Freddie Scott: Mr Heartache: Best Of The Columbia Recordings
Mr Heartache: Best Of The Columbia Recordings
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Kent, 1964-67
- Bestellnummer: 2646614
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.4.2009
Freddie Scott ranks among the greatest soul singers. That’s all you really have to know.
In 1968 Freddy Scotts gritty rendition of ‘Are You Lonely For Me’ on Bert Berns’ Shout label topped the US R&B chart. A few other chart singles by Freddie emerged but the death of Berns at the age of 38 in 1967 led to Shout’s early closure.
Luck and Freddie Scott were often not the best of companions. In a way, “Mr Heartache” is a document of further failure, for it spans the period that Scott spent with Columbia following the demise of Colpix and prior to his arrival at Shout. During this stay he logged not one chart record, but great music cannot be considered purely in terms of chart success. Freddie Scott rarely delivered anything less than superb music. Columbia dubbed him “The Million Dollar Baby” and urged him to try his luck as a sepia Sinatra. “I actually wanted to be that kind of pop singer,” Freddie confessed, “That was my idea.” Certainly he could be whatever he wanted to be. Easy-listening classics such as ‘Everything I Have Is Yours’ and Johnny Mercer and David Raskin’s fabulous film theme ‘Laura’ have rarely sounded so rich, so heartfelt.
Freddie Scott could sing anything and make it matter, whether organ-backed soul-sated songs like ‘Blow, Wind’, the Spanish-tinged ‘Lonely Man’ or more Nashville-inclined fare like Freddie’s own ‘One More Time Before I Go’ – a creation which acts as a reminder of a songwriting ability that once linked him to the Brill Building and the opportunity to provide material for such as Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin’s sister Erma, whom he also produced.
Though his name virtually disappeared from the mainstream following some activity in the 70s and 80s – “I sort of took off for a while” he confessed – covers of ‘Hey Girl’ by Billy Joel and others plus a Jon Tiven-produced blues album in 2001sought to revive Freddie Scott’s position in the soul firmament prior to his death at the age of 74 in 2007.
Now “Mr Heartache” has arrived to confirm that Freddie Scott ranked among the greatest soul singers. Which is where we came in.
In 1968 Freddy Scotts gritty rendition of ‘Are You Lonely For Me’ on Bert Berns’ Shout label topped the US R&B chart. A few other chart singles by Freddie emerged but the death of Berns at the age of 38 in 1967 led to Shout’s early closure.
Luck and Freddie Scott were often not the best of companions. In a way, “Mr Heartache” is a document of further failure, for it spans the period that Scott spent with Columbia following the demise of Colpix and prior to his arrival at Shout. During this stay he logged not one chart record, but great music cannot be considered purely in terms of chart success. Freddie Scott rarely delivered anything less than superb music. Columbia dubbed him “The Million Dollar Baby” and urged him to try his luck as a sepia Sinatra. “I actually wanted to be that kind of pop singer,” Freddie confessed, “That was my idea.” Certainly he could be whatever he wanted to be. Easy-listening classics such as ‘Everything I Have Is Yours’ and Johnny Mercer and David Raskin’s fabulous film theme ‘Laura’ have rarely sounded so rich, so heartfelt.
Freddie Scott could sing anything and make it matter, whether organ-backed soul-sated songs like ‘Blow, Wind’, the Spanish-tinged ‘Lonely Man’ or more Nashville-inclined fare like Freddie’s own ‘One More Time Before I Go’ – a creation which acts as a reminder of a songwriting ability that once linked him to the Brill Building and the opportunity to provide material for such as Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin’s sister Erma, whom he also produced.
Though his name virtually disappeared from the mainstream following some activity in the 70s and 80s – “I sort of took off for a while” he confessed – covers of ‘Hey Girl’ by Billy Joel and others plus a Jon Tiven-produced blues album in 2001sought to revive Freddie Scott’s position in the soul firmament prior to his death at the age of 74 in 2007.
Now “Mr Heartache” has arrived to confirm that Freddie Scott ranked among the greatest soul singers. Which is where we came in.
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Lonely Man
- 2 Giving You My Heart
- 3 Blow, Wind
- 4 My Arms Aren't Strong Enough
- 5 One More Time Before I Go
- 6 I'm too far gone (to turn around)
- 7 Just one love
- 8 It's Been Like This (All Of My Life)
- 9 Sing, girl
- 10 I'll Try Again
- 11 Don't let it end
- 12 Mr Heartache
- 13 One Heartache Too Many
- 14 Come up singing
- 15 Forget Me If You Can
- 16 One Iddy Biddy Needle (And A Little Bit Of Thread)
- 17 Let It Be Me
- 18 For your love
- 19 Spanish Harlem
- 20 Bring it on home to me
- 21 Everything I have is yours
- 22 Laura
- 23 There goes my heart
