James Brown - Please, Please, Please ( 1958 )

 

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown; except where indicated.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, John Terry	2:47
2.	"Chonnie-On-Chon"	Brown, Bobby Byrd, Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith	2:13
3.	"Hold My Baby's Hand"	Brown, Trevor Smith	2:14
4.	"I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On"	Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott	2:35
5.	"Just Won't Do Right"		2:37
6.	"Baby Cries Over the Ocean"		2:38
7.	"I Don't Know"	Brown, John Terry	2:48
8.	"Tell Me What I Did Wrong"		2:23

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Try Me"		2:33
2.	"That Dood It"	Rudy Toombs, Rose Marie McCoy	2:29
3.	"Begging, Begging"	Julius Dixson, Rudy Toombs	2:54
4.	"I Walked Alone"	Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott	2:43
5.	"No, No, No, No"		2:15
6.	"That's When I Lost My Heart"		2:52
7.	"Let's Make It"		2:27
8.	"Love or a Game"		2:15

Personnel

Musicians

• James Brown - lead vocals
• The Famous Flames:
  • Bobby Byrd - background vocals, piano
  • Johnny Terry - background vocals
  • Sylvester Keels - background vocals
  • Bill Hollings - background vocals
  • Louis Madison - background vocals
  • Nafloyd Scott - guitar

Additional personnel

• Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone
• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Edwyn Conley - bass
• George Dorsey - alto saxophone
• John Faire - guitar
• David "Panama" Francis - drums
• Reginald Hall - drums
• Ernie Hayes - piano
• Clarence Mack - bass
• Carl Pruitt - bass
• Wilbert Smith - tenor saxophone
• Ray Felder - tenor saxophone
• Edison Gore - drums
• Alvin "Fats" Gonder - piano
• Eddie Freeman - guitar