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Without Richard Berry, there might never have been The Kingsmen. Songwriter and singer Richard Berry, writer and originator of 'Louie Louie'. Thirty tracks of R&B recorded in Los Angeles between 1953... more

Willie Egan was for many years an unfairly obscure boogie pianist and vocalist who made a brace of fine R&B records throughout the mid to late 1950s. He became something of an international star... more

MARIE KNIGHT started out as a Gospel singer in the early 1940s, recording with several renowned groups, before teaming up with the mighty Sister Rosetta Tharpe, with whom she worked extensively until... more