James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet: The Complete Bell Recordings 1966-1969 [CD]

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.JAMES AND BOBBY PURIFY shot to fame in late 1966 with their debut single for Bell Records, 'I'm Your Puppet', which quickly became established as a soul classic. Written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, the song was a smash hit, reaching the US Top 10 Pop and R&B Billboard charts, and was nominated for a Grammy. Thereafter, the pair recorded two albums and several singles for Bell before eventually leaving Bell in 1968..Named after their biggest hit, I'M YOUR PUPPET includes all of James And Bobby Purify's recordings during that dizzy two-year period, including both LPs, all non-album tracks and a clutch of recordings which only surfaced in 2002. Many tracks are currently unavailable on CD..Assembled by the same team behind last year's acclaimed Staple Singers box set of their Epic albums, this worthwhile double-CD set shines a welcome light on one of the classiest soul duos of the Sixties - cousins James Purify and Robert Dickey, who harked from Florida and were discovered by producer Don Schroeder..I'M YOUR PUPPET includes the pair's many other US hits, namely 'Wish You Didn't Have To Go' (#38 Pop, #27 R&B), 'Shake a Tail Feather' (#25 Pop, #15 R&B), 'I Take What I Want' (#41 Pop, #23 R&B) 'Let Love Come Between Us' (#23 Pop, #18 R&B, #51 UK), 'Do Unto Me' (#73 Pop, #38 R&B), 'I Can Remember' (#51 Pop, #42 R&B), 'Help Yourself (To All Of My Lovin')' (#94 Pop, #31 R&B), 'Untie Me' (#47 R&B)..After disbanding, James Purify worked as a solo singer before forming a new-look James & Bobby Purify with new singing partner Ben Moore, recording for Casablanca Records and enjoying renewed success with a re-recorded version of 'I'm Your Puppet' in 1976. The pair continued to tour well into the 1980s. While James also continued with a solo career, Bobby did likewise (with encouragement from Ray Charles) and eventually joined acclaimed gospel outfit The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama.

Wish You Didn't Have To Go

I Take What I Want

So Many Reasons

Hello There

Knock On Wood

Sixteen Tons

I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

I Don't Want To Have To Wait

Hitch Hike

When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

I've Got Everything (I've Got You)

Let Love Come Between Us

I'm Your Puppet

Shake A Tail Feather

You Left The Water Running

Soothe Me

A Change Is Gonna Come

Goodness Gracious

Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)

I Love You (Most Of All)

You Can't Keep A Good Man Down

You Don't Love Me

Do Unto Me

I Don't Know What It Is You Got

Everybody Needs Somebody

Section C

I Can Remember

Keep Pushin' Me

I Was Born To Lose Out

Just Like Old Times

Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')

My Adorable One

Last Piece Of Love

The Weeper

Untie Me

She Ain't Gonna Do Right

We're Finally Gonna Make It

Somebody Cares