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CD: Various Artists - Sticks And Stones, The Sue Records Story

 


CD: Various Artists - Sticks And Stones - The Sue Records Story (2013)

Track listing: Ike and Tina Turner – A fool in love (Turner) | Bobby Hendricks – Itchy Twitchy Feeling (Oliver) | The Duals – Stick Shift (Bellinger, Lageman)| Sonny Jackson – My Babe (Dixon)  | Baby Washington – Hush Heart (Washington) | Barbara George – Send for me if you need some lovin’  (George) | Don Covay – Betty Jean (Randolph, Oliver) | Jimmy Barnes – If by any chance (Barnes, Jackson) | Mighty Hannibal – The biggest cry (Shaw) | Mamie Bradley – I feel like a million (Gibson) | The Honey Dos – Honey dew (Robinson)  | Eloise Carter – My man Rock Head (Turner)  | Johnny Darrow – Don’t start me talking (Williamson) | Jimmy McGriff – I’ve got a woman Pt 1 (Charles) | Sammi Lynn – You should know I’m still your baby (Nitzsche)  | Ike and Tina Turner – It’s gonna work out fine (McCoy, Robinson) | Johnnie Mae Mathews – My little angel (Bennet, Matthews) | The Matadors – Pennies from Heaven (Johnston, Burke) | Bobby Hendricks – Psycho (McPhatter) | The Night Riders – Pretty Plaid Skirt And Long Black Sox (Starkes, Smith) | The Chandeliers – She’s a heart breaker (Greer) | Jimmy Oliver Orchestra – The sneak (Oliver) | Jackie Shane – Any other way (Bell, Jackson) | Pearl Woods – Keep your business to yourself (Woods, Kirkland) | The Senors – May I have this dance (Smith, Smith)  | Jackie Shane – Sticks and stones (Turner) | Ike and Tina Turner – You’re my baby (Turner, Turner) | Bobby Hendricks – Cast your vote (Jenkins) | Don Covay – Believe it or not (Randolph)  | Mighty Hannibal – I need a woman (Shaw)  | Jimmy Barnes – Maybe never (Jackson) | Eloise Carter – I need you (Hammond, Rogers, Feaster, Jones) | Johnny Darrow – Hand in hand (Darrow) | Baby Washington – A handful of memories (Porter, Miller)  | The Matadors – Be good to me (Belvin)  | The Duals – Cruising (Bellinger, Lageman) | Ike and Tina Turner – I idolise you (Turner) | The Honey Dos – Someone (Home) | Johnnie Mae Mathews – The headshrinker (Randy, Matthews) | Billy And Rickey – Baby doll (Williams, Ricketts) | Bobby Hendricks – Busy flirtin’  (Braithwaite, Powell) | The Night Riders – St. Loo (Starkes, Smith) | Mary Lou Williams – Chunk a lunk jug Pt 1 (Williams) | The Chandeliers – Give me your love (Greer) | The Four Jokers – Written in the stars (Myers) | Ike Turner and The Kings of Rhythm – My love (Turner, Mackensen) | Barbara George – The recipe for perfect fools (George) | The Senors – Searching for Olive Oil  (Smith, Smith, Smith) | Tommy Williams – Must be love  (Williams, White, White, Harris, Harris) | Jimmy McGriff – All about my girl (McGriff)

Some tracks were original Cobra recordings

Image: Big Bear Records

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