Various Artists - The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (Various Artists)Acrobat has devoted a number of collections over the years to anthologies of the biggest hits in different years and decades across different genres, and this one fills a particular gap in the catalogue, bringing together all the records which featured at No. 1 in all of Billboard's charts relating to the R&B market during the 1940s. In October 1942, Billboard launched the "Harlem Hit Parade", which was replaced in February 1945 by the "Most Played

featuring at least one version of everything the pianist cut for Modern Records between 1955 & 1965

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Huey 'Piano' Smith was one of the many influential musical figures to emerge from New Orleans during the 1950s

Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Brisé

South Africa and Brazil

gospel and jazz to create a sound and style that appealed to the mainstream pop market

Eddie Miller

On The Old Spanish Trail

It naturally features his Top 10 US pop and R&B hits "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Don't You Just Know It"

This great-value 85-track 3-CD set comprises their A & B sides for both Aladdin and Capitol during these years

shows him at work with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Frantic and Gedinsons labels between 1954 and 1964