| The Royal Sessions | ||||
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| Released | 4 February 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013, Royal Studios, Memphis | |||
| Genre | Blues, soul | |||
| Length | 41:34 | |||
| Label | 429 Records, Pie Records | |||
| Producer | Perry A. Margouleff [1] | |||
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The Royal Sessions is a studio album by Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame. Released on 4 February 2014, it consists of ten covers of blues, rhythm & blues and soul songs recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with local musicians and produced by Perry A. Margouleff.[2][3] Rodgers chose songs for the album that inspired him in his youth.[3][4]
Rodgers announced before the album's release that he would be donating all proceeds from it to the Stax Music Academy, an after-school music programme in Memphis, stating that he wanted to "pay the proceeds to the people who gave us this music".[5]
The album entered the Billboard Blues Albums chart at number one, and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 81.[6][7]
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- ^ Collette, Doug (2014) "Paul Rodgers - The Royal Sessions", Glide, 10 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ^ a b Ragonga, Mike (2014) "Paul Rodgers' Royal EPK Premiere, A Conversation With Astro Raph, Plus Exclusives From MODOC and Christine Rosander", Huffington Post, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ^ Stevenson, Jane (2014) "Paul Rodgers: New album 'like coming full circle'", Toronto Sun, 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ^ "Paul Rodgers donates album profits to charity", Daily Express, 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ^ "Blues Albums", Billboard, w/e 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ^ "Paul Rodgers Chart History", billboard.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014