Legendary Motown icon and Grammy® award-winning singer-songwriter, Smokey Robinson is set to release his highly anticipated duets album, Smokey & Friends this September 2014 on Verve Records. Produced by American Idol star and record producer Randy Jackson, Robinson will be joined by an all-star roster of acclaimed artists. Smokey & Friends will feature Robinson alongside a celebrated roster …
16 classic tracks from the 1959-1964 period of this all-time great vocal group, which means you get to hear Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis and Johnny Moore! Includes There Goes My Baby; Save the Last Dance for Me; Up on the Roof; On Broadway; Under the Boardwalk; This Magic Moment; I Count the Tears; Sweets for My Sweet; …
Possibly the best single-disc retrospective of the late, great Soul singer’s career, this 1994 compilation on Motown features 22 of his biggest and best spanning the years, 1968-84. Although classified as a Soul and R&B vocalist, Marvin Gaye’s recorded works appeal to fans of practically every musical genre, from Rock to Easy Listening. Includes the hits ‘Let’s Get …
The sound of soul music / rhythm and blues has been a major part of the rock & roll and pop music era since the 1950s and carries on today with million selling artists well into the 2000s. The magical time for the r & b groups to dominate the charts was the 60s, 70s and 80s when …
Warner Music Group presents an exciting and comprehensive 4CD boxset charting the soul sensation Donny Hathaway s short but compelling career. The set compiles well know classic tracks from Hathaway s solo career and his duets with Roberta Flack as well as newly discovered and previously unreleased live and studio performances exhumed from deep inside the Atlantic vaults.The …
It doesn’t matter that Blue was 72 when he cut this album in 2002; it’s still considered one of the very best albums of his storied career. Blending blues, gospel and soul, Bobby’s incredible vocals work wonders on both the new songs and the blues standards, including “I Pity the Fool; Don’t Cry No More; I’ll Take Care …
Essential because along with the Motown hits you get on every Tops anthology, you also get their hits from the Dunhill, ABC and Casablanca labels, 19 years (1964-1983) of some of the greatest soul ever waxed! Includes Baby, I Need Your Loving; I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch); Reach Out I’ll Be There; When She Was …
This fall Universal Pictures and Walden Media will release the feature-length biopic Ray, the never-before-told musical biographical drama of the late American legend Ray Charles. Featuring a remarkable performance from Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (La Bamba, An Officer And A Gentleman), …
You think you feel good now? Well, get ready to feel Super Bad to break out into a Cold Sweat to get into your Hot Pants ’cause all those and more are here on 2 CDs: I Got You (I Feel Good); Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1; The Payback, Pt. 1; Doing It to Death, …
