RCA Victor Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Monday, September 21, 2020

LISTEN: Sonny Rollins is 90!

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Art Blakey, Blue Note, Clifford Brown, Impulse! Records, Jazz, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Prestige Records, RCA Victor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk

Digging into the best of the Saxophone Colossus from 1953 to 1966

Read more

Down Crossover Road: Ray Charles and Sam Cooke in 1960

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Copacabana, Jerry Wexler, Leiber and Stoller, Ray Charles, RCA Victor, Sam Cooke, Tom Dowd

How two soul giants set the stage for pop music at the cusp of the Civil Rights era

Read more

The New National Anthem

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments A Change Is Gonna Come, George Floyd, Malcolm X, Minneapolis, RCA Victor, Sam Cooke, Soul, Spike Lee

How the enduring message of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” still brings us light in our darkest hour

Read more