The Birth Of The Beat 1954-1963 brings you 64 tracks that not only accompanied the dance crazes of the time, but also the essential elements of a strong bass riff, four-to-the-floor beat, and blasting horns that inspired a whole raft of people from the tight choreography of the Temptations to the improvised moves of the dancers in the soul clubs of the midlands and north of England. It features Joe Houston, The Cookies, Bobby Freeman, Melvin Davis etc.