TRUE GENE CHANDLER
	YOU BETTER MOVE ON ARTHUR ALEXANDER	A SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES ARTHUR ALEXANDER
HOW LONG BABY O V WRIGHT			GONE FOR GOOD O V WRIGHT
	IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY JAMES RAY	IT'S BEEN A DRAG JAMES RAY
FUNNY JOE HINTON			YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE JOE HINTON
	PLEASE DON'T SAY NO MORE MAJOR LANCE	RHYTHM MAJOR LANCE
CAN I CHANGE MY MIND TYRONE DAVIS			A WOMAN NEEDS TO BE LOVED TYRONE DAVIS
	CALL ON ME BOBBY BLAND	THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS BOBBY BLAND
LOVE IS A FIVE LETTER WORD JAMES PHELPS			I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN JAMES PHELPS
	I DON'T WANT TO GO LITTLE MR. LEE AND THE CHEROKEES	YOUNG LOVER LITTLE MR. LEE AND THE CHEROKEES