The Brenda Holloway Discography -
Sheer Gladness

Not all the songs in the Brenda Holloway discography convey positive emotions. Vocals as raw and enunciation as clear as hers make the fragile, tattered parts of her soul as transparent as the happy, shiny parts.

Nonetheless, she loved singing enough to return to it decades after her retirement from music at 22. The break had let her find more peace in familial and spiritual matters, but she was reportedly elated to return to recording. Patient fans must have been just as pleased to anticipate new Brenda Holloway albums again. :)

Since there's little early output, this Brenda Holloway discography reflects the soul artist's Motown, gospel, and urban contemporary efforts into the new millennium. Her Motown Anthology brings us back to her beguiling beginnings.

I'll Always Love You (1964; single)

Every Little Bit Hurts (Mar. 26, 1964; a single by Cobb)

Every Little Bit Hurts (June 1964)

1. I've Been Good to You (Robinson)

2. Sad Song (Wilson)

3. Every Little Bit Hurts (Cobb)

4. Too Proud to Cry

5. Who's Lovin' You (Robinson)

6. Land of a Thousand Boys (Holloway/Holloway)

7. Suddenly

8. Embraceable You (Gershwin/Gershwin)

9. Unchained Melody (North/Zaret)

10. A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Heart) (Brown/Paul)

11. (You Can) Depend on Me (Gordy/Robinson)

12. Can I

When I'm Gone (Feb. 9, 1965; a single by Robinson)

Operator (1965; a single by Robinson)

You've Made Me So Very Happy (1968; a single by Gordy/Holloway/Holloway/Wilson)

The Artistry of... (1968)

Brand New (1980; Birthright album)

On the Rebound (with Jimmy Ruffin, 1989; single)

Greatest Hits & Rare Classics (Oct. 14, 1991)

...Together (1999)

1. Introduction (Holloway/Davies/Suspicious)

2. Just Look What You've Done (Taylor/Wilson)

3. Starting the Hurt All Over Again (Ashford/Simpson)

4. How Many Times Did You Mean It (Nievelt/Staunton/Walker)

5. Lonely Boy (Hunter/Stevenson)

6. You Can Cry on My Shoulder (Gordy)

7. Every Little Bit Hurts (Cobb)

8. When I'm Gone (Robinson)

9. My World is Crumbling (Lewis/Lewis)

10. You've Made Me So Very Happy (Gordy/Holloway/Holloway/Wilson)

11. Think It Over (Before You Break My Heart) (aka Reconsider) (Cosby/Moy)

12. You're Gonna Love My Baby (McNair/Miller/Perkinson)

13. I'm So Glad (aka The Right Track)

14. Reconsider (reprise) (Cosby/Moy)

15-30. Untitled (dialogue with crowd)

The Very Best of Brenda Holloway (Feb. 23, 1999)

It's a Woman's World (Nov. 16, 1999; Volt album)

1. Walk Right Back (Curtis)

2. It's a Woman's World (Benson/Glass/Glass)

3. And I Will Sing a Song for You (Pittman)

4. Never Forget Your First (Glass/Swexey)

5. A Perfect Rendezvous (Glass/Pittman/Sawyer)

6. Don't Keep Runnin' (In and Out of My Life) (Glass/Sessions)

7. I'll Keep You Dry Through the Rain (Pittman)

8. No Regrets

9. Easier Said Than Done

10. (When the Time Comes) For Saying Goodbye (Phillipe)

My Love is Your Love (Jan. 13, 2004)

Motown Anthology (Feb. 7, 2005)

1. I've Been Good to You (Robinson)

2. Think It Over (Before You Break My Heart) (Cosby/Moy)

3. I'll Always Love You

4. Sad Song (Wilson)

5. Every Little Bit Hurts (Cobb)

6. Operator (Robinson)

7. I'll Be Available

8. Too Proud to Cry

9. Together 'Til the End of Time (Wilson)

10. Who's Lovin' You (Robinson)

11. Land of a Thousand Boys (Holloway/Holloway)

12. Where Were You

13. I've Got to Find It

14. Suddenly

15. Embraceable You (Gershwin/Gershwin)

16. How Many Times Did You Mean It (Nievelt/Staunton/Walker)

17. Unchained Melody (North/Zaret)

18. You've Changed Me

19. A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Heart) (Brown/Paul)

20. All I Do is Think About You

21. (You Can) Depend on Me (Gordy/Robinson)

22. Who Could Ever Doubt My Love

23. Can I

24. Come Into My Palace

25. He's My Kind of Fellow (Bristol/Fuqua)

26. When I'm Gone (Robinson)

27. Just Look What You've Done (Taylor/Wilson)

28. You Need Me (Gordy)

29. Love Woke Me Up This Morning (Ashford/Simpson)

30. You've Made Me So Very Happy (Gordy/Holloway/Holloway/Wilson)

31. I Don't Want Nobody's Gonna Make Me Cry

32. I Prayed for a Boy (Like You)

33. Don't Judge Me

34. Till Johnny Comes

35. Hurt a Little Everyday

36. I'll Always Meet You Half Way

37. Starting the Hurt All Over Again (Ashford/Simpson)

38. You Are Very Much a Part of Me

39. I'm on the Right Track

40. You Can Cry on My Shoulder (Gordy)

41. A World Without You

42. How Can You Call It Love When the Feeling's Gone

43. I See a Rainbow

44. I'll Be Alright

45. Everybody Knows

46. Play It Cool, Stay in School

47. Make Him Come to You

48. Summertime

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