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2 days ago · November 9 – The blues rock studio double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, the only album by Derek and the Dominos, is released, initially in the United States, the first presentation of the classic title track, "Layla", by English guitarist Eric Clapton and American drummer Jim Gordon.
1 day ago · Johnny is considered one of the kings of country music, but there are a lot of people who like Johnny but don't like country music. It's the same with James Brown and R&B. His music is singular — the feel and tone of it. James Brown is his own genre. He was a great editor — as a songwriter, producer and bandleader. He kept things sparse.
May 17, 2024 · soul music, term adopted to describe African American popular music in the United States as it evolved from the 1950s to the ’60s and ’70s. Some view soul as merely a new term for rhythm and blues.
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2 days ago · 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 30, 2024 · Al Green is an American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s. After a string of hits, including ‘Let’s Stay Together,’ ‘I’m Still in Love with You,’ and ‘Love and Happiness,’ he sacrificed his fame in order to fully dedicate himself to his religious faith.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 1, 2024 · With the popularity of soul music in the 1960s that came primarily from African-American singers, there was an offshoot called blue-eyed soul, which was the label given to white singers who were soul singers.
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May 30, 2024 · Curtis Mayfield (born June 3, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 26, 1999, Roswell, Georgia) was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and entrepreneur who was one of the principal architects of Chicago-based soul music during the 1960s and ’70s.
