Paul Jones 50s R & B

Classic R&B sounds from the 1950's - this was the decade when the blues found a new audience in white teenage America and beyond. At the beginning of the 50's rhythm and blues was dismissed as 'race music' by the mainstream. But within a few years the leading lights of blues had become major stars, were selling millions of records and influencing a whole new generation of musicians who would go on to transform popular music in the 60's and beyond. Paul Jones explores the best in 50's R&B with a star studded list of artists including Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.