The Essential Lou Rawls

~ Release by Lou Rawls (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Disc One
2CD: Disc Two
#TitleRatingLength
1Lady Love
recording of:
Lady Love
writer:
Yvonne Gray (Songwriter) and Sherman Marshall
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:05
2One Life to Live
recording of:
One Life to Live
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:53
3There Will Be Love
recording of:
There Will Be Love
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:21
4I Wish It Were Yesterday
cover recording of:
I Wish It Were Yesterday
writer:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger) and Lee Phillips (U.S. songwriter)
publisher:
Mardix Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:27
5Not the Staying Kind
recording of:
Not the Staying Kind
writer:
Michael Burton (American songwriter and producer)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:52
6If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
recording of:
If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:32
7Let Me Be Good to You
recording of:
Let Me Be Good to You
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:26
8Sit Down and Talk to Me
recording of:
Sit Down and Talk to Me
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:54
9Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
cover recording of:
Ain’t That Loving You (for More Reasons Than One)
writer:
Homer Banks (soul singer and songwriter) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
4:39
10You Are
recording of:
You Are
writer:
LeRoy Bell, Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer), Jack Robinson (disco songwriter, producer, composer) and Casey James (of Bell & James)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:51
11Be Anything (But Be Mine)
3:43
12She's Gone
3:30
13I Can't Make It Alone
3:00
14How Long, How Long Blues
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
4:21
15Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
4:42
16Show Business
3:30
17You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (live)
live recording of:
You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:18

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part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 112)