Soul Music
Gels in the early 60s, a blend of rhythm & blues and gospel, with the soulful passion of religious music in a secular setting. Often used call-and-response between the singer and the chorus, who might clap as well as sing. The term was first used in 1961.
Early influences
o Ray Charles, “I Got a Woman” 1954
o Etta James, "Tell Mama" 1968
60s Soul
§ Ben E. King, “Stand by Me” 1961
§ Sam Cooke, “Bring It on Home” 1962
§ James Brown, “I Got You (I Feel Good)” 1964 James Brown = The Godfather of Soul
§ Aretha Franklin, “Respect” 1967
§ Otis Redding, “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” 1965
The Motown Sound
o A blend of rhythm & blues and white pop, engineered by Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, based in Detroit.
§ Martha and the Vandellas, “Heatwave” 1963
§ Little Stevie Wonder, “Fingertips” 1963
§ The Supremes, “Where Did Our Love Go?” 1964 [Diana Ross]
§ The Temptations, “My Girl” 1964
§ The Miracles, “I Second That Emotion” 1967 [Smokey Robinson]
The British Invasion Brings Blues Back to America
British Blues
· Bluesbreakers (including Eric Clapton), “Steppin’ Out” 1966
· The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun” 1964
Blue-Eyed Soul
· The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” 1964 [From the album Some Blue-Eyed Soul] The first song by white singers to be widely played on R&B stations. Many people initially assumed they were black.
· The Rascals, “Good Lovin’” 1966 The band was initially called the Young Rascals
Bluesmen Back in the Spotlight
· BB King, “The Thrill Is Gone” 1969
· Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones, “Hoochie Coochie Man” 1981
· John Lee Hooker, “Boom Boom” 1980
The New Lights of Blues-Rock
· Taj Mahal, “Queen Bee” 1977
· Buddy Guy, “Stone Crazy” 1961
Civil Rights Soundtrack
o Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddamn” 1964
o Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, “People Get Ready” 1965
o Mahalia Jackson, “We Shall Overcome” 1963
o Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” 1964
Bakersfield Sound
o Country genre that arose in the late 50s in California, often performed by “Okies”. It was the first wave of country to protest the slick new “Nashville Sound.”
§ Buck Owens, “Act Naturally”, 1963
§ Merle Haggard, “Mama Tried”, 1968
Hippies Go Country
o The Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” 1969
o Bob Dylan, “Lay, Lady,Lay” 1969
o The Grateful Dead, “Cumberland Blues” 1969
Country Responds to Hippies
§ Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, "Ballad of the Green Berets" 1966
§ Merle Haggard
· “The Fightin’ Side of Me” 1970
Counter-Culture Country
§ Kenny Rogers, “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” 1967/1969 [“It wasn’t me who started that old crazy Asian war…”]
§ Kris Kristoffersen, “Sunday Morning Coming Down” 1969
§ Johnny Cash, “The Man in Black” 1971
Charley Pride: African American Country
Country’s Working Class Anthems
§ Bobby Bare, “Detroit City” 1963
§ Roger Miller, "King of the Road" 1965
§ Merle Haggard, “Working Man’s Blues” 1969
§ Loretta Lynn, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” 1969
Say It Loud
§ James Brown, “I’m Black and I’m Proud” 1968
§ Gil Scott Herron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” 1970
§ The Staple Singers, “Respect Yourself” 1971 [“Take the sheet off your face, boy, it’s a brand new day”]
§ Sly and the Family Stone, “Don’t Call Me N****r, Whitey” 1968 [“They were talking funky to each other, and neither one could change a thing”]
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