Mercy Mr. Percy: The Singles Collection 1951-61 (2024)

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Artist: Varetta Dillard
Title: Mercy Mr. Percy: The Singles Collection 1951-61
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Acrobat
Genre: R&B, Soul, Blues, Doo-Wop
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:23:27
Total Size: 504 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Disc 1
1. Varetta Dillard – Love And Wine (02:49)
2. Varetta Dillard – Please Come Back To Me (03:05)
3. Varetta Dillard – Please Tell Me Why (02:45)
4. Varetta Dillard – Hurry Up (03:06)
5. Varetta Dillard – Easy, Easy Baby (02:38)
6. Varetta Dillard – Letter In The Blues (02:52)
7. Varetta Dillard – Here In My Heart (02:50)
8. Varetta Dillard – I'm Yours (02:19)
9. Varetta Dillard – Them There Eyes (02:16)
10. Varetta Dillard – You Are Gone (03:16)
11. Varetta Dillard – I Cried And Cried (03:03)
12. Varetta Dillard – Double Crossing Daddy (02:51)
13. Varetta Dillard – Three Lies (02:33)
14. Varetta Dillard – Getting Ready For My Daddy (02:23)
15. Varetta Dillard – Mercy, Mr. Percy (02:47)
16. Varetta Dillard – No Kinda Good No How (03:02)
17. Varetta Dillard – I Love You (02:36)
18. Varetta Dillard – I Love You Just The Same (02:26)
19. Varetta Dillard – I Ain't Gonna' Tell (02:04)
20. Varetta Dillard – (That's The Way) My Mind Is Working (02:14)
21. Loretta Dillard – Love (03:10)
22. Loretta Dillard – Send Me Some Money (02:23)
23. Varetta Dillard – Johnny Has Gone (02:44)
24. Varetta Dillard – So Many Ways (02:44)
25. Varetta Dillard & Roamers – You're The Answer To My Prayer (02:56)
26. Varetta Dillard & Roamers – Promise Mr Thomas (02:33)

Disc 2
1. Varetta Dillard – I Can't Stop Now (02:13)
2. Varetta Dillard – I'll Never Forget You (02:53)
3. Varetta Dillard and the Four Students – Darling, Listen To The Words Of This Song (02:52)
4. Varetta Dillard and the Four Students – Mama Don't Want (What Poppa Don't Want) (02:06)
5. Varetta Dillard – Gonna Tell My Daddy (02:29)
6. Varetta Dillard – Cherry Blossom (02:47)
7. Varetta Dillard – Got You On My Mind (02:37)
8. Varetta Dillard – Skinny Jimmy (02:33)
9. Varetta Dillard – I Miss You Jimmy (02:31)
10. Varetta Dillard – If You Want To Be My Baby (02:16)
11. Varetta Dillard – One More Time (02:29)
12. Varetta Dillard – I Can't Help Myself (02:32)
13. Varetta Dillard – Pray For Me Mother (02:08)
14. Varetta Dillard – Leave A Happy Fool Alone (02:27)
15. Varetta Dillard – Time Was (02:27)
16. Varetta Dillard – I Got A Lot Of Love (02:38)
17. Varetta Dillard – Undecided (02:28)
18. Varetta Dillard – That's Why I Cry (02:31)
19. Varetta Dillard and The Cookies – Star Of Fortune (02:06)
20. Varetta Dillard and The Cookies – The Rules Of Love (02:21)
21. Varetta Dillard – What'll I Do (02:13)
22. Varetta Dillard – Just Multiply (02:20)
23. Varetta Dillard – Good Gravy Baby (02:34)
24. Varetta Dillard – Scorched (02:41)
25. Varetta Dillard – Teaser (01:58)
26. Varetta Dillard – I Know I'm Good For You (02:28)
27. Varetta Dillard – A Little Bitty Tear (02:03)
28. Varetta Dillard – Mercy Mr. Percy (02:03)
29. Varetta Dillard – You Better Come Home (02:28)
30. Varetta Dillard – I Don't Know What It Is, But I Like It (02:28)

Varetta Dillard was an R&B, blues and soul singer, born In Harlem in 1933, and who defied a crippling congenital bone condition, which impaired her walking throughout her life, to become a singer and win talent contests at the Apollo Theatre in 1951 at the age of 18 which earnt her a contract with Savoy Records. She went on to have three Top 10 hits in the US R&B charts and made great records across two decades before joining gospel groups and working as a music therapist with chronically ill children. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises most of her A&B sides on the Savoy, Groove, RCA, Triumph and Cub labels from this era. It features her hits with “Easy Easy Baby”, "Mercy Mr. Percy” and “Johnny Has Gone”, the last-named a tribute to the R&B singer Johnny Ace. She was a great interpreter of R&B material by the top composers of the day who provided her with songs, like Rudolph Toombs, Otis Blackwell, Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton, Clyde Otis and Jesse Stone, and this collection offers a substantial overview of her career and a great showcase for her distinctive style as a performer.

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