5 Royales - Rock (CD)

Release Date: 06/04/211-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.-With the fantastic '5' Royales, we introduce another significant element in the transformation of African-American music from gospel to R&B to soul in our 'Rocks' CD-series.-Bear Family outlines the vocal quintet's journey from a pure gospel group to one of rhythm 'n' blues' most successful formations.-From their beginnings on Apollo Records to their outstanding recordings for King, we deliver the quintet's best powerful songs.-The energetic playing of guitarist Lowman Pauling, Jr. influenced later peers such as Steve Cropper, who was instrumental in shaping the Stax sound in the '60s.-Competent and meticulously researched liner notes by Chicago black music expert Bill Dahl in the richly illustrated booklet; 6-page digipak.Like Clyde McPhatter and Ray Charles, The '5' Royales played a seminal role in combining melismatic gospel vocals with rhythm and blues lyrics and instrumenta