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

Amongst the African American communities of the 1940s Wynonie Harris was a star, probably what we nowadays would like to call a superstar. Strangely as rock & roll gripped the world in the 1950s no... more

John Lee Hooker—a fan of Ben and of Charlie—thought the two should meet and introduced them many years ago. They recorded the Grammy winner "Get Up!" together in 2013 and now, finally, have reunited... more

Two decades after Bony Moronie and Short Fat Fannie, this R&B pioneer recorded this 1978 LP full of heavy funk for Fantasy. Sadly, it didn't spark the comeback he deserved—but happily, it appears... more

This is the young Etta who earned a spot on the Chess roster then dazzled the world with that breathtaking voice. You get her R&B Top 10s "At Last," "If I Can't Have You," "All I Could Do Was Cry,"... 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

One take of every song the great Etta James recorded for Modern and Kent between 1955 and 1961, plus every significant surviving alternate take, remastered from the original tape sources—the... more