Big Maybelle's mountainous stature matched the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her many hits for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. This compilation offers the very best of Big Maybelle¹s rhythm and blues recordings from the 1950’s and includes all of her chart hits from that decade. Backed by the great bands of Leroy Kirkland, Danny Mendelsohn, Quincy Jones, Kelly Owens and Alan Freed which, if you look closely, are basically all drawn from the same pool of peerless New York session musicians; this is powerful stuff indeed!........... 1. Gabbin' Blues (aka Don't Run My Business) 2. Rain Down Rain 3. Way Back Home 4. Just Want Your Love 5. Jinny Mule 6. Send For Me 7. My Country Man 8. Maybelle's Blues 9. I've Got A Feelin' 10. You'll Never Know 11. I'm Gettin' 'Long Alright 12. My Big Mistake 13. Don't Leave Poor Me 14. Ain't No Use 15. Whole Lotta Shakin' goin' On 16. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 17. The Other Night 18. Such A Cutie 19. New Kind Of Mambo 20. So Good To My Baby 21. Candy 22. That's A Pretty Good Love 23. Mean To Me 24. Tell Me Who 25. Ring Dang Dilly 26. Pitiful 27. I Don't Want To Cry 28. Ring Dang Dilly / Candy (live - bonus track)
