Manufacturers of Soul

Manufacturers of Soul is an album by soul music vocalist Jackie Wilson and jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances of jazz versions of contemporary R&B/soul hits recorded in 1968 and released on the Brunswick label.

Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

 * 1) "Funky Broadway" (Lester Christian) – 2:35
 * 2) "For Your Precious Love" (Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler) – 2:40
 * 3) "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:47
 * 4) "Ode to Billy Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 4:10
 * 5) "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke) – 2:47
 * 6) "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:50
 * 7) "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:35
 * 8) "I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:41
 * 9) "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:20
 * 10) "Even When You Cry" (Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 2:42
 * 11) "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:48

Personnel

 * Jackie Wilson – vocals
 * Count Basie – piano
 * Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
 * Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
 * Bill Hughes – bass trombone
 * Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
 * Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
 * Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
 * Freddie Green – guitar
 * Uncredited – bass
 * Harold Jones – drums
 * Benny Carter – arranger