Tag Archives: 1950s – 2010s

Billy Paul earned most his hits within the ’70s simply because an R&B vocalist, although he’d been recording because the ’50s, when he debuted in Jubilee. Blessed in Philadelphia in 1935, Paul was highlighted on radio broadcasts at age 11 and acquired a thorough jazz history. (He caused Dinah Washington, …

The older brother from the Temptations’ lead singer David Ruffin, Jimmy enjoyed several huge hits himself within the mid-’60s for Berry Gordy’s Soul label. Ruffin initial agreed upon with another Motown subsidiary, the short-lived Magic, in 1961, nonetheless it was his convincing vocal on “What Becomes from the Brokenhearted” that …

Unquestionably among the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history is Jimmy Page. Almost every rock and roll guitarist through the past due ’60s/early ’70s for this day continues to be affected by Page’s use Led Zeppelin — his monolithic riffs offered like a blueprint …

With Mott the Hoople, guitarist/vocalist Ian Hunter established himself among the toughest & most inventive hard rock and roll songwriters of the first ’70s, setting the stage for punk rock and roll along with his edgy, intelligent songs. Like a single artist, Hunter by no means attained the industrial levels …

Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Bobby Parker was perhaps one of the most exciting performers in contemporary blues, and arguably must have inherited the very best blues spots still left open with the unfortunate early passings of individuals like Albert Ruler, Johnny “Electric guitar” Watson, among others. That’s because Parker could …

The Hi-Lo’s tower being among the most innovative and influential close harmony quartets from the postwar era, expanding the parameters of traditional pop via sophisticated, jazz-inspired arrangements that profoundly shaped the rock & roll generation who followed within the group’s wake. Therefore named for his or her expansive vocal range, …

b. 12 August 1937, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Norman is certainly among the many talented and ubiquitous R&B performers who’ve had a humble but unforgettable effect on the music picture. His initial professional knowledge was as an associate of the LA group the Chargers, who documented several doo-wop information for RCA …

Most widely known for his country-flavored rock and roll strike “Down within the Boondocks,” Billy Joe Royal had an extended career that found him become among the 1st pop performers to successfully revive his business fortunes by embracing straight nation music. Although he never really had another strike as effective …

Discuss a return. After way too many years from the studio room, Chicago harpist Billy Boy Arnold came back to action within a big method with two great albums for Alligator: 1993’s Back again Where I Belong and 1995’s Eldorado Cadillac. Keeping his vibrant demeanor despite a lot more than …

The role from the flamenco guitar evolved considerably with the playing of Paco de Lucia (born Francisco Sanchez Gomez). The boy of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sanchez as well as the brother of the flamenco guitarist, Ram memoryón de Algeciras, and flamenco vocalist, Pepe de Lucia, Paco de Lucia prolonged the …