Seventeen years isn't really all that long: just about enough time to get from kindergarten to high school . . . or change the face of music forever. And between 1959 and 1976, at the corner of McLemor …

When you're gifted with Stax-sized riches, you run the rare risk of overshadowing some of your finest artists and greatest songs; if you need any evidence, just check out our Deep Cuts. For instance, h …

From the late '60s through the mid '70s, Philadelphia was the sweet spot on the R&B map. Producers/writers/entrepreneurs Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were at the heart of it all with their Philadelphia I …

The Philly soul story spread a wider net than most folks might realize. The Volcanos, for instance, never soared to the star status of the Spinners or the Stylistics, but their 1965 single "Storm Warni …

Created in Paris, France, in the '30s by guitarist Django Reinhardt, the movement known as Gypsy Jazz combines elements of swing and the Musette style of waltz into a hip, fast-fingered cocktail of coo …

While hundreds of movies are made each year in a handful of Indian languages, films in Hindi have more generic appeal, being that it's the national language of India. The Hindi film industry's growing  …

What happens when Motown leaves Motown? In 1972, Hitsville moved to Hollywood, and while the assembly line didn't entirely shut down - plenty of hits still proudly bore the Motor City's most famous imp …

Ex-Temptation Eddie Kendricks didn't exactly invent disco, but his bass-blastin', dance-floor-fillin' "Boogie Down" set the stage for the white-suited polyester revolution that soon took its place unde …

The beautiful thing about 2008's place in the history of hip-hop and R&B is how it was ruled by no one. Oh sure, Lil Wayne was all over the place, racking up triple platinum sales with his Th …