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1. Aretha Franklin - Respect
2. Erma Franklin - Big Boss Man
3. Doris Troy - You'd Better Stop
4. Dusty Springfield - Can I Get a Witness
5. Martha ; the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
6. Dinah Washington - Soulville
7. Carla Thomas - Something Good (Is Going to Happen to You)
8. Inez ; Charlie Foxx - My Momma Told Me
9. Thelma Jones - Stronger
10. Etta James - I'm So Glad (I Found Love in You
11. Betty Everett - I've Got a Claim on You
12. P.P. Arnold - If You See What I Mean
13. Billie Davis ; the Leroys - Whatcha Gonna Do
14. The Exciters - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
15. Lydia Marcelle - It's Not Like You
16. Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone
17. Maxine Brown - One Step at a Time
18. Mary Love - Think It Over Baby
19. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
20. The Cake - You Can Have Him
21. Lesley Gore - California Nights
22. Sharon Tandy - Love Makes the World Go Round
23. Mary Wells - What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One
24. The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
25. The Supremes - Stop! in the Name of Love
26. Ketty Lester - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
27. Helen Shapiro - Fever
28. Dionne Warwick - Another Night
29. Cilla Black with George Martins Orchestra - I've Been Wrong Before
30. Julie Driscoll - I Know You Love Me Not
31. Nancy Wilson - Where Does That Leave Me
32. Baby Washington - That's How Heartaches Are Made
33. Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours
34. Dee Dee Sharp - My Best Friend's Man
35. Timi Yuro - You Can Have Him
36. Patti Labelle ; the Blue Belles - You Forgot How to Love
37. Sonny ; Cher - Little Man
38. Ernestine Anderson - Keep An Eye Out for Love
39. Joy Marshall - the More I See You
40. Nico - I'm Not Sayin
41. Julie Felix - I've Got Nothing But Time
42. Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose a Good Thing
43. Kim Weston - a Little More Love
44. Bettye Swann - Make Me Yours
45. Tammi Terrell - Come on and See Me
46. Jackie Ross - New Lover
47. The Toys - a Lovers Concerto
48. The Shirelles - Too Much of a Good Thing
49. Kathy Kirby - You're the One
50. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
51. Dodie West - Goin Out of My Head
52. Kiki Dee - (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
53. Gillian Hills - Look at Them
54. Francoise Hardy - All Over the World
55. Twiggy - Beautiful Dreams
56. The Honeycombs - That's the Way
57. Dick ; Dee Dee - Thou Shalt Not Steal
58. Glenda Collins - Baby It Hurts
59. Dana Gillespie - Pay You Back with Interest
60. Louise Cordett - Two Lovers
61. Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come
62. Petula Clark - I Know a Place
63. Lulu - Can't Hear You No More
64. Susan Maughan - Call on Me
65. The Caravelles - New York
66. Julie Grant - Can't Get You Out of My Mind
67. The Shangri-Las - Right Now and Not Later
68. The Dixie Cups - People Say
69. The McKinleys - Sweet and Tender Romance
70. The Orchids - I've Got That Feeling
71. The Breakaways - He Doesn't Love Me
72. Polly Perkins - the Girls Are at It Again
73. Miss X - Christine
74. The Chiffons - One Fine Day
75. The Ronettes - Baby I Love You
76. Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
77. The Crystals - I Wonder
78. Candy and the Kisses - Keep on Searchin'
79. The Ad-Libs - the Boy from New York City
80. The Soul Sisters - Good Time Tonight
81. Brenda Lee - What'd I Say
82. Goldie ; the Gingerbreads - Please Please
83. Millie - Sweet William
84. Derrick and Patsy - Troubles
85. Norma Tanega - Bread
86. Irma Thomas - Break-A-Way
87. The Shondells - My Love
88. The Sapphires - Evil One
89. Madelaine Bell - I Really Got Carried Away
90. Elkie Brooks - Something's Got a Hold on Me
91. Cleo Laine - Don't You Pass Me By
92. Aretha Franklin - Baby I Love You
93. Sugar Pie Desanto - I Don't Wanna Fuss
94. Fontella Bass - Recovery
95. Dee Dee Warwick - Worth Every Tear I Cry
96. Sandy Wynns - a Touch of Venus
97. The Marvelettes - Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
98. The Supremes - There's No Stopping Us Now

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'There's No Stopping Us Now: The Female Mods' Forgotten Story' a title that pays homage to one of The Supremes' many infectious floorfillers is a celebration of the inspirational women singers and groups who provided a brilliant and timeless soundtrack to an exciting moment in British pop culture. Bringing together the queens of Motown and Stax, classy chanteuses from around the world, and some homegrown dancefloor divas, these 98 songs on four discs were not only a key component of the enduring Mod scene, but many of the performers, musicians, songwriters and producers were the audible and visible representation of a way of life that publicist Pete Meaden described as "clean living under difficult circumstances". The origins of the male Mod style are well documented but female Mods were too often relegated to a supporting role, which makes the work of these singers, and musicians, plus the actresses, artists, designers, media figures, models and writers of the time all the more pioneering. Of course, female singers had been successful prior to the Mod era (among those included here, the great Dinah Washington made her recording debut in '44) but to add some context, in 2023 some sixty years after the original flowering of Mod nine of the 16 UK No. 1 singles were performed by or featured female artists. That compares to none of the 17 chart toppers in 1963. The inspiration for this new collection came from the book Ready Steady Girls: The Female Mods' Forgotten Story, first published in 2016 as a (quickly sold out) compendium of first hand accounts by girls and young women drawn to the Mod way of life in the first half of the '60s, or the revival at the end of the following decade. In 2024 that book is being made available once again, and we have the opportunity to create a fitting musical companion piece to that volume's striking and original words and images. This stylishly packaged four disc set features female artists who went on to become household names (including a surprising number who found fame as actors), some one hit wonders, a few acts who only found their audience years later, and a selection of deeper cuts that should get nodding approval from the Mod cognoscenti of either sex. The extensive sleeve notes provide a track by track commentary, with informative details of the singer and the song.