Taking Care of Business [Import]

Bobby Patterson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Kent Records UK
• ASIN: B0000013B3
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,950 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Till You Give In

2. You Just Got To Understand

3. What's Your Problem Baby

4. If I Didn't Have You

5. Long Ago

6. Soul Is Our Music

7. Let Them Talk

8. Sock Some Lovin' At Me

9. I'm Leroy, I'll Take Her

10. Broadway Ain't Funky No More

11. I Met My Match

12. Don't Be So Mean

13. The Good Ol Days

14. Busy, Busy Bee

15. Sweet Taste Of Love

16. T.C.B Or T.Y. A.

17. What A Wonderful Night For Love

18. My Thing Is Your Thing

19. Keeping It In The Family

20. My Baby's Coming Back To Me

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

If there is such a thing as an average 1960s soul singer, Bobby Patterson is it. That's not meant as a putdown, necessarily; it's just the way it is. He drew from both Northern and Southern soul styles, from Motown and Stax, and from other trends. He also wrote and sang competent tunes that sounded like filler in the work of greater artists. Perhaps the difference between Patterson and the hundreds of other similar performers that did one or three singles, is that Patterson had a much lengthier career, putting out singles constantly. This album presents 29 tracks that he did in the mid- and late 1960s, most of which came out as singles on the Jetstar label, although there are a couple of previously unreleased cuts. The material is agreeable but unmemorable, with the occasional number that sticks deeper in the craw, like "If I Didn't Have You," a good pop-friendly Southern soul tune with minor key changes and organ. In a similar vein is "Long Ago," a relatively unknown song with a co-writing credit for Dan Penn. Sometimes it's easy to determine where the inspiration comes from: "You Just Got to Understand" has a sound very much like the Marvin Gaye single "Ain't That Peculiar"; "Soul Is Our Music" is an upbeat brassy number in the Otis Redding-Arthur Conley mold; "I'm Leroy, I'll Take Her" has a boogaloo Joe Tex flavor; "Broadway Ain't Funky No More" rides the James Brown/Dyke & the Blazers train; and "My Baby's Coming Back to Me" has a riff similar to that of the Temptations' "Get Ready." As a warm-up act he wouldn't have been bad, but once the headliners take over, he's definitely just one of the crowd. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the most underated soul singers of all time, December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Taking Care of Business (Audio CD)

Bobby Patterson is like so many other soul artists from the 60's and 70's who never got their due credit. This CD contains all of Bobby's work while he was with John Abdnors Abnak/Jetstar label in Dallas, TX. The CD is full of very class 60's soul sides that cover the many different styles of the era. What is so unique about Bobby is that not only does he sing but he also writes his own material, something quite uncommon of the era. One track was a minor hit in 1969 "TCB or TYA". What is even better is the flipside of that single "What a wonderful night for love". Other good sides include "I'm in love with you" and "Till you give in". This CD is a must own for any fan of the genre, or for anyone who would like to dig a little deeper into soul music than their uncle's Otis Redding collection.