leiber & stoller story vol.3 1963-70

The final part of Ace's trilogy in tribute to Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller takes their story up to 1970 and embraces the usual mixture of established classics and terminal obscurities.

Our selection demonstrates the ease with which L & S coped with the writing and producing of material that went way beyond the rock'n'roll and R&B with which their names are most indelibly associated. - whether that material was uptown soul, girl group, country, latin soul or 'adult contemporary'.

As ever, our CD is complemented by a handsomely and copiously illustrated booklet and impeccable sleevenotes from Mick Patrick (with input from Mike Stoller's son, Peter).

As before, the CD has been produced in collaboration with, and with the approval of, the men whose career it salutes. Although it's the last in our series of three, it is by no means the final chapter of a story that goes on to this day and that has involved many more triumphs in the interim.

Track listing:

1. You Can't Love Them All - SOLOMON BURKE
2. Tricky Dicky - RICHIE BARRETT
3. His Kiss - BETTY HARRIS
4. My Heart Said (The Bossa Nova) - IRENE REID
5. Drip Drop - DION
6. Rat Race - THE DRIFTERS
7. Midnight Town, Daybreak City - ROY HAMILTON
8. It's So Exciting - THE EXCITERS
9. Down Home Girl - ALVIN ROBINSON
10. Only In America - JAY AND THE AMERICANS
11. Keep It Up - THE SOUL BROTHERS
12. Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt) - THE HONEYMAN
13. Jackson - JOHNNY CASH AND JUNE CARTER
14. Bull Dog - THE SHANGRI-LAS
15. The Gunfighter - TOMMY ROE
16. Take It Like A Man - THE WALKER BROTHERS
17. Juicy - WILLIE BOBO
18. I (Who Have Nothing) - DEE DEE WARWICK
19. You'll Never Leave Him - FREDDIE SCOTT
20. Where's The Girl - BEN E KING
21. Flying - CARMEN MCRAE
22. Shake 'Em Up And Let 'Em Roll - JERRY LEIBER AND THE COASTERS
23. On Broadway - JIMMY SCOTT
24. Is That All There Is? - PEGGY LEE