Compil. UK 1999 on Westside label
R&B/Soul (Soul)
Previously unreleased track 17 is miscredited to Otis Leavill. Guide vocals of Carl Davis are used on the backing track of Dana Valery's version. Photographs courtesy of the Blues and Soul Archives (thanks as always to Bob Killbourn) Label art courtesy of Tony Rounce Digitally remastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, England Special thanks to Robert Pruter, Roger Armstrong, Ady Croasdell and John 'Smackers' Clarke.
Billy Butler g, 1945-2015 US album by, written by | |
Major Lance bvoc, 1939-1994 US album by, written by | |
Otis Leavill , 1937-2002 US album by, written by | |
Tony Rounce , compiled by, compilation | |
Bill Dahl , liner notes, annotation | |
Sonny Sanders , *1939 US arranged by | |
Gerald Sims voc, *1940 US conductor, directed by, written by | |
Willie Henderson bs, *1941 US arranged by, producer, written by, producer, conductor, directed by | |
Tom Washington b, *1944 US arranged by | |
Carl Davis , 1934-2012 US performer on track, written by | |
The Brunswick Sound , performer on track |
Brian Burrows design, package design |
Denis Blackham mastered by, digitally remastered |
Carl Davis producer |
Willie Henderson producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Help Yourself | Billy Butler | Jones/Butler, Billy Butler, Johnny Jones | |
2 | Sweet Darling | Billy Butler | St.Lewis/Kidd/Pitts | |
3 | Love Grows Bitter | Billy Butler | Jimmy Diggs | |
4 | Come Over To My Side | Billy Butler | Butler/Green/Griffin, Barbara Griffin, Billy Butler, Tommy Green | |
5 | Careless Heart | Billy Butler | Billy Butler | |
6 | I'll Bet You | Billy Butler | Clinton/Barnes/Lindsey, George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Theresa Lindsey | |
7 | Thank You Baby | Billy Butler | Butler/Henderson, Billy Butler, Willie Henderson | |
8 | Burning Touch Of Love | Billy Butler | Jackson/Smith, Gary Jackson, Nathaniel Smith | |
9 | Follow The Leader | Major Lance | Smith/Simmons/Henderson, Floyd Smith, Lee Simmons, Willie Henderson | |
10 | Since You've Been Gone | Major Lance | Smith/Simmons, Floyd Smith, Lee Simmons | |
11 | Do The Tighten Up | Major Lance | Major Lance | |
12 | I Have No One | Major Lance | Lance/Leavill, Major Lance, Otis Leavill | |
13 | Sweeter As The Days Go By | Major Lance | Henderson/Jackson/Davis, Carl Davis, Gary Jackson, Willie Henderson | |
14 | Shadows Of A Memory | Major Lance | Carl Davis | |
15 | Baby (Why Can't You Hear Me) | Otis Leavill | Butler/Leavill, Billy Butler, Otis Leavill | |
16 | Can't Stop Loving You | Otis Leavill | Butler/Davis/Leavill, Billy Butler, Carl Davis, Otis Leavill | |
17 | You Babe | Carl Davis | Curtis Mayfield | |
18 | I Love You | Otis Leavill | Record/Davis, Carl Davis, Eugene Record | |
19 | I Need You | Otis Leavill | Record/Davis, Carl Davis, Eugene Record | |
20 | Why, Why, Why | Otis Leavill | Tarleton/Sims, Gerald Sims, Karl Tarleton | |
21 | Glad I Met You | Otis Leavill | Griffin/Green/Reed/Wright, Barbara Griffin, Daniel Reed, Tommy Green | |
22 | Love Uprising | Otis Leavill | Eugene Record | |
23 | I'm So Jealous | Otis Leavill | Eugene Record | |
24 | You Brought Out The Good In Me | Otis Leavill | Daniels/Moore, Jack Daniels, Johnny Moore | |
25 | There's Nothing Better | Otis Leavill | Eugene Record | |
26 | It Must Be Love | Otis Leavill | Phillip Mitchell | |
27 | You Babe (Inst.) | The Brunswick Sound | Curtis Mayfield |