Name: Chicago Radio Soul / Various
Brand: Kent (U.K.)
SKU: 160916
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Chicago Radio Soul / Various

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Album: Chicago Radio Soul / Various
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Rescue Me	More Info...	0:02
2)	Don't Mess Up a Good Thing	More Info...	0:03
3)	We Got The Winning Hand	More Info...	0:03
4)	Selfish One	More Info...	0:03
5)	A Thousand Miles Away	More Info...	0:03
6)	Shy Guy	More Info...	0:03
7)	No Faith, No Love	More Info...	0:03
8)	I Can't Help Myself	More Info...	0:03
9)	Love Is A 5-Letter Word	More Info...	0:03
10)	This Heart of Mine	More Info...	0:02
11)	Lonely Girl	More Info...	0:03
12)	Feel Kinda Bad	More Info...	0:03
13)	La De Da, I'm A Fool In Love	More Info...	0:02
14)	Only Time Will Tell	More Info...	0:03
15)	Peak Of Love	More Info...	0:03
16)	The Bird	More Info...	0:02
17)	The Creeper	More Info...	0:03
18)	Heartbreak Society	More Info...	0:02
19)	Strange Feeling	More Info...	0:02
20)	Try My Love Again	More Info...	0:02
21)	Sharing You	More Info...	0:03
22)	Take Me for a Little While	More Info...	0:02
23)	One Day I'll Show You	More Info...	0:02
24)	Stay By My Side	More Info...	0:03
25)	A Love Reputation	More Info...	0:02
26)	Happy New Love	More Info...	0:02

Album: Chicago Radio Soul / Various
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Rescue Me	More Info...	0:02
2)	Don't Mess Up a Good Thing	More Info...	0:03
3)	We Got The Winning Hand	More Info...	0:03
4)	Selfish One	More Info...	0:03
5)	A Thousand Miles Away	More Info...	0:03
6)	Shy Guy	More Info...	0:03
7)	No Faith, No Love	More Info...	0:03
8)	I Can't Help Myself	More Info...	0:03
9)	Love Is A 5-Letter Word	More Info...	0:03
10)	This Heart of Mine	More Info...	0:02
11)	Lonely Girl	More Info...	0:03
12)	Feel Kinda Bad	More Info...	0:03
13)	La De Da, I'm A Fool In Love	More Info...	0:02
14)	Only Time Will Tell	More Info...	0:03
15)	Peak Of Love	More Info...	0:03
16)	The Bird	More Info...	0:02
17)	The Creeper	More Info...	0:03
18)	Heartbreak Society	More Info...	0:02
19)	Strange Feeling	More Info...	0:02
20)	Try My Love Again	More Info...	0:02
21)	Sharing You	More Info...	0:03
22)	Take Me for a Little While	More Info...	0:02
23)	One Day I'll Show You	More Info...	0:02
24)	Stay By My Side	More Info...	0:03
25)	A Love Reputation	More Info...	0:02
26)	Happy New Love	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

The title might be Chicago Radio Soul, but it's really a 26-track compilation of soul that was released on Chicago-based Chess Records during the 1960s. Only one of the songs was a big hit (Fontella Bass's "Rescue Me"), though Jackie Ross's "Selfish One" and Mitty Collier's "Sharing You" did well on the R&B charts. There are also little-known singles by Etta James, Little Milton, Billy Stewart, and Denise LaSalle, as well as names that will only be familiar to serious soul fanatics, like the Gems, the Radiants, and Bobby McClure. Chess wasn't as much of a presence in soul as it was in blues, although by the '60s, it was concentrating much more on the soul market. On the whole this is decent if unremarkable '60s soul, showing the influence of both Motown and the crosstown Chicago sound of the Okeh label. High points worth noting by any soul fan are the girl group-tinged "I Can't Help Myself" (the Gems) and Jackie Ross's "Take Me for a Little While," a rare example of a Black soul cover of a single by a White female singer (Evie Sands). ~ Richie Unterberger