Gene Chandler- A Song Called Soul

- First ever compilation of his finest Chicago recordings courtesy of the Constellation label - Features ten chart hits including four Top 5 Billboard R&B smashes - 140g black vinyl - Printed inner sleeve featuring exclusive notes by Dean Rudland. Gene Chandler was born Eugene Dixon in Chicago 1937. He began to sing in a number of local groups and joined the Dukays who were signed by Carl Davis and Bill "Bunky"Shephard to their tiny Nat label where they recorded 'Duke Of Earl', co-written by Chandler. The song was assigned to the Vee-Jay label, for national distribution, and was released in 1961 attributed to Gene Chandler. It went to the top spot on both the pop and R&B charts selling a million copies and marking the start of Chandler's solo career. Chandler was at the centre of Chicago's thriving soul scene and when he joined Ewart Abner's Constellation label in 1963 a string of hits followed breaking both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B Top 5. This long-overdue collect