Listen to soul! : exploring a musical genre / James E. Perone.

"Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of soul music for fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 must-hear singers, songs, and albums that define it"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Exploring musical genres.
Main Author: Perone, James E. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]
Series:Exploring musical genres.
Subjects:
Soul music > History and criticism.
Soul music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xv, 228 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Background
  • Must-hear music
  • "Ain't no mountain high enough" : from Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell to Diana Ross
  • Beyoncé
  • Blue-eyed soul : the men
  • Blue-eyed soul : the women
  • Boyz II Men
  • James Brown : live at the Apollo
  • James Brown : two mid-60s hits : "I got you (I feel good)" and "Papa's got a brand new bag"
  • Mariah Carey
  • Ray Charles : "I got a woman"
  • Ray Charles : "What'd I say"
  • The Commodores and Lionel Richie
  • Sam Cooke : ain't that good news
  • D'Angelo : brown sugar
  • The Drifters
  • Aretha Franklin : I never loved a man the way I love you
  • Aretha Franklin : "Think"
  • Marvin Gaye : let's get it on
  • Marvin Gaye : what's going on
  • Al Green : greatest hits
  • Isaac Hayes : hot buttered soul
  • Lauryn Hill : the miseducation of Lauryn Hill
  • Whitney Houston
  • The Impressions : "People get ready"
  • The Isley Brothers : the heat is on
  • Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
  • Etta James
  • Alicia Keys
  • Ben E. King : "Stand by me"
  • Gladys Knight and the Pips
  • John Legend
  • Curtis Mayfield : super fly
  • Wilson Pickett : land of 1000 dances : the complete Atlantic singles, vol. 1
  • Elvis Presley
  • Otis Redding : Otis blue/Otis Redding sings soul
  • "Respect" : from Otis Redding to Aretha Franklin
  • Minnie Riperton : perfect angel
  • Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • Sam & Dave
  • Nina Simone : feeling good : the very best of Nina Simone
  • Percy Sledge : "When a man loves a woman"
  • Dusty Springfield : Dusty in Memphis
  • The Staple Singers : be altitude : respect yourself
  • The Supremes
  • The Temptations
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • Jackie Wilson
  • Bill Withers
  • Stevie Wonder in the 1960s
  • Stevie Wonder : songs in the key of life
  • "You make me feel like a) natural woman" : Aretha Franklin and Carole King
  • Impact on popular culture
  • Legacy.