Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1930 - 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice... more

"Ooby Dooby" is a song we recall as the first pop hit of a major pop star. Charting in '56, that tune arrived four years before Orbison's '60s pop hit streak began. It is to that '50s era that this... more

180gm vinyl LP pressing. When Lou Rawls (1933-2006) entered the recording studio in LA in February 1962 to record his first album, 'Stormy Monday' in collaboration with Les McCann's combo, hardly... more

Americana classics from the '70s, '80s and '90s, now back-on LP!Hailed as great records or CDs at the time, the albums in Bear Family's new series are now acknowledged as Americana classics And... more

Roy Lanham was a virtuoso musician who could pull off everything from country to jazz. This album has remained out of print and hard to find for decades. This is an album that swings like mad and... more