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Various Artists: The Greatest R&B Hits of 1956, Vol. 2

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2013-04-09

Tracks: My Prayer - The Platters; Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee; It's Too Late - Chuck Willis; Up on the Mountain - The Magnificents; Letter from My Darling - Little Willie John; Heaven on Earth - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Bob Fisher.

Another in Acrobat Records' continuing series documenting each year of R&B's golden era, this one covers 1956 (this is the second of two volumes), and includes su...continue...

Various Artists: The Greatest R&B Hits of 1956, Vol. 1

CD / Acrobat Music / 2013-04-09

Tracks: Great Pretender, The - The Platters; At My Front Door - The Eldorados; Seven Days - Clyde McPhatter; Devil or Angel - The Clovers; Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley; Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie Joh...
Artists: Various Artists

Another in Acrobat Records' continuing series documenting each year of R&B's golden era, this one covers 1956 (there is also a second volume), and includes such classics as Little Richard's "Long Tall...continue...

Various Artists: Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' by the Bayou

CD / Ace (Label) / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Rocky - Rockin' Sidney/Rock Sidney & His All-Stars; I Don't Care - Tabby Thomas; Give It Up - Charles Sheffield; Crazy About Love (aka As Long as I'm Moving); Right from Wrong - Billy Tate; Hey Matti...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Ian Saddler.

Photographers: Mike Leadbitter; Hasse Andréasson.

Ace dug deep into the rock & roll of Louisiana on their Boppin' by the Bayou series, but 2013's Rhy...continue...

Lee Dorsey: Ya! Ya!

CD / Hallmark Music & Entertainment / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Ya Ya; Give Me You; Do-Re-Me; People Gonna Talk; Chin Chin; Mess Around; Eenie Meenie Mini Mo; One and One; Yum Yum; Ixie Dixie Pixie Pie; Behind the Eight-Ball
Artists: Lee Dorsey

Lee Dorsey, the world's funkiest auto mechanic, topped the R&B charts in 1961 with "Ya Ya," a bit of bubblegum soul arranged by Allen Toussaint that exemplifies the sound of his early-'60s Fury record...continue...