soul" both initially described types of African-American popular music with origins in the 1940s and '50s. However, the terms' definitions have evolved significantly over time, as both categories saw the...
The romantic sound of Sam Cooke, coupled with his intense good looks, made him soul music’s first teen idol. But he had to fight. The price of being a pioneer is often approbation, and so it was for Cooke. He was known as a gospel singer (he was part of The Soul Stirrers and, ...
You can play as many individual songs as you wish by clicking on the song title of any song, which will take you to its page, and pressing the play button. If you wish to use the playlist feature you need to log in though as the music player will timeout after 6 minutes otherwise....
The Music Genres List site covers many of the most popular styles of R and B / soul music, we hope this becomes the definitive list of R and B / soul music genres on the Internet, send an email to add @ musicgenreslist dot com if you feel any R and B / soul music genres are ...
They have all sold their music catalogs in the past 10 years. Jackson and Springsteen reaped the biggest rewards at over $500M each. Catalog sales have become big business; the rock stars of the ’60s and ’70s are cashing in big time, and they have intellectual property (IP) law to...
Although Stevie Wonder began his career in the ‘60s, he truly came into his own and was a driving force in propelling the new sound of Soul and R&B to the forefront of popular music in the ‘70s, releasing a string of albums that highlighted his innovative songwriting style – including...
Music was in the air in the Franklins’ North End Detroit neighborhood, which produced such musical stars as Smokey Robinson (a lifelong friend of the Franklins), Diana Ross, Jackie Wilson and members of the Four Tops. Aretha took to the piano when she was 8 and soon could play tunes ...
Though Hakim would not express an interest in playing music until his late teens, he was surrounded by a diverse array of sounds at home. There was thenueva cancion—political folk music—of his mother’s native Chile; ’60s and ’70s touchstones like the Beatles and Al Green; D.C. hard...
Horns are an integral part of Soul music and Harrison Callaway and the Muscle Shoals Horns add layers of frosting to an already sweet éclair. The production is crisp, full and clean on each and every track either produced by the Clayton/Vick Allen team, Mike Snoddy or Paul Richmond. ...
He was fortunate enough to have an older brother who influenced his musical tastes and made him discover music which he otherwise might never have experienced in the same way! Jean-Paul was his name and Bruno always thought he had excellent and varied tastes early on. It all started with ...