As adjuncts to our highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early ‘60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts – “The First Top 100 Nov. 1955” (ACQCD7062), “The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958” (ACQCD7083), “The First Hot 100 of […]
The great (though half-forgotten) Marty Robbins was country music’s renaissance man. He was a successful recording artist, stage performer, actor, author, songwriter, and stock car racer as well. His versatile baritone enabled him to handle different musical styles, making him one of the most successful crossover artists during the 1950s and 1960s. His trademark vocal […]
1. One More Drink For the Road 2. Mud Flap Momma 3. To the Moon 4. Standing On Higher Ground 5. Third Degree 6. Legend 7. Nothings Changed 8. I Feel Fine 9. Love You Forever 10. My Gravity 11. The Party is Over 12. I Dont Know (the Beetlejuice Song)
This original three-track set questioned all sorts of norms, the standout item “Chasin’ The Trane” lasting 16 minutes with the tenor man the only soloist and a 12-bar grid the only thing for performers and fans to hold on to. “Spiritual”’ was the first time Trane opened and closed a piece entirely out-of-tempo, while the […]
Beyond good.Beyond evil.Beyond your wildest imagination.” The 1986 animated feature film The Transformers: The Movie was based on the animated TV series by the same name.The film was directed by Nelson Shin, who produced the original Transformers television series, and features the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Lionel […]
Irma Thomas, born Irma Lee and widely celebrated as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, is a Grammy-nominated artist who recorded her first single in 1959.Her second solo album, released in 1966, features the song “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand),” co-written by Randy Newman and country music star Jeannie Seely.The single peaked […]
Released in 2011, Revelator is the debut studio album by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a powerhouse blues-rock ensemble led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.The album blends blues, rock, soul, and jazz, showcasing the band’s rich, full-bodied sound.Standout tracks like “Midnight in Harlem,” “Come See About Me,” and “Bound for Glory” highlight Tedeschi’s soulful vocals […]
This record is the sound of dreams fulfilled, dashed, then fulfilled again.Candy McKenzie, a young singer from North West London, had endured a hard life before she flew to Jamaica in pursuit of a dream that she didn’t fully understand. Candy McKenzie was a young talent in need of an experienced producer.Who better than Lee […]
Julie London ( September 26, 1926 October 18, 2000) was an American nightclub, jazz and pop singer, film and television actress and a former pinup model, whose career spanned five decades of television. She was noted for her smoky, sensual husky voice and languid demeanor.She released 32 albums of pop and jazz standards during […]
Singer James Ambrose Johnson, born on February 1, 1948, in Buffalo, New York, fled to Toronto, Canada, to avoid the draft.There, he started The Mynah Birds, a rhythm & blues band and changed his name to Rick James.In 1966, Neil Young joined the band, but their journey ended when James was exposed as a draft […]
