Great R&B songs from the 60s*

Some lesser known Ben E. King. One of my favorite songs by him.

 

Arthur Alexander Go Home Girl Should have been a huge hit

 

One of my favorites by Percy Sledge - Rainbow Road

 

Hey Jude done by the unparalleled Wilson Pickett with Duane Allman on guitar

 

James Carr Pouring Water On A Drowning Man

 

Arthur Conley-"God Bless"...I used to hear this in junior high and had totally forgotten it until I stumbled across a copy in a thrift store. I like how he name-checks Deputy Dawg!

 

Not especially obscure but definitely not well know. One of my favorite Otis performances.
Otis Redding - You Left The Water Running

 

H-Bomb Ferguson!

 

Wow! That's really kool! Back in the mid to late 90s I frequented a couple bars H-Bomb hung out at. What a very interesting guy! He sure lived a full life. He was definitely a born raconteur. Just a terrific guy!

 

Original version of "1900 Yesterday" by Betty Everett...I love Liz Damon's cover as well:

 

This song by Betty was recorded by Liz Damon on the B-Side of "1900 Yesterday" on White Whale, "You're Falling in Love"

 

The great Clarence Carter - Slip Away

 

Here's an interesting tidbit about "1900 Yesterday": The lines "like smoke from a cigarette, dreams that you soon forget" were taken from the 1966 song "Fading Away," performed by the Temptations and written by Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore and Bobby Rogers of The Miracles.

Go to 1:50 in this video.

 

James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street

 

Re: Semi-obscure R&B from the 60s.

One truly great song, one that was only a regional hit.

"Oh My Angel" - Bertha Tillman, 1962.

last fm dot com provides the following:
Bertha Louise Tillman was a 1960s pop singer, born 28 June 1942 in Texas. She died in San Diego, Ca., on 31 May 1993, aged 50. Her best known tune is Oh My Angel, the first of two 45s released by her on Bob Shad's New York-based Brent label. The other, I Wish, was released as Bertha Tillman & The Killers.

Bertha Tillman was working as a shop assistant in San Diego when she was discovered by Hank Blackman of J.J. Jackson and The Jackals. The group provided the background vocals for her evocative rendition of 'Oh My Angel', a song written by the lead singer of The Jackals, June Jackson. Starting the second week in March, the record (Brent 7029) got a lot of airplay in Seattle (as well as various cities in California) and went to #4 on the KAYO (Seattle-Tacoma, 1150 AM) survey for the week of 30 April 1962. Billboard does not appear to have noticed the record when it was released, but it entered the Hot 100 at #95 on the week of 5 May, and reached #61 on the week of 9 June. Inexplicably, the record did not make the Billboard R&B charts, and received little airplay in the East. After cutting one more record for Brent, Tillman went back to San Diego; she died in May of 1993.

 

Debbie Rollins, Don't Let It Get You Girl:

 

Covered by The Searchers a bit after this...

 

George Jackson - Find Em Fool Em Forget Em

 

The Awesome Bo Diddley - Pills

 

Arthur Alexander - Detroit City