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Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

Carla Thomas

06/1965

Stop! Look What You're Doing by Carla Thomas

92
US

30
R&B

[Stax 172]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Eddie Floyd

Solomon Burke

08/1965

Someone Is Watching by Solomon Burke

89
US

24
R&B

[Atlantic 2299]
written by Solomon Burke, Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

The Mar-Keys

12/1965

Grab This Thing (Part 1) by The Mar-Keys

111
US

[instrumental]
[Stax 181]
written by Steve Cropper & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Eddie Floyd

02/1967

Raise Your Hand by Eddie Floyd

from Knock on Wood

79
US

16
R&B

42
UK

[Stax 208]
written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Carla Thomas

06/1967

I'll Always Have Faith in You by Carla Thomas

from The Queen Alone

85
US

11
R&B

[Stax 222]
written by Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

William Bell

04/1968

Every Man Oughta Have a Woman by William Bell

115
US

[Stax 248]
written by William Bell, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Booker T. Jones

Otis Redding

07/1968

④ Hard to Handle by Otis Redding

from The Immortal Otis Redding

51
US

38
R&B

15
UK

[songwriter #4 hit]
B side to Amen
[Atco 6592]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Otis Redding

Eddie Floyd

07/1968

I've Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do) by Eddie Floyd

from Never Found a Girl

40
US

2
R&B

[Stax 0002]
written by Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Patti Drew

11/1968

Hard to Handle by Patti Drew

from I've Been Here All the Time

93
US

40
R&B

[Capitol 2339]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Otis Redding

Ollie & the Nightingales

10.

12/1968

You're Leaving Me by Ollie & the Nightingales

47
R&B

[Stax 0014]
written by Eddie Floyd, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Booker T. Jones

Johnnie Taylor

11.

12/1969

Love Bones by Johnnie Taylor

from The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues

43
US

4
R&B

[Stax 0055]
written by Don Davis & Al Bell (Alvertis Isbell)

The Staple Singers

12.

04/1972

① I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers

from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

287

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

30
UK

[songwriter #1 hit]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #276]
[Stax 0125]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Esther Phillips

13.

12/1972

I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do) by Esther Phillips

from Along Again, Naturally

106
US

17
R&B

[Kudu 910]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

, Booker T. Jones & Eddie Floyd

Bruce Springsteen

14.

12/1986

Raise Your Hand by Bruce Springsteen

from Live: 1975-85

44
rock

as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
[live]
written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Big Daddy Kane

15.

1989

I'll Take You There by Big Daddy Kane

from Long Live the Kane

73
R&B

written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

The Black Crowes

16.

09/1990

⑤ Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes

from Shake Your Money Maker

45
US

✫1
rock

45
UK

[songwriter #5 hit]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Otis Redding

17.

06/1991

Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes

from Shake Your Money Maker

26
US

39
UK

[R]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& Otis Redding

BeBe & CeCe Winans

18.

09/1991

I'll Take You There by BeBe & CeCe Winans

from Different Lifestyles

90
US

✫1
R&B

featuring Mavis Staples
[Capitol 44749]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

General Public

19.

04/1994

② I'll Take You There by General Public

from Threesome: Music from the Motion Picture

104

22
US

✫1
dance

6
alt.

73
UK

[songwriter #2 hit]
[Epic 77452]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Public Enemy

20.

07/1994

③ Give It Up by Public Enemy

from Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age

33
US

30
R&B

18
UK

[songwriter #3 hit]
[Def Jam 853316]
written by Gary G-Wiz, Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Studdah Man & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

Capleton

21.

10/1995

Wings of the Morning by Capleton

from Prophecy

79
US

54
R&B

[African Star 577198]
written by Capleton (as Clifton Bailey), Otis Redding, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)

& A. Jones

Nas

22.

1996

Affirmative Action by Nas

75
R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Nas (as Nasir Jones), Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand), Cormega (as Cory McKay), AZ (as Anthony Cruz), S. Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Allen Jones (sample), Al Bell (sample)

& Otis Redding (sample)

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