In the liner notes to the cd (see my post from several years back) that accompanied the publication of his sublime book Sweet Soul Music, Gurlanick talks about interviewing a dj named Skippy White who told Guralnick not to overlook all of the less well-know soul acts in his book, as they were an equally important part of the history of soul music. Now, I realize there are a lot of folks who know are far more knowledgeable about soul music, especially the rare stuff. But, that's never stopped me before and more importantly, there's so much great overlooked material from the 60s and 70s. And even if some of the acts were just one hit (well non-hit), there's a lot more folks who were just victims of bad luck, bad deals, historical circumstances like Little Ben of Little Ben and the Cheers (pictured at the left) going to fight in Vietnam. So here's the first two volumes of my four volume set.Volume I
| Beggar of Love | Little Ben and the Cheers |
| Too Late to Cry | The Commands |
| Love Don't Love Nobody | Ella Brown |
| I Am Controlled By Your Love | Helene Smith |
| Trying My Best To Find Her | The Notations |
| Sweatin' | Alvin Cash & The Crawlers |
| Go Go Train | Eddy G. Giles |
| Bui Bui | L. Hollis & the Mackadoos |
| Groove Me Mamma | Eddie Steele |
| Gotta Find My Man | Linda Mackey |
| Girls Girls Girls | The Young Disciples Co. |
| One Heart | The Emanons |
| A Woman's Love | Joe Valentine |
| Have Fun | Ann Cole |
| I've Lived The Life | Marva W. Taylor |
| Love Game (From A To Z) | The Royal Jokers |
| Can't See Myself Doing You Wrong | Milt Matthews Inc |
| I've Got To Cry | Chris Hamilton |
| Darling Please Do Not Take My Love | Moody Scott |
| Self Preservation | Bill Brandon |
Volume II
| There's Gonna Be Some Crying | Small Paul |
| Count to Ten | Frankie & The Spindles |
| Smalltown Girl | Jimmy Tig &The Rounders |
| My Heart Cries Oh | Fred Hughes |
| A Lady's Man | The Volcanos |
| I'm Gone | Eddie Parker |
| Instrumental #1 | Richard Terry & Company |
| The Funky Judge | Bull & the Matadors |
| Wait | Bobbie Smith |
| Caught Making Love | Roger Hatcher |
| Sam Stone | Swamp Dogg |
| I Paid For The Party | The Enchanters |
| Meet Me In Church | Don Varner |
| Wouldn't It Be A Pleasure | Jay Rhythm |
| Down In the Country | Tee Fletcher |
| Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother | Black On White Affair |
| That Thing Is Green | Bob Smith and the Boo-Koos |
| Say You Will | Willie Small |
| When a Boy Loves a Girl | The Vows |
| Dreamers Hall of Fame | Jeb Stuart |
