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33 arguments for why Connie was not just a great singer, but a great rock 'n' roll singer! Along with her greatest hits (Who's Sorry Now; Stupid Cupid; My Happiness; Lipstick on Your Collar;... more

Our second release on commemoration of the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959. The second part of the 'Winter Dance Party' tour will be... more

Eight months is a tremendously slim timespan to build a legacy. Yet that's all the time Ritchie Valens had to create his classic recordings, which remain revered around the world. Valens made his... more

February 3, 1959 will always be remembered as 'the day the music died.' On that frigid occasion, a small plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper crashed in a frozen Iowa field,... more

The last days of Gram Parsons (That's All It Took; She, and, with Emmylou Harris, Sleepless Nights) are documented here, and the Allman Brothers bring Southern rock to the table with Ramblin' Man.... more

The Book of Tiki author Sven Kirsten curated this musical journey through Polynesian pop: 17 esoteric mood pieces and swinging lounge songs plus a 52-page booklet to help take you to far-off tropical... more

Just after a string of country smashes, Jerry Lee renounced secular music and dove into gospel…for a few months. Recorded live with his band at a small church on Highway 51 in Memphis, these 1971... more

Patsy wasn't just a master of the seductive ballad—she cut a lot of catchy up-tempo stuff in her first five years of recording. Her bouncier tunes have been reissued scattershot on various... more

Recent reissues have rewound to the era before Johnny's Epic-label hits (his Little Darlin' sides). This one hits the rewind button again to bring you his earliest cuts (as Donny Young)—his Decca... more

Fellow Louisiana wildman Huey Meaux produced this 1974 LP, which Jerry Lee considered to be his last great rock album. They went to town on soul, country, R&B and swamp pop—and they recorded enough... more

The ultimate tribute to the brief life and boisterous baritone of this rock 'n' roll trailblazer. A 52-page booklet joins Big Bopper's hits Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper's Wedding, and Little Red Riding... more

Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1930 - 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice... more

Includes the Top 10 hit You Never Even Called Me by My Name and a Coe composition that became a #1 song for Tanya Tucker, Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).

Two generations of country stars (Merle Haggard's and Dwight Yoakam's) drew inspiration from this pioneer of the Bakersfield sound. A 44-page booklet chronicles Wynn's career full of country boogie,... more

The Bear Family Rocks series turns to the most famous piano pounder in rock 'n' roll with 80 minutes of Jerry Lee on one CD! This is the first collection with his Sun and Mercury classics plus... more

This revered soul pioneer was one of the first to fuse gospel vocal harmonies with hot R&B grooves—and this CD compiles only the hottest such grooves that bore his name! Clyde's best up-tempo tracks... more

With its relentless energy and the honkin' sax of Sam Butera, Prima's music was rock 'n' roll in all but name. Plug into its power as you hear Jump, Jive an' Wail; Oh Marie; Beep! Beep!; Whistle... more

5 CDs containing all her recordings from the '60s remastered from the original masters, including every single or LP track, alternate takes, unreleased sides—even German-language recordings! A... more

Gordon's classic fifth UA release: his March 30, 1969 Massey Hall performance in Toronto. Here are great live versions of Lightfoot fan favorites like Ribbon of Darkness and rare songs like Ballad of... more

Everything this seminal rockabilly trio (Johnny, brother Dorsey, Paul Burlison) ever recorded, 28 songs including three alternate takes. Of course, the original Train Kept A-Rollin' is the big hit,... more

Bobby returned to RCA after a couple years with Mercury with this 1973 LP, his first full-on collaboration with Shel Silverstein. The album was a smash, giving him his two biggest hits, Daddy What If... more

The energy and speed of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's guitar work dazzled Texas crowds right from the start. He became a legend around the globe for his heroics in and outside of the blues; Bill Dahl... more

Part two of Bear Family's mystery series is titled after the '30s radio show, whose original intro is heard here for the first time on CD. These tracks, though, take us on an epic ride from 1930–66,... more

The 34 tracks, some of which are extremely hard to get, reflect the adventurous, sometimes almost naive approach to the theme of the moon landing, against the background of the competition between... more

You'll find poets, pop stars, country-rockers, old-school folkies and forward-looking singer-songwriters in the very eclectic (and extensive) fourth set of the series: 80 tracks and a 140-page... more