The "5" Royales are often referred to as the forerunners of Soul music. Their southern heritage and background in gospel music served them well when they made the switch to secular music. One of the bluesiest vocal groups of their era, their records sold like crazy when they exploded on the music scene in 1952 on Apollo Records. Securing their sevices on King Records, which is where the songs on this CD are from, was considered a major coup in 1954. They were so popular at the time that their move to King required a lesser-known group which had been recording for King's Federal subsidiary without much success to that point, The Royals, to change their name to The Midnighters to avoid further confusion. Unable to make the switch to the Soul era, the "5" Royales disbanded in the late 1960s. It was a sad ending for a group wich had been at the top for longer than almost any other TRUE R&B group of the 1950s, and one that should have been able to weather the transition from R&B to Soul like The Dells and The Four Tops did. Their legacy remains in their recordings, among the best of which are featured here.............. [Disc 1] 01 Bedside of a Neighbor 02 Journey's End 03 Come over Here 04 Let Nothing Separate Me 05 Too Much of a Little Bit 06 Give Me One More Chance 07 Courage to Love 08 You Know I Know 09 Baby Don't Do It 10 Take All of Me (Baby) 11 Help Me, Somebody 12 Crazy, Crazy, Crazy 13 Too Much Lovin' 14 Laundromat Blues 15 I Want to Thank You 16 All Righty 17 I Do 18 Good Things 19 I'm Gonna Run It Down 20 Behave Yourself 21 Cry Some More 22 I Like It Like That 23 Monkey Hips and Rice 24 Devil with the Rest 25 What's That [Disc 2] 01 Let Me Come Back Home 02 School Girl 03 One Mistake 04 With All Your Heart (Put Something in It) 05 6 O'clock in the Morning 06 Every Dog Has His Day 07 You Didn't Learn It at Home 08 How I Wonder 09 Mohawk Squaw 10 I Need Your Lovin' Baby 11 When I Get Like This 12 Women About to Make Me Go Crazy 13 Do Unto You 14 I Ain't Getting Caught 15 Someone Made You for Me 16 When You Walked Through the Door 17 Right Around the Corner 18 I Could Love You 19 My Wants for Love 20 Get Something out of It 21 Come on and Save Me 22 Just As I Am 23 Mine Forevermore 24 Tears of Joy 25 Thirty Second Lover [Disc 3] 01 Think 02 I'd Better Make a Move 03 Messin' Up 04 Say It 05 Dedicated to the One I Love 06 Don't Be Ashamed 07 Do the Cha Cha Cherry 08 The Feeling is Real 09 Tell the Truth 10 Double or Nothing 11 The Slummer the Slum 12 Don't Let It Be in Vain 13 Your Only Love 14 The Real Thing 15 Miracle of Love 16 I Know It's Hard but It's Fair 17 Tell Me You Care 18 Wonder Where Your Love Has Gone 19 My Sugar Sugar 20 It Hurt's Inside 21 Please, Please, Please 22 I Got to Know 23 Solid Rock 24 I'm a Cool Teenager [Disc 4] 01 Don't Give More Than You Can Take 02 I'm with You 03 Why 04 (Something Moves Me) Within My Heart 05 Now Baby Don't Do It 06 Everybody Knows 07 Please, Please Be Mine 08 Rain Drops Keep A-fallin' 09 Jailbird 10 Here It 'tis, Right Here 11 If You Don't Need Me 12 I'm Gonna Tell Them 13 Much in Need 14 They Don't Know 15 Send Me Somebody 16 Come on Let's Have a Good Time 17 Help Me Somebody 18 Talk About My Woman Part 1 19 Talk About My Woman Part 2 20 Take Me with You Baby 21 Not Going to Cry 22 Catch That Teardrop 23 Goof Ball 24 What's in the Heart 25 I Want It Like That
