Ken Shane selects his favorite albums of 2015
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Everybody’s waiting for The Midnight Hour
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Donny Hathaway’s 1970 single has become a holiday standard
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Brook Benton scored a big comeback hit in 1960
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Ken Shane recommends some of the year’s best music books
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A funked up cover of an already funky Bill Withers tune scored in ’74
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Luther Ingram released his indelible soul classic in 1972
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Robert Parker and the legendary Wardell Quezergue collaborated on a ’65 smash
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The world lost a musical giant when Allen Toussaint died this week
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A rare foray into the ’80s for a neo-soul smash with a classic soul pedigree
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The stars aligned in Muscle Shoals and produced a big hit for R.B. Greaves
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JJ Jackson scored big with his classic dance hit in 1966 and again in 1969
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Lee Dorsey had a string of classic Crescent City hits in the ’60s
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Leon Haywood has had more than 20 R&B hits in a long and varied career.
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A career of brilliant variety came to an end when Wilton Felder died this week
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New York City had one big hit and a history of legendary connections
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The Zombies were the second English group to have a #1 single in the US, trailing only the Beatles for that distinction, when their 1964 debut single “She’s Not There”…
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James & Bobby Purify launched their career with a Muscle Shoals classic
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An overlooked group, a legendary producer, and a songwriter I should have gotten to know better
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In 1965 the jazz pianist scored the first in a string of pop hits
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The brothers from Providence had their first big hit in 1973
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Legends, upstarts, and an honored but absent guest at this year’s festival.
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The Persuaders recorded a big hit of their own and original versions of hits for others
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Superstars, secret stars, rising stars, and a ghost from the past hovering over it all.
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The Manhattans were leading purveyors of romantic soul over a decades-long career
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After two quick smash hits the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose began to fade from view
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The one single that Frank Wilson released is one of the most collectible records in history
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