Following his acclaimed arrival in 2015, modern soul rocker Anderson East has seen just about every kind of success there is.

Bridgeport Records cofounder Jerry Morrison (at right) and his son, Joe Credit: Leor Galil Heart of Chicago Soul Club celebrates its first anniversary at Color Club on Saturday, July 27.

The modern era of country soul began, more or less, with Ray Charles, an R&B legend whose tag-team Modern Sounds in Country & Western LPs were landmarks that arguably blueprinted soul music itself.

Their rooms overflowed with a collection of 25,000 records. They invited touring musicians to the embassy near Sheridan Circle for noisy Sunday after noon jam sessions.