Album · Compilation

The Specialty Story

Released 1994130 tracks · 335:13EnglishSpecialty Records

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1.1	Boogie #1	The Sepia Tones	2:49
1.2	Voo‐It! Voo‐It!	Marion Abernathy	2:46
1.3	Milton’s Boogie	Roy Milton	2:51
1.4	R.M. Blues	Roy Milton	2:59
1.5	Rainy Day Blues	Robert James Carter	3:19
1.6	Ice Cream Freezer	Roosevelt Sykes	2:58
1.7	True Blues	Roy Milton	2:49
1.8	Rockin’ Boogie	Joe Lutcher	2:27
1.9	Thrill Me	Camille Howard	2:55
1.10	Tear Drop Blues	Jimmy Liggins	2:57
1.11	Cadillac Boogie	Jimmy Liggins	2:38
1.12	Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket	Camille Howard	2:23
1.13	X‐Temporaneous Boogie	Camille Howard	2:06
1.14	You Don’t Love Me	Camille Howard	2:14
1.15	Fat Meat	Theodore "Teddy" Shirley	2:40
1.16	Everything I Do Is Wrong	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	3:00
1.17	Hop, Skip, Jump	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	2:35
1.18	Careful Love	Jimmy Liggins	2:33
1.19	Big City Blues	Big Maceo	2:33
1.20	I Want a Roller	Andrew "Smokey" Hogg	2:52
1.21	The Hucklebuck	Roy Milton	2:22
1.22	Fiesta in Old Mexico	Camille Howard	2:27
1.23	The Honeydripper	Joe Liggins	3:09
1.24	Don’t Put Me Down	Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy	2:56
1.25	Information Blues	Roy Milton	2:43
1.26	Rag Mop	Joe Liggins	3:00
2.1	Pink Champagne	Joe Liggins	3:02
2.2	Junior Jives	Roy Milton	2:37
2.3	Where There Is No Love	Roy Milton	2:50
2.4	Everything’s Gonna Be All Right Tonight	King Perry & His Pied Pipers	2:26
2.5	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Percy Mayfield	2:54
2.6	Strange Things Happening	Percy Mayfield	2:50
2.7	Little Joe’s Boogie	Joe Liggins	2:51
2.8	Oh Babe!	Roy Milton	2:31
2.9	Lost Love	Percy Mayfield	2:56
2.10	Frankie Lee	Joe Liggins	2:53
2.11	What a Fool I Was	Percy Mayfield	2:47
2.12	Money Blues	Camille Howard	2:30
2.13	It’s Later Than You Think	Roy Milton	2:40
2.14	T‐Town Twist	Roy Milton	2:49
2.15	I Have News for You	Roy Milton	2:31
2.16	Prayin’ for Your Return	Percy Mayfield	2:57
2.17	Strange Angel	Amos Easton	2:40
2.18	Best Wishes	Roy Milton	2:42
2.19	Cry Baby	Percy Mayfield	2:51
2.20	Love Will Make You a Slave	Lil Greenwood	3:30
2.21	I Can’t Lose With the Stuff I Use	Lester Williams	2:12
2.22	Wheel of Fortune	Robert Byrd, David Ford, Clyde Tillis, Curlee Dinkins	2:40
2.23	The Big Question	Percy Mayfield	2:52
2.24	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Lloyd Price	2:30
2.25	So Tired	Roy Milton	3:12
2.26	Night and Day (I Miss You So)	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	3:01
3.1	Oooh Oooh Oooh	Lloyd Price	2:38
3.2	Restless Heart	Lloyd Price	2:36
3.3	Dream Girl	Jesse Belvin, Marvin Phillips	3:13
3.4	Tell Me Pretty Baby	Lloyd Price	2:17
3.5	Ain’t It a Shame?	Lloyd Price	2:42
3.6	Frantic	Frank Motley & His Crew	2:41
3.7	Too Close to Heaven	Alex Bradford, The Bradford Specials	3:03
3.8	I’m Coming Home	Claude Jeter, Rev. Robert Crenshaw, Solomon J. Womack, John Manson, John H. Myles, Henry K. Bossard	3:02
3.9	I’ve Got a New Home	Jesse Whitaker, J.W. Alexander, Kylo Turner, Raphael Taylor	2:30
3.10	One Room Country Shack	Mercy Dee Walton	2:50
3.11	Lucy Mae Blues	Frankie Lee Sims	2:32
3.12	Early in the Morning	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	2:41
3.13	She’s Been Gone	H‐Bomb Ferguson	2:25
3.14	Hard Living Alone	Floyd Dixon	3:05
3.15	Drunk	Jimmy Liggins	2:33
3.16	I Ate the Wrong Part	Augustus "Gus" Jenkins	1:56
3.17	Bloodstains on the Wall	Frank "Honeyboy" Patt	2:59
3.18	Baby Doll	Marvin Phillips, Carl Green	2:23
3.19	The Things That I Used to Do	Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones	3:02
3.20	I’m Your Best Bet Baby	Earl "King" Johnson	2:21
3.21	No Room in the Hotel	Lou Rawls, J.B. Randall, John Evans, Preston Whited, Sam Thomas, J.T. Ratley	2:22
3.22	I’m Mad	John Lee Hooker	2:47
3.23	Something’s Going on in My Room	Fred Daddy Cleanhead" Higgins, The Holidays	2:13
3.24	Zindy Lou	The Chimes	3:10
3.25	One More River	Sam Cooke, T.L. Bruster, R.B. Robinson, S. Roy Crain, Paul Foster, Jesse J. Farley	3:13
3.26	Where’s My Girl	Jesse Belvin	2:18
4.1	Nite Owl	Tony Allen & The Champs	2:45
4.2	Tutti Frutti	Little Richard	2:25
4.3	Eternity	Ernest Kador	2:13
4.4	Rich Woman	McKinley "Li'l" Millet	2:37
4.5	Squeeze Box Boogie	Clifton Chenier	1:58
4.6	Touch the Hem of His Garment	Sam Cooke, T.L. Bruster, R.B. Robinson, S. Roy Crain, Paul Foster, Jesse J. Farley	2:04
4.7	Long Tall Sally	Little Richard	2:09
4.8	Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’)	Little Richard	2:43
4.9	Oh‐Rooba‐Lee	Richard Berry, Arthur Lee Maye, Johnny Morris, Johnny Coleman	2:06
4.10	Gloria	Richard Berry, Arthur Lee Maye, Johnny Morris, Johnny Coleman	2:39
4.11	Cherokee Dance	Bob Landers	2:34
4.12	Rip It Up	Little Richard	2:24
4.13	Ready Teddy	Little Richard	2:09
4.14	Sweet Breeze	Vernon Green	2:04
4.15	(Every Time I Hear That) Mellow Saxaphone	Roy Montrell	2:25
4.16	She’s Got It	Little Richard	2:27
4.17	Heeby Jeebies	Little Richard	2:17
4.18	Should I Ever Love Again?	Wynona Carr	2:39
4.19	Just to Hold My Hand	Edgar "Big Boy" Myles	2:12
4.20	The Girl Can’t Help It	Little Richard, Art Neville, Junior Gordon, Adolph Smith, William Tircuit	2:32
4.21	All Around the World	Little Richard	2:27
4.22	Oooh‐Whee Baby	Art Neville	2:11
4.23	Just Because	Larry Williams	2:48
4.24	Lucille	Little Richard	2:26
4.25	Send Me Some Lovin’	Little Richard	2:20
4.26	Open Up Your Heart	Jesse Belvin, Eugene Church	2:39
5.1	Our Romance	Darlene Wright, Clydie King, Elmo Jones, Harold Grayson, Edward De Vold, Ben Carter	2:45
5.2	Jenny, Jenny	Little Richard	2:05
5.3	Miss Ann	Little Richard	2:17
5.4	Short Fat Fannie	Larry Williams	2:25
5.5	Leavin’ It All Up to You	Don Harris, Dewey Terry	2:10
5.6	Keep a Knockin’	Little Richard	2:17
5.7	Bony Moronie	Larry Williams	3:08
5.8	Twitchy	Rene Hall’s Orchestra featuring Willie Joe	2:26
5.9	I’ll Come Running Back to You	Sam Cooke	2:13
5.10	Good Golly Miss Molly	Little Richard	2:11
5.11	Slow Down	Larry Williams	2:45
5.12	Dizzy, Miss Lizzy	Larry Williams	2:13
5.13	Justine	Dewey Terry	2:07
5.14	True Fine Mama	Little Richard, [unknown]	2:44
5.15	Ooh! My Soul	Little Richard	1:54
5.16	Lights Out	Jerry Byrne	1:53
5.17	The Love of God	Johnnie Taylor, R.B. Robinson, Paul Foster, Jesse J. Farley	2:12
5.18	Koko Joe	Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Dewey Terry	2:13
5.19	Baby Face	Little Richard	2:16
5.20	There’s a Moose on the Loose	George "Roddy" Jackson	2:11
5.21	Haunted House	Johnny Fuller, Tommy Romerson	2:32
5.22	She Said, “Yeah”	Larry Williams	1:52
5.23	Bad Boy	Larry Williams	2:19
5.24	Farmer John	Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Dewey Terry	2:31
5.25	Big Boy Pete	Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Dewey Terry	2:21
5.26	Bama Lama Bama Loo	Little Richard	2:13

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