Early s recordings by The Detroit Emeralds, such as Do Me Right , are a link between soul and the later disco style. Motown Records artists such as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson contributed to the evolution of soul music, although their recordings were considered more in a pop music vein than those of Redding, Franklin and Carr.
Although stylistically different from classic soul music, recordings by Chicago-based artists are often considered part of the genre. By the early s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres. The social and political ferment of the times inspired artists like Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to release album-length statements with hard-hitting social commentary. Artists like James Brown led soul towards funk music, which became typified by s bands like Parliament-Funkadelic and The Meters.
More versatile groups such as War, the Commodores, and Earth, Wind and Fire became popular around this time. The show provided an outlet for soul music for several decades, also spawning a franchise that saw the creation of a record label Soul Train Records that distributed music by The Whispers, Carrie Lucas, and an up-and-coming group known as Shalamar.
Numerous disputes led to Cornelius spinning off the record label to his talent booker, Dick Griffey, who transformed the label into Solar Records, itself a prominent soul music label throughout the s. The TV series continued to air until , although other predominantly African-American music genres such as hip-hop began overshadowing soul on the show beginning in the s. As disco and funk were dominating the charts in the late s and early s, soul went in the direction of quiet storm.
With its relaxed tempos and soft melodies, quiet storm soul took influences from soft rock and adult contemporary. Many funk bands, such as Con Funk Shun, Cameo, and Lakeside would have a few quiet storm tracks on their albums. After the decline of disco and funk in the early s, soul music became influenced by electro music. The United States saw the development of neo-soul around Some considered the sound to be mechanistic, but the producers and songwriters brought artistic sensitivity to the three-minute tunes.
They allowed important elements to shine through the dense musical texture. Rhythm was emphasized by handclaps or tambourine. Stax Records and Atlantic Records were independent labels that produced high-quality dance records featuring many well known singers of the day.
They tended to have smaller ensembles marked by expressive gospel-tinged vocals. Over the years, the Grammy Awards for Soul music have changed their name, reflecting the culture of the era. Today, the award is given to Best Gospel Album. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance.
Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. The most popular style of soul music in the earlys was Motown's pop soul. His songwriters and artists created the "Motown sound" and produced dozens of pop-soul hits that young Americans loved.
Motown had nearly eighty top-ten crossover hits from to , and Motown's house band the Funk Brothers played on nearly all of them. They were skilled jazz musicians who could also make great pop music. They made the rhythms on Motown songs easy for white listeners to hear and dance to by playing tambourine and rhythm guitar on the second and fourth beats of each bar.
They also had female singers like Diana Ross and The Supremes use girlie pop-music voices instead of their natural bluesy voices, as blues great Etta James had done on her classic soul song I'd Rather Go Blind. With his amazing talent, young Michael could sing in any style including classic soul, as in the song Who's Loving You. A very different style of soul developed in Chicago, Illinois. Curtis Mayfield and his group The Impressions had been recording for Vee-Jay Records since , but in the earlys Curtis became involved in the civil rights movement.
He began writing powerful songs about the problems African Americans were facing, such as poverty, racism and injustice. These songs included Keep on Pushing , We're a Winner and his biggest hit People Get Ready , now regarded as one of greatest songs ever written. In Curtis began his own record label, Curtom Records, and released a series of classic soul albums including his soundtrack album for the film Superfly. The two main styles of soul music that developed in the South were a powerful, dynamic style called "deep soul" and a smooth, beautifully-produced style called "Memphis soul".
Booker T. Otis had a strong voice that was perfect for up-tempo soul, but he could also use a softer voice in romantic soul ballads. Like Sam Cooke three years earlier, Otis never saw the release of his greatest song.
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