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.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Veda Brown	Short Stopping	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
2	Barbara & the Browns	In My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
3	Barbara & the Browns	My Lover	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
4	Carla Thomas	B-A-B-Y	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
5	Carla Thomas	I Want to Be Your Baby	The Queen Alone
6	Carla Thomas	Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going)	The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue]
7	Jean Wells	Have A Little Mercy	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
8	Jean Wells	Ordinary Woman	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
9	Barbara Stephens	I Don't Worry	60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2
10	Veda Brown	Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me)	Private Numbers
11	Barbara Lynn	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2
12	Barbara Lynn	You're Losing Me	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
13	Ruby Johnson	Come to Me My Darling	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
14	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
15	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
16	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
17	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
18	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
19	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Chess Uptown Soul
20	Fontella Bass	The Soul Of A Man	Chess Uptown Soul
21	Judy Clay	You Can't Run Away from Your Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
22	Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
23	Judy Clay & William Bell	Love-Eye-Tis	Private Numbers
24	Betty Harris	Cry to Me	Soul from the South
25	Betty Harris	Mean Man	Soul from the South
26	Betty Harris	I'm Evil Tonight	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
27	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
28	Etta James	Pushover	Chess Uptown Soul
29	Wendy Rene	Give You What I Got	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
30	Wendy Rene	After Laughter (Comes Tears)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
31	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Chess Uptown Soul
32	Shirley Brown	Woman To Woman	Stax Number Ones