Eddie Floyd

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Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd (* 25. June 1937 in Montgomery , Alabama ) is an American Soul - and R & B - singer and songwriter of the legendary Stax -label.

biography

As the singer of The Falcons , Floyd was replaced by Wilson Pickett and had a few solo hits in the late 1960s, 12 of which made it onto the American Billboard Hot 100 . His biggest hit is Knock on Wood , which he wrote with Steve Cropper in 1965. This song has been covered many times, e.g. B. by David Bowie , James Taylor , Eric Clapton , Otis Redding and Ella Fitzgerald . The most successful version is by Amii Stewart , who with their disco version to number one on the US charts climbed 1979th

Floyd appeared in the second Blues Brothers film and was on tour with the Blues Brothers Band. In September 2002 he received the Memphis Sound Award . Eddie Floyd was also inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1967 Knock on Wood
Stax 714
UK36 (5 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: Jan 26, 1967
Producers: Steve Cropper , Isaac Hayes
1970 California Girl
Stax 2029
- - R&B41 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1970
Producers: Al Bell, Booker T. Jones , Eddie Floyd, Tom Nixon

More studio albums

  • 1968: I've Never Found a Girl (Stax 2002)
  • 1969: You've Got to Have Eddie (Stax 2016)
  • 1971: Down to Earth (Stax 2041)
  • 1973: Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed) (Stax 3016)
  • 1974: Soul Street (Stax 5512)
  • 1977: Experience (Malaco 6352)
  • 1985: Try Me! (Easy Street 9001)
  • 1988: Flashback (Wilbe Recording Corporation 3005)
  • 2008: Eddie Loves You So (Stax 30795)

Compilations

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1969 Rare Stamps
Stax 2011
- - R&B49 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1969
Producer: Steve Cropper

More compilations

  • 1978: Chronicle (Stax 4122)
  • 1988: The Best of Eddie Floyd (Stax 010)
  • 1993: Rare Stamps (Stax 88013)
  • 1997: Soul Street (Stax 88035)
  • 2006: Stax Profiles (Stax 0025218861625)
  • 2007: The Best of Eddie Floyd (Stax 30305)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1966 Knock on Wood
Knock on Wood
UK19 (18 weeks)
UK
US28
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
R&B1 (21 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 13, 1966
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
1967 Raise Your Hand
Knock on Wood
UK42 (3 weeks)
UK
US79 (6 weeks)
US
R&B16 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 11, 1967
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper, Alvertis Isbell
Don't rock the boat
- US98 (1 week)
US
-
First published: May 25, 1967
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Joe Shamwell
Things Get Better (When I'm with You)
Rare Stamps
UK31 (8 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: March 8, 1966
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper, Wayne Jackson
Love Is a Doggone Good Thing
Rare Stamps
- US97 (1 week)
US
R&B30 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 30, 1967
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
On a Saturday Night
Rare Stamps
- US92 (4 weeks)
US
R&B22 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 28, 1967
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
1968 I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
I've Never Found a Girl
- US40 (9 weeks)
US
R&B2 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1968
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones
Bring It on Home to Me
I've Never Found a Girl
- US17 (13 weeks)
US
R&B4 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1968
Author and original: Sam Cooke , 1962
1969 I've Got to Have Your Love
- - R&B50 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1969
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)
You've Got to Have Eddie
- US73 (7 weeks)
US
R&B18 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1969
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones
Why Is the Wine Sweeter (On the Other Side)
California Girl
- US98 (2 weeks)
US
R&B30 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1969
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones
1970 California Girl
California Girl
- US45 (12 weeks)
US
R&B11 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1970
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones
My girl
- - R&B43 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1970
Authors: Smokey Robinson , Ronald White
Original: The Temptations , 1964
The Best Years of My Life
- - R&B29 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1970
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
1971 Blood Is Thicker Than Water
- - R&B33 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1971
Author: Sir Mack Rice
1972 Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some)
- - R&B49 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1972
Author: Sir Mack Rice, Steve Cropper
1973 Baby, Lay Your Head Down, (Gently on My Bed)
Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed)
- - R&B50 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1973
1st week of the chart as Baby Let Me Take You in My Arms
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Al Jackson , Duck Dunn , Steve Cropper
Check Me Out
Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed)
- - R&B58 (4 weeks)
R&B
B-Side of Baby, Lay Your Head Down
Author: Eddie Floyd,
1974 Soul Street
Soul Street
- - R&B65 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1974
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Carl Smith
1977 We Should Really Be in Love
- - R&B74 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1977
with Dorothy Moore
Authors: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper

More singles

  • 1963: Will I Be the One
  • 1964: I'll Be Home
  • 1964: A Deed to Your Heart (released May)
  • 1964: Never Get Enough of Your Love (released October)
  • 1964: I'll Be Home for Christmas (release: December)
  • 1965: Hush Hush (released February)
  • 1965: Make Up Your Mind (release: August)
  • 1968: Big Bird (released February 1st)
  • 1969: Never, Never Let You Go (with Mavis Staples ; release: June)
  • 1971: Oh, How It Rained (released January)
  • 1972: You're Good Enough (To Be My Baby) (released June)
  • 1973: Lay Your Loving on Me (released March)
  • 1973: I Wanna Do Things for You (release: November)
  • 1974: Guess Who (released April)
  • 1974: I Got a Reason to Smile (Cause I Got You) (release: November)
  • 1975: Talk to the Man (release: April)
  • 1975: I'm So Glad I Met You (Release: August)
  • 1976: In Paradise
  • 1976: Somebody Touch Me
  • 1976: Mother, My Dear Mother
  • 1977: You're Gonna Walk Out on Me
  • 1978: Disco Summer
  • 1982: Raise Your Hand (with The Q Tips)
  • 1988: She Likes the Soaps

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  1. a b c Chart sources: UK Billboard Hot 100
  2. a b c gold / platinum database US
  3. ^ A b Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4

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