VA - Champion Records, The single Collection [2011] (3 x CDs)

CHAMPION RECORDS

VA - Champion Records, The single Collection [2011] (3 x CDs)

Champion Records (along with its sister labels Calvert and Cherokee) was a record label started in the mid-1950s by the songwriter and record producer Ted Jarrett, in partnership with Alan and Reynolds Bubis (formerly of the Tennessee and Republic labels). This Nashville, Tennessee-based label released records by Christine Kittrell, Gene Allison, the Fairfield Four, Earl Gaines, Larry Birdsong, Shy Guy Douglas, Jimmy Beck and Charles Walker, amongst others. Beck released a record on Champion entitled "Pipe Dreams" and another, called "Carnival" on the Zil label. Champion was out of business by 1960, and other Jarrett labels such as Valdot, Poncello, Spar and Ref-O-Ree followed. All of these companies were acquired by Bluesland Productions in the mid-1990s.

Although Nashville is primarily known as the center of country music, the city also has had a flourishing music scene in other genres, including R&B, and a big chunk of Nashville’s R&B history is due to Ted Jarrett, who founded Champion Records (and its sister labels Calvert, Kit, and Cherokee Records) in 1956, releasing several fine R&B singles, most of which were no more than regional hits, before the label officially folded three years later in 1959. This three-disc, 60-track set collects some of those gems, including sides by Earl Gaines, Gene Allison, the Fairfield Four, Baker Knight, and many others, making for a fun and varied playlist -- and for a history lesson as well. (AMG Steve Leggett)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Little Ike - She Can Rock 1:50

02 Little Ike - Am I Losing You 2:43

03 Christine Kittrell - I'm Just What You're Looking For 2:14

04 Christine Kittrell - I Thank Him 2:24

05 Gene Allison - Somebody Somewhere 2:35

06 Gene Allison - You're My Baby 2:29

07 Larry Birdsong - Somebody Somewhere 2:33

08 Larry Birdsong - You're My Baby 2:25

09 Earl Gaines - Best Of Luck Baby 2:26

10 Earl Gaines - Sittin' Here Drinkin' 3:00

11 Jimmy Beck Orchestra - Pipe Dreams (Instrumental) 2:09

12 Jimmy Beck Orchestra - Blue Night (Instrumental) 2:09

13 Murfreesboro - Real Good Man 2:33

14 Murfreesboro - Oh My Love 2:14

15 Larry Birdsong - Three Times Seven 3:04

16 Gene Allison - I Understand 2:16

17 Larry Birdsong - Oo Wee Honey 2:21

18 Larry Birdsong - Let's Try It Again 2:17

19 Earl Gaines - Now Do You Hear 2:06

20 Earl Gaines - Three Times Seven 2:45

CD2

01 Little Shy Guy & The Hot Rods - Let's Rock And Roll 2:55

02 Little Shy Guy & The Hot Rods - My Little Baby 1:58

03 Fairfield Four - Let Your Will Be Done 2:12

04 Fairfield Four - Lord You Know 2:18

05 Johnny Bridgeforth - Moon Flight [Instrumental] 2:22

06 Johnny Bridgeforth - Blue Organ (Instrumental) 2:53

07 Kinglets - Six Days A Week 3:00

08 Kinglets - You Gotta Go 2:49

09 Charles Walker & The Daffodils - No Fool No More 2:12

10 Charles Walker & The Daffodils - Slave To Love 2:24

11 Chuck Harrod & The Anteaters - Crawdad Hole 1:42

12 Chuck Harrod & The Anteaters - They Wanna' Fight 2:33

13 Clips - Kiss Away 2:41

14 Clips - Let Me Get Close To You Baby 2:48

15 Jimmy Beck Orchestra - Fiesta [Instrumental] 2:12

16 Jimmy Beck Orchestra - Nightmare [Instrumental] 2:28

17 Gene Allison - You Gonna Be Sorry 2:34

18 Gene Allison - Now That We're Together 1:56

19 Larry Birdsong - Do You Love Me 2:15

20 Larry Birdsong - Every Night In The Week 2:32

CD3

01 Baker Knight - Bring My Cadillac Back 2:25

02 Baker Knight - I Cried 2:19

03 Don Q. With Clenest Gant - Halelujah 2:35

04 Don Q. With Clenest Gant - Jump Jump Hi Ho 2:19

05 Earl Gaines - Hold Back My Tears 2:09

06 Earl Gaines - Love You Love You Love You 2:07

07 Gene Allison - If Things Don't Change 2:25

08 Larry Birdsong - Young And Fancy Free 2:17

09 Daddy Dean Orchestra - Love Me A Long Long Time 2:20

10 Daddy Dean Orchestra - The Road 3:01

11 Cliff Butler - Rent's Too High 3:11

12 Cliff Butler - Fool 2:24

13 Joyce Paul - Goofin' Off 2:29

14 Joyce Paul - Tell Me The Truth 3:05

15 Sandra Meade - Who Spins The Wheel 2:42

16 Sandra Meade - Fever 2:42

17 Larry Birdsong - Since You Left Me Behind 1:55

18 Larry Birdsong - Live The Life I Sing About 2:55

19 Don Q. With Clenest Gant - I Can't Stand To See You Go 3:17

20 Don Q. With Clenest Gant - Love Me Always 3:12

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