In a prolific, forty-year recording career, singer/drummer/bandleader RAY ELLINGTON covered plenty of musical bases, from Jazz to Pop, touching all known genres in between. During the early/mid 50s,... more
London's club scene in the late 1980s featured many diverse sounds much of which was not exactly commonplace to the punters and eventual collectors of the myriad sounds available at several Soho... more
A Philadelphia-born guitarist with a strong empathy for Jazz, whose career as a professional musician stretched back to the late 1930s, DAVE APPELL carved out an unlikely career in Rock'n'Roll as an... more
Singer/guitarist/banjo-plucker/songwriter DICKIE BISHOP, a sideman whose name is synonymous with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan, should have been a contender for solo success, but seemed instead... more
SIR Norman Wisdom, OBE, is remembered for a variety of achievements, in a career notable for it's longevity (he appeared in his final film in 2007, at the age of ninety-two). Although he played... more
Another must have Kay Starr release from Jasmine following on from the excellent "Songs By" (JASCD451).This collection begins with six RCA Victor singles: "Rain Rain" being from her TV film "The Lord... more
This fantastic 32 track compilation presents some of the best rhythm & blues New Orleans has to offer. Bobby Mitchell was a major personality in the city but sadly like many his fame did not spread... more
This collection of recordings by the soul/R&B group The Vibrations collects together the A and B side of all their 45s released between 1960 & 1962. The Vibrations were one of several African... more
Although R&B/Blues/Jazz/Gospel songstress Christine Kittrell never quite became the major star that her big voice and impressive recorded legacy richly deserved, she was critically highly regarded... more
UK collection. In a 60+ year career, during which he was an ubiquitous TV, radio and movie personality, the hugely-popular Kenny Lunch left his mark as a singer, songwriter, producer, actor, comic,... more
Michael Holliday - widely known as "The British Bing Crosby" - was one of the most popular male singers in the UK during the 1950s. Although he was an old school crooner, singing in a style which... more
WHITE CHRISTMAS' is arguably the most famous song of all time; certainly it's the biggest seller, and it's probably also the most-recorded.. The original recording was, of course by Bing Crosby,... more
Known predominantly as a songwriter rather than a singer, Melvin Endsley is chiefly remembered for copyrights like 'Singing The Blues', 'Knee Deep In The Blues', 'Love Me To Pieces', 'I Like Your... more
The follow-up to an earlier Jasmine compilation, "Restless Heart, The Ultimate Singles Collection 1952-59" (JASCD552), this set updates the story, presenting the mighty Lloyd Price's singles releases... more
Saxman/bandleader Mike Pedicin, from Philadelphia, was one of the pioneers of "House Rock", the musical hybrid which incorporated Swing, R&B and Hillbilly into an exciting new, danceable format in... more
Jerry Lordan Not Only Wrote Some Of The Most Iconic Instro's Of The Early 60s (E. G. 'Apache', 'Wonderful Land', 'Diamonds') He Wrote Regular Songs, With Which He Scored Some Spectacular Successes.... more
CARL "Mr. Country" SMITH (also known as "The Gentleman Honky-Tonker") was one of the genre's most consistent hitmakers of the 1950s, notching up more than thirty Top 10 C&W records. Although he'd... more
Keely rose to stardom alongside Louis Prima in '49 but didn't get her solo career going 'til '56. Here are her finest Capitol sides that followed: singles and LP cuts including her Grammy-nominated... more
Tommy Ridgely was born, raised and died in New Orleans and was a consistently popular entertainer in the city and it's environs without ever achieving a major hit. It was at the city's premier R&B... more
Twenty-seven tracks of early 1950s R&B, recorded in New York, Baltimore and Los Angeles at a time when R&B was rising in popularity. Already featured on an earlier Jasmine release, The Johnny Otis... more
The general public knows him chiefly for his sentimental, posthumous 1980 UK chart topper 'Teddy Bear' - but Red Sovine had a long career in country music stretching back to the early 1950s,... more
A seminal influence on a young Frank Zappa and his various Mothers, and a powerful live performer to boot, saxblaster Chuck Higgins was one of the most popular attractions of the West Coast's mid 50s... more
Long before he evolved into Britain's most successful record producer, in the mid-1960s, Mickie Most was a wannabe Brit Pop star. However, after failing to make it in the UK he went to Johannesburg,... more
Henry Earl Sinks recorded under so many different guises that a career overview collectors' LP issued late last century was titled "Earl Sinks: The Man With 1,000 Names". An excellent singer and... more
After Otis Blackwell and Jesse Stone, Leroy Kirkland became perhaps the most prestigious Black R&B composer of the mid-20th century having enjoyed a stellar grounding. He served with Erskine Hawkins,... more