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Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit, the home of Motown, and Memphis, with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
This lightly gospelized rhythm and blues, which came to be known as Chicago soul, replaced the raucous blues of South Side bars with sophisticated, jazzy arrangements confected in recording studios and featuring melodic vocals backed by brass sections and strings.
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Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit, the home of Motown, and Memphis, with its hard-edged, gritty performers, Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
Feb 6, 2022 · Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson, whose song "Different Strokes" was frequently sampled in hip-hop, has died at the age of 85. Director Rob Hatch-Miller of the 2015 documentary about Johnson's...
Chicago Soul. Of the three major hotbeds for soul music during the 1960s, Motown had the hits and Memphis had the grit. Unfortunately, Chicago's fertile soul community is often left off the map -- and if it's recognized at all, it's mostly for the accomplishments of Curtis Mayfield, both as a member of the Impressions and later as a solo act.
Jan 30, 2023 · In this latest installment of World Cafe's Sense of Place series on Chicago music, we dig into five essential Chicago soul records with guest DJ Ayana Contreras, host of the Reclaimed Soul...
02:30. From iconic songs like “Duke of Earl” to the proliferation of independent, black-owned record labels like Vee-Jay Records, 1955-1966 was filled with soul music by ultra-talented black musicians.
