Bobby Manuel

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Guitarist, songwriter, engineer and producer, born 13 November 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee.

ALBUMS

Make My Life Beautiful

G.C. Cameron / The Green Brothers

Give Me Your Love / Your Love Lifted Me

2023, 7", Jai Alai

Never To Be Forgotten - The Flip Side Of Stax 1968-1974

2012, 10x7", RSD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Light In The Attic, Stax, Volt,

Soul/Funk/Rhythm & Blues

The Best Of The Mad Lads

Do It Right Now

1998, CD, Single, High Stacks Records

Don't Go Looking For My Man.

1997, 7", Single, Malaco Records

The Soul Of A Woman

The Complete Stax Singles

1995, CD, Comp, Mono, Stax,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Sprung On His Love

1995, CD, Single, Promo, Malaco Records,

Hearts Are Made To Be Loved / 'Bout To Make Me Leave Home

Let's Make Love Tonight

1992, CD, Single, Promo, Malaco Records

The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads / A New Beginning

1990, CD, Comp, RM, Stax,

1986, 7", Single, Styrene, Pit, Malaco Records

1986, LP, Album, Malaco Records

I Stand Accused

Take Him Back (Taxi)

You Want My Body

I'm Everything You Need

I Need A Vacation

Cause You're Mine Now

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots* / Fussy Cussy

Barely White (That'll Get It Baby) / Disco Kings

1977, 7", Promo, RSO, Philips

Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

Barely White (That'll Get It Baby)

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

He Ate Too Many Jelly Donuts / Barely White (That'll Get It Baby)

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

The Original Disco Duck

This Could Be The Night / Ain't No Need Of Crying (When It's Raining)

Sunday Our Sunday / I Thank You

1976, 7", Fretone,

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

1976, 7", D.R, RSO

Whatever Makes You Happy

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

How Can I Be A Witness

Annette Thomas*

What Good Is A Song / You Need A Friend Like Mine

Gospel/Soul/Funk

I've Got To Love Somebody's Baby

Baby, Now That I've Found You

A New Beginning

Holy Cow / Take It Like It Comes

Keep On Loving Me

Before The Honeymoon

Annette Thomas*

Hang On / Nothing Is Everlasting

1971, Vinyl Sonic Press, Gatefold,

"Gone"! The Promises Of Yesterday

Double Dealin' Woman / Gypsy

Knock On Wood / Got To Get To Church On Time

Merry-Go-Round / I Can't Make It (With Out You)

1968, 7", Single, Mono, Onyx (9),

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots*

Disco Duck / Barely White

You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man

I'm So Glad I Fell In Love With You

Keep On Loving Me

1972, 7", Single, Styrene, Mon, Stax

Keep On Loving Me

Annette Thomas*

Nothing Is Everlasting

William Lee Ellis

The Full Catastrophe

Fill This World With Love

Raymond Davenport

A Gift For The Giver

1984, LP, Truth Productions (5)

Glass (3) Featuring John Williams

Introducing Glass (Featuring John Williams)

Staple Singers*

City In The Sky

1984, 7", Single, Stax,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

USA Click... Volume 3

1975, LP, Comp, AMC (4),

The Staple Singers

APPEARANCES +

Swing Out With Rufus Thomas

Written In Their Soul (The Hits: The Stax Songwriter Demos)

2023, LP, Album, RSD, Ltd, Ora, Craft Recordings, Stax,

Booker T. & The MG's*

The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 2 (1968-1974)

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Stone Crush (Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987)

Soul/Funk/Disco

John Gary Williams

John Gary Williams

Isaac Hayes And The Bar-Kays*

2016, 12", RSD, Ltd, Now-Again Records

2014, CD, Album, Tastee-Tone Records,

Country Blues/Soul

Mark "Muleman" Massey*

One Step Ahead Of The Blues

2014, CD, Album, Icehouse Records,

The Revelations

The Cost Of Living

Funk/Contemporary R&B

Essential Albums

2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE, RM + 2xCD, Album, RE, R, Stax,

Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Alligator Records,

Nothing's Impossible

Bernard Lavilliers

Samedi Soir À Beyrouth

The Staple Singers

The Very Best Of

Mavis Staples / Only For The Lonely

Monster CD No. 10

2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Rock & Folk,

Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Sheba Potts-Wright

I Need A Cowboy To Ride My Pony

Everything's OK

Chronicle: Greatest Hits

Going Down - Songs Of Don Nix

Modern Electric Blues

Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues

Carla Thomas And Friends*

Live In Memphis

2001, CD, Album, Memphis International Records

Only For The Lonely

The Complete Quiet Elegance On Hi Records

The Last Soul Company - Malaco A Thirty Year Retrospective

1999, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Malaco Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Soul Children*

Genesis/Friction

Phases Of Reality / Relating

Do You See What I See?

Where Do U Want Me To Put It

1995, CD, Album, Blues Works Records

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Cross Country Blues

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake

Jazz Dance Classics Volume Four

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, Hi Records,

Soul/Rhythm & Blues

The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Volume 2: 1968-1971

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Ultimate Collection

1993, 2x CD, Box Set,

Modern Electric Blues

Waiting For Little Milton / Blues 'N' Soul

1992, CD, Album, Comp, Stax,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Crown Prince Of Dance

Will "Smokey" Logg

1991, CD, Album, Gila Monster Records

You Got My Mind Messed Up

1990, CD, Comp, Hi Records,

Gotta Groove / Black Rock

John Mayall Featuring The Bluesbreakers*

A Sense Of Place

The Stax Soul Sisters

The Best Of The Bar-Kays

Faces In The Night

1986, Cass, Album, Brentwood Music, Inc.,

Genuine Houserockin' Music

John Mayall Featuring Mick Taylor

Return Of The Bluesbreakers

I Can Help And Other Great Hits

Let's Break Into The 80's

Memphis Gold - The Very Best Of Stax

Minglewood Band

Highway To Your Heart / Nicholson Blues

1981, 7", Single, RCA

Minglewood Band

I'm Gonna Forgive You Again / The Drinker

Minglewood Band

Walkin' The Back Streets

The Staple Singers Featuring Mavis Staples

This Time Around

Memphis Soul Rare Collection Vol.1 - Short Stopping

1979, LP, Comp, Stax

The Staple Singers

Chronicle (Their Greatest Stax Hits)

Cvičíme S Hudbou 7 (Jazzgymnastika I.)

1978, 4x7", EP, RP, Panton,

Waiting For Little Milton

Super Disco Hits Vol. 2

Let Me Live In Your Life

1978, Vinyl PR - Presswell Pressing,

Jean Knight / Veda Brown

Mr. Big Stuff / Shortstopping

Black Buster And Backdoor Band

1977, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Mustang,

1977, LP, Comp, Mixed, K-Tel, K-Tel,

1977, 7", Seeburg Records (2)

Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots* / Leano Morelli

Dis-Gorilla / Io Ti Porterei

1977, 7", Promo, RSO, Philips,

1977, 7", Green Light

Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots, Century Orchestra

Promotional Copy For DJ

1977, 12", Promo, Polydor

1977, LP, Comp, Musik-Club,

Ballad/Schlager/Disco/Pop Rock

Vetrina Di Hit Parade Vol. 11

1977, LP, Penny (2)

Discoteque American Top Hits

1977, LP, Seeburg Records (2)

Discomania - Volume 3

1977, LP, Comp, Premier (2)

Dis-Gorilla / King Kong

1977, 7", Single, RCA

Horká Linka / Diskotéková Kachna

Electric Blues/Soul/Funk

20 Original Top Hits '77

Disco/Europop/Pop Rock/Vocal/Classic Rock

Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

The Memphis Horns

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Disco Duck Symphony / Paul Vincent

Stax Southern Disco Sounds

1975, LP, Comp, Stax, Stax

Do The Funky Chicken / Let The Good Times Roll

1975, 7", Single, Stax,

Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues

The Rance Allen Group

A Soulful Experience

Will O' The Wisp

Golden Hour Of Stax Hits

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Staple Singers

Washington We're Watching You / My Main Man / There Is A God

1974, 7", Promo, Stax

The Staple Singers

Gospel/Rhythm & Blues

Neckbone / Breezy

The Staple Singers

Back Road Into Town / My Main Man

Gospel/Rhythm & Blues

The Soul Children*

Staple Singers*

City In The Sky

Hobos, Heroes And Street Corner Clowns

Love Is Taking Over

Short Stopping / I Can See Every Woman's Man But Mine

Tell The People

Inez Foxx At Memphis

Electric Blues/Soul

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Sugarcane / Blackside

1972, 7", Single, Stax

"I Like 'em Young"

1972, LP, Partee Records

I've Been Here All The Time

The Soul Children*

Did You Heard Me?

1971, Vinyl Monarch Press,

Victim Of The Joke?....An Opera

1971, Vinyl Die-Cut Jacket,

You Make Me Want To Love You

Soundtrack/Soul/Funk

The Staple Singers

The Staple Swingers

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Margie Joseph Makes A New Impression

North Country Funk

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

A Woman Named Trouble

"Love Means..."

...Into A Real Thing

Do The Funky Chicken

Gritty, Groovy & Gettin' It

The Staple Singers

Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) / Love Is Plentiful

Boredom / Mi Cansado Corazon

1969, 7", Single, DOT Records

Open Up Your Heart (Let Me In)

With A Little Help From My Friends

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Albert King, Steve Cropper & Pop Staples*

Jammed Together

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Staple Singers

Bound To Happen

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Detroit - Memphis Experiment

Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music)

So I Can Love You

Art Jerry Miller

Rated X Suggested For Mature Souls

King, Does The King's Things

Modern Electric Blues

Contemporary R&B/Soul/Funk

Going Down - Songs Of Don Nix

Modern Electric Blues

Blues For Elvis

John Mayall Featuring The Bluesbreakers*

A Sense Of Place

Blues Rock/Electric Blues

The Blues Don't Change

Electric Blues/Soul/Funk

Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

...Into A Real Thing

Soul-Jazz/Soundtrack/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk