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William Bell
William Bell (born July 16, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter, and one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound. As a performer, he is probably best known for 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water" (his debut single); 1968's "Private Number" (a duet with Judy Clay, and a top 10 hit in the UK); and 1976's "Tryin' To Love Two", Bell's only US top 40 hit, which also hit No. 1 on the R&B charts. Upon the death of Otis Redding, Bell released the well-received memorial song "A Tribute to a King".
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Ray Ray from Summerhill [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Down | 3:30 |
Stax '68: A Memphis Story [2018]
Song | Duration |
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A Tribute to a King | 2:53 |
Private Number | 2:43 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
80s Mixtape [2017]
Song | Duration |
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White Wedding | 4:14 |
Christmas: The Collection [2017] [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:35 |
New Wave Hits of the 80s [2017]
Song | Duration |
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White Wedding | 4:12 |
Soul Christmas [Warner Music] [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday |
Soulsville U.S.A.: A Celebration of Stax [2017]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:02 |
Stax Classics [2017]
Classic Stax [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
A Tribute to a King | 2:54 |
Gee Whiz It's Christmas [Barnes & Noble Exclusive] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday [Stax Single 237] | 2:35 |
In Their Own Words, Vol. 2 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Born Under a Bad Sign | 2:50 |
Top 100 Xmas Songs [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:40 |
American Music Library: The Hits of 1962 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:02 |
Christmas Soul: 15 Classic Recordings [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday | 2:39 |
I Just Love Soul Music [2014]
Song | Duration |
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You Don’t Miss Your Water | 2:59 |
Take Me to the River [Music from the Motion Picture] [2014]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 4:00 |
300 Hits: Soul [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:14 |
50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 97 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:40 |
Early R and B, Vol. 4 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:30 |
Golden Oldies Hit Series, Vol. 35 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:40 |
Simply Sweet Soul Music, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:03 |
Sixties Soul Machine [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:39 |
Sweet Soul Music [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water |
The Extended Play Collection, Vol. 141 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:30 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:01 |
The RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 4:35 |
The Soul of 1962, Vol. 4 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:57 |
Wait a Minute: the Stax & Satellite Story [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:30 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:01 |
Where Southern Soul Began, Vol. 2: 1955-1962 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 1:46 |
Where Southern Soul Began: 1954-1962 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water |
Atlantic Soul Legends: 20 Original Albums from the Iconic Atlantic Label [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Everybody Loves a Winner | 2:52 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:44 |
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | 3:13 |
Any Other Way | 2:49 |
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) | 3:28 |
Let It Burn [2012]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:59 |
Soul: Save the Last Dance for Me [2012]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:14 |
Soul: The Collection [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:35 |
Sweet Soft Soul [2012]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:00 |
This Is Christmas: Festive Favourites [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:40 |
3/60: Soul Classics [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:43 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:43 |
100 Hits: Sixties Pop [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Tribute to a King | 2:53 |
Mega 50: Die 80er Jahre [2010]
Song | Duration |
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White Wedding, Pt,. 1 | 4:11 |
Repo Men [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:36 |
Thumbplay Music Presents: The 80's [2010]
Song | Duration |
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White Wedding | 4:12 |
101 Dinner Party Songs [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Stax: The Soul of Hip-Hop [2009]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:43 |
Sweet Soul Music: 1969 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:40 |
80's Hits [Capitol] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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White Wedding | 4:12 |
Atlantic Soul Classics [1987] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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A Tribute To a King | 2:54 |
Stax 50th Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
Take Me to the River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:01 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:21 |
100 Hits: 60s [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Tribute to a King | 2:53 |
Atlantic 60th: Satin Grooves - The '60s [2007]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water [Extended] | 3:01 |
Atlantic Top 60: Sweat-Soaked Soul Classics [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Everybody Loves a Winner | 2:52 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 2 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:30 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 6 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need) | 2:50 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 7 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Everybody Loves a Winner | 2:52 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 9 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Tribute to a King | 2:53 |
Stack of Soul [2007]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:31 |
Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 2 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 5 [#1] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:43 |
Private Number [Single Version] | 2:39 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 5 [#2] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number [Single Version] | 2:39 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 6 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Be Home | 3:40 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968 [2007]
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 1 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water [Extended] | 3:01 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 7 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Everybody Loves a Winner | 2:52 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 9 [2007]
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 6 1959-1968 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need) | 2:50 |
The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox [2007]
Song | Duration |
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To Be a Lover | 3:11 |
The Very Best of William Bell [2007]
A Classic Soul Christmas [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:40 |
Atlantic R&B Box Set [2006]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:00 |
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Vol. 5: 1961-1965 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:00 |
Complete Stax [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way |
Stax Gold: Memphis Hits [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Everybody Loves a Winner | 2:51 |
A Tribute to a King | 2:54 |
The Memphis Box, Vol. 2 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:43 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:02 |
Zealous Records Presents: Soul Sides, Vol. 1 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
Concord Music Group (Sampler) [2005]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:21 |
I Am the Upsetter: The Story of Lee "Scratch" Perry: Golden Years [2005]
Song | Duration |
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To Be a Lover | 3:08 |
It Came from Memphis: The Legendary Sounds of Memphis [2005]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:43 |
60's Soul Mix, Vol. 2 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:38 |
Beg, Scream & Shout!: Vol. 1 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number [Single Version] | 2:45 |
Best One Hit Wonders in the World Ever [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Givenchy Presents Lucky Charms Selected [2004]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover |
R&B Christmas, Vol. 4 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:35 |
Soul Comes Home: A Celebration of Stax Records [2004]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:28 |
Soul Explosion Album [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Stax Breaks [2004]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
Music from the Wattstax Festival & Film [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover [#] | 2:37 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:37 |
Pottery Barn: Soul Christmas [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday |
Sampled, Vol. 4 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:18 |
Wattstax [Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:36 |
Blues & Soul Masters [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:39 |
Greatest Hits: Collectors Edition [2002]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:14 |
Private Number | 3:10 |
Everybody Loves a Winner | 5:12 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 3:47 |
Tribute to a King | 3:42 |
Any Other Way | 3:08 |
Lady Sings the Blues [EMI] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
Back to Black: 1900-1999 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
Beach Mania [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 3:05 |
R&B: Selects, Vol. 1 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection, Vol. 4 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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To Be Your Lover | 3:12 |
The Memphis Box [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:42 |
Beach Music Anthology, Vol. 3 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:37 |
Stax Story [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:48 |
A Tribute to a King | 2:54 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:21 |
The Stax Story [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:43 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:49 |
A Tribute to a King | 2:51 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
Great Balls of Fire [Charly] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On | |
Matchbox | |
Ubangi Stomp | |
Good Rockin' Tonight |
Telarc's We Got the Blues [1999]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 5:22 |
60's Generation [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Southern Soul Duets [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
Stax Gold [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:39 |
Those Boogie Knights & Disco Divas [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
Ultimate 60's Soul Sensations [1998]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water |
Beg Scream & Shout: The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:45 |
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:39 |
Essential Blues & Soul [Crimson] [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 1: Early '60s [1997]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:02 |
Touch My Soul: The X-Mas Album [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday |
Wow.../Bound to Happen [1997]
Song | Duration |
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All for the Love of a Woman | 3:15 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 3:08 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:43 |
I'll Be Home | 3:40 |
Everyday People | 2:55 |
2000 Volts of Stax [1996]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:15 |
Birth of Soul [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way [out-take] | 2:17 |
Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 2: Twenty Greatest Hits [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:40 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:52 |
Surround Sounds: A Musical And Sonic Spectacular in Surround [1996]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water, song | 5:23 |
4000 Volts of Stax & Satellite [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:19 |
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:15 |
Private Number | 3:16 |
Tribute to a King | 3:44 |
Everybody Loves a Winner | 5:20 |
Soulful Love Duets, Vol. 1 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:37 |
The Original Soul Christmas [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:38 |
Blues Brother Soul Sister, Vol. 2 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:41 |
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Everybody Loves a Winner | 5:19 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 3:51 |
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | 4:07 |
Any Other Way | 3:09 |
Ocean Drive, Vol. 3 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Soul Searching [Concept] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
Private Numbers [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number [Album Version] | 2:38 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:43 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
All I Have to Do Is Dream | 3:20 |
Ask the Lonely | 3:11 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 3:08 |
All for the Love of a Woman | 3:15 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number [Album Version] | 2:40 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover [Album Version] | 2:19 |
A Penny For Your Thoughts [Album Version] | 3:06 |
All For the Love of a Woman [Album Version] | 3:11 |
A Little Something Extra [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 2:59 |
Bedtime Stories [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 3:35 |
Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Any Other Way | 2:51 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:46 |
Ichiban Blues at Christmas, Vol. 2 [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | 6:25 |
Stax Revue Live at the 5/4 Ballroom [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Any Other Way | 3:15 |
You Don't Miss Your Water | 4:40 |
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:58 |
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box] [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Don't Miss Your Water [Extended] | 3:01 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 5 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Crying All by Myself |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 8 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday |
Soul Christmas [Rhino] [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:40 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 [1991]
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | |
Any Other Way | |
Crying All by Myself | |
Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need) | |
Everybody Loves a Winner | |
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | |
A Tribute to a King |
Stax Gold: Hits 1968-1974 [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Private Number | 2:41 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
The Best of William Bell [1988]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:19 |
Private Number | 2:41 |
My Kind of Girl | 2:28 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 3:07 |
All for the Love of a Woman | 3:12 |
I'll Be Home | 3:39 |
Top of the Stax: Twenty Greatest Hits [1988]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:42 |
Memphis Soul Classics [1987]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:41 |
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Vol. 4 (1958-1962) [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Don't Miss Your Water | 2:58 |
Do Right Man [1984]
15 Original Big Hits, Vol. 1 [1981]
Song | Duration |
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I Forgot to Be Your Lover |
Comin' Back for More [1977]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Miss Your Water | 5:04 |
You've Really Got a Hold On Me | 3:31 |
Gold Soul [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:40 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:19 |
Stax Greatest Hits [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:42 |
Bound to Happen [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:43 |
Everyday People | 2:55 |
All for the Love of a Woman | 3:15 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 3:08 |
Boy Meets Girl [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:41 |
All I Have to Do Is Dream | 5:30 |
Duets [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 3:06 |
All I Have to Do Is Dream | 2:37 |
Soul of a Bell [Bonus Tracks] [1967]
The Soul of a Bell [1967]
15 Original Big Hits, Vol. 2
Song | Duration |
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Private Number |
Boy Meets Girl [Stax]
Song | Duration |
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All I Have to Do Is Dream |
Christmas: The Collection
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday | 2:40 |
Jolly Old Soul
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday |
Mojo Presents: Stax Soul Power!
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:16 |
Number One Classic Soul
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number |
Soulsville U.S.A.: A Celebration of Stax
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:41 |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | 2:20 |
Stax
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Private Number | 2:40 |
I Forgot To Be Your Lover | 2:22 |
Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:01 |
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