Album: VARIOUS – The Greatest R&B Hits of 1957 (Acrobat ACQCD7007 2008)

The concept is simple. Take the 96 biggest hits of 1957 on the American R&B chart, arrange them chronologically and stick them on four CDs. Job done. And that is precisely what Acrobat have done here.
Unlike the Boulevard Vintage series of year-themed Rhythm and Blues collections (which go back to 1947 but have yet to [...]