Bobby Bland - That Did It!, The Duke Recordings, vol 3

The final volume of Bobby's great Duke recordings. As I sit in the office today and listen I am wondering how in the hell he didn't have any breakthrough hits out of this stuff. Remember that this is largely 1965-66 when you are listening and tell me why none of these great songs ever manages to cross over. Bobby always does well on the R&B charts but he is absent from the Pop charts. At least one answer is that he is still mostly singing adult songs for adults and the path to crossover is the Teen market.

" That Did It is the third and final installment in MCA's series of double-disc compilations of Bobby Blue Bland's Duke recordings. This set collects everything he recorded between 1965 and 1972, including two unreleased tracks and several alternate takes. Although the music on That Did It isn't quite as strong as the songs on the first two installments of the series, it does collect a full 16 singles that have never appeared on an album before, as well as featuring several top-notch album tracks. For Bland fans, the collection remains a necessary purchase -- this is Bland's final set of essential recordings."