Fifty songs that were part of rhythm and blues heritage but which didn’t fully find a mainstream audience until they were remade.
The survey analyses a combination of lyrics and musical tone based on metrics supplied by Spotify and Genius.
Rawls' recording was a superbly soulful, horn-fuelled slice of real life.
A collection of 20 little-known facts about one of the true titans of country music.
uDiscover Music looks at the history of the 1960s composition by Jerry Ragovoy that continues to reverberate in pop culture.
The Alabama soul man recorded a host of other great material in his long career.
Late in 1969, the wicked Pickett boldly interpreted the Motown stars' 1966 pop and soul No.1.
Multi-instrumentalist and soul legend Booker T. Jones is set to publish a new, as yet untitled memoir through Little Brown and Company later this year.
The first biography of soul giant Wilson Pickett, Tony Fletcher's In The Midnight Hour, is published by Oxford University Press USA on 1 February, 2017.
Sharon Jones, the charismatic soul frontwoman with the Dap-Kings, passed away yesterday (19 November) from the pancreatic cancer she fought since 2013.
The Duane Allman Anthology Comes on 180g vinyl with the original 20 page booklet is limited to just 500 copies.l
uDiscover's ongoing celebrations of the brilliance of Chuck Berry continue with a selection of 50 great covers of his incredible catalogue.
Rounder's seven-CD box set of 2013, Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, is to be released as a limited edition, 14 LP box set on 180 gram vinyl.
'Mustang Sally' and 'Respect Yourself' writer Mack Rice died on Monday (27) at 82 in Detroit, of complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease.
The death has been confirmed of trumpeter Wayne Jackson, a mainstay of countless classic soul and rock records as a member of the Memphis Horns.
A great songwriter and producer who worked with a diverse range of artists, from Elvis Presley to Petula Clark and the outlaw country musicians of the 1970s
