R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of James & Bobby Purify
James & Bobby Purify Songs

(with biography below if available)

James & Bobby Purify were an R&B singing duo, whose biggest hits were "I'm Your Puppet" in 1966, which reached number six in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and in a re-recorded version number 12 in the UK Singles Chart (in April 1976), and "Let Love Come Between Us" in 1967, which reached number 23 in the US. Their single of the same year, "Shake a Tail Feather," also charted at number 25 in the US (number 15 R&B). The original "Bobby Purify" (Robert Lee Dickey) was replaced by a second "Bobby Purify" (Ben Moore) in the 1970s. Their last charting single was "Morning Glory" which reached number 27 in the UK singles chart in 1976.

Below is a list of James & Bobby Purify songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Bell 648
chart position: RandB #5, US #6
written by: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
album: James & Bobby Purify
comments: [southern soul]
James & Bobby Purify I'm Your Puppet
1966 Bell
2 record label: Bell 685
chart position: RandB #18, US #23, UK #51
written by: Jo Sobotka & Johnny Wyker
album: The Pure Sound Of The Purifys
comments: [northern soul]
James & Bobby Purify Let Love Come Between Us
1967 Bell
3 record label: Bell 669
chart position: RandB #15, US #25
written by: Otha Hayes, Verlie Rice & Andre Williams
album: The Pure Sound Of The Purifys
comments: [northern soul]
James & Bobby Purify Shake a Tail Feather
1967 Bell
4 record label: Mercury 6167 324 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
album: Purify Bros.
James & Bobby Purify I'm Your Puppet
1976 Mercury
5 record label: Mercury 6167380(UK)
chart position: UK #27
written by: Mac Gayden
album: Purify Bros.
James & Bobby Purify Morning Glory
1976 Mercury
6 record label: Bell 680
chart position: RandB #23, US #41
written by: David Porter, Mabon
album: The Pure Sound Of The Purifys
James & Bobby Purify I Take What I Want
1967 Bell
7 record label: Bell 660
chart position: RandB #27, US #38
written by: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
album: James and Bobby Purify
James & Bobby Purify Wish You Didn't Have to Go
1967 Bell
8 record label: Casablanca 520
chart position: RandB #30, US #101
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: You and Me Together Forever
James & Bobby Purify Do Your Thing
1975 Casablanca
9 record label: Bell 735
chart position: RandB #31, US #94
written by: Scott English, Mark Barkan and Jerry Ross
James & Bobby Purify Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')
1968 Bell
10 record label: Bell 700
chart position: RandB #38, US #73
written by: Gary Illingworth, Morris Levy and Richard Grasso
James & Bobby Purify Do Unto Me
1968 Bell
11 record label: Bell 721
chart position: RandB #42, US #51
written by: Gary Illingworth, Myrna March and Richard Grasso
James & Bobby Purify I Can Remember
1968 Bell
12 record label: Bell 751
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Joe South
James & Bobby Purify Untie Me
1968 Bell
-- record label: Mercury 6167 500 (UK)
written by: D. Crofts, J. Seals
James & Bobby Purify Get Closer
1977 Mercury
-- record label: Mercury ‎6167 535 (UK)
written by: Jack Tempchin
comments: [southern soul ballad]
James & Bobby Purify Slow Dancing
1977 Mercury ‎
-- record label: Casablanca 827
written by: J. Roach
album: You And Me Together Forever
comments: [southern soul ballad]
James & Bobby Purify You And Me Together Forever
1975 Casablanca




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