Soul category: 101 books
by David Ritz
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music Marvin Gaye. Author Ritz has assembled years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation and tells the Marvin Gaye story...
Soul Survivor
A Biography of Al Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
The bestselling author of Shakey: Neil Young's Biography presents the first in-depth biography of the legendary soul singer Al Green.
Al Green has blessed listeners with some of the biggest hits of the past fifty years. "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You,"...
A House on Fire
The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
"If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "The Soul Train Theme," "Then Came You," "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"--the distinctive music that became known as Philly Soul dominated the pop music charts in the 1970s. In A House on Fire, John A. Jackson...
Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
An insightful music writer brilliantly reinterprets the lives of three pop geniuses and the soul revolution they launched.
Soul music is one of America's greatest cultural achievements, and Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield are three of its most inspired practitioners. In...
by Stuart Cosgrove
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
The Epic Story of Motown and Detroit's Independent Soul Music Scene It's January 1967-and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is trapped in his home, unable to do anything about the internal war ravaging his most successful group,...
Sweet Soul Music
Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm...
The James Brown Reader
Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown embodied rhythm and blues, funk and soul, and...
Party Music
The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Examining the culture and politics of the Black Power era of the late 1960s, this book explores the relationship of soul music to the Black Power movement from the vantage point of the musicians and black revolutionaries themselves. The 1960s were a turbulent time for race relations in the United...
Working for the Man, Playing in the Band
My Years with James Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A young, long-haired rock guitarist finds the funk on stage with the Godfather of Soul
In this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music’s most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his six years spent playing guitar for James Brown’s Soul Generals.
In a memoir certain...
by Mike Evans
Language: German
Release Date: May 6, 2010
Language: German
Release Date: May 6, 2010
Ray Charles - Die Geburt des Soul ist die unglaubliche Geschichte eines wahren Pioniers der Musikgeschichte. Mit seinem musikalischen Wagemut prägte er die Musik der letzten 50 Jahre entscheidend. Von seinen ersten Aufnahmen in den 50er Jahren an war sein einzigartiger Stil für Künstler eine unerschöpfliche,...
by Joel McIver
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Erykah Badu stands at the forefront of a whole new genre of music. Before Macy Gray, Alicia Keys and Angie Stone, Erykah was bringing the unique sounds of neo-soul - the classic vibes of Motown and Stax smoothed by Jazz and toughened by Hip-Hop - to the people. quite simply, there is no other artist...
Otis Redding
An Unfinished Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as “(Sittin’...
Soul Train
The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
From Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the award-winning hip-hop group the Roots, comes this vibrant book commemorating the legacy of Soul Train—the cultural phenomenon that launched the careers of artists such as Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, Whitney Houston, Lenny Kravitz, LL...
The Hippest Trip in America
Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, “the most accomplished black music critic of his generation” (Washington Post Book World).
When it debuted in October...