SOUL MUSIC BONANZA PART 2 VA - It's in My Soul (A Butterboy Compilation) Country Soul, Smooth Soul, Southern Soul and Blue-eyed Soul (12 x CDs)

SOUL MUSIC BONANZA PART 2

VA - It's in My Soul (A Butterboy Compilation) Country Soul, Smooth Soul, Southern Soul and Blue-eyed Soul (12 x CDs) 

Soul music (often referred to simply as Soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the 1950's and early 1960's. It combines elements of African American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.  According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying". Catchy rhythms, stressed by hand claps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and an especially tense vocal sound. The style also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds.  Soul music reflected the African American identity and it stressed the importance of an African American culture. The new-found African American consciousness led to new styles of music, which boasted pride in being black. 

Soul music dominated the U.S. R&B chart in the 1960's, and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. By 1968, the soul music genre had begun to splinter. Some soul artists developed funk music, while other singers and groups developed slicker, more sophisticated, and in some cases more politically conscious varieties. By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres, leading to psychedelic soul. The United States saw the development of neo soul around 1994. There are also several other sub-genres and offshoots of soul music.

The key sub-genres of soul include the Motown style, a more pop-friendly and rhythmic style; Southern Soul, characterized by its gritty-yet-fragile vocals, punching horn sections, and tight rhythms.; Memphis soul, a shimmering, sultry style; Smooth soul, characterized by melodic hooks, funk influence and smooth production style.; Country soul has its roots in Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, and Country music, emphasizing the signatures and textures of country music over the grittier and horn-driven sound of Southern Soul. The impact of soul music was manifold; internationally, white and other non-black musicians were influenced by soul music. Several terms were introduced, such as "blue-eyed soul", which is R&B or soul music performed by white artists. The meaning of "blue-eyed soul" has evolved over decades. Originally the term was associated with mid-1960's white artists who performed soul and R&B that was similar to the music released by Motown Records and Stax Records.  (Wikipedia)

Presented here are 12 x CDs of Soul music, specifically 60 tracks each of Country Soul, Smooth Soul, Southern Soul, and Blue-eyed Soul.  Each sub-genre is 3 x CDs. I hope you enjoy the choices. 

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Track lists

Country Soul - CD1

01 Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You 4:17

02 James Carr The Dark End of the Street 2:33

03 William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner 2:53

04 Stoney Edwards She's My Rock 2:26

05 Brook Benton Rainy Night in Georgia 3:48

06 Solomon Burke Just Out of Reach 2:42

07 O.B. McClinton You Don't Miss Your Water 2:48

08 Johnny Adams In a Moment of Weakness 2:34

09 Brook Benton She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye 3:28

10 Esther Phillips Release Me 3:19

11 Joe Hinton Funny (How Time Slips Away) 3:04

12 Freddie North Don't Take Her She's All I Got 2:43

13 Bobby Powell Your Cheating Heart 2:35

14 Joe Tex Hold What You've Got 3:07

15 Reuben Bell You're Killing Me Slowly But Surely 2:42

16 Freddie North You're Killing Me Slowly But Surely 2:56

17 Percy Sledge Love Me Tender 3:04

18 Otis William Shutters & Boards 2:24

19 Ella Washington He Called Me Baby 3:02

20 Millie Jackson If You're Not Back in Love By Monday 4:55

Country Soul - CD2

21 Arthur Alexander You Better Move On 2:31

22 Brenton Wood Rainin' Love You Gotta Feel It 2:43

23 Ike & Tina Turner Don't Believe Nothing 3:15

24 Charley Pride Charley Pride - is Anybody Goin' to San Antone 2:14

25 Gladys Knight & the Pips Help Me Make it Through the Night 4:21

26 David Ruffin Statue of a Fool 4:20

27 Curtis Mayfield Dirty Laundry 4:07

28 Hank Ballard Sunday Morning Comin' Down 5:04

29 Bobby Jonz Snap Your Fingers 3:00

30 Clarence Gatemouth Brown Amos Moses 3:24

31 Aaron Neville The Grand Tour 3:18

32 Johnny Adams Hell Yes I Cheated 3:33

33 Esther Phillips I Saw Me 3:14

34 Dorothy Moore Misty Blue 3:34

35 Candi Staton Stand By Your Man 2:53

36 Ann Peebles Hangin' On 2:43

37 Arthur Alexander Everyday I Have to Cry 2:44

38 Z.Z. Hill I Need Someone (To Love Me) 3:22

39 Dobie Gray Loving Arms 2:44

40 Bobby Hebb A Satisfied Mind 2:43

Country Soul - CD3

41 Little Milton Behind Closed Doors 4:00

42 Tony Borders Gentle on My Mind 4:06

43 O.C. Smith The Son of Hickory Holler Tramp 3:52

44 Pointer Sisters Fairy Tale 5:05

45 Eddie James All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) 3:05

46 Little Willie John She Thinks I Still Care 2:57

47 Bobby Womack Bouquet of Roses 2:46

48 Joe Simon Chokin' Kind 2:39

49 Etta James Almost Persuaded 3:21

50 Otis Redding & Steve Cropper Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay 2:45

51 Bettye Swann Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) 2:52

52 Bobby Sheen My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You 3:16

53 Mighty Sam McClain Sweet Dreems 2:41

54 Clarence Carter Set Me Free 3:05

55 Stoney Edwards Honkey Tonk Heaven 2:16

56 Solomon Burke He'll Have to Go 3:20

57 Otis Redding Tennessee Waltz 2:53

58 Roscoe Shelton There's a Heartbreak Somewhere 3:00

59 O.B. McClinton Talk To My Childrens Mama 2:57

60 Al Green For the Good Times 6:25

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Smooth Soul CD1

01 Isaac Hayes The Look of Love 11:13

02 Delfonics Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 3:22

03 Esther Phillips You and Me Together 3:15

04 Teddy Pendergrass Come Go With Me 5:47

05 Jerry Butler Givin Up on Love 2:32

06 Donny Hathaway Love, Love, Love 3:25

07 Willie Hutch Season for Love 3:08

08 Dramatics In the Rain 3:24

09 Sade No Ordinary Love 7:20

10 Loleatta Holloway Cry to Me 3:39

11 Charles Bradley Slow Love 3:38

12 Dells Somebody's Gotta Move 5:13

13 Rick James Fire and Desire (Featuringteena Marie) 7:22

14 Luther Vandross A House is Not a Home 7:08

15 Chi-Lites I Never Had it So Good (And Felt So Bad) 5:09

16 Barry White Playing Your Game, Baby 3:40

17 James Brown Kiss in '77 3:45

18 Millie Jackson If Loving You is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right 3:49

19 Smokey Robinson I'm Loving You Softly 4:35

20 Curtis Mayfield Give Me Your Love (Love Song) 4:17

Smooth Soul CD2

21 Billy Paul I See the Light 6:14

22 Chuck Jackson Slowly But Surely 3:17

23 Freddie Jackson Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) 4:02

24 Patti Labelle On My Own (With Michael McDonald) 4:52

25 Jerry Butler Take the Time to Tell Her 3:48

26 Willie Hutch Sunshine Lady 3:56

27 Minnie Riperton Inside My Love 4:48

28 Peabo Bryson Feel the Fire 4:54

29 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973 4:47

30 Marvin Gaye Let's Get it On 4:51

31 Anita Baker Sweet Love 4:21

32 Bill Withers Moanin' and Groanin' 2:58

33 Syl Johnson I Wanna Satisfy Your Every Need 2:45

34 Jesse Green Easy 3:38

35 Jesse Green Nice and Slow 3:10

36 Eddie McLoyd Once You Fall in Love 3:57

37 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway You've Got a Friend 3:25

38 Angie Stone Baby Slow Down 4:08

39 Gladys Knight & the Pips And This is Love 3:23

40 Billy Paul I Was Married 7:22

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Smooth Soul CD3

41 Bill Withers Who is He What is He to You 5:28

42 Brenton Wood Love is Free 4:43

43 O'jays Stairway to Heaven 6:17

44 Syl Johnson I Hear the Love Chimes 2:46

45 George Duke Love Mission 4:24

46 Rumer Slow 3:36

47 Lou Pride Take it Slow 4:57

48 Anita Baker Caught Up in the Rapture 4:08

49 Marvin Gaye Soon I'll Be Loving You Again 3:13

50 Frank McKinney Quiet Storm 3:40

51 Isley Brothers Smooth Sailin' Tonight (Single Version) 3:59

52 Atlantic Starr Secret Lovers 4:04

53 Teena Marie Dear Lover 5:16

54 Little Scotty Slow That Disco Down 6:32

55 Notations Take it Slow 4:11

56 Jermaine Jackson Do What You Do 4:12

57 Grover Washington Jr. East River Drive 4:44

58 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes I Miss You 8:38

59 Peaches & Herb Reunited 3:55

60 Average White Band A Love of Your Own 5:17

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Southern Soul CD1

01 O.V. Wright I'd Rather Be Blind, Cripple, and Crazy 2:46

02 Bobby 'blue' Bland I've Been Wrong for So Long 2:19

03 Clarence Carter Say it One More Time 2:41

04 Ted Taylor Something Strange is Going on 2:54

05 Ollie Nightengale A Good Woman at Home ( is Better Than Two in the Street ) 3:06

06 Bobby Patterson I Get My Groove From You 3:27

07 Charles Perrywell Your Lonesome Now 2:29

08 Ann Sexton You've Been Gone Too Long 2:17

09 Johnnie Taylor I Believe in You (You Believe in Me) 5:09

10 Otis Clay Trying to Live My Life Without You 2:51

11 Calvin Scott A Sadness for Things 3:26

12 Ann Peebles Trouble, Heartaches and Sadness 2:38

13 Dan Greer Thanks to You Girl 3:16

14 Candi Staton I Ain't Easy to Love 3:30

15 Lou Pride We Can Do What We Want 5:41

16 Zz Hill Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep) 2:34

17 Bettye Lavette Your Turn to Cry 3:16

18 King Floyd What Our Love Needs 3:04

19 Syl Johnson Back for a Taste of Your Love 2:36

20 Eddie Floyd I Got a Reason to Smile (Cause I Got You) 3:15

Southern Soul CD2

21 Shay Holiday It's Not How Long You Make It 2:52

22 Joe Tex I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Part 1) 3:50

23 Frederick Knight I've Been Lonely for So Long 3:22

24 Bud Harper I've Just Got to Forget You 3:05

25 Paul Kelly Nine Out of Ten Times 2:52

26 George Jackson Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right 2:47

27 Clarence Carter Sixty Minute Man 3:08

28 Irma Thomas In Between Tears 2:37

29 Johnnie Taylor Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone 3:03

30 William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner 2:52

31 Calvin Scott Shame on the Family Name 2:50

32 Soul Children Hearsay 3:36

33 Betty Wright The Babysitter 3:08

34 Jimmy Lewis Three Into Two Won't Go 2:52

35 Bettye Crutcher Sugar Daddy 3:49

36 Inez Foxx The Time 3:57

37 Don Varner Here Come My Tears Again 2:19

38 Al Johnson Bless Your Little Sweet Soul 3:01

39 Ollie Nightengale It's a Sad Thing 2:53

40 O.V. Wright I've Been Seaching 2:39

Southern Soul CD3

41 Denise La Salle Breaking Up Somebody's Home 3:28

42 Spencer Wiggins Once in a While (Is Better Tha 3:33

43 Johnnie Taylor Stop Doggin' Me 4:15

44 Don Convay Sookie Sookie 2:48

45 Percy Sledge Misty Morning 5:46

46 Marcell Strong Mumble in My Ear 3:23

47 John Gary Williams The Whole Damn World is Going Crazy 3:11

48 Wilson Pickett Soft Soul Boogie Woogie 2:36

49 Staple Singers Be What You Are 4:59

50 Bobby Womack Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out 2:57

51 Sandra Wright Wounded Woman 2:29

52 Little Johnny Taylor As Long as I Don't See You 3:47

53 Laura Lee Dirty Old Man 2:51

54 William Bell Lovin' on Borrowed Time 3:57

55 Otis Clay I Can Take You to Heaven Tonight 4:40

56 Ollie Nightingale All I Feel is Love 5:02

57 Judy Clay Bed of Roses 2:44

58 Al Green Take Me to the River 3:43

59 Little Milton What it Is 3:22

60 Clarence Carter I'm the Midnight Special 2:39

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Blue-eyed Soul CD1

01 Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 3:43

02 Bob Kuban and the In-Men The Cheater 2:39

03 Len Barry 1-2-3 2:23

04 Daryl Hall & John Oates She's Gone 5:16

05 Van Morrison Warm Love 3:24

06 Paul Young Everytime You Go Away 4:28

07 Dusty Springfield Son of a Preacher Man 2:26

08 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) 5:36

09 Joss Stone I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You 5:00

10 Tony Joe White Polk Salad Annie 3:48

11 Grayson Hugh Talk it Over 4:15

12 Bee Gees How Deep is Your Love 4:04

13 Player Baby Come Back 3:38

14 Vic Waters Dreamer 3:43

15 Magnificent Men I'll Always Love You 2:52

16 Tom Jones Spanish Harlem 3:21

17 Delaney & Bonnie We Just Been Feeling Bad 2:31

18 Simply Red Holding Back the Years 4:11

19 Joe Cocker Unchain My Heart 5:07

20 Average White Band Cut the Cake 3:39

Blue-eyed Soul CD2

21 Timi Yuro What's a Matter Baby 2:46

22 Billy Joe Royal I Knew You When 2:34

23 Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl 3:13

24 Rod Stewart Rainy Night in Georgia 4:10

25 Rare Earth Get Ready 21:34

26 Duffy Breaking My Own Heart 3:58

27 Rascals Come on Up 2:45

28 Box Tops The Letter 1:54

29 Gene Pitney She's a Heartbreaker 3:16

30 Bobby Caldwell What You Won't Do for Love 3:33

31 Alison Moyet Hoodoo 4:43

32 Joe Cocker Don't You Love Me Anymore 5:10

33 Ambrosia How Much I Feel 4:39

34 Commitments Bye Bye Baby 3:29

35 Wayne Cochran Get Ready 2:27

36 Casinos Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 3:13

37 Lonnie Mack Where There's a Will There's a Way 4:11

38 Ace How Long 3:24

39 Rick Astley Cry for Help 4:51

40 P.J. Proby Niki Hoeky 2:30

Blue-eyed Soul CD3

41 Chris Clark Love's Gone Bad 2:21

42 Dusty Springfield Make it With You 3:11

43 Robert Palmer Sneakin' Sally Thru' the Alley 4:24

44 Bread It Don't Matter to Me 2:49

45 Vic Waters and the Entertainers White, I'm Alright 2:37

46 Amy Winehouse Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 4:22

47 Michael McDonald You Are Everything 2:48

48 Society of Seven Between Hello-Goodbye 3:57

49 Bill Deal & the Rhondels I've Been Hurt 2:04

50 Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin' 2:55

51 Skyliners I'll Close My Eyes 2:21

52 Laura Nyro Luckie 3:03

53 Walker Brothers The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 3:11

54 Chris Rea Fool (If You Think It's Over) 3:56

55 Roy Head & the Traits Treat Her Right 2:05

56 Flaming Ember Westbound #9 2:53

57 Frankie Miller I Can't Change It 3:09

58 Simply Red If You Don't Know Me By Now (Harold Melvin & Blue Notes) 3:26

59 Gino Vannelli I Just Wanna Stop 3:37

60 Lisa Stansfield All Around the World 4:21

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