Freddie Scott-The Very Best of Freddie Scott [now available-Playback Records]

**Motown Eddie** · 12-22-2023, 10:31 AM

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Freddie Scott [1933-2007] had been recording for seven years when his impassioned rendition of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Hey Girl" reached the top ten of both the Pop and R&B charts in 1963. Scott never topped the success of "Hey Girl" on the Pop side, though his equally dramatic version of Bert Berns' "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby" went to No. 1 R&B three year later, in 1966. An accomplished songwriter as well as a singer, Scott's discography contains a number of gems beyond those two classics, though, and Australian label Playback Records has rounded up two dozen of them on the appropriately-entitled The Very Best of Freddie Scott. This handsome collection showcases the uptown soul man at his finest, with lush tracks culled from his tenures at Colpix, Joy, Columbia, Shout, Probe, and other labels, spanning 1961-1997. In addition to "Hey Girl," Goffin and King are represented by the fine likes of "Where Does Love Go" and "Brand New World;" Berns looms large, too, with Jerry Ragovoy co-write "No One Could Ever Love You;" the Jeff Barry collaboration "Am I Grooving You," and the powerful "Cry to Me." Berns also helmed Scott's take on Van Morrison's "He Ain't Give You None." Scott brought his deep soul to make these songs his own as well as Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman," rebirthed as a big beat ballad, and Mann, Weil, Leiber, and Stoller's perennial "On Broadway." A rare single written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the suitably funky "[[You) Got What I Need," is another highlight in a collection packed with them. The Very Best of Freddie Scott is a snapshot of the prodigious creativity pouring out of the Brill Building in the 1960s; two more strong cuts come from his frequent co-writer Helen Miller's cult favorite Broadway musical Inner City, co-written with author Eve Merriam. Among the new-to-CD tracks is a demo of Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico's "Why Did I Lose You." David Cole provides the comprehensive liner notes for this terrifically enjoyable package which has been remastered by Gil Matthews.

1. Hey Girl
2. I Got A Woman
3. Lost The Right
4. When The Wind Changes
5. Where Does Love Go
6. I'll Try Again
7. Brand New World
8. On Broadway
9. Lonely Man
10. Forget Me If You Can
11. Mr. Heartache
12. No One Could Ever Love You
13. Why Did I Lose You? [Demo]
14. [You] Got What I Need
15. I'll Be Gone
16. Am I Grooving You
17. Sugar On Sunday
18. Are You Lonely For Me
19. He Ain't Give You None
20. Cry To Me
21. I Shall Be Released
22. Girl I Love You
23. Deep In The Night
24. Watermelon Man
25. You're So Hard To Forget
26. The Great "If"

Amazon USA
Freddie Scott - The Very Best Of Freddie Scott - Amazon.com Music

Playback Records Site-
The Very Best Of | Freddie Scott | Playback Records [bandcamp.com]