| Soul Music has its beginnings in Gospel and R&B | | | | energy with pulsating - down south, Gospel Music. |
| of the 1940s and 1950s. They both had major | | | | Memphis Soul Music |
| influences on key soul singers including Ray Charles | | | | A shimmering, sultry style of soul music produced in |
| and Aretha Franklin, just to name a couple. | | | | the 1960s and 1970s - includes melancholic and |
| The birthplace of Soul Music, to be quite honest is | | | | melodic horns, organ, bass, and drums - truly |
| unknown. What is known? The United States inner | | | | remarkable. |
| cities, including Chicago, Detroit, Florence, Memphis, | | | | New Orleans Soul Music |
| and New York, all created and produced their own | | | | Directly came out of the R&B era - deep. |
| soul music styles based on their demographics at the | | | | Chicago Soul Music |
| same time, thus making a “beautiful mixture“ | | | | A light gospel-influenced sound - emotional. |
| of sound variety across the states for us all to | | | | Philadelphia Soul Music |
| enjoy. | | | | AKA Philly Soul - Orchestral sound and |
| In the 1970s, Hip Hop was born, which had a huge | | | | “doo-wop” vocals. |
| influence on the Soul Music that followed. New Jack | | | | Psychedelic Soul Music |
| Swing (aka Swing Beat), which combined Soul, Hip | | | | A blend of psychedelic rock and soul music, which |
| Hop, Gospel and Jazz, was absolutely rocking. | | | | paved the way for funk music a few years later - |
| Disco and Funk Music also came to fruition in the | | | | yeah buddy!. |
| 1970s, and started to decline in the early 1980s. | | | | Blue-eyed Soul Music |
| Undoubtedly, Soul Music was now being influenced by | | | | Performed by white artists, it has evolved over |
| Electro Music and Funk - it became known as | | | | decades and to a lesser extent, the term has been |
| Contemporary R&B which was, and still is, great!. | | | | applied to singers in other music genres that are |
| House and Techno rose to mainstream popularity in | | | | influenced by Soul Music - Kenny G is truly a great |
| the late 1980s and remained popular in the 1990s and | | | | artist. |
| 2000s. Also starting in the 1980s, Soul Music from | | | | Neo Soul Music |
| the United Kingdom became very popular - cheers | | | | A musical blend of 1970s soul-style vocals and |
| mate!. | | | | instrumentation with contemporary R&B sounds, |
| The development of Neo-Soul started around 1994. | | | | hip hop beats and poetic interludes - to chill out!. |
| This was due to mainstream record label marketing | | | | Northern Soul and Modern Soul Music |
| support for soul genres diminishing in the 2000s, as | | | | Rare Soul Music that was played by DJs at nightclubs |
| the industry re-focused on Hip Hop - somewhat of a | | | | in northern England - includes obscure 1960s and early |
| master stroke by the powers that be. | | | | 1970s American soul recordings - It‘s the vibes |
| The many genres of Soul Music and R&B have | | | | that matter. |
| reached a point, well before now of course, where | | | | Nu-Jazz and soulful electronica Music |
| they are now sub-divided into subgenres. To be | | | | Various genres of electronic music such as House, |
| side tracked, even though I have not mentioned it | | | | Drum & Bass, UK Garage, and Down tempo - |
| above, true Soul Music connoisseurs know that Rock | | | | the fusion is “you are on one!” |
| and Roll was, literally, born from Soul Music and | | | | There is something about really fantastic old rare soul |
| Rhythm and Blues….another day, another article. | | | | music that will always stay with you , and will always |
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| A driving, energetic soul style combining R&B's | | | | Samplers? |