Nina Simone's I Put a Spell on You sold a million copies but was banned from radioMusic linernotes album music
I Put a Spell on You started as a gentle ballad before Hawkins transformed itMusic linernotes album music
Arnold Maxon produced I Put a Spell on You by getting everyone drunk in the studio.Music linernotes album music
John Lee Hooker covered "Money (That's What I Want)" on It Serves You Right to SufferMusic linernotes album music
Yusef Lateef played sax, flute, oboe, and reeds most people haven't heard ofMusic linernotes album music
The Charles Lloyd Quartet brought acoustic jazz to the Fillmore and won over the psychedelic crowdMusic linernotes album music
Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner arranged the orchestral parts on Africa/BrassMusic linernotes album music
Albert Ayler recorded My Name Is Albert Ayler in Copenhagen for Danish RadioMusic linernotes album music
A Monastic Trio was Alice Coltrane's debut as a leader on Impulse! RecordsMusic linernotes album music
Three of the eleven songs on Otis Blue are Sam Cooke covers — a tribute to a friend killed months earlier.Music linernotes album music
The Art of the Prima Donna was Joan Sutherland's first aria recital albumMusic linernotes album music
Robert Moog built the first commercially available synthesizer for Switched-On BachMusic linernotes album music
Joan Sutherland recorded The Art of the Prima Donna at Kingsway Hall in 1960Music linernotes album music
Pata Pata is a Xhosa phrase meaning 'touch touch' — a 1950s Johannesburg dance crazeMusic linernotes album music
Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata was one of the first African pop songs to break into the US mainstreamMusic linernotes album music
The Jimi Hendrix Experience cut Axis: Bold as Love at Olympic Studios in London over five months in 1967Music linernotes album music
Jimi Hendrix lost the stereo master for Axis: Bold as Love and had to re-mix itMusic linernotes album music
The Immortal Otis Redding produced four posthumous singles — including 'Hard to Handle'Music linernotes album music
Soul Man hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 and topped the R&B chart for seven weeksMusic linernotes album music
"Soul Man" is in the Library of Congress — Isaac Hayes said it was inspired by PassoverMusic linernotes album music
The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers arrived in January 1968 on ColumbiaMusic linernotes album music
