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1	–James Brown And The Famous Flames*	Try Me Written-By – James Brown	2:30
2	–The Fiestas	So Fine Written-By – J. Otis*	2:19
3	–Eugene Church And The Fellows*	Pretty Girls Everywhere Written-By – E. Church*, T. Williams*	2:54
4	–LaVern Baker	I Cried A Tear Written-By – Al Julia, Fred Jay	2:34
5	–Lloyd Price With Don Costa Orchestra	Stagger Lee Written-By – Harold Logan, Lloyd Price	2:20
6	–The Impalas With The LeRoy Holmes Orchestra*	Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) Written-By – Artie Zwirn*, Harry Giosasi	2:32
7	–Brook Benton	It's Just A Matter Of Time Written-By – Belford Hendricks, Brook Benton, Clyde Otis	2:26
8	–Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City Written-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller*	2:24
9	–Hank Ballard And The Midnighters*	The Twist Written-By – Hank Ballard	2:34
10	–The Crests	16 Candles Written-By – Allyson Khent*, Luther Dixon	2:50
11	–Don & Dewey And Their Band*	Farmer John Written-By – Dewey Terry, Don Harris*	2:28
12	–Dave "Baby" Cortez	The Happy Organ Written-By – Clowney*, Kreigsmann*, Wood*	1:58
13	–Big Jay McNeely And Band* , Vocal By Little Sonny*	There Is Something On Your Mind Written-By – B. J. McNeely*	3:31
14	–The Falcons	You're So Fine Written-By – Lance Finney, Willie Schofield	2:23
15	–Chuck Berry	Almost Grown Written-By – Chuck Berry	2:19
16	–Dinah Washington	What A Diff'rence A Day Makes Written-By – Grever*, Adams*	2:28
17	–The Drifters	There Goes My Baby Written-By – Nelson*, Treadwell*, Patterson*	2:08
18	–Ray Charles And His Orchestra	What'd I Say, Parts 1&2 Written-By – Ray Charles	6:28
19	–Phil Phillips With The Twilights	Sea Of Love Written-By – G. Khoury*, P. Baptiste*	2:23
20	–The Clovers	Love Potion, No. 9 Written-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller*	1:51
21	–Dee Clark	Hey Little Girl Written-By – B. Stevenson*, Otis Blackwell	2:16
22	–The Isley Brothers	Shout, Parts 1&2 Written-By – O. Isley*, R. Isley*, R. Isley*	4:33
23	–The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You Written-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren	3:18
24	–The Spacemen	The Clouds Written-By – Julius Dixon	2:45
25	–Marv Johnson	You Got What It Takes Written-By – B. Gordy*, G. Gordy*, R. Davis*	2:49
26	–Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home Written-By – Domino*	2:18
27	–Bo Diddley	Say Man Written-By – Ellas McDaniel	3:10
28	–The Coasters	Poison Ivy Written-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller*	2:42
29	–Jackie Wilson	You Better Know It Written-By – Wilson*, Norm Henry*	1:58

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bear Family Records
• Copyright (c) – Bear Family Records
• Licensed From – Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

Credits

• Artwork – Tanja Hastedt
• Liner Notes – Colin Escott
• Mastered By – Jürgen Crasser
• Photography By – The Showtime Music Archive, Toronto*
• Photography By [Photo Restoration] – Erich Hülsenbeck, Tanja Hastedt
• Photography By [Photo Scans] – Andreas Merck, Erich Hülsenbeck
• Reissue Producer – Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth*
• Research [Tape] – Dave Booth*, Richard Weize

Notes

This compilation is Ⓟ 2006 & © 2006 Bear Family Records
Digipak

The artist credits that appear in the track list on the back of the digipak are in a few cases different from those that appear in the booklet. On the back they are shortened to just the name of the vocalist. Those in the booklet more closely match the artists named on the original releases. The track list above has the artist names as they appear in the booklet.

Tracks 1 to 4, 7, 10 are ℗ 1958.
Tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 to 29 are ℗ 1959.

Original releases:
1. Federal 12337
2. Old Town 1062
3. Class 235
4. Atlantic 2007
5. ABC Paramount 9972
6. Cub 9022
7. Mercury 71394
8. Fury 1023
9. King 5171
10. Coed 506
11. Specialty 659
12. Clock 1009
13. Swingin' 614
14. Flick 001; Unart 2013
15. Chess 1722
16. Mercury 71435
17. Atlantic 2025
18. Atlantic 2031
19. Khoury's 711; Mercury 71465
20. United Artists 180
21. Abner 1029
22. RCA Victor 47-7588
23. End 1046
24. Alton 254
25. United Artists 185
26. Imperial 5606
27. Checker 931
28. Atco 6146
29. Brunswick 55149

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4000127167149
• Other (ISBN): 3-89916-176-9
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 05197
• Matrix / Runout: BCD 16714