Earl Gaines set the standard for Nashville R&B and soul for almost half a century & hit the jackpot with his first release, (It’s Love Baby) 24 Hours A Day’ Earl’s recordings for the Excello label offer a small but perfectly formed body of work, fully representative of what made Nashville such an important centre for black American music in the 1950s. Earl is paired here with his fellow Music City resident, the far less well known Thomas ‘Shy Guy’ Douglas whose tough, down home recordings are in stark contrast to the more urbane sounds Gaines embodied........ 1. IT’S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day) - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 2. CAN’T KEEP FROM CRYIN’ - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 3. BABY BABY WHAT’S WRONG - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 4. PLEASE UNDERSTAND - Earl Gaines with Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 5. I DON’T NEED YOU NOW - Earl Gaines with Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 6. GONNA STOP FOOLIN’ MYSELF - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 7. DON’T YOU KNOW - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers 8. NOW DO YOU HEAR - Earl Gaines with Jimmy Back and Orchestra 9. BEST OF LUCK, BABY - Earl Gaines with Jimmy Back and Orchestra 10. WHITE ROSE - Earl Gaines with Freddy Robinson Orchestra 11. WHITE ROSE (Theme) - Earl Gaines with Freddy Robinson Orchestra 12. SITTING HERE DRINKING - Earl Gaines 13. LOVE YOU SO - Earl Gaines 14. HOLD BACK MY TEARS - Earl Gaines 15. THREE TIMES SEVEN - Earl Gaines 16. LET ME DOWN EASY - Earl Gaines 17. SHOW ME SOMETHING - Earl Gaines 18. IT’S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day – Remake) - Earl Gaines 19. PLEASE LOVE ME - Earl Gaines 20. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - Leroy Jones 21. DETROIT ARROW - Shy Guy Douglas 22. NEW MEMPHIS BLUES - Shy Guy Douglas 23. I’M YOUR COUNTRY MAN - Shy Guy Douglas 24. WASTED TIME - Shy Guy Douglas 25. NO PLACE LIKE HOME - Shy Guy Douglas 26. SHE’S MY KINDA GIRL - Shy Guy Douglas 27. YANKEE DOODLE (I Lost My Noodle) - Shy Guy Douglas 28. HARVEST MOON (Bring Her Back To Me) - Shy Guy Douglas 29. LET’S ROCK AND ROLL - Little Shy Guy and the Hot Rods 30. MY LITTLE BABY - Little Shy Guy and the Hot Rods
