Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

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Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

This is where it all started. Classic R&B from the 1940s through the early 1960s laid the foundation for soul, funk and rock ’n’ roll. Raw vocals, killer grooves, and no-nonsense storytelling – the blueprint of American music culture.

From the Greats to the Labels That Built Them

Discover legends like Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, and Wynonie Harris, plus treasures from the vaults of Atlantic, Chess, Specialty and more. These CDs and vinyls are essential for collectors and true rhythm lovers.

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Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

This is where it all started. Classic R&B from the 1940s through the early 1960s laid the foundation for soul, funk and rock ’n’ roll. Raw vocals, killer grooves, and no-nonsense storytelling – the blueprint of American music culture.

From the Greats to the Labels That Built Them

Discover legends like Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, and Wynonie Harris, plus treasures from the vaults of Atlantic, Chess, Specialty and more. These CDs and vinyls are essential for collectors and true rhythm lovers.

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 23 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. The CD album 'On The Dancefloor With a Twist' (BCD17666) released in the summer of 2022 on Bear Family Records® was enthusiastically received by fans and...
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(Sunset Boulevard Records) 27 tracks, digisleeve The duo of Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford hit the charts nationwide in 1962 with "I Need Your Lovin'," a Top 20 pop and R&B hit along the lines of Ike & Tina Turner. This reissue of their...
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(Acrobat Music) 49 tracks Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out in Jimmy Dorsey's band in the 1930s and scored a string of hits in the 1940s. He then worked with the Will Bradley Orchestra, where...
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(Doghouse & Bones Records) 14 tracks Big Bazounga Boogaloo is a radio show hosted by Gil "Bill" Nasal on "Radio Beton" in Tours, France since 1999.
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Modern Sounds In Country & Western Vol.1&2 (CD)
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(Concord Records) 24 tracks, ABC Paramount masters recorded 1962 in New York & Hollywood, 16 page booklet.
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City Jump vs. Country Jump (CD)
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(Southpaw) 24 rare and hard-to-find Rhythm & Blues Honkers and Shouters from the early 1950s! Mr.Swing also known as Rufus Thomas - Beer Bottle Boogie !
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(Gospel Friend Records) The proficient singer, trumpeter, piano player, and sanctified preacher, Elder Charles Beck made an indelible inpression as a recording artist. Beck’s fame was enhanced by his radio broadcasts, his friendship with...
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(Real Gone Music) 20 tracks with 16 page booklet - Legendary Stax R&B Instumental Sides! Also available as Limited Edition Double Vinyl Sets RGM1309 + RGM1279 !
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Die Geheimsprache des Blues
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(Tangerine Records) 12 tracks, digipack. "Genius Loves Company" is the last studio album by rhythm-and-blues and soul musician Ray Charles, released posthumously on August 31, 2004. The recording sessions for the album took place between...
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(Stag-O-Lee) 32 tracks Buzzsaw Joint is a monthly London club night that fuels fans with a high-octane mix of rhythm & blues and rock & roll trash. Buzzsaw boss Fritz has also launched a Mixcloud page, with mixes on the theme from...
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Best Of Proverb & Gospel Corner 1959-1969 (2-CD)
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(Sunset Blvd Records) 28 tracks, digisleeve. Known in his native Crescent City as "The Tan Canary" for his exceptional voice, veteran R&B singer Johnny Adams has an exceptionally wide range of later years for Rounder Records. Adams sang...
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No Buts, No Maybes - Hot In New Orleans! - The 1949-1957 Recordings (CD)
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(Soul Jam Records) 28 tracks Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair (also known as "Baldhead" or "Fess"), remains one of Louisiana's best-known piano talents. He is often referred to as the father of New Orleans R&B. His funky,...
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Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin' - Music Of Black Britain In The Sixties (4-CD Box)
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(Cherry Red Records) 115 tracks, hardcover book. - Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin' is the first box set to document the enormous influence of black music in Britain in the 1960s. - Featuring 115 tracks, the deluxe "Long Form" box set...
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Walking To New Orleans (CD)
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(Provogue) 10 tracks. On 'Walking To New Orleans' George Benson returns to his Americana roots. The singer and guitarist dedicates his new album both to the piano hit machine from New Orleans, Fats Domino, and to the rock poet Chuck...
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