The World Of...: Sweet Roots Of R'n'B (CD)

James Brown, Sam Cook, Johnny Ray, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker to artyści, którzy odegrali ważną rolę w kształtowaniu stylu rhythm and blues. Gatunek zdominował czarną muzykę w Stanach Zjednoczonych od połowy ubiegłego wieku. Fragment historii R'n'B przywołuje dwupłytowa kompilacja z serii "The World Of..."

Tracklista:

CD 1
1. Sam Cooke - I Come Running Back To You 2:13
2. Sam Cooke - You Send Me 2:45
3. Clyde Mcphatter - Without Love (there Is Nothing) 2:57
4. Ruth Brown & Clyde Mcphatter - Love Has Joined Us Together 2:57
5. Ruth Brown - Too Many Men 2:39
6. Big Maybelle - Candy 2:42
7. Big Maybelle - Gabbin' Blues 2:34
8. Patti Page - Old Cape Town 2:35
9. Patti Page - A Poor Man's Roses 2:30
10. Johnnie Ray - I Just Walking In The Rain 2:41
11. The Royals (the Midnighters) - Get It 2:13
12. June Valli - Crying In The Chapel 2:46
13. The Platters - My Prayer 2:46
14. Jo Stafford - A Fool Such As I 2:50
15. The Drifters - I Gotta Gat Myself A Woman 2:14
16. James Brown - Please, Please, Please 2:44

CD 2
1. Sister Rosetta Tharp - My Journey To The Sky 3:15
2. Sister Rosetta Tharp - This Train 2:52
3. Sister Rosetta Tharp - Down By The Riverside 2:33
4. Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes 3:02
5. Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips 2:10
6. Ruth Brown - So Long 2:42
7. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - The Twist 2:39
8. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Teardrops On Your Letter 2:45
9. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 2:35
10. Clyde Mcphatter - Treasure Of Love 2:14
11. Clyde Mcphatter With The Drift - Lucille 3:07
12. Clyde Mcphatter With The Drift - Money Honey 3:04
13. Lavern Baker - Tweedle Dee 3:12
14. Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy 2:14
15. Marie Knight - The Old Rugged Cross 3:24
16. The Platters - Only You (and You Alone) 2:41
17. The Platters - I'm Sorry 2:56
18. The Mcguire Sisters - True Love 2:29
19. The Mcguire Sisters - Sincerely 3:02
20. The Mcguire Sisters - Volare (nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu) 2:44
21. The Chordettes - Lollipop 2:10