TRACKLISTING

01. (Gonna Be) Good Times
02. Buddy, Ain’t It a Shame
03. The Girl Don’t Care
04. From the Teacher to the Preacher
05. If You Can’t Be True
06. No One Can Love You (Like I Do)
07. Lonely Avenue
08. Never Gonna Give You Up
09. Fool for You
10. Teacher Teacher
11. Cowboys to Girls
12. Baby That’s Love
13. Those Were the Good Old Days
14. There Goes the Lover
15. Tell Me What Can I Do
16. Here Comes the Tears
17. You Can’t Hurt Me No More
18. Nothing Can Stop Me
19. There Was a Time
20. Eleanor Rigby

Gene Chandler is remembered by the rock & roll audience almost solely for the classic novelty and doo wop-tinged soul ballad “Duke of Earl”; the unforgettable opening chant of the title leading the way, the song was a number one hit in 1962. He’s esteemed by soul fans as one of the leading exponents of the ’60s Chicago soul scene, along with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler. Born Eugene Dixon, he was a member of the doo wop group the Dukays and “Duke of Earl” was actually a Dukays recording; Dixon was renamed Gene Chandler and the single bore his credit as a solo singer. Chandler never approached the massive pop success of that chart-topper (although he occasionally entered the Top 20), but he was a big star with the R&B audience with straightforward mid-tempo and ballad soul numbers in the mid-’60s, many of which were written by Curtis Mayfield and produced by Carl Davis.

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