King New Breed R&B 2 / Various

Kent's King New Breed CD of 2002 was a major success highlighting future dancefloor monsters including Burnt Toast And Black Coffee by Mike Pedecin and Little Willie John's I'm Shakin'.

The King labels had a huge number of releases and research and curiosity has inevitably turned up more wonderful black dance tracks with a strong blues feeling for our delectation. Lesser-known acts such as Billy Conn, Dolph Prince and Teddy Humphries show their wares alongside R&B masters such as Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Freddy King and a welcome reprise from Little Willie John.

El Pauling has two shots through his original '5' Royales and his later group the Royalton that featured him as the star of the show.

For lovers of the new try Hal Hardy's Hollywood waxing Love Man - a stunning rap intro leads into a one-off of a great black dance track. The King Pins update the Charms' Two Hearts to great effect and Herb Hardesty's Just A Little Bit Of Everything has been cherished by the 'in' Europe for four decades.