BEAR FAMILY

Two CD set with 24-page booklet. In 1951 Ahmet Ertegun signed Turner to his young Atlantic label. Over the next few years, Big Joe Turner recorded his most successful singles and became an Atlantic...

Includes a 36 page book. There have been other collections that tried to capture Conway's early years, but this one is definitive. It covers the eight years from his pre-Sun recording of Rock House...

Here's the complete story of Conway Twitty in the years before he switched to country. After starting at Sun Records in 1956 and going to Mercury in '57, Conway broke through on MGM in 1958 with It's...

Eight months is a tremendously slim timespan to build a legacy. Yet that's all the time Ritchie Valens had to create his classic recordings, which remain revered around the world. Valens made his...

Isn't Valentine's Day the perfect occasion to make wedding plans'With 'The Sound Of Wedding Bells' Bear Family Records½ provides the perfect soundtrack!33 nostalgic songs from 1934 to 1962 underline...

In 1957 Leroy Van Dyke scored one of the great crossover novelty hits of the rock 'n' roll era. His song, The Auctioneer, was a Top 20 pop and country hit, and the original version is here together...

1. Boom-Bapa-Boom 2. Don’t Cha Know 3. Hey-Yeah 4. Flamence Dancer 5. (Everybody’s Got) Sweet Soul Vibe 6. Tilt A Whirl 7. Six Strings Down 8. Just Like Putty 9. Two Wings 10. Love The World 11...

This Bobby Vee retrospective focuses on the teen idol's Rock 'n' Roll years (1959 - 1962) - and Vee could rock, and how! Bobby Vee's career began in the wake of arguably the greatest tragedy in rock...

-Ray Vernon - Bear Family dedicates a complete CD album to Link Wray's big brother for the first time! -Really everyone who is interested in rock guitarists knows Link Wray - see Bear Family BCD17600...

-Bear Family Records« releases an LP/CD combination in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of the great Gene Vincent, 'The Cat Man'! -In his time, he influenced the international,...

-Famous as the 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle' man and reduced to this top 10 hit, Bear Family's compilation shows how Frank Virtue and his Virtues could really rock and roll back then (1953 - 1965) ! -This...

Anyone who can scare Chet Atkins with a six-string alone can truly be called a guitar hero! Travis did, and you'll see why when you hear his original version of "Scratchy."1. Night Train 2. Fire Fly...