JASMINE RECORDS

London's club scene in the late 1980s featured many diverse sounds much of which was not exactly commonplace to the punters and eventual collectors of the myriad sounds available at several Soho...

Presenting two of the greatest soul singers to emerge from Texas, Buddy Ace and Al 'TNT' Braggs. Both of these amazing talents were recorded by one of the most important Texas based labels of the...

An overview of a legendary R&B performer who was one of the biggest R&B performers of the 1950s. Contains his entire output for Duke Records including 3 R&B number ones and 5 more Top 10 R&B hits...

Roy Acuff is a legendary country music artist alongside other early legends Jimmy Rodgers and The Carter Family. Acuff joined Hickory Records, the label he co-owned, in 1957 and this is the first...

A twenty-eight track compilation of Faye Adams' critically acclaimed recordings between 1953 and 1956. Includes three number ones "Shake A Hand". "I'll Be True" & "Hurts Me To My Heart" from...

Collected here are 31 of the earliest recordings by two of New Orleans greatest male singers who in their own right were very different of course, despite both being born in the same city. Johnny...

Marie Adams - Colloquially Nicknamed "TV Mama" - Was Best Known By UK Audiences For Her Role In The Johnny Otis Show With Her Backing Singers, The Three Tons Of Joy. She'd However Enjoyed Earlier...

He recorded regularly for more than a quarter of a century without scoring even one national hit, and he remains largely unknown outside of blues and R&B collector circles - but within those circles,...

ALADDIN RECORDS was one of the earliest indie labels in Los Angeles to specialise in Blues, R&B, R&R, Hillbilly and other non-mainstream musical genres. Originally formed in 1945 as Philo Records,...

In the immediate post war years, through to the mid-1950s and the emergence of rock and roll, African American audiences were entertained by a huge number of quite remarkable talents. The subject of...

The Allisons were very nearly the UK's first Eurovision Song Contest winners in 1961, with the self-penned 'Are You Sure' (they came second, to Luxembourg). The song nonetheless topped the UK?charts...

Introducing the Second Volume of CBS Radio's smash "Club 15" starring the dynamic Andrews Sisters and extraordinary balladeer Dick Haymes! Recorded at The Columbia Square Playhouse in Hollywood, most...