''Soul Story'' is an album by organist Charles Earland which was recorded in 1971 and released on the

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Reception

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Track listing

All compositions by Charles Earland except where noted # "Betty's Dilemma" - 8:12 # " Love Story" (

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) - 10:10 # "One for Scotty" - 6:55 # "My Scorpio Lady" - 2:20 # "

I Was Made to Love Her "I Was Made to Love Her" is a soul music song recorded by American musician Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy, and producer Henry Cosby and included on Wonder' ...

" ( Stevie Wonder,

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, Sylvia Moy) - 2:50 # "Happy Medium" - 4:10

Personnel

* Charles Earland - organ,

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Gary Chandler (tracks 1 & 2), Virgil Jones (tracks 3-6) -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Clifford Adams Jr. -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(tracks 3-6) *Jimmy Vass - flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 2) *Arthur Grant - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 3-6) *

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- tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 2) *Maynard Parker -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

*Jesse Kilpatrick Jr. (tracks 1 & 2), Billy "Kentucky" Wilson (tracks 3-6) - drums *Buddy Caldwell - congas,

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

(tracks 1 & 2) *Arthur Jenkins - congas (tracks 3-6)

References

Charles Earland albums 1971 albums Prestige Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio {{1970s-jazz-album-stub