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Benny Spellman
Benny Spellman (December 11, 1931 – June 3, 2011) was an American rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1962 hit "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)," written by Allen Toussaint and the original version of "Fortune Teller", covered by The Rolling Stones among others. "Lipstick Traces" reached #28 on the US Billboard Black singles chart and #80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Spellman variously worked with Allen Toussaint, Earl King ("Trick Bag"), Huey "Piano" Smith, Ernie K-Doe, Wilson Pickett, The Neville Brothers and The O'Jays.
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Artist Producer Songwriter [2019]
Song | Duration |
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If You Love Her | 2:30 |
Club Classics: 50 Years of Northern Soul [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
On the Soul Side: 26 Soul Grooves [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:14 |
Mr. M's Northern Soul 1974-1981 [2017]
Song | Duration |
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C'mon and Swim | |
Let Love Come Between Us | |
Fortune Teller |
Original Blue & Lonesome [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller [*] | 2:14 |
Fortune Teller/A Certain Girl [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 1 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:12 |
Club Soul, Vol.2: The Twisted Wheel [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Soul for Dancers [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:13 |
Allen Toussaint: The Lost Sessions [2014]
Song | Duration |
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If You Love Her | 2:30 |
American Music Library: The Hits of 1962 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:26 |
Greatest Ever! Mod [2014]
Song | Duration |
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All or Nothing | 3:00 |
Have Love Will Travel | 2:37 |
Uptight (Everything's Alright) | 2:52 |
Green Onions | 2:53 |
Fortune Teller | 2:09 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
Northern Soul All Nighter [One Day] [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues 1955-1962: From Rock’n’Roll To The End Of The Car [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Just Because | 2:48 |
Fortune Teller | 2:13 |
Lipstick Traces | 2:25 |
100 Hits: Funk & Soul [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:13 |
Beatles Beginnings, Vol. 6: Beatlemania 1963 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:13 |
Boogie Chillen [Fantastic Voyage] [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
How Britain Got the Blues, Vol. 2: How Merseyside Got the Blues [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
How Britain Got the Blues, Vol. 4: How Mods Got the Blues [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:23 |
Northern Soul Floorfillers [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Pete Townshend's Jukebox: The Music That Inspired the Man [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Songbook [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces | 1:58 |
The History of Rhythm and Blues, Vol. 4 1957-1962 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
The Soul of 1962, Vol. 3 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:12 |
The Twisted Wheel: Brazennose & Whitworth Street, Manchester 1963-71: It's Where It's At [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Fortune Teller: A Singles Collection 1960-67 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:22 |
If You Love Her | 2:30 |
Mr. Joe's Jambalaya & Loaded Down With The Blues [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:23 |
Rolling with the Punches: The Allen Toussaint Songbook [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:13 |
The Influences Behind the Rolling Stones [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky: The Hit Songs & Productions 1957-1978 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:23 |
The Lost Sessions [2011]
Song | Duration |
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If You Love Her | 2:30 |
The Roots of the Rolling Stones: Saints & Sinners [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:12 |
100% Soul [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) |
101 Northen Soul Anthems [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:12 |
Intro Collection: New Orleans [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
New Orleans Funk, Vol. 2: Original Sound of Funk [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
New Orleans Funk, Vol. 2: The Second Line Strut [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:12 |
New Orleans: Essential Guide [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:24 |
Essential Blues, Vol. 1: Good Singing, Good Playing [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:08 |
Good Vibrations 2: 30 Carolina Beach Music Classics [CD #1] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces | 2:35 |
Stoned [Mojo Compilation] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:07 |
We Sing the Blues/New Orleans Our Home Town [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:14 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:26 |
60's Soul Sensations [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Peter Young's Soul Cellar, Vol. 2 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Northern Soul, Vol. 2 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
20 Original Mod Classics [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Crescent City Kings [CD & DVD] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:08 |
Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
Let the Good Times Roll, Vol. 2 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:14 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:26 |
Finger Poppin' and Stompin' Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit... [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:15 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:27 |
Soul: Sexual Healing [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Soul: Superfly [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces | 2:26 |
Get Low Down!: The Soul of New Orleans, '65-'67 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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If You Love Her | 2:30 |
Solid Soul, Vol. 9: Tears on My Pillow [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:22 |
The Toussaint Touch [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:23 |
Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Birth of Soul, Vol. 2 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:26 |
Talcum Soul: 26 Stonking Northern Soul Greats [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Fabulous Flips, Vol. 3 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:15 |
The New Orleans Hit Story [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:24 |
Fortune Teller | 2:08 |
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:23 |
Highlights from Crescent City Soul [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Highlights from Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
I Love Beach Music, Vol. 1 & 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
The Minit/Instant Story [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:21 |
This Is Soul, Vol. 2 [Charly] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:27 |
American R&B Hits, Vol. 1 (Feelin' Good) [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:24 |
American R&B Hits, Vol. 1 (Feelin' Good) [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces |
The New Orleans Hit Story (1950-1970) [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:27 |
The Minit Records Story [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:26 |
Fortune Teller | 2:11 |
Walkin' to New Orleans [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
Lipstick Traces | 2:30 |
The Beach Music Anthology [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:25 |
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: The New Orleans Sound [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 2:28 |
Fortune Teller | 2:15 |
Stoned Alchemy [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:10 |
Fortune Teller [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:15 |
Lipstick Traces (on a cigarette) | 2:23 |
The Best of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 1 [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | |
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) |
History of New Orleans R&B, Vol. 3 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) |
It Will Stand (The Soul of New Orleans, Vol. 2) [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | |
Fortune Teller |
The History of New Orleans R&B, Vol. 2 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller |
Mojo Presents: Cigarettes And Alcohol
Song | Duration |
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Lipstick Traces | 2:21 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Fortune Teller | 2:15 |
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