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This is the second in a new Acrobat series which will be devoted to the illustrious composers who made significant contributions to the Great American Songbook - the songs written during the half-cent...
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Chet Atkins was one of the most innovative and influential personalities in country music in the post-war decades, both as a highly skilled and distinctive finger-picking guitarist, and as a record pr...
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This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat’s highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series, this one focusing on the top R&B rec...
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B.B. King, who died in May 2015 at the age of 89, was without doubt one of the most illustrious exponents of the blues in the history of popular music. As an important and pioneering innovator, guitar...
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Pianist, bandleader and composer Claude Thornhill was one of the most respected personalities in the swing and big band eras, admired by his peers for the unique, distinctive and stylish approach of h...
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Ray Price was one of the most popular and respected singers in country music, with a fine baritone voice and a very wide vocal range, which gave him a reputation as one of the very best singers in cou...
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Eddie Cochran was one of the iconic figures of the rock ‘n’ roll era, his mystique and legendary status heightened by his tragic death in a road accident in 1960 when he was only 22. With ...
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Formed in 1956 by a group of prominent London-based British modern jazzmen including trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar, The Downbeat Big Band soon entered the annals of UK jazz history as not only the finest un...
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He was best-known for his work in a duo with pianist Leroy Carr during the 1920s and '30s. He also wrote 'Kokomo Blues', reworked by Robert Johnson as 'Sweet Home Chicago'
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