Earl Gaines set the standard for Nashville R&B and soul for almost half a century & hit the jackpot with his first release, (It’s Love Baby) 24 Hours A Day’  Earl’s recordings for the Excello label offer a small but perfectly formed body of work, fully representative of what made Nashville such an important centre for black American music in the 1950s.
    Earl is paired here with his fellow Music City resident, the far less well known Thomas ‘Shy Guy’ Douglas whose tough, down home recordings are in stark contrast to the more urbane sounds Gaines embodied........


1. IT’S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day) - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
2. CAN’T KEEP FROM CRYIN’ - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
3. BABY BABY WHAT’S WRONG - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
4. PLEASE UNDERSTAND - Earl Gaines with Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
5. I DON’T NEED YOU NOW - Earl Gaines with Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
6. GONNA STOP FOOLIN’ MYSELF - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
7. DON’T YOU KNOW - Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers
8. NOW DO YOU HEAR - Earl Gaines with Jimmy Back and Orchestra
9. BEST OF LUCK, BABY - Earl Gaines with Jimmy Back and Orchestra
10. WHITE ROSE - Earl Gaines with Freddy Robinson Orchestra
11. WHITE ROSE (Theme) - Earl Gaines with Freddy Robinson Orchestra
12. SITTING HERE DRINKING - Earl Gaines
13. LOVE YOU SO - Earl Gaines
14. HOLD BACK MY TEARS - Earl Gaines
15. THREE TIMES SEVEN - Earl Gaines
16. LET ME DOWN EASY - Earl Gaines
17. SHOW ME SOMETHING - Earl Gaines
18. IT’S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day – Remake) - Earl Gaines
19. PLEASE LOVE ME - Earl Gaines
20. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - Leroy Jones
21. DETROIT ARROW - Shy Guy Douglas
22. NEW MEMPHIS BLUES - Shy Guy Douglas
23. I’M YOUR COUNTRY MAN - Shy Guy Douglas
24. WASTED TIME - Shy Guy Douglas
25. NO PLACE LIKE HOME - Shy Guy Douglas
26. SHE’S MY KINDA GIRL - Shy Guy Douglas
27. YANKEE DOODLE (I Lost My Noodle) - Shy Guy Douglas
28. HARVEST MOON (Bring Her Back To Me) - Shy Guy Douglas
29. LET’S ROCK AND ROLL - Little Shy Guy and the Hot Rods
30. MY LITTLE BABY - Little Shy Guy and the Hot Rods