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Curtis Mayfield (Article)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Inductee: Curtis Mayfield (vocals, guitar; born 6/3/42, died 12/26/99)Curtis Mayfield is among an elite few members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who have been inducted more than once. Mayfield was first inducted with the Impressions in 1991 and then as a solo artist in 1999. His solo career, which began in 1970, is significant for the forthright way in which he addressed issues of black identity and self-awareness. He has been cited as an influence by such latter-day performers as Lenny Kravitz, Ice-T, Public Enemy and Arrested Development. Mayfield's ability to voice hard truths through
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Creedence Clearwater Revival (Article)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
"In 1968, I always used to say that I wanted to make records they would still play on the radio in 10 years," John Fogerty, former leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, said on the eve of the group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In retrospect, Fogerty got all he wished for and more. Four decades later, Creedence's songs – including "Proud Mary," "Born on the Bayou," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Green River" – endure as timeless rock and roll classics. Under Fogerty's tutelage, Creedence Clearwater Revival defined the spirit and sound of rock and roll as authentically as any
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Stay Tuned By Stan Cornyn: Atlantic Grows Albums (Article)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. It is now 1960 and, like the rest of the record business, Atlantic Records -- now 12 years old – is changing from a “singles-hits” label. Time for adulthood? Atlantic had grown up with 45 rpm records that spun around like little donuts. But now, records had grown wider, and revolved slower (33 rpm). But those 33 rpms but sold more songs per disc. For more money. One bonanza that came to labels with LPs was “compilations” -- LPs
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Tom Dowd (Article)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Award for Musical Excellence 2012Tom Dowd (producer, engineer; born October 20, 1925, died October 27, 2002)As a producer and engineer for Atlantic Records, Tom Dowd recorded some of the greatest popular music – rhythm & blues, rock and roll, soul and even jazz – ever made. Dowd manned the board for recordings by legendary jazz musicians (Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk), rhythm & blues acts (Drifters, Coasters, Ruth Brown), soul singers (Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave) and rock acts (Cream, Rascals). He was an inventor, technician and craftsman who
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Rod Stewart: 1975-1978 Vinyl Boxed Set Available June 4 From Rhino (Article)
Thursday, April 15, 2021
ROD STEWART: 1975-1978 Five-LP Boxed Set Features His First Four Warner Bros. Albums With Newly Remastered Sound, Plus A Bonus LP Of Rare And Unreleased Session Outtakes Available From Rhino On June 4 Sir Rod Stewart was on his way to becoming one of the most successful recording artists in history in 1974 when he moved to America and signed with Warner Bros. Records (now Warner Records). Over his next 27 years with the label, Stewart released some of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of his extraordinary career. Today, Warner Records goes back to the start of
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Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff (Article)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Kenny Gamble (production, songwriting, vocals; born August 11, 1943), Leon Huff (production, songwriting, keyboards; born April 8, 1942)Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were the architects of the Philly Soul sound. Working jointly on songwriting and production, they made Philadelphia the capital of soul music in the Seventies. Gamble and Huff generated a profusion of soulful hits that had a colorblind appeal. They worked with the O'Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the Intruders, the Three Degrees, McFadden & Whitehead, Jerry Butler, Lou Rawls, Dee Dee Sharp, Phyllis Hyman and others. Their
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Rhino Christmas - Christmas with Soul (Article)
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Rhino was the heavyweight champion of Christmas collections in the CD era, so this holiday season, we thought we'd revisit a few of our favorites for the Spotify era! SOUL CHRISTMAS was originally issued on Atco in November of 1968, reaching #13 on the Billboard Christmas chart (re-released in 1969 and 1970, it did even better, hitting the Top 10). The set's success should come as little surprise; Atlantic/Atco was THE label for Southern soul in the 1960s, and some of its biggest stars appear on SOUL CHRISTMAS. The legendary Otis Redding provides two selections; his simmering take on the
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Black History Month Spotlight – THE COMPLETE STAX-VOLT SINGLES: 1959-1968 (Article)
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
It would not be an exaggeration to claim that THE COMPLETE STAX-VOLT SINGLES: 1959-1968 is one of the most important compilations in both rock ‘n’ roll and R&B history, which is why it seemed like such a great idea to give it the spotlight during Black History Month. Containing a staggering 244 tracks spread across nine filled-to-the-brim discs, this is – as Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote on AllMusic.com – “far too exhaustive for casual fans, but that’s not who the set is designed for – it’s made for the collector.” That’s as may be, but it’s also a perfect set to provide an instant history
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Rhino Black History Month: Otis Redding (Article)
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
There are all too many tales of tragedy in the annals of music history about performers that died too soon, but when it comes to unfulfilled possibilities and thoughts of what might’ve been, the death of Otis Redding never fails to elicit a sigh. Born in Dawson, Georgia, on September 9, 1941, Redding was already a well-seasoned performer by the time he signed to Stax subsidiary label Volt Records in 1962, and it didn’t take long for him to demonstrate his gift for both singing and songwriting to the masses, taking 21 songs into the US R&B charts in only five years. Redding also had a gift for
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Stay Tuned By Stan Cornyn: Rock And Soul (Article)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. Before there was Rock and Roll, there was Soul music that rocked congregations on Sunday, and rocked bars and bungalows night and day. “Soul” was pop music in the black neighborhoods. Its rhythm is stomp stomp stomp. Its singers would exclaim and scream the words. Its stars on stage would sweat through their shirts and panties. For white kids (I used to be one), “soul” was a miracle. I’d been raised away from going to church
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