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Overview 1-CD Digipak with 64-page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 84:08 minutes Features Two single CDs devoted to a great, unknown story in 1950s R&B history! All titles remastered from original vault tapes! Artists include Zilla Mays, Roy Gaines, the Du Droppers, George Benson (Yes! That George Benson), Sonny Terry, Champion Jack Dupree, and many more! Backing musicians include the incredible Mickey Baker, as well as hot bandleaders Paul Williams and Buddy Lucas! Watching the success of indie labels like Atlantic, Chess, Specialty, Imperial, and others, industry giant RCA decided to re-enter the Rhythm & Blues field. RCA had dominated blues recording during the late 1920s and '30s, but the company dropped most of its blues artists, along with many of its country artists, during wartime raw materials rationing. In 1954, RCA decided to get back in the game, hiring A&R man Danny Kessler away from Columbia's OKeh label. The experiment ended in 1957 after notching up just one major hit, Mickey & Sylvia's Love Is Strange Lack of hits didn't mean lack of great music. Recording in New York and in the South, Groove drew on a wide range of artists from top-drawer vocal groups like the Du Droppers to future smooth jazz star George Benson to blues guitar star Roy Gaines to west coast jazz Shorty Rogers calling himself Highpockets Henderson to classic New Orleans barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree. Even country blues legend Sonny Terry was on the roster. Groove releases were filled out with some great unknowns as well as singular artists like Bertice Reading, who began in R&B but went on to become a cabaret star in England. The bands were always top-notch, including session genius Mickey Baker as well as bandleaders Paul Williams and Buddy Lucas. In an exclusive deal with RCA/Sony in New York, Bear Family acquired access to the entire Groove catalog, restoring the masters to pristine sound and finding rare and unpublished photos. Award-winning R&B historian Bill Dahl wrote the extensive essays.

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Record LabelBfy, BEAR FAMILY

UPC5397102174124

eBay Product ID (ePID)25046044052

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2016

GenreBlues

ArtistVarious

Release TitleRockin the Groove

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight0.22 lb

Item Length5.50 in

Item Width4.94 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Number of Tracks35

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Charmaine Frankie Brunson 1.2 Mattie Bee Emmett Hobson 1.3 Right Now Zilla Mays 1.4 Big Foot Mammy Paul Williams 1.5 Hoodoo Roy Gaines 1.6 Shout, Holler and Scream George Benson 1.7 Blackboard Rock Beverly Wright 1.8 Bye Bye Baby Clayton Love 1.9 Champ Ale Sonny Brooks 1.10 The Last Laugh Will Be on You Johnny Bird Orchestra with Mr Blue (Vocal) 1.11 Run A' Long Lil McKenzie 1.12 I'm Trapped Buddy Lucas 1.13 She's Mine Big Connie 1.14 Break It Up Chris Powell ; the Blue Flames 1.15 Quicksand Maymie Watts 1.16 My Head Goes Around Oscar Black 1.17 Good-Bye Little Girl Chris Powell ; the Blue Flames 1.18 The Thrill Is Gone Little Tommy Brown 1.19 Grab That Thing and Run Sam 'Highpockets' Henderson and His Jumpers 1.20 I Gotta Know Bertice Reading 1.21 22 Minutes Johnny Bird Orchestra with Lillian Childs (Vocal) 1.22 That's All I Need the Du Droppers 1.23 Doo Ba Dee Maymie Watts 1.24 Where Is Joe? Emmett Hobson 1.25 Shake Till I'm Shook Beverly Wright 1.26 I Believe in You Frank Brunson 1.27 Love Ya Like Crazy Chris Powell ; the Blue Flames 1.28 Alabama Sue Roy Gaines 1.29 Oh! Sweetness the Avalons 1.30 Since You Went Away Zilla Mays 1.31 Crime Doesn't Pay the Coronets 1.32 Women Are the Root of All Evil Paul Williams 1.33 A Little Boy's Dream George Benson 1.34 Humpty Dumpty Paul Williams 1.35 Wheel of Time Maymie Watts

NotesCD Digipak with 64-page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 84:08 minutes Features Two single CDs devoted to a great, unknown story in 1950s R&B history! All titles remastered from original vault tapes! Artists include Zilla Mays, Roy Gaines, the Du Droppers, George Benson (Yes! That George Benson), Sonny Terry, Champion Jack Dupree, and many more! Backing musicians include the incredible Mickey Baker, as well as hot bandleaders Paul Williams and Buddy Lucas! Watching the success of indie labels like Atlantic, Chess, Specialty, Imperial, and others, industry giant RCA decided to re-enter the Rhythm & Blues field. RCA had dominated blues recording during the late 1920s and '30s, but the company dropped most of it's blues artists, along with many of it's country artists, during wartime raw materials rationing. In 1954, RCA decided to get back in the game, hiring A&R man Danny Kessler away from Columbia's OKeh label. The experiment ended in 1957 after notching up just one major hit, Mickey & Sylvia's Love Is Strange Lack of hits didn't mean lack of great music. Recording in New York and in the South, Groove drew on a wide range of artists from top-drawer vocal groups like the Du Droppers to future smooth jazz star George Benson to blues guitar star Roy Gaines to west coast jazz Shorty Rogers calling himself Highpockets Henderson to classic New Orleans barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree. Even country blues legend Sonny Terry was on the roster. Groove releases were filled out with some great unknowns as well as singular artists like Bertice Reading, who began in R&B but went on to become a cabaret star in England. The bands were always top-notch, including session genius Mickey Baker as well as bandleaders Paul Williams and Buddy Lucas. In an exclusive deal with RCA/Sony in New York, Bear Family acquired access to the entire Groove catalog, restoring the masters to pristine sound and finding rare and unpublished photos. Award-winning R&B historian Bill Dahl wrote the extensive essays.