Manufacturers of Soul is an album by soul music vocalist Jackie Wilson and jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances of jazz versions of contemporary R&B/soul hits recorded in 1968 and released on the Brunswick label.Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P. & Watt, R. Brunswick Album Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Jackie Wilson & Count Basie - Manufacturers of Soul (1968) album rating, credits & releases at AllMusic, accessed November 14, 2015
Track listing "Funky Broadway" (Lester Christian) – 2:35 "For Your Precious Love" (Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler) – 2:40 "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:47 "Ode to Billy Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 4:10 "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke) – 2:47 "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:50 "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:35 "I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:41 "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:20 "Even When You Cry" (Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 2:42 "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:48
Personnel Jackie Wilson – vocals Count Basie – piano Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone Bill Hughes – bass trombone Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone Freddie Green – guitar Uncredited – bass Harold Jones – drums Benny Carter – arranger
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