The Best Of Chuck Jackson

Chuck Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00195I3D6
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Any Day Now

2. I Don't Want To Cry

3. I Keep Forgettin'

4. Just Once

5. Beg Me

6. Whatcha Gonna Say Tomorrow

7. I Wake Up Crying

8. Make the Night a Little Longer

9. Tell Him I'm Not Home

10. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

11. Any Other Way

12. Since I Don't Have You

13. Something You Got

14. Shame On Me

15. Getting Ready For the Heartbreak

16. Hold On I'm Coming

17. Don't Believe Him Donna

18. The Breaking Point

19. (It Never Happens) In Real Life

20. Human

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

His was the soul sound of uptown, and these are 25 of Jackson's best including all those classic '60s Wand hits! And those include I Don't Want to Cry; Any Day Now; Something You Got (with Maxine Brown); Tell Him I'm Not Home; Beg Me; I Wake Up Crying; Any Other Way; Since I Don't Have You , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early NYC soul, July 3, 2008

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This review is from: The Best Of Chuck Jackson (Audio CD)

New York based urban soul artist Chuck Jackson recorded for the WAND label from 1961 to '67. Previously, Jackson was part of the Del-Vikings doo wop group. Along with Dionne Warwick, he was one of the first to record Bert Bacharach songs.

Jackson enjoyed moderate success throughout his career-- in fact, the first three tracks on COLLECTABLES' THE BEST OF CHUCK JACKSON were his only top-selling singles; the rest, while competent, can hardly be classified as smash hits. Also here are Chuck's two charting 'A' side duets with Maxine Brown, "Something You Got" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'."

The majority of this CD's 25 tracks, listed as their original singles:

WAND #106 (1961) I Don't Want To Cry b/w Just Once
WAND #108 (1961) (It Never Happens) In Real Life b/w The Same Old Story
WAND #110 (1961) I Wake Up Crying (harmony vocals: Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick)
WAND #115 (1962) The Breaking Point
WAND #119 (1962) Whatcha Gonna Say Tomorrow
WAND #122 (1962) Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
WAND #126 (1962) I Keep Forgettin'
WAND #128 (1963) Gettin' Ready For the Heartbreak
WAND #132 (1963) Tell Him I'm Not Home
WAND #138 (1963) Tears of Joy*
WAND #141 (1963) Any Other Way
WAND #154 (1964) Beg Me (backing vocals: Cissy Houston)
WAND #169 (1964) Since I Don't Have You
WAND #181 (1965) Something You Got (w/Maxine Brown)
WAND #1148 (1967) Hold On I'm Coming (w/Maxine Brown)
WAND #1166 (1967) Shame On Me b/w Candy

*('B' side of "I Will Never Turn My Back On You")

The remainder are album cuts:
(1962) Make the Night a Little Longer
(1965) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
(1963) Don't Believe Him Donna
(1965) Human
(1963) Blue Holiday
(????) Where Do I Go From Here?


For another sampling of the Sceptor/Wand/Musicor catalog, check out COLLECTABLES' 19 track THE BEST OF THE ISLEY BROTHERS compilation.