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May 17, 2024 · David Ritz. Soul music, term adopted to describe African American popular music in the U.S. as it evolved from the 1950s to the ’60s and ’70s. Some view soul as merely a new term for rhythm and blues. In fact a new generation reinterpreted the sounds of the R&B pioneers, whose music was transformed into rock and roll.
- David Ritz
May 14, 2024 · John M. Cunningham. Aretha Franklin, American singer who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s. Known as the ‘Queen of Soul,’ she made hit songs such as ‘I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You),’ ‘Respect,’ and ‘Think.’. Learn more about Franklin’s life and career in this article.
- David Ritz
- Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Over 75 million copies of her albums have been sold. In 2005 Frankli...
- Although she was born in Memphis, Tennessee, Aretha Franklin spent most of her early years in Detroit, Michigan, with her mother, a gospel singer,...
- As a teen, Aretha Franklin sang in a junior gospel choir. She released a gospel album, The Gospel Sound of Aretha Franklin, in 1956, at age 14. In...
- Aretha Franklin was in the music business for nearly 60 years. Her enormous discography includes 38 studio albums and 6 live albums. Her most famou...
- Aretha Franklin died of advanced pancreatic cancer on August 16, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan.
May 26, 2024 · Aretha Franklin. Aretha Louise Franklin ( / əˈriːθə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] . Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. [3] [4]
May 24, 2024 · rhythm and blues, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. The term was coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947, when he was editing the charts at the trade journal Billboard and found that the record companies issuing Black popular music considered the chart names then ...
- Ed Ward
May 23, 2024 · The recommended books below include biographies and studies on many aspects of soul, funk, and mid-twentieth century R&B. Additional books can be found in biographies (especially ML 420) and in types and styles of popular music (for soul, see ML 3537 and, for funk, see ML 3527.8 ).
5 days ago · James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". [1] .
May 19, 2024 · Word History. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. soul music. noun. : music that originated in African American gospel singing, is closely related to rhythm and blues, and is characterized by intensity of feeling and vocal embellishments. Examples of soul music in a Sentence.
