Chuck Willis - From The Bottom Of My Heart: My Life, My Story, My Songs 1951-1961 (2016)

Today, Chuck Willis is rightly acknowledged as a breakthrough pioneer of R&B who, after a few years of R&B only chart hits suddenly broke through to the pop market with five hits between 1957 and 1958. "It's Too Late" was a hit for Chuck in 1956 and proved instantly popular with other R&B stars as well as pop stars generating recordings from Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich (featured here), Otis Redding and many others including most recently Kanye West who used a sample of Otis Redding's version of the song "It's Too Late" on his multi-platinum album 'Late Registration' for the track "Gone". Chuck Willis was a real singer/songwriter before the description was ever used and this superb 2CD set from Jasmine is a fitting testimonial to Chuck's immense talent.

TRACKLIST

CD 1:

01. I Rule My House
02. It's Too Late, Baby
03. Loud Mouth Lucy
04. Caldonia
05. My Story
06. Going To The River
07. Don't Deceive Me
08. You're Still My Baby
09. I Feel So Bad
10. Lawdy Miss Mary
11. Come On Home
12. It's Too Late
13. Kansas City Woman
14. Juanita
15. Whatcha' Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You
16. C. C. Rider)
17. Betty And Dupree
18. What Am I Living For
19. Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
20. My Life
21. Thunder And Lightning
22. Keep A-Driving
23. You'll Be My Love
24. From The Bottom Of My Heart

CD 2:

01. My Story
02. Oh What A Dream
03. The Door Is Still Open
04. Close Your Eyes
05. Of Course I Do
06. Close Your Eyes
07. Search My Heart
08. (Close Your Eyes) Take A Deep Breath
09. From The Bottom Of My Heart
10. Peace And Love
11. It's Too Late
12. What Am I Living For
13. From The Bottom Of My Heart
14. Sugar, Sugar
15. Cut It Out
16. Southern Love
17. Don't Deceive Me
18. Juanita
19. The Door Is Still Open
20. You're Still My Baby (Part 1)
21. You're Still My Baby (Part 2)
22. Whatcha' Gonna Do (Southern Love)
23. I Feel So Bad
24. C.C. Rider
25. It's Too Late
26. The Door Is Still Open