Ben Lee's Philadelphia Story (1999)

About this title: In the 1960s, musician-producer-songwriters Frank Bendinelli and Leroy Lovett formed a production company, Ben-Lee Music, that generated tracks that were leased to other labels, as well as sides that were put out on their own small Philadelphia labels, like Benn-X and Sonata. The exact routes (whereby each side got placed where) are painstaking to trace nowadays; all the lay fan needs to know is that the Ben-Lee umbrella produced obscure Philadelphia soul throughout the decade. Twenty-four of their 1963-68 efforts are collected on this disc, half of them previously unissued. As was usual for ... read more

Tracks:

1. I'm Gonna Love You a Long Long Time [Bendinelli/Lovett]
2. It Happens Everyday [Huff/Scott]
3. Got on Time [Ravitsky/Hurtt]
4. Treat Myself to a New Love [Bendinelli/Lovett]
5. Be Yourself [Scott/Hamilton]
6. Pretty One [Hurtt/Smith]
7. You Took Advantage of a Good Thing [Bendinelli/Lovett]
8. I'm Cuttin' In [Ravitsky]
9. Must Have Been Out of My Head (What Do You Do) [Bendinelli/Lovett]
10. What Am I Going to Say to My Baby [Gamble/Huff]
11. Help a Lonely Guy [Huff/Scott]
12. Lady, Lady [Billups]
13. Love Will Come [Bendinelli/Lovett]
14. The New Boy [Luisi]
15. I Want My Lovin' from You [Ravitsky/Cobb]
16. I Can Feel It [Huff]
17. You're My One and Only Baby [Huff]
18. Don't Go, He Don't Love You [Bendinelli/Lovett]
19. I'm Happy Without You [Hurtt/Smith]
20. What Are You Doin' to Me [Huff/Scott]
21. Here She Comes Now [Fulton]
22. Love So Wonderful [Billups]
23. Please Don't Go [Bendinelli/Lovett]
24. He Said, She Said [Huff/Gamble]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.