Soul Music

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Title of the text: Soul Music

Author: Mark Edward Nero

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URL/Web Address: https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-soul-music-2851218

Main idea:

Soul Music is one of the genre of music that has the combination of rhythm and blues (R&B) and gospel music. It was popularized by the Africans-American composers and singers. 

Evidence/s that support/s the main idea:

"More than any other genre of popular American music, Soul is the result of the combination and merging of previous styles and substyles in the 1950s and 60s. Broadly speaking, the soul comes from a gospel (the sacred) and blues (the profane). Blues was mainly a musical style that praised the fleshly desire whereas gospel was more oriented toward spiritual inspiration."

"Soul music ruled the black music charts throughout the 1960s, with artists such as Aretha Franklin and James Brown leading the charts. Motown music is often described as Detroit Soul and included work by such top artists as Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, and Stevie Wonder."