Motown Greatest Hits
On The Acoustic

A Woman Needs Loves is a 1981 album and the last from the group Raydio, led by Ray Parker Jr.

The song reached #4 on the Pop charts and #1 on the R&B chart in the US. The song was also a top 10 in Canada and The Netherlands.

Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City was first recorded by Bobby Bland in 1974 for his album Dreamer. It reached #9 on the US Soul Chart.

Whitesnake also covered this song in 1978.

Around The Bend can be found on the 2004 Joe Bonamassa album Had To Cry Today.

The song was never released as a single.

Blacklist is a song from John Moreland's 2013 album In The Throes.

The song was not released as a single.

Bright Lights Big City was written by blues artist Jimmy Reed and first recorded by him in 1961 for his jiMMY reed Live At Carnegie Hall album.

The song made it to the US R&B chart and has become a blues standard down thru the decades.

Bright Lights Big City has been performed many times by Sleepy Labeef in concert and the album where you'll find this track is from 2001 called Rockabilly Blues.

As started above, this is an old Jimmy Reed tune from 1961. Sleepy never released his version as a single.

Cold Shot was a 1984 single from the Stevie Ray Vaughan album Couldn't Stand The Weather.

This song peaked at #29 on the US Rock albums chart.

Get Back My Tomorrow was a single from Joe Bonamassa in 2015 and reached #15 on the US digital blues downloads chart.

You can use a down down up down down and repeat rhythm pattern in this one while in standard tuning. I use an Em, D, C, D/Gb, G6, Am and be prepared for some lead work and a riff in this for a solo play on acoustic.

Goin' Fishin' was recorded by Bobby Charles back in 2004 for his album Last train To Memphis.

There is no indication the song was ever released as a single.

Heart Of My Heart was written way back in 1926 but the song wasn't popularized until 1953 when The Four Aces had a hit with their version.

The song appears on he album Top Ten Hits Of The Four Aces. 

Here Comes The Sun was of course written by George Harrison back in 1969.

In 1971, Richie Havens recorded his version for the album Alarm Clock. He scored a #15 and #16 on the Billboard and Cashbox chart.

I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do was a 1961 single released by Clarence Frogman Henry. The song was written by Paul Gayten and Bobby Charles.

The song reached #6 in the UK and #11 in the US R&B chart.

Life By The Drop is from The Sky Is Crying album from 1991.

This song was never released as a single.

Midnight Train To Georgia of course is an old Glady's Night And The Pips song from 1973. Edsilia Rombley, a Dutch artist, put this track on her live albums called from 2020 called Live in Het Concertgebouw. 

The album has 13 tracks on it but I don't believe she ever released this version as a single.

Mountain Time is a track on Joe's 2009 album Live From The Royal Albert Hall.

This track was never released as a single.

Pride And Joy was a #20 hit on the US Rock charts back in 1983. It was the only single from that album to chart.

It can be found on the SRV album Texas Flood.

Salisaw Blue is a track on John's 2017 album entitled Big Bad Luv.

This song was never released as a single.

Save The Last Dance For Me is a 1960 hit from The Drifters from their album of the same name. Ben E King was the lead vocalist.

The song was #1 in several countries. The song was also recorded by Michael Buble, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. 

Suddenly the song hails from the 1985 album of the same name from Billy Ocean.

This was a breakthrough album from Billy Ocean and he scored a #4 hit in both the US and UK.

Take Out Some Insurance was only one of two singles released from the 1959 album by Jimmy Reed entitled Rockin With Reed.

The sold well in Louisiana apparently but did not make the national charts. You probably don't know this but The Beatles were the backup band for Tony Sheridan in 1961 on his release of this song.

The House Is A Rockin was one of four singles from the Stevie Ray Vaughan album In Step, released in 1989.

This track peaked at #18.

The Thrill Is Gone is an old bluesy song from 1951 and was recorded by BB King and was a minor hit in 1970.

Grisman and Garcia put this song on their 1991 album. I don't believe they released their version as a single. 

We'll Meet Again was a 1939 song from British singer Vera Lynn. The Ink Spots recorded a version I believe sometime in the 1940's.

The song appears on The Ink Spots Anthology album from 1998 which contains 48 songs.

You Don't Care Enough For Me To Cry is a track from John Moreland's album High On Tulsa Heat which was released back in 2015.

The song was never released as a single.

Your Mind Is On Vacation is an album from Mose Allison released back in 1976.

I don't believe this track was ever released as a single.