Overview

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. This book provides both an overview and a critical analysis of what makes soul music in the United States. A list of 50 songs, albums, and musicians includes many of the best-known hits of the past and present from artists such as Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder, as well as several important popular successes that are not necessarily on the ""best-of"" lists in other books. Like the other books in this series, this volume includes a chapter that focuses on the background of soul music followed by 50 critical essays on must-hear albums, songs, and singers. Chapters on the impact of soul music on popular culture and the legacy of the genre further explain the impact of these seminal compositions and musicians. This volume additionally includes a greater focus on soul music as a genre, making it a stand-out title on the topic for high school and college readers.

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Author:   James E. Perone (Mount Union College)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
ISBN:  

9798216219484

Pages:   248
Publication Date:   24 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1. Background 2. 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 3. Impact on Popular Culture 4. Legacy Bibliography Index

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James E. Perone, PhD, is professor emeritus of music at the University of Mount Union, USA.

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