Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds. But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Veda Brown | Short Stopping | Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] |  |
| 3 | Barbara & the Browns | In My Heart | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 | |
| 4 | Barbara & the Browns | My Lover | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 | |
| 5 | Carla Thomas | B-A-B-Y | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] | |
| 6 | Carla Thomas | I Want to Be Your Baby | The Queen Alone | |
| 7 | Carla Thomas | Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going) | The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue] | |
| 8 | Jean Wells | Have A Little Mercy | Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition | |
| 9 | Jean Wells | Ordinary Woman | Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition | |
| 10 | Barbara Stephens | I Don't Worry | 60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2 | |
| 11 | Veda Brown | Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me) | Private Numbers | |
| 12 | Barbara Lynn | You'll Lose A Good Thing | Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2 | |
| 13 | Barbara Lynn | You're Losing Me | After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters | |
| 14 | Ruby Johnson | Come to Me My Darling | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9) | |
| 15 | Ruby Johnson | I'll Run Your Hurt Away | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 | |
| 16 | Irma Thomas | Gone | Soul Queen of New Orleans | |
| 17 | Irma Thomas | Look Up (AKA Whenever) | Soul Queen of New Orleans | |
| 18 | Irma Thomas | Ruler of My Heart | Soul Queen of New Orleans | |
| 19 | Mitty Collier | I Had A Talk With My Man | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 20 | Sugar Pie DeSanto | Here You Come Running | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 21 | Fontella Bass | The Soul Of A Man | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 22 | Judy Clay | You Can't Run Away from Your Heart | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9) | |
| 23 | Judy Clay & William Bell | Private Number | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] | |
| 24 | Judy Clay & William Bell | Love-Eye-Tis | Private Numbers | |
| 25 | Betty Harris | Cry to Me | Soul from the South | |
| 26 | Betty Harris | Mean Man | Soul from the South | |
| 27 | Betty Harris | I'm Evil Tonight | Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- | |
| 28 | Linda Lyndell | What A Man | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] | |
| 29 | Etta James | Pushover | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 30 | Wendy Rene | Give You What I Got | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 | |
| 31 | Wendy Rene | After Laughter (Comes Tears) | Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] | |
| 32 | Jan Bradley | Mama Didn't Lie | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 33 | Shirley Brown | Woman To Woman | Stax Number Ones | |