Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Super Volcanic Lloyd Price
Monday, February 17, 2014
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Ruth Brown Beat Down
If you're fortunate enough to have a pair of lucky lips, you're probably safe from Ruth Brown's ferocious fists of fury.
Via the Jet magazine archives, 1954.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Night Train Mambo
In 1952, Jimmy Forrest hit the #1 spot on the R&B charts with his version of Night Train. A few years later, he checked in with this rhythmic mambo version.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Big Walter Price
Big Walter Price of Pack Fair & Square fame has passed away at age 97. Via the Houston Press.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Texmania Sweeps Miami
Joe Tex sure knew how to work a crowd into an over-heated frenzy, as indicated by this 1965 Jet article. And apparently the fever didn't exactly die in '65!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Louis Jordan, 1954
The King Of The Jukebox auditions a new band member. Courtesy of the JET archives.
Below, Jordan can be seen still going strong in a 1966 appearance on The !!!! Beat.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Doin' The Bump With Joe Tex
Seen here is a 1981 JET photo of Joe Tex on the dance floor. Well, to be fair, almost nobody looked very good in '81.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Battle Of The Blues
Joe Williams and T-Bone Walker duke it out, with Della Reese serving as ref. It's another incredible photo from the JET archives.
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