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Melbournian singer/songwriter Francesca Gonzales has hit us with a hauntingly beautiful new track Better Person. Gonzales teamed up with Matt Neighbour (Matt Corby, The Avalanches, Courtney Barnett) who produced and mixed the tune, resulting in an instant classic. The songs [...]

Light Up the Night is the fourth studio album by the Los Angeles, California-based duo Brothers Johnson, released in 1980. The album topped the U.S. R&B albums chart and reached number five on the pop albums chart. The single "Stomp!" became a dance hit, reaching number [...]

18 Classic Tracks is a compilation album of 18 classical R&B songs by American musical duo Ike and Tina Turner. The album was released by the EMI record label on January 01, 2003. The duo began performing together in 1957, and married in 1962. Their early recordings, wh [...]

Jeremih is the self titled debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Jeremih. It was released on June 30, 2009, by Def Jam Recordings. Promoting the release of the album, the album previewed exclusively on MySpace. The album debuted at number six on the US Bil [...]

Mr. Big Stuff is the debut studio album by American singer Jean Knight, released in 1971 on the Stax label. The album peaked at No. 8 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 60 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 2 on the B [...]

The Very Best of Little Richard is a compilation album of songs by American musician, Little Richard. It was released by Fantasy, Specialty Records and the Universal label on January 01, 2008. "Tutti Frutti" (1955), one of Richard's signature songs, became an instant hit, c [...]

Green Onions is the debut studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in October 1962. It reached number 33 on the pop album chart in the month of its release. The title single was a worldwide hit and has been covered by dozens of artists, including [...]

The Ultimate Collection - When a Man Loves a Woman is the debut album by American R&B, soul and gospel singer, Percy Sledge. The album reached No. 1 in the US and went on to become an international hit. "When a Man Loves a Woman" was a hit twice in the UK, reaching No. [...]

The Essential Gladys Knight & The Pips is an album by American R&B/soul/funk family music group, Gladys Knight & The Pips, released by the Legacy Recordings label on March 06, 2015. Known as the "Empress of Soul", Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot [...]

Eddie Floyd: Greatest Hits is an album by Eddie Floyd, released by UNIDISC MUSIC INC. on January 01, 1983. Floyd's career did not keep him from being one of the label's most productive writers. Almost every Stax artist recorded Floyd material, often co-written with either C [...]

The Wicked Pickett is the fourth studio album release by R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett released on vinyl in 1967, by Atlantic Records. "Mustang Sally" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965 but gained greater popularity [...]

Charlie, Last Name Wilson is the third studio album by American singer Charlie Wilson. It was released by Jive Records on August 23, 2005 in the United States. Charlie, Last Name Wilson debuted and peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 71,400 [...]

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is the debut studio album by Terence Trent D'Arby. It was released in August 1987 on Columbia Records, and debuted at number one in the UK, spending a total of nine weeks (non-consecutively) at the top of the UK Alb [...]

Bay It's Me (Expanded Edition) is the eighth studio album by singer Diana Ross, released on September 16, 1977 by Motown Records. Produced by Richard Perry, the album peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 and #7 on the R&B album chart. The LP yielded one Top 40 hit, "G [...]

Reach Out is the fifth studio album by Four Tops, released on the Motown Records label in 1967. The album includes six of the Four Tops' Top 20 singles: the #1 hit "Reach Out I'll Be There", the Top 10 singles "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Bernadette", the Top 20 "7-R [...]

Fresh is the sixth album by American funk band Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records on June 30, 1973. In 2007, Sony BMG reissued Fresh in CD and digital download formats for Sly & the Family Stone's 40th anniversary, five alternate mixes were included [...]

Real Girl is the debut and only solo album by British singer Mutya Buena. It was released on 4 June 2007 via Universal Records, following her departure from UK girl group the Sugababes in December 2005. "Real Girl", the album's lead single, was digitally released on 14 May [...]

The Heart Speaks in Whispers is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, released on 13 May 2016 by Virgin EMI Records. The Heart Speaks in Whispers debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart. Featuring "Been to the Moon", "The Skies Wi [...]