James Brown’s Original Funky Divas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Sixties
2▼CD: The Seventies
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Message From the Soul Sisters, Parts 1 & 2
Vicki Anderson5:25
2Super Good (Answer to Super Bad), Parts 1 & 2
Vicki Anderson5:35
3I’m Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants)
Vicki Anderson3:25
4Don’t Throw Your Love in the Garbage Can
Vicki Anderson2:46
5You’re Welcome, Stop on By
performer:
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group)
Vicki Anderson with Bobby Byrd3:45
6The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow, Parts 1 & 2
Kay Robinson5:14
7People Make the World a Better Place
Shirley Jean & The Relations2:52
8Wheel of Life
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
arranger:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
Lyn Collins33:05
9Think (About It)
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Think (About It)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Lyn Collins43:23
10Me and My Baby Got a Good Thing Going
Lyn Collins3:18
11Mama Feelgood (previously unreleased long version)
recording of:
Mama Feelgood
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins4:23
12Take Me, Just as I Am (previously unreleased long version)
Lyn Collins5:36
13Don’t Make Me Over
Lyn Collins3:50
14What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin’
recording of:
What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin’
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Lyn Collins and David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
Lyn Collins2:56
15We Want to Parrty, Parrty, Parrty, Parts 1 & 2
Lyn Collins4:25
16Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times)
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
arranger:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
recording of:
Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)
writer:
Leon Austin and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Lyn Collins53:27
17You Can’t Love Me, If You Don’t Respect Me (promo only long version)
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
Lyn Collins5:33
18Put It on the Line
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Put It on the Line
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins23:34
19Summertime
performer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Martha High with James Brown5:25