A whopper of a 95-page booklet joins Hold What You've Got Joe Tex; Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey; Shotgun Jr. Walker; I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) Otis Redding; My Girl Temptations; We're... more

2014 collection, an installment in Bear Family's SWEET SOUL MUSIC series, which tells the story of R&B-Soul-Funk from 1945-1975, year-by-year, song-by-song. This is the sound that still influences... more

Ain't That Peculiar Marvin Gaye; A Sweet Woman Like You Joe Tex; Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder; 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett; She Blew a Good Thing Poets; Cool Jerk... more

Soul Man Sam & Dave; Respect Aretha Franklin; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Cannonball Adderley; Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley; Jimmy Mack Martha & the Vandellas; Tramp Otis Redding/Carla Thomas; Ain't No... more

I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson & the Miracles; (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding; We're a Winner Impressions; Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone; Tighten Up Pt. 1 Archie... more

This Harlem vocal group's smash Speedoo hit the pop charts December 10, 1955—almost a month before it hit the R&B charts. That had never happened to an R&B single before; their wild jump tunes set... more

That title track was borrowed by Albert Collins and Mister Moonlight (Roy wrote the Dr. Feelgood & the Interns smash) was covered by the Beatles. Yes, this Southern soul man was admired by many... more

Here are 50 defining moments of that pivotal year: Nevertheless Mills Brothers; Lover Come Back to Me King Odom Four; She's Gone Dozier Boys; My Heart Cries for You 5 Larks; Young Girl Flames; Count... more

Nearly an hour and a half of sublime sounds from 1951—32 tracks on one CD! The Dominoes' classic #1 hit Sixty Minute Man joins The Glory of Love Five Keys; Baby Please Don't Go Orioles; Gotta Find My... more

Bear Family sure does squeeze a lot into their beautiful releases. This ultimate single-CD overview of the Platters' nonpareil '50s ballads not only boasts notes by Bill Dahl, vintage pix and full... more

This Brooklyn vocal group only charted with their 1958 Top 10 hit One Summer Night, but that moonlit classic is not their whole story. They recorded everything from slow-dance ballads to up-tempo... more

You might not have heard of the Cues, but if you're into R&B, you've heard 'em—this versatile vocal quintet laid down harmonies behind Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker and Ivory Joe Hunter. A... more

Allen's been one of the lords of New Orleans R&B since the late '50s, but he's made very few recordings under his own name. This stellar Bear Family release brings together his very first sides,... more

This veteran of the bands of Chick Webb, Lionel Hampton and, most famously, Duke Ellington scored two huge hits as part of Johnny Hodges' band in the early '50s (Castle Rock and A Pound of Blues). Al... more

Legally reissued on CD for the first time! Includes the hit title cut plus Oh My Baby's Gone; That's the Way I Feel; cool covers of Red Sails in the Sunset; On the Street Where You Live, and 22 more... more

Most releases spotlight the Stax hits, but what about the early years of this blues/soul legend? After all, he gave Sun its first hit: 1953's Bear Cat. Here's that hit; two songs that Rufus covered... more

The British Invasion was awash in the oh-so-funky, oh-so-groovy sound of the B-3 Hammond organ, and now, to celebrate the 70th birthday of the instrument itself, Bear Family has put together an... more

The top vocalist in the rockin' Nashville scene of the late '40s and '50s sang with Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Little Walter…even Count Basie. Christine was amazingly versatile—but, sadly, not very... more

Her only hit was a #4 R&B smash, 1952's Heavenly Father, which she recorded when she was 16. Sadly, Edna didn't have much time for a comeback—she died in her 30s. But she did record quite a few R&B... more

This collection rounds up five cuts by the pioneering doo-wop group the 5 Keys plus 11 hard-to-find sides by the Nitecaps. The 5 Keys' When Will My Troubles End; Teeth and Tongue Will Get You Hung;... more

During the 1970s, Polydor licensed a large amount of soul and funk material. Masters, originally produced by independent record producers, or indie labels. High quality but very rare tracks, released... more

If you like sparkling and moving sounds, catch the exciting dee jay music revue at Hamburg St. Pauli's 'Komet Musikbar' called 'The Cole Slaw Club' with it's mixture of blasting Rhythm & Blues... more

Fats was one of THE definitive rock 'n' rollers, but he could lay down a bluesy ballad like nobody's business. Here are 32 prime examples from 1952–61 plus a 36-page booklet (in lavish Bear Family... more

By Joe Viglione (Rock Journalist): This writer remembers Bobby Hebb heading to Germany to record around the week of U. S. President George W. Bush's Iraq war, on or around March 20, 2003. There were... more

This compilation presents treasures hidden by the hits, Country & Western, Pop, Rock 'n' Roll, Super stars from the 1950s and 1960s, including an early masterpiece by The Beatles, songs by top-class... more