Jasmine

Among the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and 40s, Hoagy Carmichael (22nd November 1899... 

Mel Blanc was the most prolific voice-over artist in the history of animation. He voiced the most famous of all the... 

- The ‘Tuff Sax’ of John ‘Ace’ Cannon made him a mainstay of the Memphis music... 

- This compilation of killer ADAM FAITH sides is drawn from EPs issued in the UK and France between 1959... 

This compilation of vintage Everly Brothers cuts is drawn from EPs issued in the U.S., the U.K., France and West Germany, between... 

Danté & The Evergreens are invariably perceived as one-hit wonders, for their U.S. Top 20 cover of The Hollywood Argyles’ ‘Alley-Oop’. Yet... 

JERRY FULLER’s successes as a songwriter, producer and A&R guru between the 1960s and 1990s were so spectacular, they virtually expunged... 

Revered by fans of 1950s West Coast rock ‘n’ roll and R&B and a huge influence on many of their... 

- DALE HAWKINS, from Shreveport, Louisiana, emerged in 1957 with the bluesy, swampy... 

An irrepressible force of nature, Little Richard was a seething mass of contradictions until the day he died, his deep, religious... 

The Mary Kaye Trio, who hailed from Hawaii, literally invented the term "lounge act," creating an unused space... 

Here for the very first time is an unreleased album that Tony Perkins recorded with Shorty Rogers for RCA Victor... 

This compilation of vintage CLIFF RICHARD cuts is drawn from his twenty EPs, issued in the UK between 1959 and 1962. We’ve... 

A hugely popular songstress in the 50s and 60s, Rosemary Squires was known as “The British Doris Day”. She also enjoyed a... 

The multi-talented and multi-lingual Miss Caterina Valente came from a family of entertainers to become one... 

- Miyoshi Umecki was a recording star in her native Japan before coming to America in 1956.
- She... 

Myoshi Umecki first earned fame as a nightclub and recording star in her native Japan. She emigrated to the United States... 

The first multi-label overview of Louisiana-born singer Oscar McLollie's irresistable 1950s recordings, covering much of... 

Yank Rachell was a Bluesman with a very real difference; although he could - and frequently did - play guitar, his... 

Leon Payne’s legacy as a songwriter far outstrips his own recording career, and his records nowadays sadly languish somewhere between... 

Another spectacular set from Jasmine of "King of the Cowboys!" and "Queen of the West!". Two of America's major stars in a third set... 

Having previously anthologised the early years of bluegrass icons Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in our... 

For more than 20 years Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs plied their trade together as peerless bluegrass musicians, firstly... 

He was billed on many of his recordings and was widely known as “The Man With A... 

This compilation of classic Brook Benton tracks is drawn from EPs issued in the U.S., the U.K., France, The Netherlands and... 

In Session: Bill Doggett shines a long-overdue spotlight on one of the great unsung architects of postwar American music. Before... 

Universally acknowledged as “The man who pioneered Soul Music”, Sam Cooke was arguably the most important and influential R&B... 

Drummer Earl Palmer was one of the most important and prolific studio session musicians of all time. In 2000 he was among the first session musicians... 

Jasmine continues to shine a spotlight on the discographies of West Indian artists who were based... 

Julie London – S’wonderful: Selected Singles 1955–1962 brings together the defining A- and B-sides from one of... 

Jasmine’s ongoing and very popular ‘Songs That Shaped…’ series has thus far restricted its activities to big names... 

The Animals formed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during 1963, their original line-up comprising Eric Burdon (vocals), Alan Price (keyboards), Hilton... 

- Having already sampled the best of T-Bone Walker’s late 1940s recordings (T-Bone... 

A musical giant who could hold his own with the swingers and boppers in Carnegie Hall as well as holler the blues in a smoky nightclub, Texas-born... 

When Led Zeppelin first emerged, in 1968, New Musical Express scribe Charles Shaar Murray famously hailed their playing style... 

The most famous Cajun song of all, perceived as “The Cajun National Anthem”, ‘JOLE BLON’ had its provenance in several traditional... 

‘San Antonio Rose’ was originally a fiddle tune, written by Bob Wills in 1938, to which he added lyrics two years later, sung by Tommy Duncan; both... 

Jasmine’s extensive anthologising of F W Woolworth’s famously infamous record... 

- A man possessed of an instantly identifiable voice, GENE PITNEY was one...