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One of the greatest American vocal groups of all time, The Jive Five were formed in Brooklyn, NY in the late 50's and featured the talents of Eugene Pitt, Jerome Hanna, Richard Harris, Thurmon Prophet, and Norman Johnson. Featured here is their original...

One of the greatest American vocal groups of all time, The Jive Five were formed in Brooklyn, NY in the late 50's and featured the talents of Eugene Pitt, Jerome Hanna, Richard Harris, Thurmon Prophet, and Norman Johnson. Featured here are two a sides...

One of the great West Coast folk groups of the late 1950's and early sixties, The Coachmen's brand of mixing great songs with humorous skits, led other acts like the more famous Smothers Brothers in a new direction. Featuring multi-instrumentalist Doug...

One of the great R&B singers of the 20th century, Chuck Jackson first came into prominence in the early 1960's when he opened for soul singer Jackie Wilson at the Apollo Theater. He was one of the first artists to record the songs of Burt Bacharach and...

One of the great New York based vocal groups formed in the late 1950's, The Five Discs hailed from Brooklyn and featured Mario DeAndrade (lead); Paul Albano (tenor); Tony Basile (tenor); Joe Barselona (baritone) and Andrew Jackson (bass). Featured here...

One of the great New Orleans R&B singers, Jessie Hill scored his biggest hit in 1960 with the Allen Toussaint produced "Ooh Poo Pah Doo," which cracked the Billboard R&B chart and the Hot 100 Pop chart, and has since become a Mardi Gras favorite. Newly...

One of the great independent record labels of the doo-wop era, real estate developer Lou Fargo's New York City based Fargo Records was home to a wide array of talented vocal, pop and early R&B groups including the Execs, featured here with the popular...

One of the great Blues singers of the Post World War II era performs a special collection of spirituals1. Every Time I Feel the Spirit 2. Deep River 3. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 4. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 5. Nobody Knows the Trouble...

One of the founding groups that came to be identified with the smooth sound of Philly Soul, the Delfonics, led by brothers William and Wilbert Hart, were extremely popular in the late 1960 's and early 1970 's with a string of chart-topping hits...

One of the first stereo audiophile recordings of the gypsy sound, "The Phantom Gypsies" released in 1958 was one of the best recorded representations of an authentic gypsy ensemble to hit the market at that time. Although little is known about the...

One of the finest doo-wop groups to come out of the South Side of Chicago, The Orchids recorded these sides in two separate sessions for Chicago's Parrot label in April and September of 1955. Gilbert Warren was the principal lead and composer; bass...

One of the finest and most influential 1950's era vocal groups in pop music history, The Flamingos sophisticated vocal style would later impact the Motown sound of the 1960's and the Philly Soul sound of the 1970's. Founded by Baltimore natives Jake and...