Jackie Venson

Two shiny silver discs of newly discovered recordings from the legendary singer-songwriter when she was performing country music under her birth name, Sherry Lee Myers. Recorded by her mother directly from the radio! Includes three non-LP bonus tracks. Two honky tonk platters of newly discovered recordings from the legendary singer-songwriter when she was performing country music under her birth name, Sherry Lee Myers. Recorded by her mother directly from the radio! You probably know the great Jackie DeShannon as the California-based pop singer who in the 1960s, when America seemed to be coming apart at the seams, proclaimed that “What the World Needs Now Is Love” and urged us all to “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.”

Without doubt the most important musician in the development of Jamaican music, Jackie Mittoo's work for Coxsone Dodd set the template for the future of reggae, his work there still being referenced and versioned to this day. "Striker Showcase" finds Jackie Mittoo re-visting much of his past at Studio One for producer Bunny Lee a few years later in a classic 70's recording-style that proved extremely popular in the Roots Rockers era of the original releases in 1976 to 1978. This re-mastered 2CD set collects together three classic Jackie Mittoo albums Showcase (also known as "Showcase 3"), The Keyboard King and Hot Blood and fleshes them out with six extra choice cuts. Recorded at Dynamic, Harry J and Channel One Studio. Mixed at King Tubby's Studio by Prince Jammy and King Tubby.

Double-disc 34-track package with three full length albums, additional six extra tracks and 16-page booklet including linernotes and photos. The quote by Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd "He was an ambassador of our music worldwide…may his name be remembered and his music live on."

Jackie Washington's music was rooted in the popular quartets and swinging big bands of the 1930s and 40s. And it was that music that he brought to new, younger audiences playing clubs and folk festivals across Canada.
From one of Canada's swing masters comes a 22-track CD of unreleased Washington recordings spanning a twenty year period, as well as musical contributions from Colin Linden, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Mose Scarlett, Chris Whiteley, Graham Townsend, Reg Schwager and producer Ken Whiteley.

Yes, it's that Jackie Gleason credited as "presenting" the 15 lushly orchestrated pop melodies on the suggestively titled (if not directly intentioned) Music to Change Her Mind (1956).

Singer Jackie Cain (born May 22, 1928, Milwaukee, WI) and singer/pianist Roy Kral (born October 10, 1921, Chicago, IL) first joined forces in 1946, and in 1996 they celebrated their 50th anniversary as a vocal duo. Jackie & Roy were with Charlie Ventura's band during 1948-1949 (which gave them a great deal of recognition); Lou Stein's "East of Suez" was an unusual feature for their voices. Shortly after leaving Ventura in June 1949, they were married and worked together on a regular basis ever since. Jackie & Roy had their own television show in Chicago in the early '50s, worked in Las Vegas during 1957-1960, settled in New York in 1963, and appeared on some television commercials. They recorded many spirited jazz performances for a variety of labels through the decades, and performed into the 2000s until Kral's death in August 2002. Roy was the brother of singer Irene Kral.

Jackie Mittoo"s "Reggae Magic" is a new collection from the great Jackie Mittoo. The album features a mixture of classic tunes and rarities from the period 1967-74, when Mittoo was at the height of his musical powers.Mittoo"s solo career began after the end of The Skatalites in 1965. He began pushing new musical boundaries, creating a uniquely identifiable organ-led funky reggae sound that owed as much to Booker T and The MGs, Jimmy Smith, Stax and Motown as to the post-ska and emergent rocksteady island rhythms of Kingston, Jamaica.His solo work at the legendary Studio One spanned seven albums and hundreds of singles. Aside from producer and founder Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, it"s hard to think of anyone more central to the sound and success of Studio One than Mittoo; keyboard player extraordinaire, songwriter, arranger, musician, truly the Keyboard King at Studio One.

Born and raised on folk music, Jackie Oates started her career as a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards in 2003. Since then she has been nominated for twelve BBC Folk awards; at the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards she scooped Best Newcomer and Best Traditional Track on the same night.

Jackie DeShannon’s status as a singer is assured. Her vocal range, diversity and skill, as exemplified by her original and stunning performances of ‘Needles And Pins’, ‘When You Walk In The Room’, Bacharach and David’s ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’ and the generational anthem ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart’, will be well known to readers of this article. But her status as a songwriter also deserves to be celebrated – something that Ace have done for us with this 27-track cracker, “Break-A-Way”.