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Johnny Adams
Person · male · United States · New Orleans · born 1932 · died 1998 · recording since 1964
American blues, jazz and gospel singer (1932–1998)
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Also known as ジョニー・アダムス
Timeline
19 events▣ Album 16◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1930s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Some Day
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
Biography
English biography621 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370999199
Biography
Laten John Adams Jr. (January 5, 1932 – September 14, 1998), was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as "The Tan Canary" for the multi-octave range of his singing voice, his swooping vocal mannerisms and falsetto. His biggest hits were his versions of "Release Me" and "Reconsider Me" in the late 1960s.
Life and career
Adams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the oldest of 10 children. He became a professional musician on leaving school. He began his career singing gospel with the Soul Revivers and Bessie Griffin's Consolators, but crossed over to secular music in 1959. His upstairs neighbor, the songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie, supposedly persuaded him to start performing secular music after hearing him sing in the bathtub. He recorded LaBostrie's ballad "Oh Why," released as "I Won't CryI Won't CrySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1I Won't Cry2:222Life Is a Struggle2:393A Losing Battle2:534Nowhere to Go2:255Oh So Nice2:416I Want to Do Everything for You2:307You Can Make It If You Try2:248Teach Me to Forget2:359Let the Winds Blow2:5410I Solemnly Promise2:4011Who Are You2:1612Come On2:2313Someone for Me1:5814Lonely Drifter2:58," for Joe Ruffino's Ric label. Produced by the teenaged Mac Rebennack (later known as Dr. John), the record became a local hit. Adams recorded several more singles for the label over the next three years, most of them produced by Rebennack or Eddie Bo. His first national hit came in 1962, when "A Losing Battle", written by Rebennack, reached number 27 on the Billboard R&B chart.
After Ruffino's death in 1963, Adams left Ric and recorded for a succession of labels, including Eddie Bo's Gone Records, the Los Angeles–based Modern Records, and Wardell Quezergue's Watch label. His records had little success until he signed with Shelby Singleton's Nashville–based SSS International Records in 1968. A reissue of "Release Me", originally released by Watch, reached number 34 on the R&B chart and number 82 on the pop chart. Its follow-up, "Reconsider Me", a country song produced by Singleton, became his biggest hit, reaching number 8 on the R&B chart and number 28 on the pop chart in 1969. Two more singles, "I Can't Be All Bad" and a newly recorded version of "I Won't Cry", were lesser hits later the same year. The label also released an album, Heart and Soul, which included the original Ric recording of "I Won't Cry".
Adams left SSS International in 1971 and recorded unsuccessfully for several labels, including Atlantic and Ariola, over the next few years. At the same time, he began performing regularly at Dorothy's Medallion Lounge in New Orleans and touring nightclubs in the south.
In 1983, he signed with Rounder Records, for which he recorded nine critically acclaimed albums produced by Scott Billington, beginning with From the Heart
From the HeartSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home5:012Why Do I3:093Laughin' and Clownin'3:194If I Ever Had a Good Thing3:505Scarred Knees5:086From the Heart3:017Your Love Is So Doggone Good7:248We Don't See Eye to Eye2:449Road Block3:1310Teach Me to Forget3:59 in 1984. These records encompassed a wide range of jazz, blues and R&B styles and highlighted Adams's voice. The albums included tributes to the songwriters Percy Mayfield and Doc Pomus. The jazz-influenced Good Morning Heartache included the work of composers like George Gershwin and Harold Arlen. Other albums in this series are Room with a View of the Blues
Room With a View of the BluesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1Room With a View5:03A2I Don't Want to Do Wrong5:43A3Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman)3:35A4Neither One of Us (Want to Be the First to Say Goodbye)6:16B1Body and Fender Man5:30B2I Owe You4:56B3Wish I'd Never Loved You at All3:07B4The Hunt Is On3:46B5A World I Never Made3:53 (1988), Walking on a Tightrope (1989), and The Real Me (1991). These recordings earned him a number of awards, including a W.C. Handy Award. He also toured internationally, with frequent trips to Europe, and worked and recorded with such musicians as Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr., Lonnie Smith, and Dr. John.
He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1998 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
Albums
Heart & Soul (SSS International, 1969)
I Won't Cry (Ric, 1971)
A Christmas in New Orleans with Johnny Adams (Ace, 1975)
Stand By Me (Chelsea, 1976)
After All the Good Is Gone (Ariola, 1978)
From the Heart (Rounder, 1984)
After Dark (Rounder, 1985)
Room with a View of the Blues (Rounder, 1988)
Walking on a Tightrope (Rounder, 1989)
The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus (Rounder, 1991)
Good Morning Heartache (Rounder, 1993)
The Verdict (Rounder, 1995)
One Foot in the Blues (Rounder, 1996)
Man of My Word (Rounder, 1998)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 35 | 91.7th |
| Studio albums | 18 | 95.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 19 | 93.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 34 | 72.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (35 release groups · 18 studio albums)
Albums · 18
1969 · studio album
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1Georgia Morning Dew2In a Moment of Weakness3Real Live Living Hurtin' Man4Lonely Man5I Won't Cry6Release Me7Proud Woman8I Can't Be All Bad9A Losing Battle10Living on Your Love11Reconsider Me1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:41
A1Stand By Me6:45A2Your Love Is All I Need4:27A3Baby, Baby I Love You3:57A4Nothing Takes the Place of You4:11A5Share Your Love With Me4:01B1I’ll Never Fall in Love Again4:35B2Who Will the Next Fool Be?4:35B3I Don’t Wanna Cry4:58B4Give Me a Chance4:31B5Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You3:411978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:09
A1After All the Good Is Gone4:09A2Somewhere4:05A3Selfish4:13A4She’s Only a Baby Herself4:03A5Chasing Rainbows3:03B1(I Can’t Believe) She Gives It All to Me4:56B2The Image of Me4:05B3Stay With Me and Stay in Love3:51B4One Fine Day4:42B5It’s Been So Long4:02The Many Sides of Johnny Adams
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 33:20
A1I'm Afraid to Let You Into My Life3:52A2I Believe in You4:29A3It's Got to Be Something3:58A4It Only Rains on Me3:44B1Night People5:19B2Hell Yes I Cheated3:32B3Memories4:01B4Put It Off Till Tomorrow4:251984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
1Old Flames2I'm Afraid To Let You Into My Life3I Believe In You4It's Got To Be Something5It Only Rains On Me6Night People7Hell Yes I Cheated8Memories9Put It Off Till Tomorrow1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:20
A1Lovers Will3:59A2I Don't Know You5:02A3Fortune Teller4:37A4Missing You2:59A5Do Right Woman-Do Right Man5:38B1Give a Broken Heart a Break4:00B2She Said the Same Things to Me4:08B3Garbage Man4:12B4Dancing Man3:49B5Snap Your Fingers3:561988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:49
A1Room With a View5:03A2I Don't Want to Do Wrong5:43A3Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman)3:35A4Neither One of Us (Want to Be the First to Say Goodbye)6:16B1Body and Fender Man5:30B2I Owe You4:56B3Wish I'd Never Loved You at All3:07B4The Hunt Is On3:46B5A World I Never Made3:53Walking on a Tightrope: The Songs of Percy Mayfield
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:30
1Walking on a Tightrope5:462Lost Mind3:193Stand By3:264My Heart Is Hangin' Heavy4:255Danger Zone5:016Never No More2:537The Lover and the Married Woman5:258You're in for a Big Surprise4:419Look the Whole World Over4:1810Baby Please4:161990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:48
1I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home5:012Why Do I3:093Laughin' and Clownin'3:194If I Ever Had a Good Thing3:505Scarred Knees5:086From the Heart3:017Your Love Is So Doggone Good7:248We Don't See Eye to Eye2:449Road Block3:1310Teach Me to Forget3:59Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:26
1Imitation of Love4:322Still in Love3:423There Is Always One More Time3:434My Baby's Quit Me3:345She's Everything to Me3:366I Underestimated You4:437Blinded by Love5:528Prisoner of Life4:019The Night Is a Hunter4:3810No One4:0011The Real Me4:051993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:52
1You Don't Know What Love Is5:212I Just Found Out About Love2:213Don't Go to Strangers5:434The Jealous Kind4:165I Hadn't Anyone 'til You6:036Come Rain or Come Shine5:297Teach Me Tonight2:538Good Morning Heartache5:159Back to Normal4:5210But Not for Me4:391993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:09:59
1Performance3:052Feeling4:053After All the Good Is Gone3:594The Greatest Love3:465A Shoulder to Cry On4:086Love Me Tender3:327Oh Yes I Cheated3:468Closer to You2:599Sharing You4:1710It’s You Baby, It’s You3:4311Baby, I Want You3:1212Feel the Beat6:3413Stairway to Heaven3:3314Love Letters3:1015Best of Luck to You3:4016Think About You4:1417Struttin’ on Sunday3:4218Turning Point4:34Christmas in New Orleans With Johnny Adams
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:31
1Silent Night5:152O Little Town of Bethlehem4:333The Lord's Prayer3:374Silver Bells3:355The Christmas Song3:386The Little Boy That Santa Forgot2:447This Christmas2:458Lonesome Christmas3:149The Bells of St. Mary2:5410White Christmas3:0811Please Come Home for Christmas5:081995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:04
1Blue Gardenia4:282The Verdict5:573City lights3:224Dreams Must Be Going Out Of Style4:385Down That Lonely Lonely Road5:206I Cover The Waterfront5:587Love For Sale4:088You Always Knew Me Better4:459A Lot Of Living To Do3:1010Willow Weep For Me7:0311Come Home To Love6:2212D Jam Blues1:531996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:21
1Won't Pass Me By4:232One Foot in the Blues6:363Baby Don't You Cry5:204Ill Wind3:165Roadblock4:516Angel Eyes3:407Half Awake7:378I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone5:499Two Years of Torture3:4510Cookin' in Style3:1511I Know What I've Got3:491998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 59:58
1Even Now5:282It Ain’t the Same Thing4:133This Time I’m Gone for Good4:404Going Out of My Mind Sale4:275Now You Know4:386Up and Down World4:487I Don’t Want to Know4:128Man of My Word4:569You Don’t Miss You Water4:2810Bulldog Break His Chain4:3611It Tears Me Up3:3712Looking Back5:0113Never Alone4:54— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 35:38
1I Won't Cry2:222Life Is a Struggle2:393A Losing Battle2:534Nowhere to Go2:255Oh So Nice2:416I Want to Do Everything for You2:307You Can Make It If You Try2:248Teach Me to Forget2:359Let the Winds Blow2:5410I Solemnly Promise2:4011Who Are You2:1612Come On2:2313Someone for Me1:5814Lonely Drifter2:58The Sweet Country Voice Of Johnny Adams
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:24
A1Am I That Easy To Forget2:21A2Cry, Cry Darling3:18A3Heaven's Just A Sin Away2:37A4Sorry Don't Always Make It Right4:15A5When I Need You3:21B1Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues2:52B2Pass Me By2:20B3She's Too Good To Be True2:48B4Lovin' You Could Never Be Better3:04B5Love Me Tender3:28
Single · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Some DaySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:02ASome Day2:32 BPart of Me2:30 | 1964 | ||
| 1966 | When I’ll Stop Loving You / (Sometimes) A Man Will Shed a Few Tears TooSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:29AWhen I’ll Stop Loving You2:05 B(Sometimes) A Man Will Shed a Few Tears Too2:24 | 1966 | ||
| 1972 | I Wish It Would Rain / You're a LadySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1I Wish It Would Rain 2You're a Lady | August 1972 | ||
| 1978 | Love Me Now / I Only Wanna Be With YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:57ALove Me Now3:57 BI Only Wanna Be With You3:00 | 1978 |
Album · 13
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Tan NightingaleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracksA1Release Me A2You Made a New Man Out of Me A3How Can I Prove I Love You A4You Can Depend on Me A5Real Live Living Hurtin’ Man A6I Won’t Cry A7A Losing Battle A8I Have No One B1Love Me Now B2Proud Woman B3Reconsider Me B4Something Worth Leaving For B5Let Me Be Myself B6It’s Got to Be Something B7Hell Yes, I Cheated | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1994 | Best of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:14:231Tell It Like It Is3:10 2Who Will the Next Fool Be4:57 3Stay With Me3:52 4Hell Yes I Cheated3:34 5Baby I Love You4:12 6I’ll Never Fall in Love Again5:07 7Your Love Is All I Need4:45 8Share Your Love3:36 9Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You3:47 10Nothing Takes the Place of You4:17 11Give Me a Chance4:16 12I Only Want to Be With You3:35 13Love Me Now4:00 14One Fine Day4:44 15Stand by Me6:45 16Our Day Will Come5:00 17Spanish Harlem4:46 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1999 | The Immortal Soul of Johnny AdamsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:271I Only Wanna Be With You3:31 2I’ll Never Fall in Love Again5:00 3Love Me Now3:58 4Stairway to Heaven3:32 5Give Me a Chance4:13 6Turning Point4:34 7Who Will the Next Fool Be4:52 8Your Love Is All I Need4:42 9Stay With Me3:48 10Share Your Love3:30 11Closer to You2:57 12Sharing With You4:15 13Think About You4:13 14Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You3:43 15Spanish Harlem4:39 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2000 | There Is Always One More TimeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:12:581I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home5:11 2Happy Hard Times3:08 3I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her6:24 4I Don't Know5:38 5Lovers Will3:59 6One Foot in the Blues6:35 7Even Now5:28 8Body and Fender Man5:33 9There Is Always One More Time3:42 10Walking on a Tightrope5:47 11I Don't Want to Do Wrong5:45 12A Lot of Living to Do3:11 13Wish I'd Never Loved You at All3:07 14But Not for Me4:37 15Never Alone4:53 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2001 | Released ... A Memorial Album (The Big Voice, The Big Songs 1968-1983)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:17:421Release Me2:49 2You Made A New Man Out Of Me2:59 3In A Moment Of Weakeness2:34 4I Won't Cry2:17 5I Want To Walk Through This Life With You2:45 6Reconsider Me3:49 7If I Could See You One More Time3:30 8South Side Of Soul Street2:56 9Georgia Morning Dew3:17 10Real live Livin' Hurtin' Man3:07 11Lonely Man2:37 12Proud Woman2:38 13A Losing Battle2:54 14How Can I Prove I Love You2:36 15You Can Depend On Me2:47 16Let Me Be By Myself3:55 17It's Got To Be Something3:56 18Share Your Love With Me3:29 19Your Love Is All I Need4:42 20Stairway To Heaven3:27 21After All The Good Is Gone4:07 22Chasing Rainbows3:05 23Love Me Now3:53 24Hell Yes I Cheated3:33 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2005 | The Great Johnny Adams Blues AlbumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 53:091Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman)3:37 2My Heart Is Hangin' Heavy4:26 3Laughin' and Clownin'3:22 4Danger Zone5:00 5Imitation of Love4:31 6Garbage Man4:14 7Roadblock4:52 8Scarred Knees5:06 9Fortune Teller4:39 10Room With a View5:07 11My Baby's Quit Me3:35 12This Time I'm Gone for Good4:40 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2006 | The Great Johnny Adams R&B AlbumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 52:371I Need a Lot of Loving You5:06 2From the Heart3:02 3You Don’t Miss Your Water4:31 4She Said the Same Things to Me4:09 5I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home5:02 6She’s Everything to Me3:37 7Neither One of Us6:35 8Going Out of My Mind Sale4:28 9The Jealous Kind4:15 10If I Ever Had a Good Thing3:47 11Won’t Pass Me By4:24 12Still in Love3:41 | Compilation | 18 July 2006 | |
| 2007 | Chasing Rainbows...The Tan Canary New Orleans Soul 1969-1981Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 32 tracks · 2:10:37Disc 1 1After All The Good Is Gone4:09 2Somewhere4:05 3Selfish4:13 4She's Only A Baby Herself4:03 5Chasing Rainbows3:03 6(I Can't Believe) She Gives It All To Me4:56 7The Image Of Me4:05 8Stay With Me And Stay In Love3:51 9One Fine Day4:42 10It's Been So Long4:02 11Spanish Harlem4:47 12It's Got To Be Something3:59 13It Only Rains On Me3:48 14Night People5:24 15Memories4:04 16Put It Off Till Tomorrow4:28 Disc 21Baby, Baby, I Love You3:57 2Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You3:41 3Give Me A Chance4:31 4I Don't Wanna Cry4:58 5I'll Never Fall In Love Again4:35 6Nothing Takes The Place Of You4:11 7Share Your Love With Me4:01 8Who Will The Next Fool Be4:35 9Your Love Is All I Need4:27 10Stand By Me6:45 11Bells Of St.Mary2:48 12White Christmas3:03 13I Can't Be All Bad2:55 14Too Much Pride1:41 15Born To Love You3:00 16Just Call Me Darling3:50 | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2011 | The Soul of New OrleansSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks1After All the Good Is Gone 2Chasing Rainbows 3I’ll Never Fall in Love Again 4Just My Imagination 5The Best of Luck to You 6Spanish Harlem 7Hell Yes I Cheated 8I Live My Whole Life at Night 9Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You 10Love Letters 11Cry, Cry Darling 12Selfish 13Share Your Love With Me 14(There’s) No Getting Over Me 15I Only Want to Be With You 16Give Me a Chance 17A Shoulder to Cry On 18One Fine Day 19Who Will the Next Fool Be 20I Believe in You | Compilation | 2011 | |
| 2015 | I Won't Cry: The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:00:311I Won't Cry2:24 2Who You Are2:17 3Come On2:04 4Nowhere To Go2:27 5The Bells Are Ringing3:03 6Teach Me to Forget2:34 7Someone For Me2:00 8Let The Wind Blow3:00 9You Can Make It If You Try2:28 10Closer To You2:48 11Wedding Day2:36 12Ooh So Nice2:37 13Life Is Just A Struggle2:42 14I Solemnly Promise2:41 15A Losing Battle2:38 16Who's Gonna Love You2:37 17Showdown2:19 18Tra-La-La2:28 19Lonely Drifter3:03 20I Want To Do Everything For You2:35 21Comin' Around The Mountain2:21 22Cold Cold Heart2:27 23No Way Out For Me1:29 24Walking The Floor Over You2:53 | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2020 | The Ultimate Johnny Adams CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 45 tracks · 2:57:25Disc 1 1I Believe I'll Find Happiness3:01 2Hell Yes I Cheated3:34 3You Made a New Man Out of Me3:02 4Tell It Like It Is3:10 5Part of Me2:55 6Love Me Now4:00 7Stay With Me3:52 8Share Your Love3:36 9Who Will the Next Fool Be4:57 10Baby I Love You4:12 11I'll Never Fall in Love Again5:07 12After All the Good Is Gone4:36 13Stairway to Heaven3:36 14The Greatest Love3:45 15It's You Baby It's You4:04 16Spanish Harlem4:46 Disc 21It's Got to Be Something3:57 2Chasing Rainbows3:07 3Your Love Is All I Need4:45 4Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You3:47 5Nothing Takes the Place of You4:17 6Give Me a Chance4:16 7One Fine Day4:44 8I Only Want to Be With You3:35 9Stand by Me6:45 10Our Day Will Come5:00 11Some Day2:27 12Baby I Want You3:07 13Best of Luck to You3:28 14Feelings4:03 15Love Letters3:07 Disc 31Working on the River3:54 2Thinking About You4:54 3Strutting on a Sunday3:41 4Sharing You4:15 5Performance3:01 6Cry, Cry Darling3:22 7I Believe in You4:31 8I Brought It All on Myself2:08 9I'm Afraid to Let You Into My Life3:58 10It Only Rains on Me3:49 11Memories4:07 12Night People5:18 13Put It Off Till Tomorrow4:25 14When I Need You3:24 | Compilation | 6 November 2020 | |
| 2022 | Only Want to Be With YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 2:14:33Disc 1 1Chasing Rainbows3:05 2It’s Been So Long4:05 3Spanish Harlem4:45 4Nothing Takes the Place of You4:16 5Think About You4:14 6Give Me a Chance4:13 7Night People5:24 8Share Your Love With Me3:29 9Your Love Is All I Need4:42 10I Believe in You3:18 11She’s Only a Baby Herself4:02 12It’s You Baby, It’s You3:43 13Selfish4:15 14The Best of Luck to You3:40 15Baby, Baby I Love You4:02 Disc 21Feel the Beat, Feel the Heat6:34 2Stand By Me6:39 3It Only Rains On Me3:49 4Love Letters3:10 5I’ll Never Fall in Love Again5:04 6After All the Good Is Gone3:59 7Roadblock (live)8:36 8Who Will the Next Fool Be4:51 9I Don’t Want to Cry3:41 10Memories4:03 11It’s Got to Be Something3:59 12Stay With Me and Stay in Love3:48 13I Can’t Believe She Gives It All to Me4:55 14Lost Mind (live)3:56 15I Cover the Waterfront (live)6:16 | Compilation | 2022 | |
| 2022 | South Sideo Of Soul Street (The SSS Sessions)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 44:011South Side Of Soul Street (Remastered 2022)2:58 2Give Me A Chance (Alternate / Remastered 2022)3:02 3Georgia Morning Dew (Remastered 2022)3:20 4Living On Your Love (Remastered 2022)1:39 5I've Got Too Much To Lose (Remastered 2022)2:35 6Too Much Pride (Alternate / Remastered 2022)2:28 7The Tender Side Of Me (Alternate / Remastered 2022)3:15 8Release Me (Remastered 2022)2:50 9Proud Woman (Remastered 2022)2:38 10You Made A New Man Out Of Me (Remastered 2022)3:04 11Reconsider Me (Remastered 2022)3:54 12In A Moment Of Weakness (Remastered 2022)2:37 13I Won't Cry (Alternate / Remastered 2022)3:02 14I Have No One (Remastered 2022)3:09 15If I Could See You One More Time (Remastered 2022)3:30 | Compilation | 11 November 2022 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Johnny Adams head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 35 | 91.7th |
| Studio albums | 18 | 95.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 19 | 93.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 34 | 72.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
United States · Group
rhythm and blues
1 shared genre tag · debut 1961, 3 years apart · from United States
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