Black Night, by Charles Brown (Aladdin, 1951)

2016-11-10T17:07:18+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Black Night, the mournful minor-key blues masterpiece of West Coast blues balladeer Charles Brown, stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts for 14 weeks in 1951. No record since then has [...]

Down Home, by Z.Z. Hill (Malaco Records, 1982)

2016-11-10T17:07:18+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Down Home was a historic breakthrough album for Z.Z. Hill, Malaco Records, and the whole blues genre, setting a record by staying on the Billboard charts for almost two years after its release in 1982. [...]

Walter Davis

2016-11-10T17:07:18+00:00November 10th, 2016|

One of the most popular and prolific blues recording artists of the 1930s, Walter Davis was born in Grenada, Mississippi, on March 1, 1911. He became a leading figure on the St. Louis blues scene, [...]

H.C. Speir

2016-11-10T17:07:17+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Henry C. Speir, a music store owner in Jackson, Mississippi, was responsible for launching the recording careers of most of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen in the 1920s and '30s. In the job he referred to [...]

Ike Turner

2016-11-10T17:06:54+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Though more widely known for his exploits in the worlds of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll, Ike Turner played an important role in blues history. His first recording session at Sam Phillips' studio [...]

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