Ladder of Success
Released: Jul 22, 2003
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Released: Jul 22, 2003
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The title's new, but the music isn't. This is, in fact, a simple repackaging of two earlier Hawkins albums, the live The Unstoppable Ted Hawkins and the studio Nowhere to Run (aka I Love You Too)...
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Nowhere to Run
Released: Oct 9, 2001
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Released: Oct 9, 2001
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First of all, these aren't exactly undiscovered Hawkins recordings. This album was first released in a very limited edition in 1989, under the title I Love You Too. Reputedly Hawkins' personal...
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The Unstoppable Ted Hawkins
Released: Feb 27, 2001
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Released: Feb 27, 2001
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Ted Hawkins had been accepted more warmly in England in the late '80s than he had been in his native America. To his countrymen, he was a has-been soul singer, ex-junkie, and ex-con who'd never...
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Love You Most of All: More Songs from Venice Beach
Released: Sep 29, 1998
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Released: Sep 29, 1998
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Ted Hawkins always resisted being called a blues singer, and a look at his repertoire shows why. While Hawkins' strong but weather-beaten voice could communicate sorrow and heartbreak as few others...
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The Final Tour
Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Ted Hawkins' story is one of the most interesting -- and tragic -- in the history of R&B. Who'd have thought that a fifty-something street singer who performed 1960s-type soul in Venice Beach, CA....
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The Ted Hawkins Story: Suffer No More
Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Taken individually, Hawkins' albums didn't measure up to his critical reputation, due to uneven material, occasionally inappropriate production, and overreliance upon covers. More than most...
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The Next Hundred Years
Released: Mar 29, 1994
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Released: Mar 29, 1994
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Hawkins' first album for DGC Records is a beautiful, understated record that easily ranks with his finest works. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Songs From Venice Beach
Released: October 1995
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Released: October 1995
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Blending every form of roots music imaginable into his own singular soulful stew, the incomparable Ted Hawkins stuck mostly to R&B covers on this splendid 1985 solo outing -- songs by Sam Cooke...
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