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1	Third Man In (1992) more music like this by Amos Garrett see all copies from $6.60! new only from $10.80!
2	The Specialty Story [Box] (1994) more music like this by Various Artists Label-owner Art Rupe was a savvy businessman who knew the black jukebox industry and what made it tick when he started his Specialty label in the late-'40s. This sumptuous five-disc box set contains a bevy of highlights from this seminal R&B/rock & roll label. Over the years, Rupe recorded a little bit of everything; early big band jump (the ... see all copies from $35.95! new only from $64.98!
3	Specialty Profiles (2006) more music like this by Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield was blessed with an emotive Louisiana baritone and a poet's sensibility to sadness and pain, and few songwriters in the history of pop or R&B have written a body of work so drenched in beautiful suffering. This set features Mayfield's major hits for Art Rupe's Specialty Records, a label that Mayfield recorded for from 1950 until ... see all copies from $10.06! new only from $10.06!
4	Bad Luck Is Falling: The Modern, RPM and Kent Recordings, Vol. 2 (2006) more music like this by Roy Hawkins If ever an artist had a right to claim the blues, it was Roy Hawkins. Born in Texas, he migrated to California in the late '30s, and by the mid-'40s the piano playing Hawkins was a fixture on the West Coast jazz and R&B scene. A car accident left him with a paralyzed arm, however, ending his piano career, but he was a subtle songwriter and singer, ... see all copies from $14.69! new only from $14.69!
5	Gud Nuz Bluz (1995) more music like this by Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham The Cheathams' Sweet Baby Blues Band, a five-horn octet that emphasizes Kansas City-style blues with occasional room for a ballad or a standard, is such fun to hear that it is surprising that it has not been more influential. Other than Roomful Of Blues, it is difficult to think of a similar ensemble that, even with a strong vocalist (Jeannie ... see all copies from $5.01! new only from $5.01!
6	Poet of the Blues (1990) more music like this by Percy Mayfield The insightful songwriting skills of this West Coaster were matched by his wry, plaintive vocal delivery (Mayfield was usually his own best interpreter). The 25 sides here date from his hit-laden 1950-1954 stay at Art Rupe's Specialty logo and include his universal lament "Please Send Me Someone to Love," and the resolutely downbeat "Strange ... see all copies from $16.79! new only from $16.79!
7	I'm So Satisfied: The Complete Mercury & Blue Rock Recordings (1998) more music like this by Junior Parker This is not Junior Parker's best material, nor is it his best-known. That said, it's pretty good all the same. Parker was on Mercury, then their subsidiary, Blue Rock, in the second half of the '60s, and throughout he recorded elegant but rollicking soul-blues -- very similar to what he did at Duke, but a little smoother, with a little heavier ... see all copies from $37.36!
8	The Best of Percy Mayfield (1970) more music like this by Percy Mayfield see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.00!
9	Voice Within (1999) more music like this by Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield is known equally for a string of hits he penned and recorded form 1950-1952. After a nasty accident that left him permanently disfigured he shied away from public performance, but continued to record, and became Ray Charles' right-hand man as a songwriter (anyone remember a little ditty called "Hit the Road Jack"?). But Mayfield's ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50!

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