More than sixty years from its debut list, Billboard is proud to present its first collaborative book packed with complete, authoritative chart information on the most popular songs and artists, including everyone from the Nat King Cole trio to Jay-Z.

Informative biographies, essays, reviews, and discographies trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The record collecting community has been clamouring for a book such as this for over two decades, and at last, it's here. The most comprehensive collector's guide to post-World War II rhythm & blues records ever. Focusing on classic R&B from 1946-71, this guide contains over 40,000 entries in all record formats - 78s, 45s, extended plays, albums, and 12-inch singles...read more

Product Description: Never before has the history of the R&B album been spelled out in such exacting, intriguing detail! Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums 1965-1998 is an artist-by-artist listing of each of the 2,177 artists and 6,940 albums to appear on Billboard's "Top R&B Albums" chart, from its first appearance on January 30, 1965 through December 26, 1998...read more

Product Description: The biggest, baddest, best book on charted RandB music and the artists who made it happen! Joel Whitburn's Top RandB Singles 1942-1999 is a compelling compendium covering all of the over 17,800 titles and 4,375 artists that hit Billboard's RandB singles charts from October 24, 1942 through July 31, 1999...read more

Offers discographies and reviews of recordings from hundreds of rhythm and blues artists, with suggestions on what to buy and what to avoid (view table of contents)

Product Description: The Definitive guide to the genre. MusicHound R & B reviews the works of 877 individual artists and groups, including Anita Baker, Babyface, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Snoop Doggy Dog, includes 100 portraits of classic and contemporary R & B performers...read more

Product Description: The story of the rhythmic revolution of R&B, funk, and soul, as told by the drummers themselves. Includes interviews, discographies, rare photos, transcriptions, and an accompanying CD with over 90 drum set rhythms. The drummers include Earl Palmer, John ""Jabo"" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Jimmy Madison, Roger Hawkins, James Gadson, Al Jackson, Jr...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: From doo-wop to hip-hop, blues to funk. This book contains over 16,500 songs that hit Billboard's R and B charts over the past 54 years. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Lists number one songs from 'My Girl' by the Temptations to 'It Never Rains (in Southern California)' by Tony! Toni! Tone! and includes background information on the songs and their writers and performers

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