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Nothing like an open letter (as Ben Folds discovered in 2014) for venting one’s spleen — especially if that communiqué has the potential to rack up international sales. Click on song titles below for streaming audio (where available) “Open Letter To Duke” Charles Mingus Released 1959 on Columbia “An Open
“After making the label an important artistic nest for major jazz artists like Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Chris Connor and Mel Tormé,” notes Discogs in a summary overview of Bethlehem Records, its founder Gustav Wildi, in 1958, “gave the major label King Records half ownership as payment for distribution, and
I am stunned to discover that Marie “Queenie” Lyons’ playful retort to The Isley Brothers — “Your Thing Ain’t No Good Without My Thing” (answer song of sorts to “It’s Your Thing“) and an obvious candidate for an A-side — ended up as an album-only track from 1970’s Soul Fever,
On March 12, 1956 drummer and vocalist, Billy Gayles, recorded “I’m Tore Up” at Cincinnati’s King Studios backed by Ike Turner and His Rhythm Rockers: “I’m Tore Up” Billy Gayles (1956) “I’m Torn Up” received a B from Cash Box (“an okay deck”), who characterized the song as a “middle
From what I can tell, Norman Mapp only released one album as a vocalist – 1961’s Jazz Ain’t Nothin’ But Soul on the Epic label, an imprint of almighty Columbia Records (plus a 45 the preceding year “Fools Rush In” b/w “Whistling At The Moon” on Jaro International). As a
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