Evelyn “Champagne” King

The Weekend Stream: June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A classic film score gets remixed for a major anniversary; a modern jazz great reunites two-thirds of a classic rock band; and it’s funny how time flies for Tears for Fears. All this, plus morsels of news on potential reissues from Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran, and two tributes to singers we lost this week. John Williams, JAWS (Original Motion Picture Score – Remastered) (Back Lot Music) (Apple /…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Andy Summers, Bruce Springsteen, Christian McBride, Duran Duran, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Williams, Lou Christie, Preston Glass, Sting, Tears for Fears, The New Christy Minstrels, The Police, Yarbrough and Peoples

The Weekend Stream: December 10, 2022

December 10, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. This week, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown – plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) As the first part of Rhino’s ongoing…

Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight: Cherry Red Box Set Bonanza – Evelyn “Champagne” King, “The RCA Albums 1977-1985”

December 16, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Perhaps no label this holiday season has offered such a bonanza of box sets as Cherry Red. Today we kick off a three-part feature on five of these sets (any of which just might make the perfect stocking stuffer!) with a Holiday Gift Guide spotlight on Evelyn “Champagne” King’s The RCA Albums 1977-1985. Bronx-born, Philadelphia-raised vocalist Evelyn “Champagne” King came from a showbiz family including her uncle Avon Long – perhaps best known as Sportin’ Life in multiple productions of Porgy and Bess – who had made his Broadway debut in 1936…

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News, Reviews

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Box Sets, CD

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Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

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Evelyn "Champagne" King, Holiday Gift Guide

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Lou Reed RCA and Arista Album Collection 1

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up which just might be the biggest slate of the year to date! Lou Reed, The RCA and Arista Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed’s supervision before his untimely passing in 2013. An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package. Read more here! Prince, The Prince Movie Collection (Warner Home Video) (Amazon…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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ABBA, B.J. Thomas, Barry Gibb, Cher, Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Loretta Lynn, Lou Reed, Mahalia Jackson, Micky Dolenz, Otis Redding, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Prince, Sandy Bull, Yes

It Had To Be You: Real Gone’s October Slate Features Eddie Money, Keely Smith, Mahalia Jackson, John Hammond, Percy Faith and More

August 24, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 2 Comments

Real Gone Music has just announced their October slate of titles and while only one of them will get you into the Halloween spirit, there might well be something else among the eclectic choice of genres to pique your interest! First up, Real Gone is releasing three two-disc greatest hits collections. One of these features liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese: Percy Faith’s The Definitive Collection. Faith was hugely in demand at Columbia Records, arranging and conducting for a large number of artists during the 1950s. He also had a…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Keely Smith, Percy Faith, Sandy Bull

Relight Their Fire: BBR Compiles Hits, Rarities For Loleatta Holloway, Skyy and Evelyn “Champagne” King

July 17, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s no secret that Big Break Records, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has mastered the art of the reissue when it comes to vintage R&B, soul and disco. But the label has expanded its horizons recently with a new series of deluxe 2-CD artist anthologies combining hits, rarities, remixes and key album tracks into one package. Three such titles are available now from the label, dedicated to the sensational Loleatta Holloway, “Shame” diva Evelyn “Champagne” King and the band Skyy. Though Chicago-born Loleatta Holloway (1946-2011) only released four albums on Salsoul…

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Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

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Evelyn "Champagne" King, Loleatta Holloway, Skyy