R&B

2017 debut album from singer/songwriter Omeri. This musically diverse album features catchy hooks, colorful, hypnotic melodies, and will have listeners nodding their heads and tapping their feet as they enjoy the lyrics. Loaded with all the vibrancy of...

2017 debut album for singer/songwriter/producer Charlotte Dos Santos. Born in Norway, Charlotte combines soul, jazz, rare groove and Afro-Latin influences, with a warm sense of storytelling and an angelic voice that seems to float over any track it's on...

2017 collection. The Mainstream family of labels was a major source of black music through the early/mid-'70s. Owner Bob Shad was primarily a jazz producer but had enough nous and appreciation of soul music to go with current trends. His in-house...

2017 collection. One of the original members of Parliament, and an integral voice on Funkadelic's ground-breaking series of albums for Westbound, Fuzzy Haskins also made two solo sets for that label. They contain some of the finest P-Funk-related music...

2017 collection. One of the most popular soul trios of their time, The Detroit Emeralds' Westbound 45s maintained a constant presence in the soul and pop charts on both sides of the pond until 1974, when the original group split up. All in all, the group...

2017 collection. Like the Motown Sound of the mid-'60s, the Philly Sound of the '70s did not suddenly appear overnight with the establishment of Philadelphia International Records and the rise to international stardom of acts such as the O'Jays, the...

2017 collection. Keith Sweat, a Harlem-born R&B singer/songwriter, co-produced 1984/1985 singles by GQ and Roberta Gilliam and issued independent singles of his own, but he didn't release his debut full-length, Make It Last Forever, until November 1987...

2017 collection. James Carr's Goldwax career, lasting from the end of 1964 to early 1970, is revered among soul music fans. He only made it into the lower half of the Hot 100 Pop charts but managed to hit the R&B charts nine times out of 14 releases;...

2017 collection. For twenty years Bobby Byrd was James Brown's right-hand man. In the latter part of this time he recorded some groundbreaking funk such as the much-sampled 'I Know You Got Soul' produced by Brown. Before that he had spent the 1960s...

2017 collection. Diamond Diana is a collection of tracks personally chosen and sequenced by Miss Ross. It features the #1 hits "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Touch Me in the Morning," "Love Hangover," "Upside Down," "Endless Love" (her duet with...

2017 collection. An introduction to The Drifters. A 10-track compilation of The Drifters. These are the exquisite hits the Drifters scored from 1959-64 with Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis and Johnny Moore at the helm: "There Goes My Baby," "Dance with Me,"...

2017 collection. An introduction to The Blues Brothers is a 10-track compilation. Whether celebrated as a sincere tribute or derided as a tongue-in-cheek put-on, the Blues Brothers - Joliet Jake and his silent brother Elwood - was among the most popular...