This, the final CD in the trilogy, concludes the Todd Rhodes story with his final recordings for King Records from 1952-54. The loss of the band's star vocalist, LaVern Baker, in 1953 to Atlantic... more

From Vitacoustic, Sansation, King sides.

Johnny Otis told us [songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller] to come down to his garage in the back of his house, where he used to rehearse. He wanted us to listen to his people and see if we... more

She became a favorite at The Apollo; they loved her not only for her singing - she'd tear the place apart - but also for her comedic work. One joke she used to tell all the time: at that time there... more

From Star Talent, Mercury and Atlantic sides.

Underrated as a vocalist, Little Walter Jacobs' singing talent was always bound to be outshined by his more evident skills as a virtuoso blues harp player. Arguably the most influential and... more

This 21 track CD offers the complete recordings of Little Miss Cornshucks, except for her 1960 Chess LP. Accompanied by Marl Young's eleven-piece band, "So Long" and "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?"... more

A deeply personal songwriter, all of Floyd Jones' songs recorded traumatic events in his own life; whether it was his despair at the recession in "Ain't Times Hard", anger over unemployment in... more

A fine blues singer who would no doubt have fared better during the classic blues boom of the 1920s and 1930s, Lil Green was apparently born too late to take advantage of her lineage from Bessie... more

This CD reissues the complete recordings (except for those yet unissued) that Crawford waxed for Checker Records in 1953/54 as Sugar Boy & his Cane Cutters.

The period covered by this CD was the beginning of the end as far as Amos Milburn's chart career was concerned. The 1952/53 recording dates were the last commercially successful series of sessions... more

This CD contains the fine Savoy coupling and the Specialty recordings which were closely modeled on the then-hugely successful Guitar Slim. Perhaps helped into the charts by the ambiguous (if not... more

From Deluxe and Jax sides. OMIT-3/4/08-Capitol

Vocal with orchestra. From Aristocrat, Chess and Peacock sides.