James Brown Sings Raw Soul

James Brown Sings Raw Soul
Studio album by James Brown
Released	March 1967 (1967-03)
Recorded	March 23, 1964 – January 15, 1967 (1964-03-23 – 1967-01-15) [1] [2]
Studio	Bell Sound Studios (New York City, New York) [1] Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory (Tampa, Florida) [2] Talent Masters Studios (New York City, New York) [2] Arthur Smith Studios (Charlotte, North Carolina) [2] RCA Studios (New York City, New York) [2] King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) [2] Latin Casino (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) [2]
Genre	Soul
Length	34:18
Label	King 1016
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966) James Brown Sings Raw Soul (1967) James Brown Plays the Real Thing (1967)
Singles from James Brown Sings Raw Soul
"Don't Be a Drop-Out / Tell Me That You Love Me" Released: September 1966 (1966-09) "Bring It Up / Nobody Knows" Released: December 1966 (1966-12) "Let Yourself Go" Released: April 1967 (1967-04)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

James Brown Sings Raw Soul is the fifteenth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1967, by King Records. ^{[5] [3]}

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 8, 1967, peaking at No. 88 during a fourteen-week run on the chart. ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bring It Up"	James Brown	2:45
2.	"Don't Be a Dropout"	James Brown, Nat Jones	3:40
3.	"Till Then"	Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus	2:39
4.	"Tell Me That You Love Me"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	1:40
5.	"Yours and Mine"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	3:08
6.	"Money Won't Change You, Pt. 1"	James Brown, Nat Jones	2:46
7.	"Money Won't Change You, Pt. 2"	James Brown, Nat Jones	2:24
8.	"Only You"	Ande Rand, Buck Ram	2:47
9.	"Let Yourself Go"	James Brown	2:55
10.	"The Nearness of You"	Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington	3:06
11.	"Nobody Knows"	James Brown, James Crawford	3:19
12.	"Stone Fox"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	2:46

Charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [6]	88

References

1. Leeds, Alan (February 2007). The Singles, Volume 3: 1964–1965 (published June 8, 2007). p. 21.
2. Leeds, Alan (August 2007). The Singles, Volume 4: 1966–1967 (published October 19, 2007). pp. 6–14 & 20–22.
3. Richie Unterberger. "Sings Raw Soul - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  109. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
5. "iTunes - Music - Sings Raw Soul by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
6. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2025.