Ms. Soul

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Ms. Soul
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Studio album by
Dakota Staton
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioNew York City
Genre Jazz
Length36:28
Label Groove Merchant
GM 532
Producer Sonny Lester
Dakota Staton chronology
I Want a Country Man
(1973)		Ms. Soul
(1974)		 Uniquely Dakota
(1983)

Ms. Soul is an album by American jazz vocalist Dakota Staton recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Dakota Staton except where noted.

  1. "Play Your Hands, Girls" – 3:33
  2. "I'd Go Back Home" – 4:14
  3. "Porgy" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:14
  4. "Hurry Home" – 2:36
  5. "Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day)" (Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler, Mabel Wayne) – 3:12
  6. "Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street" (Will Osborne, Dick Rogers) – 3:19
  7. "Why Don't You Think Things Over" (Lillian Friedlander, Honey Friedlander) – 3:32
  8. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) – 3:00
  9. "He Will Call Again" (Gladys Shelley) – 4:24
  10. "Save This Love Affair" – 5:24

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Dakota Staton discography, accessed April 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed April 9, 2018
  3. ↑ Ms. Soul – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
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