R&B

Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan had it's very own Harry Smith. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Compose, and...

Between 1959 and 1967 the couple wrote some of the most enduring hits of all time, including 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', 'Take Good Care of My Baby', 'Goin' Back', 'The Loco-Motion' and 'It Might As Well Rain Until September'. Those songs have been...

Bettye LaVette's appearance at Barack Obama's inauguration concert in January 2009, singing "A Change Is Gonna Come", introduced her to a global audience of millions who had hitherto been totally unaware of her immense talent and interpretive powers. She...

Betty Harris is an American soul singer who recorded several critically acclaimed hits for the Sansu label in the 1960s, working closely with legendary producer-songwriter team Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn.1. I'm Evil Tonight 2. Hook, Line 'n'...

Better known throughout the world as the voice and lead singer of the legendary R&B group the Stylistics, Russell Thompkins Jr.. strikes out on his own with this awe-inspiring debut solo album. Many consider Russell to be the father of the modern-day...

Best-known for producing some of the greatest southern soul from their Muscle Shoals, Alabama studios, FAME was successful at any type of music they turned their hands to. The young writers and musicians were as keen to replicate the sound of Motown as...

Best remembered for filling dance floors during the disco era with You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's cup runneth over with other great songs, too! They're all here on this 18-track set: Brother Louie; Disco Queen; Emma; Heaven is in the Back Seat of My...

Best known for the track Coney Island Baby, Bronx group The Excellents were first formed in early 1960. The members of the sextet were John and George Kuse, Phil Sanchez, Joel Feldman, Denis Kestenbaum and Chuck Epstein. After an unfortunate turn of...

Best known for his chart-topping 1970 hit "Indiana Wants Me," Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer R. Dean Taylor has been called "one of the most underrated acts ever to record under the Motown aegis." Taylor is featured here on this rare,...

Best known for his 1975 smash "Love Won't Let Me Wait" which topped the Billboard R&B Chart, Richmond, Virginia's Major Harris enjoyed a long and distinguished career that included both solo success and stops in groups like The Delfonics, where he took...

Best known for her disco era chart hits "Captain Boogie" and "Super Sweet", vocalist extraordinaire Wardell Piper returns to the scene with her first full-length offering since her 1979 debut album bowed on the legendary Midsong label. Produced and...

Best known for a pair of chart-topping singles that helped to define the disco era; singer Carol Douglas broke out of the starting gate in 1974 with the stunning "Doctor's Orders," reaching the #2 position on Billboard's disco chart. Douglas made her...