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Everyone from Clapton and Hendrix to Keith Richards and Stevie Ray lifted licks from this Chicago blues-guitar king. Here's his first single-CD "best-of": "Stone Crazy," "Ten Years Ago," "First Time... more

Ray Charles was one of the most iconic and influential artists in the annals of pop as a singer, songwriter and pianist, and while he is considered one of the godfathers and great innovators of soul... more

T-Bone Walker was among the first to amplify his guitar, making him unquestionably one of the most important pioneers of the electric blues sound— specifically the style most closely associated with... more

Etta broke through in the '50s and '60s singing powerful blues, R&B and soul. These 31 tracks collect the wide-ranging songs she's attacked in the past 20 years; she packs as strong a wallop as ever... more