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AIM 0020 CD - Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City

Album cover art for the aim release Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison.

Wilbert Harrison is best known for his version of the Leiber and Stoller son " Kansas City", which topped the R & B and pop charts on May 18, 1959 and sold an estimated 2 million copies at the time of its release.

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Artist website: wikipedia - Wilbert Harrison

AIM 0021 CD - Roosevelt Syke - The Honeydripper

Album cover art for the aim release The Honeydripper by Roosevelt Syke

Precious few pianists could boost the thundering boogie prowess of Roosevelt Sykes, and, even fewer could chase away the blues with his blues as the rotund cigar-chomping 88's ace did.

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Artist website: wikipedia - Roosevelt Syke

AIM 0022 CD - Blind Boy Fuller - Screamin' & Cryin' Blues

Album cover art for the aim release Screamin' & Cryin' Blues by Blind Boy Fuller

Fuller was a fine, expressive vocalist and a masterful guitar player best remembered for his up-tempo ragtime hits. He was one of the most recorded artists in the 1930's, and by far the most popular and influential blues player of all time

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Artist website: wikipedia - Blind Boy Fullert

AIM 0023 CD - Bessie Smith - Empress Of The Blues

Album cover art for the aim release Empress Of The Blues by Bessie Smith

The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time, Bessie Smith rightly earned the title of "The Empress of the Blues". Bessie's recordings range from uproarious vaudeville songs to slow blues.

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Bessie Smith

AIM 0024 CD - Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
- 'Folk Blues

Album cover art for the aim release Folk Blues by Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee

Blues guitarist Brownie McGhee and harmonica player Sonny Terry formed one of the longest and most popular duos in blues history. They performed and recorded together for nearly forty years and played a big part in exposing the Piedmont blues style to a white urban folk crowd in the late 1950's and early 60's.

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Sonny Terry
Artist website: Wikipedia - Brownie McGhee

AIM 0025 CD - Lonnie Johnson - Mr Johnson Blue

Album cover art for the aim release Mr Johnson Blue by Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson was one of the most influential and original blues musicians and one of the first great modern blues guitarists. For more than 40 years, Johnson played blues, jazz, and ballads his way..

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Lonnie Johnson

AIM 0027 CD - Big Bill Broonzy- Big Bill Blues

Album cover art for the aim release Big Bill Blues by Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy is among a select few of the most important figures in recorded blues history. In The USA he was instrumental in the growth of the Chicago Blues sound, and his travels abroad rank him as one of the leading blues ambassadors.

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Artist website: www.broonzy.com

AIM 1003 CD - Canned Heat - Boogie Assault

Album cover art for the aim release Boogie Assault by Canned Heat

The Boogie Assault was recorded live in Australia in 1983. The band stands as a testament to the timeless power of Rhythm & Blues. Songs include: On The Road Again, Goin' Up The Country, Let's Work Together, Refried Hockey Boogie & Amphetamine Annie, Hell's On Down The Line.

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Artist website: www.cannedheatmusic.com
Artist website: Wikipedia - Canned Heat

AIM 1004 CD - John Mayall - Return Of Blues Breakers

Album cover art for the aim release Return Of Blues Breakers by John Mayall

John Mayall's love of the Blues, which he himself called a "crusade", probably did more in the 60's to turn the youth of the world's ears back toward the real Blues than any other artist.

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Artist website: www.johnmayall.com
Artist website: wikipedi - John Mayall

AIM1005 CD - Jimmy Witherspoon - Sings Blues

Album cover art for the aim release Sings Blues by Sonny Jimmy Witherspoon

Upon its release this album was hailed by the Sun Herald in Sydney as the best Jazz/Blues album of the year. Songs include: Kansas City, Ain't Nobody's Business, Gee Baby Ain't I Been Good To You, Nobody Knows You, Goin' To Chicago, See See Rider and more.

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Artist website: www.jimmywitherspoon.com
Artist website: Wikipedia - Jimmy Witherspoon

AIM 1023 CD - Bo Diddley - Hey Bo Didley In Concert

Album cover art for the aim release Hey Bo Didley In Concert by Bo Diddley

This album shows Bo in his element on tour in Europe and playing his classics as only Big Bad Bo can. Songs include: You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover, Road Runner, I'm A Man, Mona.

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Bo Diddley

AIM 1031 CD - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- I Shake My Stick At You

Album cover art for the aim release I Shake My Stick At You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Here is one of the greats, doin' what he knows best ..... bein' like no-one else in the business. Songs include: Live Or Die, Because Of You, Don't Fool WIth Me, Furburger, Cookie Time, Bushman Tucker and more./p>

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Artist website: Wikipedia - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

AIM 1032 CD - Johnny Copeland - Further On Up The Road

Album cover art for the aim release Further On Up The Roade by Johnny Copeland

Johnny Clyde Copeland was born in 1937 in Haynesville, Louisiana; he enjoyed artists like B.B. King and Sonny Boy Williamson as a youth, but it wasn't until after he and his mother moved to Houston in 1950 that he became actively involved in music.

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Artist website: www.johnnycopeland.com
Artist website: wikipedia - Johnny Copeland

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