Jay worked a lot with Barry White, first as half of Bob & Earl (whose hit "Harlem Shuffle" was arranged by young Barry) then as Jackie Lee (the B-side of the hit "The Duck" was written by Jay and... more

Willie's 1978 debut for the Whitfield label includes the R&B hits "All American Funkathon" and "Paradise" plus "Easy Does It," "Hip Shakin' Sexy Lady," "Nothing Lasts Forever," "And All Hell Broke... 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

The oft-sampled sounds on this psych-soul cult classic have won the devotion of crate diggers everywhere in recent times, but it vanished after its 1971 release and has never been on legit CD. Joe... more