Various
Manhattan Soul 3
Scepter/Wand and Musicor/Dynamo records were quintessential New York soul labels. The common link was Luther Dixon, who set Scepter on the right road with The Shirelles and followed up that success with hits for Tommy Hunt, Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown. He split for Musicor in 1966 where he got the Platters, Tommy Hunt and Inez & Charlie Foxx back into the charts. This CD collects some of the finest songs from both labels. TRACKS: 01. OPEN UP YOUR HEART (AND LET ME IN) - Dan & Clean Cuts 02. NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE - Sonny Turner and Sound Unlimited 03. HAVEN'T I BEEN GOOD TO YOU - Johnny Moore 04. FUN CITY WOMAN - Ann Bailey 05. NOBODY MADE YOU LOVE ME - The Charts 06. BILLY BOY - Billy Adams 07. THAT SAME OLD SONG - The Fabulous Dinos 08. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS - Helen Henry 09. TWO STUPID FEET - The Shirelles 10. LOVER - Tommy Hunt 11. GIVING UP - Junior Lewis 12. A PART OF ME - Earl King 13. NEVER IN MY LIFE - Lee Moses 14. NOBODY KNOWS - Maurice Williams 15. DOESN'T IT RING A BELL - The Platters 16. HOW COULD IT BE - The Esquires 17. MR. SCHEMER - Brenton Wood 18. OOH BABY - Harold Hopkins 19. WHAT'S THE MATTER BABY - Van McCoy 20. THE LANDLORD - The Tabs 21. YOU PICKED ME - The Soldier Boys 22. REMIND MY BABY OF ME - Billy Byers 23. DOES LOVE BELIEVE IN ME - Melba Moore 24. IF I HAD YOU - Big Maybelle