Artist	Song
Prince	When Doves Cry
from The Hits / The B-Sides (2007)
The O'Jays	Back Stabbers
from The Essential O'Jays (2008)
Billy Paul	Me and Mrs. Jones
from 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (2002)
Isaac Hayes	Theme from "Shaft"
from Isaac Hayes: Greatest Hits Singles (2006)
The Gap Band	You Dropped a Bomb On Me
from Gap Band: Ultimate Collection (2001)
Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour
from Rhino Hi-Five: Wilson Pickett - EP (2005)
The Emotions	Best of My Love
from The Best of the Emotions: Best of My Love (1996)
The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Motown 1960s, Vol. 1 (2001)
Lou Rawls	You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
from The Essential Lou Rawls (2007)
Anita Baker	Sweet Love
from The Best of Anita Baker (2009)
Antonio "LA" Reid, David Foster, Diane Warren, Tim Thomas & Toni Braxton	Un-Break My Heart
from The Essential Toni Braxton (2007)
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come
from 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend (1951-1964) [Remastered] (2005)
Minnie Riperton	Lovin' You
from Capitol Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton (1993)
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (1997)
Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love
from Stax Profiles: Johnnie Taylor (2006)
Cameo	Word Up!
from The Definitive Collection: Cameo (2006)
The Delfonics	La-La Means I Love You
from La-La Means I Love You (1997)
Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song
from Rhino Hi-Five: Roberta Flack - EP (2005)
Amy Winehouse	Rehab
from Back to Black (2007)
Eddie Floyd	Knock On Wood
from Rare Stamps (2006)
Barbara Lewis	Baby, I'm Yours (Single Version)
from Rhino Hi-Five - Barbara Lewis - EP (2005)
Roger	I Want to Be Your Man
from Rhino Hi-Five: Roger - EP (2005)
Johnny Gill	My, My, My
from Johnny Gill (1992)
Rockwell	Somebody's Watching Me
from Hit Me With Your 80's Box (2002)
The Whispers	Rock Steady
from Greatest Hits (1987)

Comment:

Our all-time outstanding collection of R&B iTunes Essentials continues to span the decades here in Deep Cuts, as we trace a line of excellence from Wilson Pickett's monumental, soul-fired 1965 classic "In the Midnight Hour," through Minnie Riperton's birdsong-backed "Lovin' You" — the global hit from 1975 that takes the high note even [i]higher[/i] — to Cameo's supreme chunk of mid-'80s hip-hop/funk, "Word Up!" Sam Cooke's Civil Rights anthem, "A Change Is Gonna Come," sounds as vital now as it did back in the '60s, thanks to an election victory name-check from President Barack Obama, and Amy Winehouse injects the spirit of old-time R&B into her multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning "Rehab," proving that talent is truly timeless.

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