Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection is the flagship release in a new series of reissues drawn from the incredibly rich R&B, blues, soul, gospel, jazz and pop recordings originally released by Vee-Jay Records. The 86-track boxed set contains the cream of the Vee-Jay label’s run, from 1953 to 1966, including hits byJimmy Reed, Jerry Butler & The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons, Little Richard, The Staple Singers, The Dells, Betty Everett, The Swan Silvertones, Dee Clark, The El Dorados, Gene Chandler, The Spaniels, and many others, as well as amazing obscurities by less-well-known artists.

Vee-Jay Records was the first nationally successful African-American-owned record company. At one point it was bigger than even such powerhouses as Motown Records and Chess Records. Though Vee-Jay is now best known as the first American label to release records by The Beatles, it is classic singles like The Spaniels’ “Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite,” John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom,” Jimmy Reed’s “Bright Lights, Big City,” Betty Everett’s “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss),” Jerry Butler’s “Make It Easy On Yourself,” Gene Chandler’s “Duke Of Earl,” and Little Richard’s “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got But It’s Got Me” that remain the label’s enduring legacy.

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