Vous connaissez le principe ; avant de commencer une série d'album sur un(e) artiste , j'aime bien débuter par les singles édités avant son premier album , lorsqu'ils existent . Voici donc le tour de Syl Johnson , et là , il y a matière , puisque je vous propose donc pas moins de trente trois chansons , toutes plus belles les unes les autres avec mes petits coups de cœur ; " [ She's So Fine ] I Just Gotta Make Her Mine " , " I've Got To Get Over " , " Do You Know What Love Is " ( les deux versions ) , " The Love I Found In You " , " I've Been Talked About " , le sublime " Come On Sock It To Me " , " Sorry 'Bout Dat ! " et le " Different Strokes " dont je ne saurai trop vous conseiller . 

Single SP Federal Records 45-12358 [ US ] en Juin 1959

01 ) Teardrops 2'30

02 ) They Who Love 2'17

Single SP Federal Records 45-12374 [ US ] en Juillet 1960

03 ) I've Got Love 2'46

04 ) Lonely Man 2'37

Probablement en 1961

05 ) I Need Love 2'42

06 ) His Gift 2'44

Single SP Federal Records 45-12435 [ US ] en Octobre 1961

07 ) I've Got To Find My Baby 2'34

08 ) [ She's So Fine ] I Just Gotta Make Her Mine 2'28

Single SP Federal Records 45-12454 [ US ] en Fevrier 1962

09 ) Little Sally Walker 2'34

10 ) I Resign From Your Love 2'35

Single SP Federal Records 45-12474 [ US ] en Octobre 1962

11 ) I Wanna Know 2'18

12 ) Well Oh Well 2'42

Single SP Federal Records 45-12476 [ US ] en Novembre 1962

13 ) Please , Please , Please 2'29

14 ) I'm Looking For My Baby 2'32

Single SP TMP-Ting Records TMP-115 [ US ] en Juillet 1965

15 ) I've Got To Get Over 2'23

16 ) Falling In Love Again 2'27

Single SP Special Agent Records 200 [ US ] en 1966

17 ) Do You Know What Love Is 1'53

18 ) The Love I Found In You 2'39

19 ) Do You Know What Love Is [ Alternate Version ] 1'53

Single SP Zachron Records ZAC-600 [ US ] en 1966

20 ) Straight Love , No Chaser 2'24

21 ) Surrounded 2'12

Single SP Cha Cha Records C 728 [ US ] en 1966

22 ) She's All Right 2'41

23 ) I Know 2'09

Probablement en 1966

24 ) A Half Love 2'50

25 ) I've Been Talked About 1'42

26 ) A Half Love [ Alternate Version ] 2'13

27 ) This Heart Of Mine 2'44

Single SP Twilight Records 100 [ US ] en Avril 1967

28 ) Come On Sock It To Me 2'27

29 ) Try Me 2'04

Single SP Twilight Records 103 [ US ] en Octobre 1967

30 ) Sorry 'Bout Dat ! 2'15

31 ) Different Strokes 2'19

Single SP Twinight Records 106 [ US ] en Decembre 1967

32 ) Ode To Soul Man 2'33

33 ) I'll Take Those Skinny Legs 1'58

Le premier album de Syl Johnson ; " Dresses Too Short " est édité en Amérique sur le label Twinight Records LPS 1001 [ US ] en 1968 . Voila une petite merveille , l'un de mes artistes préférés . 

A 1 ) Dresses Too Short 2'48

Written By : Carl William Smith , Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson "

A 2 ) I Can Take Care Of Business 3'03

Written By : James E. Fuller

A 3 ) Different Strokes 2'23

Written By : John Andrew "Johnny" Cameron , John Zachary

A 4 ) Soul Drippin' 2'24

Written By : Richard Dick Monda

A 5 ) Fox Hunting On The Weekend 2'33

Written By : Richard Dick Monda

A 6 ) Ode To Soul Man 2'34

Written By : John Andrew "Johnny" Cameron , Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson "

B 1 ) Come On Sock It To Me 2'28

Written By : Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson " , Josephine "Jo" Armstead , Octiver Jesse Anderson

B 2 ) I'll Take Those Skinny Legs 1'59

Written By : John Andrew "Johnny" Cameron , Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson " , John Zachary

B 3 ) Try Me 2'02

Written By : Fontella Bowie Bass , Jackie Ellison

B 4 ) Same Kind Of Thing 2'25

Written By : Carl William Smith , Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson "

B 5 ) I've Got The Real Thing 2'43

Written By : Carl William Smith , Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson "

B 6 ) Sorry 'Bout Dat ! 2'16

Written By : Josephine "Jo" Armstead

Mes petits bonus

Single SP Twinight Records 107 [ US ] en Mai 1968

A ) Send Me Some Lovin' 1'41

Written By : Richard Wayne Penniman " Little Richard "

B ) I Resign 2'08

Written By : Sylvester Thompson " Syl Johnson " , Howard Seaphus Scott

Single SP Twinight Records 108 [ US ] le 18 Mai 1968

A ) I Feel An Urge 2'25

Written By : Josephine "Jo" Armstead 

B ) Try Me [ Alternate Version ] 2'34

Written By : Fontella Bowie Bass , Jackie Ellison

Le deuxième album de Syl Johnson ; " Is It Because I'm Black " est édité en Amérique sur le label Twinight Records LPS 1002 [ US ] en 1970 . Tout comme le précédent , il est superbe . 

A 1 )Is It Because I'm Black 7'20

Written By : James Leonard Jones , Glenn Charles Watts , Sylvester "Syl" Johnson

A 2 ) Come Together 3'14

Written By : John Lennon , Paul McCartney

A 3 ) Together , Forever 2'49

Written By : Bernard "BNY" Reed

B 1 ) Concrete Reservation 2'26

Written By : James Leonard Jones

B 2 ) Black Balloons 2'36

Written By : Oscar Brown Jr.

B 3 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes 2'36

Written By : Joe South " Joseph Alfred Souter "

B 4 ) I'm Talkin' Bout Freedom 3'35

Written By : Byron K. Bowie , William Keyes

B 5 ) Right On 7'08

Written By : Sylvester "Syl" Johnson , James Leonard Jones

Mes petits bonus

Single SP Twinight Records 125 [ US ] en Octobre 1969

A ) Is It Because I'm Black [ Single Version ] 3'19 

Written By : James Leonard Jones , Glenn Charles Watts , Sylvester "Syl" Johnson

B ) Let Them Hang High 2'20

Written By : Sylvester "Syl" Johnson , Carl William Smith

Single SP Twinight Records 134 [ US ] en Mai 1970

A ) Kiss By Kiss 2'33

Written By : Bernard "BNY" Reed

B ) One Way Ticket To Nowhere 2'40

Written By : Jack Daniels , John Edward "Johnny" Moore