Various – Soulful Love Duets – Vol. 1

Track Listing:
1. Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) - 2:44   2. Ike & Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine - 3:02   3. Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin' - 2:52   4. Betty Everett & Jerry Butler - Let It Be Me - 2:39   5. Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure - Don't Mess up a Good Thing - 2:51   6. Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown - Something You Got - 2:46   7. Peaches & Herb - Let's Fall in Love - 2:38   8. Ben E. King & Dee Dee Sharp - What'cha Gonna Do 'Bout It? - 2:23   9. Peggy Scott - Jo Jo Benson - Lover's Holiday - 2:44   10. Judy Clay - William Bell - Private Number - 2:37   11. Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin - From the Teacher to the Preacher - 2:25   12. Edwin Starr & Blinky - Oh How Happy - 2:45

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - Richie Unterberger
Male-female duets were a frequent and fine feature of soul's golden era, and this compilation gathers a dozen good examples, all from the '60s. Aside from the fact that this is a good concept with good tunes, it also contains a few neat items that aren't anthologized often, like Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford's "I Need Your Lovin'" (early soul at its rawest and most gospel-flavored), Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure's "Don't Mess up a Good Thing," and Ben E. King & Dee Dee Sharp's "What'cha Gonna Do 'Bout It." If you want some big names too, you'll find them here as well, on hits by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton, Ike & Tina Turner, Betty Everett & Jerry Butler, Peaches & Herb, and Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown.