Soul music

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African American music music genre

Soul music is a genre that blends gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz influences into a deeply emotive, vocal-driven style that emerged in African American communities in the 1950s and 1960s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Motown sound 4
Memphis soul 1
Motown soul 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American music ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
culturalOrigin African American communities ⓘ
derivativeGenre Northern soul ⓘ
Southern soul ⓘ
blue-eyed soul ⓘ
contemporary R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
progressive soul ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
developedDuring 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
developedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
instrument Hammond organ ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableArtist Al Green ⓘ
Aretha Franklin ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
notableLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records

Stax Records ⓘ
peakPopularity 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
relatedGenre blues ⓘ
funk ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
stylisticOrigin gospel music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
subgenre Chicago soul ⓘ
Memphis soul ⓘ
Motown soul ⓘ
Philadelphia soul ⓘ
deep soul ⓘ
smooth soul ⓘ
typicalFeature call and response singing ⓘ
emotive vocals ⓘ
gospel-influenced harmonies ⓘ
handclaps ⓘ
horn sections ⓘ
melismatic singing ⓘ
prominent rhythm section ⓘ
strong backbeat ⓘ
typicalTheme heartbreak ⓘ
love ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ

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Solange Knowles → influencedBy → Soul music ⓘ
Carla Thomas → genre → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis soul
Godfather of Soul → describesRoleInGenre → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: soul music
I Want You Back → isClassicOf → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
The Marvelettes → partOf → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) → isClassicOf → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
Sylvia Moy → movement → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
Anything You Want Me To Do → musicGenreMovement → Soul music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown soul