Benjamin Franklin Peay,better known as Brook Benton,was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll,rhythm and blues,and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s,with hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly",many of which he co-wrote.
"Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. The track opens with a fade-in,marking one of the first times the technique had been used on a studio recording.
Michael Barratt,known professionally as Shakin' Stevens,is a British singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s.
"Teach Me Tonight" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The music was written by Gene De Paul,the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1953.
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label.
"One Night" is a song written by Dave Bartholomew,Pearl King,and Anita Steiman. It originally was an R&B hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956,before being recorded with greater commercial success by Elvis Presley in 1958.
Christopher Neil is an Irish-born British record producer,songwriter,singer,and actor.
Bonnie Tyler:The Best is a compilation album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1993 by Columbia in the UK and by Versailles Records in France. Both issues feature the same front cover,but they do not have matching track lists. In 1995,the album was reissued in the UK under the title The Definitive Collection,featuring the original track listing and a bonus CD with five more tracks.
Priscilla Bowman was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer,who had a No. 1 hit single on the Billboard magazine R&B chart in 1955 with the song "Hands Off". She was the lead singer for the Jay McShann band.
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" is a 1950s song written by Clyde Otis and Murray Stein.
"Baby Get Lost" is a July 1949 single by Dinah Washington. The song was written by Leonard Feather,but credited to Billy Moore,Jr. This was Dinah Washington's second number one on the R&B chart,where it stayed at the top for two weeks. The B-side,"Long John Blues",made it to number three on the R&B chart soon after.
The Epic Masters is a box set compilation comprising ten remastered albums by Shakin' Stevens. Released on 16 November 2009,the set contains nine albums originally released by Epic Records between 1980 and 1990,plus an exclusive CD of 12" extended mixes. The set was also made available as a download through iTunes.
The Bop Won't Stop is an album by Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens,released in November 1983 by Epic Records. Compared to his previous albums,this album was not as successful,only peaking at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart despite the success of its singles.
"Shirley" is a song originally released by John Fred and the Playboys in December 1958 by Montel Records. It was the band's debut single and reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1959. The song became an international hit in 1982 when it was covered by Shakin' Stevens,peaking at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I'll Be Satisfied" is a popular song. Recorded and released by Jackie Wilson in 1959,the single peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100,and was a Top 10 R&B hit,peaking at # 6. It was written,like many of Wilson's early hits,by future Motown founder Berry Gordy along with Gordy's sister Gwendolyn and Roquel "Billy" Davis,writing under his songwriting alias of Tyran Carlo. This up-tempo rocker could best be described as "proto Motown",featuring many of the musical and lyrical features that Gordy would employ on his later recordings for his Motown Records label.
"It's Late" is a song written by Dorsey Burnette,who recorded it on August 28,1958. However,it was not released and its first appearance was on a compilation album by Imperial Records in 1980. It is better known for its release as a single by Ricky Nelson in February 1959,subsequently reaching number 3 in the UK,number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100,and number 30 on the R&B chart that year. The song is featured on the 1959 album Ricky Sings Again.
"Rockin'" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd from his third studio album,Starboy (2016). The song was released to contemporary hit radio in France on May 9,2017,as the album's fourth international single. The song was written by the Weeknd,Peter Svensson,Savan Kotecha,Belly,and producers Ali Payami and Max Martin,with the Weeknd serving as a co-producer.
"A Love Worth Waiting For" is a song by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens,released in March 1984 as the fourth single from his album TheBop Won't Stop. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and was certified silver in the UK by the BPI.
"Teardrops" is a song by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens,released in November 1984 as the second single from his Greatest Hits album. It peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song features The Shadows' Hank Marvin on lead guitar and was later included as a bonus track on the remastered version of Lipstick,Powder and Paint on The Epic Masters box set.
