Jimmy Lewis
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Biography
[Edit]A reasonably interesting second-division soul singer, Jimmy Lewis released almost a dozen singles in the 1960s, including a duet with Ray Charles near the end of the decade ("If It Wasn't for Bad Luck"), and wrote and arranged every track on Charles' 1969 album Doing His Thing; Lewis has also worked with Charles in the 1990s. He recorded for Charles' Tangerine label and wrote material for minor soul stars like Bobby Womack, Ted Taylor, and Z.Z. Hill. He continued to write for Hill during Z.Z.'s most commercially successful period at Malaco Records, and produced one of Malaco's more popular singers, Latimore.
The most widely known of Lewis' own recordings is the 1974 album Totally Involved, if for no other reason than its reissue on CD in the late '90s. It's respectable Southern-styled soul (although Lewis has been based in Los Angeles for his whole career), grittier than the norm at a time when the entire genre was sliding into slickness. Still, you can hear why Lewis didn't become a star; he was at the top of the journeyman level, but didn't have a style that truly stood out, either in terms of his vocal delivery (which sometimes recalled, but did not match, Sam Cooke) or material. The best representation of his legacy is the CD Still Wanna Be Black, which has the entire Totally Involved album and twelve unissued songs from the same era.
Collections
Title: Rare Soul & R&B Masters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 6)
Genre: Pop
Title: ERA Records - West Coast Northern Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Highway of Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Best of Miss Butch Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Holding The Losing Hand Hotlanta Soul 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Full Time Groovers Hotlanta Soul, Vol.2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Good Guys Don't Always Win
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 30 Rare Black Doo - Wop Sounds Vol. 28
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Era Northern Soul
Title: Atlantic Blues 49-70 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Atlantic Blues 49-70 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Nobody Wins - Stax Southern Soul 1975
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Deep Soul Inferno
Genre: Soul
Title: Eccentric Soul: The 4-J Label
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul On The West Coast 2 (Call On Me) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Come Back Strong: Hotlanta Soul 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: No Black Money Baby
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Featuring albums
Title: The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul