Soul Music

The first genre of music I am going to talk to you about is soul. This would have to be my favourite genre. I just love soul music because of the tone. I probably like this genre so much because I am in a  gospel choir and I am a fan of R&B music.            Aretha Franklin  

As I already said soul music is a mix of genres between R&B (Rhythm and Blues and Gospel music). You have probably heard of Ben E. King, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding, well what do they all have in common........? Well they are the greats of soul music. Some of the best known hits from them are Stand By Me, Son Of A Preacher Man and the Dock of the Bay.

Otis Redding

     Soul music first kicked off in the late 1950s in the United States but only came to light in the 1960s. The four main different sources where soul music is to believed to have got its roots from are Racial, Geographical, Historical and Economical factors.                                                      

                                                                                                         Ben E. King

                                                                                         

Over the next two decades soul music dominated the black music chart and also inspired many other music styles of the time.

Sources

http://randb.about.com/od/rb12/p/SoulMusic.htm

coveralia.com ( all of pictures)