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<title>Top New Orleans R&amp;B Artists on Rhapsody Online</title>
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<outline type="include" text="Aaron Neville" description="Aaron Neville's uniquely soulful, quavering falsetto is one of the marvels of music, but it rarely gets the treatment it deserves. The breakout member of the great Neville Brothers family of musicians has always had fine New Orleans R&amp;B chops, and he should have been a star back in the '60s when &quot;Tell It Like It Is&quot; was a minor hit. Today Aaron's voice uplifts a wide range of material, from Adult Contemporary to R&amp;B to country. His varied choice of material runs from the richness of John Hiatt to the dullness of Diane Warren, but he works best when singing songs like Randy Newman's &quot;Louisiana 1927.&quot; His wonderfully idiosyncratic voice meshes perfectly with equally original material.
- Nick Dedina" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/aaron-neville/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Dr. John" description="Before making his name as a major New Orleans pianist, Dr. John was known as Mac Rebennack, a successful session guitarist who was forced to find a new instrument after being accidentally shot in the hand. As Dr. John, he garnered a reputation for performing in all-out Mardi Gras regalia, bringing a theatrical aspect to his shows that surprisingly never detracted from his soulful music. His hearty vocals have a thick Louisiana twang filtered through deep, earthy grit, while his rollicking keyboard and piano playing travel from home-style New Orleans R&amp;B and jazz to spaced-out psychedelia, mixed into a secret musical gumbo that no one has quite figured out. He's probably best known for his '70s classic &quot;Right Place, Wrong Time,&quot; a song that reached new levels of stripped-down voodoo Funk and was boosted by the help of supreme Cajun groovers, the Meters.
- Jessy Terry" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/dr-john/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Fats Domino" description="With more than 65 million record sales to his credit, New Orleans singer and pianist Fats Domino out sold every 1950s rock &amp; roll pioneer except Elvis Presley leaving an indelible and profound impact on subsequent generations of musicians.
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Born into a musical family, Antoine Domino began playing piano at nine and a year later was playing for pennies in honky-tonks like the Hideaway Club, where bandleader Bill Diamond accurately nicknamed him Fats. At 14 Domino quit school to work in a bedspring factory so he could play the bars at night. Soon he was playing alongside such New Orleans legends as Professor Longhair and Amos Milburn. He also heard the stride and boogie-woogie piano techniques of Fats Waller and Albert Ammons. He mastered the classic New Orleans R&amp;B piano style &amp;#8212; easy-rolling left-hand patterns anchoring right-hand arpeggios. By age 20 he was married and a father, had survived a near-fatal car crash, and had almost lost his hand in a factory accident.
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In the mid-1940s Domino joined trumpeter Dave Bartholomew's band. It was soon apparent, however, that Domino was more than a sideman, and Bartholomew helped arrange his contract with Imperial and became his producer. Their first session in 1949 produced &quot;The Fat Man,&quot; which eventually sold a million and whetted the national appetite for the &quot;New Orleans sound.&quot; Bartholomew and Domino co-wrote most of Domino's material.
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By the time the rock &amp; roll boom began in the mid-1950s, Fats was already an established R&amp;B hitmaker (&quot;Goin' Home,&quot; 1952; &quot;Going to the River,&quot; 1953), his records regularly selling between half a million and a million copies apiece. His pounding piano style was easily adapted to the nascent rock sound, although he proved less personally magnetic than contemporaries like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, or Jerry Lee Lewis, all of whom recorded Domino material.
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Domino's big breakthrough came in mid-1955, when the Top 10 &quot;Ain't That a Shame&quot; (quickly covered by Pat Boone and revived in the late-1970s by Cheap Trick) established his identity with white teenagers. For the next five years Domino struck solid gold with &quot;I'm in Love Again&quot; (Number Three), &quot;Blueberry Hill&quot; (Number Two), and &quot;Blue Monday&quot; (Number Five) in 1956; &quot;I'm Walkin'&quot; (Number Four, 1957); &quot;Whole Lotta Loving&quot; (Number Six, 1958); and many others. He eventually collected 23 gold singles. His last million-seller came in 1960 with &quot;Walkin' to New Orleans.&quot; He left Imperial for ABC in 1963 and subsequently switched to Mercury, Warner Bros., Atlantic, and Broadmoor, all with less success.
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In 1968 Domino revived public interest in his ongoing career with a rollicking cover of the Beatles' &quot;Lady Madonna. The Beatles consistently sang the Fat Man's praises, noting that &quot;Birthday&quot; on &lt;I&gt;The Beatles&lt;/I&gt; did little more than sort through the old Domino-Bartholomew bag of riffs and tricks. Through the mid-1970s Fats played six to eight months a year. In 1980 he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Domino continues to tour sporadically. In 1993 he released his first major-label album in 25 years, &lt;I&gt;Christmas Is a Special Day&lt;/I&gt;, to critical acclaim but middling sales. Domino was feared to be dead in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 (his mansion was in the middle of the devastated Ninth Ward), but he had been rescued by the Coast Guard via helicopter; the family had lost nearly everything in the storm. In early 2006 Domino released &lt;I&gt;Alive and Kickin'&lt;/I&gt;, a benefit CD for the local Tipitina's Foundation.
" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/fats-domino/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Meters" description="As a top studio band in the 1960s and '70s, the Meters recorded seminal New Orleans Funk on their own while also backing other artists, including Dr. John's classic album &lt;I&gt;In the Right Place&lt;/I&gt;. Art Neville fronted the band, bringing his keyboard and occasional vocals to their mostly instrumental songs. On tracks such as &quot;Sophisticated Cissy&quot; and &quot;Look-Ka Py Py,&quot; guitarist Leo Nocentelli and bassist George Porter provided raw unison lines and turned them into pristine models of Funk. Indeed, the Meters knew more about subtleties of rhythm and space than just about anyone. Driven by the slick grooves of drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, the Meters have been sampled by more hip-hop artists than anyone this side of James Brown. They can still be found touring together in different personnel arrangements, keeping crowds on their feet all night long.
- Jessy Terry" category="Funk" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-meters/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Neville Brothers" description="One of the great modern musical dynasties, the Neville Brothers formed in 1977 but struggled in obscurity until &lt;i&gt;Yellow Moon&lt;/i&gt; (1989) became a crossover hit. Each family member brings a separate strength to the band's sound, showing the richness of New Orleans culture. Their songs are full of Funk grooves, R&amp;B guitar licks, jazz saxophones, and soulful vocals, and though Aaron's dynamic, quivering voice has made him the group's breakout star, each member gets his deserved moment in the spotlight. Lately they've dropped some of their Worldbeat flourishes and returned to a more traditional Big Easy sound, only to find that the public has deserted them. Since they still brew the tastiest music around, this is simply due to the public's negligence.
- Nick Dedina" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-neville-brothers/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Allen Toussaint" description="The quintessential New Orleans pianist, Allen Toussaint helped define the Crescent City's unique brand of R&amp;B while creating its swampy Funk sound. He began his career in the late 1950s when he sat in for Fats Domino in a recording session; the following decade saw him write and arrange countless hits for other artists. Al Hirt, Herb Alpert, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, the Meters, the Neville Brothers, the Pointers Sisters and Glen Campbell are indebted for his work as a songwriter, arranger and producer. His playing has what he calls &quot;flairs of Fess&quot; -- a reference to Professor Longhair, patron saint of the New Orleans piano faculty. From Boogie-Woogie and jazz to ballads and blues, Toussaint plays them all amidst crafty horn arrangements, laying out the rhythm section with complex dialogues he makes sound easy.
- Robert Leaver" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/allen-toussaint/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Lloyd Price" description="One of the founders of rock 'n' roll, Lloyd Price was a mainstay of the New Orleans R&amp;B sound. He scored a long line of hits including &quot;Ain't it a Shame,&quot; &quot;Personality&quot; and &quot;Stagger Lee&quot; in the '50s. Price entered the (reputedly nefarious) business end of music while still a star, but has since returned to performing.
- Nick Dedina" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/lloyd-price/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Professor Longhair" description="Professor Longhair's contribution to the New Orleans musical vocabulary is immeasurable. In addition to penning the standards &quot;Mardis Gras in New Orleans&quot; and &quot;Tipitina,&quot; he was a major influence on pretty much every pianist who ever played in that town. His rollicking style is Creole itself, with Rumba, Calypso, and Merengue flourishes all popping up here and there in R&amp;B structures. His wandering yelp of a vocal delivery is almost never on key, but who cares? He embodies the indescribable &lt;i&gt;thing&lt;/i&gt; about New Orleans: good music, good times, and the sleazier the better. With an infectious love of his craft, he effortlessly kept in check a sound that was always on the brink of disaster. Unutterably charming, and transcendently cool.
- Mike McGuirk" category="New Orleans Blues" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/professor-longhair/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Irma Thomas" description="Irma Thomas may be one of the most ripped-off artists of all time, thanks to the Stones' heartless swiping of her signature song, &quot;Time Is on My Side.&quot; The rancor sits to this day in a woman hailed as the Soul Queen of New Orleans. In the early '60s, Thomas and local genius Allen Toussaint produced a catalog of timeless ballads and Soul hits that boasted the double whammy of Toussaint's expert songcraft and Thomas' singing. Her voice could express such ache and emotion that listening was as painful as it was cathartic. Her songs roll along at the leisurely pace of life in a hot, boozy city, with Toussaint's flourishing piano supporting Thomas' radiant delivery and R&amp;B-flavored backing vocals. Thomas continues to record, trying her hand at Gospel, Soul and more. This is romantic, yearning music with the pulse of New Orleans running through it." category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/irma-thomas/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Tony Joe White" description="There's a photograph of Tony Joe White floating about the Internet. He's smoking while strolling through a bayou jungle bare-chested, a guitar slung over his shoulder and black leather pants suctioned to his legs. He looks a lot like Elvis during his '68 comeback special, only cooler. A child of Louisiana with Cherokee blood flowing through his veins, White helped invent swamp rock in the late '60s with hits like &quot;Polk Salad Annie,&quot; a murky fusion of stripped-down RnB and Hendrix-inspired wah-wah. Meanwhile, he became an in-demand songwriter after Dusty Springfield turned &quot;Willie and Laura Mae Jones&quot; into an instant classic, and Brook Benton followed suit with &quot;Rainy Night in Georgia.&quot; By the '70s, White had toned down the lusty funk and transformed himself into an articulate singer-songwriter, one who detailed the complications of romance as well as the hardships of the Southern working class. Over the years the media-shy Louisianan has settled into cult artist status, scoring several more hits on the country charts. But in the end there can be no doubt that Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, is indeed one of the coolest dudes to ever to wear black leather pants.
- Justin Farrar" category="Country Soul" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/tony-joe-white/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Clarence &quot;Frogman&quot; Henry" description="R&amp;B singer Clarence &quot;Frogman&quot; Henry (so named for his trademark croak) was born and raised on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the Algiers section of New Orleans in 1937. He got his start singing at talent shows, where he would perform dressed as his hero, Professor Longhair. Henry is best known for the novelty gem &quot;Ain't Got No Home.&quot; The single kicked off his career in 1956, and while he also scored a handful of minor subsequent hits, Henry never quite duplicated the success of that debut song. Regardless, he has made a life of the song, touring as the Beatles' opening act in 1964 and for decades performing for tourists on Bourbon Street in his hometown.
- Mike McGuirk" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/clarence-frogman-henry/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Johnny Adams" description="New Orleans singer Adams' recording career ran from 1959 until his untimely death in 1998. Like so many Soul and R&amp;B singers, he started out singing Gospel music. His first record was produced by Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John), and throughout the '60s he hit the R&amp;B charts a number of times with his smooth sound and amazingly broad range. Adams made nine albums for Rounder Records starting in the 1980s: he did many of these with his longtime bandleader, guitarist Walter &quot;Wolfman&quot; Washington. These records encompassed everything from jazz and string-laden vocal pop to the grittiest Soul and blues. Adams' reputation among his peers unfortunately exceeded his general popularity in the States, but he was always a big star in New Orleans and abroad. He was felled by cancer at the age of sixty-six.
- Tom Heyman" category="Retro Soul" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/johnny-adams/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Lee Dorsey" description="Dorsey's songs have an enduring quality that earns a new audience every decade or so, with new fans ranging from dirty-fingered flea-market Funk scholars to sample-happy hip-hoppers. His music is raw and to the point, skipping past shallow rhythm rocking for a groove so solid it could only come from New Orleans. The deep rhythms of classics such as &quot;Get Out of My Life Woman&quot; and Art Neville's &quot;Ride Your Pony&quot; are matched only by deep declarations like the no-messin' around &quot;Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky.&quot; With the help of producer Allen Toussaint, Dorsey performed many classic numbers with his characteristically tongue-in-cheek innuendo and buoyant Soul vocals before his death in 1986.
- Jessy Terry" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/lee-dorsey/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Guitar Slim" description="During his brief career in the 1950s, this showstopping New Orleans blues man established himself as one of the earliest to master the art of electric guitar violence. His stabbing lead lines and primitive distortion tone remain unmistakable, as do his pleading, gospelized vocal shouts. He's best known to many through his song &quot;The Things That I Used to Do,&quot; a 1954 R&amp;B hit that featured Ray Charles on piano along with a typically swaggering Bayou horn arrangement (also by Charles). None of his other songs are blues standards, but they're full of memorable lines (e.g., &quot;Well I Done Got Over It&quot;) and interesting twists on the well-worn twelve-bar blues progression. His greatest legacy, though, is as a guitarist -- he influenced a whole legion of fellow fret-manglers, including Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. The latter remarked specifically on Slim's &quot;Story of My Life,&quot; a song that, if it's stinging, wounded solo is any indication, explains why he only made it to age 32.
- Will York" category="New Orleans Blues" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/guitar-slim/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Barbara Lynn" description="Barbara Lynn is best known for her 1962 hit &quot;You'll Lose a Good Thing,&quot; one of the most resigned-to-sadness songs ever recorded. The song is all about dim red lights and slowly smoked cigarettes, an essential point in the R&amp;B timeline where blues, rock 'n' roll, and the coming decade of Soul met. Mid-way through the '60s, she also charted with &quot;You Left the Water Running,&quot; another great R&amp;B tune that saw excellent interpretation in the hands of Otis Redding. Over the years, Lynn crept closer and closer to Soul Blues, and her latest recordings for both Atlantic and Bullseye Blues Records showcase her deft guitar playing and the expressive, deep-soul voice she's loved for. Although she's not the household name that fellow New Orleans-style crooner Irma Thomas is, Lynn is so cool she warranted her own Bear Family boxed set. That says it all.
- Mike McGuirk" category="Swamp Blues" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/barbara-lynn/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Bobby Charles" description="Bobby Charles made his living as one of the great R&amp;B songwriters of the 1950s, and his charming, laid-back New Orleans sound came off like a de-boogie-woogied Fats Domino. While tunes such as &quot;The Jealous Kind&quot; and &quot;I Can't Quit You&quot; became big hits for other performers, his own voice was perfectly suited for his material. A witty lyricist, Charles was a major influence on Randy Newman and Robbie Robertson, and the self-titled album he recorded with the Band in 1972 is one of his finest. Charles added folky introspection to R&amp;B, but he was already such a master of the three-minute pop song, that he had nothing to prove.
- Nick Dedina" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/bobby-charles/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Ernie K-Doe" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/ernie-k-doe/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Johnny Preston" description="Early rock singer from Texas capable of unleashing an otherworldly falsetto voice. Preston had a couple of regional Novelty hits in the late 1950s. His recorded legacy has shown him to be a credible balladeer and convincing R&amp;B stylist, rather than a mere one-hit Novelty singer.
- Tom Heyman" category="'50s Rock 'n' Roll" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/johnny-preston/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Shirley and Lee" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/shirley-and-lee/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Eddie Bo" description="A behind-the-scenes force in New Orleans, pianist, producer and singer-songwriter Bo has a seemingly effortless style composed of laid-back tenor vocals and a loose, funky New Orleans R&amp;B piano style. He has worked with many famous and not-so-famous New Orleans artists in one capacity or another, from Dr. John to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
- Tom Heyman" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/eddie-bo/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Huey &quot;Piano&quot; Smith" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/huey-piano-smith/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Bo Dollis" description="Every year at Mardi Gras, the Wild Magnolias' &quot;Indian Tribe&quot; strut their stuff in flashy costumes, guided by Big Chief Bo Dollis. Their sound has got nearly as much impact as their appearance, bringing in New Orleans heavyweights like The Meters and Dr. John to help play their good time, funky music.
- Jessy Terry" category="New Orleans Blues" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/bo-dollis/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Frankie Ford" description="" category="Holiday Music" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/frankie-ford/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Mike Farris" description="Singer and songwriter Mike Farris made a splash in the midst of the grunge heyday with his band, The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. They had a top-ten hit with &quot;Shakin' The Blues&quot; in 1994 but dissolved after the follow-up LP. After the band's demise Farris released one solo record, 2003's &lt;i&gt;Goodnight Sun&lt;/i&gt;, had a short run fronting Double Trouble, and battled litany drug addictions. After a nearly fatal overdose, he found religion and issued the funky, soulful gospel rock album &lt;i&gt;Salvation in Lights&lt;/i&gt; in 2007.
- Nate Cavalieri" category="Americana" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/mike-farris/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Wild Magnolias" description="The tradition of Mardi Gras Indians, a ceremonial phenomenon that dates back to late 1800s, is one of the high points of the Mardi Gras experience. Specifically, the Wild Magnolias are a dancing/marching parade group more than a band per se. In accordance with the tradition, they march through the streets and face off with other &quot;tribes&quot; from around the city, with the best dance routine and wildest costumes determining the winning group. The Wild Magnolias are arguably the most well-known among the many neighborhood factions for the simple fact that they've released a number of unstoppably danceable records. The music is highly percussive, with a minimum of instruments other than drums and human voice, and it follows the basic, shave-and-a-haircut rhythms associated with &quot;Willie and the Hand Jive&quot; and Bo Diddley. The Wild Magnolias are an ebullient example of the mania that envelops New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, but they also keep that city's sometimes impenetrable culture alive.
- Tom Heyman" category="Cajun/Zydeco" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-wild-magnolias/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Zigaboo Modeliste" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/zigaboo-modeliste/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Davell Crawford" description="So far in his brief career, Crawford has shown a firm understanding of his New Orleans roots. The keyboardist/vocalist applies his blues and R &amp;B sensibilities to everything from greasy Organ Jazz to Traditional Gospel ballads.
- Will York" category="Blues Jazz" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/davell-crawford/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Art Neville" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/art-neville/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Dave Bartholomew" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/dave-bartholomew/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Earl King" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/earl-king/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Benny Spellman" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/benny-spellman/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Showmen" description="" category="Classic R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-showmen/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Barbara George" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/barbara-george/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Smiley Lewis" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/smiley-lewis/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Wild Tchoupitoulas" description="The Wild Tchoupitoulas are a New Orleans band that produced their only record under Allen Toussaint. Recorded in 1976, this was the first time the Art and Aaron Neville recorded together. The funky beat was played by Booker T. Washington, who once led a group with jazz tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. This created a sensation when it was released in 1976 and launched the recording career of the harmonizing Neville brothers." category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/wild-tchoupitoulas/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Willie Tee" description="A fixture on the New Orleans music scene since the '60s, Willie Tee has played his smarmy piano with R&amp;B, jazz and Mardi Gras groups. He also plays a captivating solo piano and has a sweet, soulful voice.
- Robert Leaver" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/willie-tee/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Chris Kenner" description="Most everyone can hum at least a couple of Chris Kenner songs (&quot;Land of a 1,000 Dances,&quot; &quot;I Like it Like That&quot;), but they know them from other versions. Kenner's gritty take on classic New Orleans R&amp;B still sounds as spicy as a heaping plate of red beans and rice.
- Nick Dedina" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/chris-kenner/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Earl Palmer" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/earl-palmer/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Sugar Boy Crawford" description="The author of one of New Orleans' most famous songs, &quot;Jockomo&quot; (otherwise known as &quot;Iko Iko&quot;). Sugar Boy Crawford is the quintessential bayou-growling singer/pianist.
- Robert Leaver" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/sugar-boy-crawford/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Alvin &quot;Red&quot; Tyler" description="A Crescent City legend on both baritone and tenor saxophone, Tyler's full, robust sound was heard on countless R&amp;B and classic New Orleans hits in the '50s. He also recorded a few solo albums delving into Bop and instrumental Soul.
- Jessy Terry" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/alvin-red-tyler/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Golden Eagles" description="Led by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, this Mardi Gras Indian crew from New Orleans engage in traditional call-and-response vocals backed by hand drums and tambourine. The Big Chief directs his revelers through ritual and improvisation in a way that's reminiscent of a Baptist preacher and his congregation.
- Robert Leaver" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-golden-eagles/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Bob Malone" description="Mixing equal parts swing, Blues and jazz, Malone's lighthearted songs charm and set the feet in motion. Born in New Jersey, he sounds like a New Orleans native son." category="Piano Blues" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/bob-malone/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Party Boys" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-party-boys/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Betty Harris" description="" category="'60s Oldies" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/betty-harris/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Lee Allen" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/lee-allen/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Rockin' Dopsie" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/rockin-dopsie/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Bobby Marchan" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/bobby-marchan/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Eldridge Holmes" description="" category="New Orleans R&amp;B" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/eldridge-holmes/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Spiders" description="" category="'50s Rock 'n' Roll" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-spiders/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="The Gaturs" description="They weren't the Meters, but they didn't need to be. The Gaturs made the same kind of swamp funk that plumps up simply due to New Orleans' humidity; you can literally hear it happening in the speakers. The band put out a series of 7-inches in the late '60s and early '70s, becoming local favorites but remaining obscure everywhere else. (Funk collectors scavenged for their singles before the 1994 release &lt;i&gt;Wasted&lt;/i&gt;, which collected rare and never-before-released tracks.) Keys player Wilson Turbinton (better known as Willie Tee) was the main architect behind their sound, but credit also goes to the in-the-pocket stylings of bassist Irvin Charles and drummer Larry Pena. Though never well known outside of N'Awlins, the band has become an underground favorite for their incredible breaks and riffs. Willie Tee went on to become a noted sideman in New Orleans.
- Sarah Bardeen" category="Funk" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/the-gaturs/data.opml?rws=%2Fsoul-r-b%2Fclassic-r-b%2Fnew-orleans-r-b%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
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