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In The Naked City - In The Naked City / Various [CD]

In The Naked City - In The Naked City / Various [CD]

Release Date: /// KENT RECORDS UK

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2008 release. It used to be said that there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Here are twenty four such stories, depicting the happiness and hardships, the highs and lows of 1960s city life. All human life is here - from the anticipation of arrival in a Metropolis; the hardships of employment and unemployment; the finding and losing of love; and the escapes from reality that can be found 'Up on the Roof'. Although many of these songs are set in and around New York, their message is pan-American and could just as easily apply to Chicago, Detroit or any other city where not all the inhabitants found that summertime meant that the living (or the loving) was easy. A host of soul music's most revered artists are assembled to tell this story, from Arthur Alexander to Aretha Franklin. Almost all of those who tell it sing from personal experience of having lived it. 24 tracks. Ace.

Tracklist:

  1. Big New York - Chuck Jackson
  2. On Broadway - The Cookies
  3. I Love New York - Marva Josie
  4. In My Apartment - Dee Clark
  5. Concrete Jungle - Arthur Alexander
  6. Second Window, Second Floor - Clyde McPhatter
  7. No Pity (In The Naked City) - Jackie Wilson
  8. I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore - Jerry Butler
  9. Quiet Place, A - Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters
  10. Three Rooms - Audrey Freeman
  11. In My Tenement - Jackie Shane
  12. Upotwn - Little Eva
  13. I Found A Daisy (In The City) - Barry Darvell
  14. Nights In New York City - Jan Bradley
  15. Song Of The Street - Donald Height
  16. Strange Neighbourhood - Imaginations
  17. Up In The Streets Of Harlem - The Drifters
  18. Those City Lights - Wayne Bartlett
  19. That Old Neighbourhood - Eric Williams
  20. Street Talk - The Tymes
  21. No Butterflies - Walter Jackson
  22. City Of Fools - Colette Kelly
  23. Medley: Up On The Roof/Some Kind Of Wonderful - Ralfi Pagan
  24. Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin

UPC: 029667229920
Label: KENT RECORDS UK
Release Date: 5.27.08
Format: CD

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