Though it is perhaps best known as the first American label to release The Beatles’ first album and singles, it is the classic records by Jimmy Reed, Jerry Butler, John Lee Hooker, The Staple Singers, The Four Seasons, and countless others that are the label’s most enduring contributions to popular music.Ī hearty selection of Vee-Jay Records’ legendary recordings has been assembled by Shout! Factory for Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection, an 86-track, four-CD anthology with detailed liner notes by music writers Gerald Early and Michael Ribas. With origins in blues and doo-wop, the label quickly expanded into rhythm and blues, soul, jazz and gospel. At various times in its 13-year tenure, it was bigger than Motown Records and its Chicago rival, Chess Records. — Vee-Jay Records was the first successful African-American-owned record company.
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