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Group · recording since 1965
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Also known as J.R. Walker Allstars · Jnr Walker & the All Stars · Jr Walker & the All Stars · Jr Walker & the Allstars · Jr Walker and the All‐Stars · Jr. Walker & the Allstars · +7 more
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | — | no data |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 43 | 93.3th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
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1966 · studio album
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1966 · studio album
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What Does It Take to Win Your Love
1969 · studio album
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Peace & Understanding Is Hard to Find
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Cleo's Mood / Baby You Know You Ain't RightSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:09ACleo's Mood2:38 BBaby You Know You Ain't Right2:31 | 1965 | ||
| 1965 | ShotgunSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:52AShotgun2:54 BHot Cha2:58 | 1965 | ||
| 1966 | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:22AHow Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)2:58 BNothing but Soul2:24 | 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Shoot Your ShotSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:57AShoot Your Shot2:59 BAin't That the Truth2:58 | 22 June 1967 | ||
| 1968 | Hip CitySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:49AHip City - Pt. 12:52 BHip City - Pt. 22:57 | 1968 | ||
| 1969 | Road RunnerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksARoad Runner BShotgun | March 1969 | ||
| 1969 | What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:13AWhat Does It Take (to Win Your Love)2:28 BBrainwasher (Part 1)2:45 | 25 April 1969 | ||
| 1970 | Gotta Hold On to This FeelingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:36AGotta Hold On to This Feeling3:31 BClinging to the Thought That She’s Coming Back3:05 | 1970 |
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 36:581Shotgun3:02 2How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)3:05 3(I'm A) Road Runner2:52 4Hip City (Pt 1)2:45 5Cleo's Mood2:44 6Money (That's What I Want) - Pt. 12:09 7Shoot Your Shot3:04 8Pucker Up Buttercup3:17 9Come See About Me3:08 10What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:32 11Shake And Fingerpop2:47 12Home Cookin'2:58 13Baby You Know You Ain't Right2:35 14Anyway You Wanna | Compilation | 1969 | |
| 1970 | LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 38:09A1Intro-Hip City Part 1-Hip City Part 25:12 A2Sweet Soul4:16 A3Home Cookin'2:20 A4Something You Got5:56 B1(I Know) I'm Losing You3:32 B2Come See About Me4:30 B3What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)4:55 B4Medley: Shotgun & What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)7:28 | Live | September 1970 | |
| 1972 | Greatest Hits - Volume 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 41:11A1Way Back Home (vocal version)3:05 A2Way Back Home (instrumental version)3:45 A3Carry Your Own Load2:58 A4Take Me Girl, I'm Ready3:56 A5Clinging to the Thought She's Coming Back3:09 A6Holly Holy4:00 B1Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:10 B2I Was Made to Love Her2:39 B3Teach Them to Pray4:40 B4Riding High on Love2:40 B5Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:35 B6These Eyes3:34 | Compilation | 1972 | |
| 1973 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 44:16A1Walk In The Night3:57 A2Holly Holy4:00 A3These Eyes3:34 A4I've Got To Find A Way To Win Maria Back3:23 A5Gotta Hold On To This Feeling3:35 A6Way Back Home (Instrumental)3:43 B1Way Back Home (Vocal)3:15 B2Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:10 B3Right On Brothers And Sisters2:58 B4Take Me Girl I'm Ready3:56 B5Clinging To The Thought That She's Coming Back3:09 B6Sweet Soul2:58 B7Groove Thang2:38 | Compilation | 1973 | |
| 1974 | AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:16:50Disc 1 A1Shotgun2:59 A2Do the Boomerang2:22 A3Shake and Finger Pop2:43 A4Cleo's Mood2:42 A5(I'm a) Road Runner2:46 A6How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:02 A7Money (That's What I Want)2:07 B1Pucker Up, Buttercup3:15 B2Shoot Your Shot2:59 B3Come See About Me2:58 B4Hip City (Part 1)2:52 B5Home Cookin'2:58 B6What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)?2:30 Disc 2C1These Eyes3:34 C2Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:35 C3Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:10 C4Holly Holy4:00 C5Don't Blame the Children2:52 C6Moody Junior4:20 D1Way Back Home (vocal)3:15 D2Walk in the Night3:57 D3Groove Thang2:38 D4Gimme That Beat (Part 1)3:27 D5I Don't Need No Reason2:44 D6Peace & Understanding (Is Hard to Find)3:05 | Compilation | 1974 | |
| 1980 | Motown Superstar Series Vol. 5Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 42:32A1How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You3:02 A2What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:28 A3Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:26 A4Walk In The Night4:09 A5Take Me Girl, I'm Ready3:54 A6Shotgun3:05 B1(I'm A) Road Runner3:41 B2Peace And Understanding (Is Hard To Find)2:54 B3These Eyes3:34 B4Gotta Hold On To This Feeling3:32 B5Teach Them To Pray4:43 B6Way Back Home (Vocal)4:04 | Compilation | 1980 | |
| 1986 | Compact Command Performances: 19 Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 58:561Shotgun3:03 2Do the Boomerang2:22 3Shake and Fingerpop2:42 4Cleo's Mood2:42 5(I'm a) Roadrunner2:43 6How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)2:59 7Money (That's What I Want), Part 12:08 8Pucker Up Buttercup3:20 9Shoot Your Shot2:58 10Come See About Me3:01 11Hip City, Part 22:57 12Home Cookin'2:57 13What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)?2:25 14These Eyes3:34 15Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:33 16Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:27 17Take Me Girl, I'm Ready3:55 18Way Back Home4:03 19Walk in the Night4:07 | Compilation | 1986 | |
| 1987 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 34:071Shotgun3:04 2How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:01 3Home Cookin'2:59 4Pucker Up Buttercup3:20 5What Does It Take (To Win Your Love?)2:27 6(I'm a) Roadrunner2:44 7Come See About Me3:02 8Hip City, Part 22:58 9Cleo's Mood (instrumental)2:43 10Shake and Fingerpop2:43 11Money (That's What I Want)2:09 12Shoot Your Shot2:57 | Compilation | 1987 | |
| 1988 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 47:241(I'm a) Road Runner2:49 2Pucker Up Buttercup3:17 3Shotgun3:02 4Do the Boomerang2:23 5Shake and Fingerpop2:46 6How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:07 7Cleo's Mood2:44 8Shoot Your Shot3:00 9Hot Cha3:09 10Monkey Jump2:10 11Cleo's Back2:33 12Ain't That the Truth3:04 13Ame'Cherie4:11 14Twist Lackawanna2:18 15San-Ho-Zay3:01 16Mutiny3:50 | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1992 | All the Great HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 31:301What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)?2:27 2Shotgun3:03 3Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:34 4Do You See My Love (for You Growing)3:28 5How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)3:00 6Walk in the Night4:08 7Shake and Finger Pop2:43 8Cleo's Mood2:43 9These Eyes3:36 10Hip City, Part 12:48 | Compilation | 10 February 1992 | |
| 1993 | Motown Legends: Jr. Walker & the All StarsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 44:051What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:28 2Sexpot4:03 3Rise and Shine3:40 4Proud Mary3:17 5Ball Baby7:31 6Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)4:12 7Blow the House Down4:02 8In and Out3:48 9Shotgun3:05 10Never Can Say Goodbye3:16 11Urgent4:43 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1994 | Groovin' With JuniorSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 53:341Shotgun3:05 2Do the Boomerang2:24 3Shake and Fingerpop2:44 4Cleo's Back2:34 5Cleo's Mood2:45 6Shoot Your Shot3:01 7Tune Up3:16 8Hot Cha3:04 9Monkey Jump2:12 10Tally Ho4:47 11(I'm a) Road Runner2:43 12How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)2:59 13Pucker Up Buttercup3:21 14Money (That's What I Want)2:09 15Baby You Know You Ain't Right2:31 16Ame' Cherie (Soul Darling)4:09 17San-Ho-Zay2:51 18Come See About Me2:59 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Nothin’ but Soul: Singles 1962–1983Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 41 tracks · 2:05:23Disc 1 1Twist Lackawanna2:14 2Brainwasher2:56 3Cleo’s Mood2:40 4Good Rockin’3:07 5Satan’s Blues2:55 6Monkey Jump2:08 7Shotgun2:58 8Hot Cha3:03 9Do the Boomerang2:23 10Shake and Fingerpop2:41 11Cleo’s Back2:30 12(I’m a) Roadrunner2:49 13Baby You Know You Ain’t Right2:32 14How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)3:01 15Nothing but Soul3:07 16Money (That’s What I Want), Part 12:06 17Pucker Up Buttercup3:14 18Shoot Your Shot3:00 19Come See About Me3:05 20Sweet Soul2:59 21Hip City, Part 23:12 22Home Cookin’2:58 Disc 21What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)2:28 2These Eyes3:38 3Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:35 4Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:30 5Holly Holy3:14 6Carry Your Own Load3:15 7Take Me Girl I’m Ready3:15 8Right on Brothers and Sisters3:09 9Way Back Home3:11 10Walk in the Night4:10 11Groove Thing2:33 12Gimme That Beat, Part 13:27 13I Don’t Need No Reason2:44 14Peace and Understanding (Is Hard to Find)3:04 15Dancin’ Like They Do on Soul Train3:23 16I’m So Glad3:22 17You Ain’t No Ordinary Woman3:42 18Hard Love4:05 19Blow the House Down4:00 | Compilation | 22 March 1994 | |
| 1997 | Jr. Walker & the All StarsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 57:231(I’m a) Road Runner2:51 2Shake and Fingerpop2:44 3Baby You Know You Ain’t Right2:34 4Pucker Up Buttercup3:20 5Nothing but Soul (instrumental)3:37 6How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:01 7Anyway You Wannta’2:42 8Cleo’s Mood (instrumental)2:43 9Satan’s Blues (instrumental / Full version)4:28 10Hot Cha (instrumental)3:09 11Monkey Jump2:12 12Shotgun3:04 13Money (That’s What I Want) (Full version)4:35 14Ame’ Cherie (Soul Darling) (instrumental)4:12 15Shoot Your Shot2:59 16Eight Hour Drag (instrumental)3:12 17Cleo’s Back2:34 18Sweet Soul (instrumental)3:26 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | The Ultimate CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:16:531Shotgun3:00 2Shake and Fingerpop2:44 3How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:02 4Cleo’s Mood2:42 5Shoot Your Shot3:01 6(I’m a) Road Runner2:49 7Pucker Up Buttercup3:16 8Do the Boomerang2:22 9Tune Up3:05 10Money (That’s What I Want)4:34 11Come See About Me3:07 12Sweet Soul2:59 13Cleo’s Back2:32 14Satan’s Blues2:57 15Hip City, Part II3:12 16Home Cookin’2:59 17Twist Lackawanna2:18 18What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:31 19These Eyes3:38 20Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:35 21Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:30 22Take Me Girl, I’m Ready3:16 23Way Back Home3:11 24Walk in the Night4:12 25Last Call2:21 | Compilation | 7 October 1997 | |
| 1999 | The Essential CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:02:411(I’m a) Road Runner2:51 2I Ain’t Going Nowhere3:32 3Pucker Up Buttercup3:17 4Anyway You Wannta2:44 5Right on Brothers and Sisters3:09 6Probe Your Mind3:29 7Nothing but Soul3:09 8Take Me I’m Ready3:18 9I Need You Right Here Right Now4:34 10Shotgun3:00 11Moody Junior4:38 12How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)3:03 13Urgent4:45 14What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)2:32 15Shake and Fingerpop2:44 16Just Can’t Get Enough3:49 17Don’t Blame the Children3:06 18These Things Will Keep Me Loving You5:01 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2000 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jr. Walker & the All StarsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 34:211Shotgun3:06 2How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:02 3Pucker Up Buttercup3:00 4What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:30 5(I'm a) Road Runner2:48 6Come See About Me3:02 7Cleo's Food2:43 8Shake and Fingerpop2:46 9Gotta Hold on This Feeling3:36 10These Eyes3:38 11Walk in the Night4:10 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2008 | The Definitive CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 56:481Shotgun3:20 2Shake and Fingerpop2:45 3How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)3:01 4Cleo's Mood2:42 5Cleo's Back2:31 6[I'm a] Road Runner2:45 7Pucker Up Buttercup2:58 8Do the Boomerang2:23 9Come See About Me3:01 10Hip City, Part 22:58 11Home Cookin2:58 12What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)2:27 13These Eyes3:36 14Gotta Hold on to This Feeling3:34 15Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:30 16Take Me Girl, I'm Ready4:02 17Way Back Home4:08 18Walk in the Night4:09 | Compilation | 23 September 2008 | |
| 2019 | Walk in the Night: The Motown '70s Studio AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 58 tracks · 3:45:36Disc 1 1Do You See My Love (For You Growing)3:29 2And When I Die2:53 3I Was Made to Love Her2:41 4Carry Your Own Load3:16 5Shut Up, Don’t Interrupt Me3:09 6Groove and Move2:42 7Holly Holy4:36 8Honey Come Back4:20 9Riding High on Love2:41 10Hey Jude3:18 11At a Saturday Matinee2:55 12Way Back Home (instrumental)3:44 13Take Me Girl, I’m Ready4:01 14Feeling Alright4:36 15Right on Brothers and Sisters3:11 16Teach Them To Pray4:47 17Something5:02 18Psychedelic Shack5:03 19Pieces of a Man3:22 20These Things Will Keep Me Loving You4:59 Disc 21Way Back Home (vocal)4:07 2I Don’t Want To Do Wrong3:38 3Bristol’s Way4:11 4Don’t Blame the Children3:03 5Me and My Family5:12 6Groove Thang2:38 7Still Water Medley5:07 8Never Can Say Goodbye3:11 9Walk in the Night4:10 10Moody Junior4:34 11I Ain’t Going Nowhere3:34 12I Don’t Need No Reason2:43 13It’s Alright, Do What You Gotta Do3:31 14It’s Too Late2:56 15Soul Clappin’4:26 16I Can See Clearly Now2:52 17Gimme That Beat (Part 1)3:28 18Gimme That Beat (Part 2)2:49 19Country Boy3:01 20Peace and Understanding (Is Hard To Find)3:05 Disc 31You Are the Sunshine of My Life4:50 2All in Love Is Fair4:07 3Killing Me Softly With This Song7:07 4My Love5:06 5Boogie Down5:10 6I Ain’t That Easy To Lose3:49 7Dancin’ Like They Do on Soul Train3:25 8Break Down and Sing3:49 9Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I Gonna Do)5:55 10I’m So Glad4:50 11Why Can’t We Be Lovers4:32 12You Ain’t No Ordinary Woman3:32 13Just Can’t Get Enough3:49 14Love (Keep Us Together)3:55 15I Need You Right Now4:46 16Probe Your Mind3:31 17Don’t Lose What You Got (Trying to Get Back What You Had)2:59 18Hot Shot3:23 | Compilation | 24 May 2019 | |
| — | Shotgun & Soul SessionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks1Cleo's Mood 2Do the Boomerang 3Shotgun 4(I'm a) Road Runner 5Shake and Fingerpop 6Shoot Your Shot 7Tune Up 8Hot Cha 9Monkey Jump 10Tally Ho 11Cleo's Back 12Ain't That the Truth 13Good Rockin' 14Hewbie Steps Out 15Shake Everything 16Everybody Get Together 17Mark Anthony (Speaks) 18Us 19Moonlight in Vermont 20Decidedly 21Eight Hour Drag 22Brainwasher 23Three Four Three 24Satan's Blues 25Willie's Blues (Non-LP single) 26Break It Up | Compilation | — | |
| — | J.R. Walker AllstarsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 47:351Shoot Your Shot3:01 2How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)3:04 3Twist Lackawanna2:20 4Shotgun3:04 5Cleo's Mood2:46 6Cleo's Back2:34 7Hot Cha3:09 8Shake & Fingerpop2:46 9Do The Boomerang2:24 10Monkey Jump2:11 11Ame' Cherie4:12 12San-Ho-Zay3:02 13Ain't That The Truth3:05 14Mutiny3:53 15Pucker Up Buttercup3:17 16(I'm a) Road Runner2:47 | Compilation | — |
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Valentine’s Day SqueezerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track1How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | January 2018 |
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jr. Walker & The All Stars head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | — | no data |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 43 | 93.3th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Graves | 1961 | 1966 | |
| Junior Walker | — | present | |
| Junior Walker | — | present | |
| Willie Woods | — | present |
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