From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra | Takin' Care Of Business | Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) |  |
| 3 | Connie Francis | My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own | Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S | |
| 4 | The Shirelles | Welcome Home Baby | The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities | |
| 5 | Shirley Bassey | The Party's Over | We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites | |
| 6 | The Chordettes | Never On Sunday | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 7 | The Marvelettes | Way Over There | 100 Northern Soul Classics | |
| 8 | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Those D.J. Shows | 25th Anniversary [Disc 2] | |
| 9 | Tammy Montgomery | It's Mine | 100 Northern Soul Classics | |
| 10 | Ann-Margret | I Just Don't Understand | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 11 | Kitty Ford | Don't Play No. 9 | Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] | |
| 12 | Sarah Vaughan | True Believer | Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry | |
| 13 | Betty O' Brian | She'll Be Gone | 100 Northern Soul Classics | |
| 14 | Brenda Lee | You Can Depend On Me | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 15 | Helen Shapiro | Little Miss Lonely | Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story | |
| 16 | Helen Shapiro | Tell Me What He Said | Girl Power – Vol. 3 | |
| 17 | The Pips | Every Beat Of My Heart | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 18 | The Shirelles | A Teardrop and a Lollipop | The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities | |
| 19 | Timi Yuro | Count Everything | I'm So Hurt | |
| 20 | Barbara George | I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) | Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 | |
| 21 | Sugar Pie DeSanto | Open Your Heart | Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) | |
| 22 | Aretha Franklin | Just For A Thrill | Jazz To Soul [Disc 1] | |
| 23 | Cathy Carroll | Young Ones | New Discgems From Warner Brothers | |
| 24 | Judy Thomas | Never Say Devil Woman | Stampede! The United Artists Story | |
| 25 | Barbara Stephens | Wait a Minute | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9) | |
| 26 | Linda Hopkins | Mama's Doin' The Twist | The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 | |
| 27 | Christine Quaite | Your Nose Is Gonna Grow | The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 | |
| 28 | Timi Yuro | What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) | The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) | |
| 29 | Joy Dawn | Hang It Up | Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster | |
| 30 | Claudine Clark | Who Will You Hurt? | Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster | |
| 31 | Ann-Margret | Let Me Entertain You | Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence | |
| 32 | Miss X | Christine | Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence | |
| 33 | Barbara & the Boys | Hooty Sapperticker | Las Vegas Grind Part 1 | |
| 34 | Glenda & Glen | Voodoo Doll | Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 | |
| 35 | Betty Harris | Cry To Me | Birth Of Soul: 2 | |