Soul Music A to Z

by Hugh Gregory

Book Overview

Soul music was born as a synthesis of the call-and-response traditions of gospel with the secular - and often sexual - appeal of rhythm 'n' blues. From its birth with Ray Charles's I Got a Woman to its ongoing and widespread appeal today, soul has spawned a huge number of America's most important popular figures. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Prince and Whitney Houston...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306806436
• ISBN13: 9780306806438
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"