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Back to Black: 1900-1999

Various Artists

Initial release : 2001

Universal International

This wide ranging 10 CD box set compilation includes a track by Sly & The Family Stone.

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Tracks / Musicians

The tracks and performers on this compilation are;

  • Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
  • Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
  • Dippermouth Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
  • Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson
  • Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
  • How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr
  • Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith
  • St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
  • Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
  • Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Bessie Smith, Buck and His Band,
  • Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
  • Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters
  • Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
  • Hellhound on My Trail - Robert Johnson
  • Good Morning, Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson
  • Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie
  • We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) - The Ink Spots
  • Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
  • Summertime - Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra
  • T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker with Les Hite and His Orchestra
  • God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
  • After You've Gone - Roy Eldredge and the Gene Krupa Orchestra
  • I Wonder
  • Koko - Charlie Parker
  • Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Duke Ellington
  • Straighten up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole
  • That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
  • Let the Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan
  • Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
  • I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
  • Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown and Bob Ogden's Orchestra,
  • Up Above My Head - Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
  • Were Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore Sextet
  • Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
  • All She Wants to Do Is Rock - Wynonie Harris
  • The Fat Man - Fats Domino
  • Every Day I Have the Blues - Lowell Fulson
  • Please Send Me Someone to Love - Percy Mayfield
  • Black Night - Charles Brown
  • Flamingo - Earl Bostic
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
  • One Mint Julep - Clovers
  • Honey Hush - Big Joe Turner
  • Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
  • Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter
  • Dust My Broom - Elmore James
  • Smokstack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
  • Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Crying in the Chapel - Orioles
  • Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
  • Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerald with Buddy Begman and His Orchestra,
  • The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
  • Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
  • Yakety Yak - The Coasters
  • Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
  • Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) - Jackie Wilson
  • Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
  • Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
  • Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
  • Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
  • Stand by Me - Ben E. King
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone
  • Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony and The Imperials
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
  • It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards
  • Passing Strangers - Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan
  • I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
  • Didn't It Rain - Mahalia Jackson
  • Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
  • Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles
  • Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
  • Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
  • The Twist - Chubby Checker
  • Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's
  • Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
  • It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
  • Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas
  • People Get Ready - Impressions
  • Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
  • Baby Love - Diana Ross & the Supremes
  • Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Four Tops
  • Under the Boardwalk - Drifters
  • Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
  • When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
  • What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
  • Mad About the Boy - Dinah Washington
  • My Girl - Smokey Robinson
  • Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
  • Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
  • My Guy - Mary Wells
  • In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
  • Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
  • Shotgun - Junior Walker & the All-Stars
  • Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
  • The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett
  • Then He Kissed Me - Crystals
  • Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
  • Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ros & the Supremes
  • Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
  • A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement - John Coltrane
  • Respect - Aretha Franklin
  • Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
  • Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
  • Soul Man - Sam & Dave
  • Band of Gold - Freda Payne
  • Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
  • I Want You Back - Jackson Five
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  • The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
  • Only the Strong Suvive - Jerry Butler
  • I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
  • My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
  • (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
  • Private Number - William Bell and Judy Clay
  • I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
  • O Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers
  • Young Gifted and Black - Bob & Marcia
  • Declaration of Rights - Abyssinians
  • The Israelites - Desmond Dekker and The Aces
  • Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela
  • The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
  • Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • War - Edwin Starr
  • Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Temptations
  • Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
  • Nutbush City Limits - Ike and Tina Turner
  • Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield
  • What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  • I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
  • Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
  • If You Don't Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
  • Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
  • Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
  • Have You Seen Her? - Chi-Lites
  • Let's Stay Together - Al Green
  • You Make Me Feel Brand New - Stylistics
  • Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
  • Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
  • Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers
  • Everything I Own - Ken Booothe
  • When Will I See You Again - Three Degrees
  • Love Train - O'Jays
  • We Are Family - Sister Sledge
  • Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Disco Inferno - Trammps
  • Car Wash - Rose Royce
  • The Hustle - Van McCoy
  • Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
  • I Feel Love - Donna Summer
  • You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
  • Good Times - Chic
  • I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
  • Lady Marmalade - Labelle
  • You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
  • Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel - Tavares
  • Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden and Whitehead
  • Now That We Found Love - Third World
  • One Drop - Bob Marley
  • Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and The Pips
  • The Whole Town's Laughing at Me - Teddy Pendergrass
  • Loving You - Minnie Riperton
  • Three Times a Lady - Commodores
  • Upside Down - Diana Ross
  • Can You Feel It - Jacksons
  • Celebration - Kool & the Gang
  • I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar
  • All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
  • Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
  • Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
  • Razzamatazz - Quincy Jones
  • Superfreak - Rick James
  • Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
  • Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
  • The Message - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious...
  • Rockit - Herbie Hancock
  • Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan
  • Joy and Pain - Maze
  • Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
  • Rainy Night in Georgia - Randy Crawford
  • One Day in Your Life - Michael Jackson
  • With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta
  • Baby Come to Me - Patti Austin and James Ingram
  • Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul
  • Teardrops - Womack and Womack
  • Don't Turn Around - Aswad
  • Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
  • Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) - Loose Ends
  • Solid - Ashford & Simpson
  • Word Up! - Cameo
  • That's the Way Love Is - Ten City
  • Do Me Right - Guy
  • Eye Know - De La Soul
  • Express Yourself - N.W.A.
  • Scenario - Tribe Called Quest
  • Ghetto Heaven - Family Stand
  • Optimistic - Sounds Of Blackness
  • Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
  • Close to You - Maxi Priest
  • If It Isn't Love - New Edition
  • I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone - Ray Parker Jr.
  • No Diggity - Blackstreet and Dr. Dre
  • Phenomenon - LL Cool J
  • Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
  • Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs N Harmony
  • It Was a Good Day - Ice Cube
  • C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
  • Ruf Ryders' Anthem - DMX
  • Do You Wanna Go Our Way??? - Public Enemy
  • You Know My Steez - Gang Starr
  • Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - Jay-Z
  • Mr. Wendal - Arrested Develpment
  • Real Love - Mary J. Blige
  • On and On - Erykah Bandu
  • Walk on By - Gabrielle
  • All My Life - K-Ci and Jo Jo
  • I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
  • I Wanna Be the Only One - Eternal, Bebe Winans
  • Inner City Life - Goldie
  • A Little Bit of Luck - DJ Luck / MC Neat
Related releases

Family Affair was originally released on;

  • Family Affair / Luv N' Haight, Sly & The Family Stone, 1971, Epic 10805
  • There's a Riot Goin' On, Sly & the Family Stone, 1971

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