33 track collection which traces the early years of Paul Gayten's high-voltage career, illustration his importance to the birth of New Orleans R&B and Rock 'n' Roll. Gayten made the first New Orleans R&B recordings of the post war era and had his first local hits there in 1947. As a producer, he was responsible for grooming singers such as Bobby Charles and Clarence Frogman Henry and became an important in the Chess Records empire before forming his own label in the 1960s.