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R&B
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Back in the day of pompadours and tailfins, Los Angeles was an R&B inferno, with Larry Williams and Roy Milton cutting platters for Specialty Records — revved up sides with a rock ‘n’ roll heart — and Percy Mayfield taking us on a guided tour through the dimly lit corners of a broken heart. Meanwhile, Sam Cooke broke off from Specialty's gospel giants the Soul Stirrers to transform himself into a secular soul man with smooth, sophisticated pop appeal. It all added up to one golden age of L.A. R&B.