Chicago soulster Lou Rawls landed his first, long-awaited hit single on Capitol with “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing.” That 1966 side went all the way
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In the mid-20th century, the music business was dominated by men – particularly when it came to creative and corporate roles at labels and recording
The second consecutive R&B No.1 to pay tribute to Marvin Gaye hit the top spot on March 16, 1985. The untimely death of the great
To summarize one of the greatest (and longest) careers in music in a mere 20 songs is ambitious. But this is our playlist tribute to
A sequence of nine American No.1 singles in two and a half years is something most artists could only dream of. The Supremes confirmed that
The working relationship between the Temptations and Norman Whitfield was an incredibly fruitful one. Between 1966 and 1974, he produced 25 Top 10 R&B hits
Etta James packed a whole lot of music and a whole lot of living into a career that started when she was a teenager and
Philadelphia soul men the Stylistics were anything but an overnight success story. Formed from members of mid-1960s groups the Percussions and the Monarchs, they first
The best albums of 1975 are a wide-ranging mix. Brazilian music continued its incredible run, with highlights from Milton Nascimento, Tim Maia, and Caetano Veloso
It would have been hard for any group to release a more appropriately-titled single in late 1977 than the Commodores did with “Too Hot Ta