Soul category: 101 books
Florida Soul
From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
"The story of a state long denied its place in soul capitals. Capouya tells quite a tale, taking us from the legends RC to KC; from Jackie Moore to Sam Moore; to many more. "--Jeffrey M. Lemlich, author of Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, the '60s and Beyond "Engaging and comprehensive....
Soul Music
Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
"Exceptionally illuminating and philosophically sophisticated."
---Ted Cohen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
"In this audacious and long-awaited book, Joel Rudinow takes seriously a range of interrelated issues that most music theorizing is embarrassed to tackle....
Young Soul Rebels
A Personal History of Northern Soul
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
"Nothing will ever compare to the amphetamine rush of my young life and the night I was nearly buggered by my girlfriend's uncle in the Potteries..." The opening line of Stuart Cosgrove's Young Soul Rebel sets up a compelling and intimate story of northern soul, Britain's most fascinating...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Welcome to Volume 2 in the Legends of Soul series.If you have read any of The Legends of Rock & Roll series, this is similar, except I am spotlighting artists who perform primarily in the genre of Soulmusic.This is really a mini-biography of Ray Charles which emphasizes the music that...
by David Freeland
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
American soul music of the 1960s is one of the most creative and influential musical forms of the twentieth century. With its merging of gospel, R&B, country, and blues, soul music succeeded in crossing over from African American culture into the general pop culture. Soul became the byword for the...
In the Midnight Hour
The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
He was the Wicked Wilson Pickett, the legendary soul man whose forty-plus hits included "In the Midnight Hour," "634-5789," "Land of 1000 Dances," "Mustang Sally," and "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You." Remarkably handsome and with the charisma...
Heart Full of Soul
An Inspirational Memoir About Finding Your Voice and Finding Your Way
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
With a Bible belt twang and a shock of gray hair, American Idol winner Hicks resembles nothing less than the other tweeny pop stars churned out by the television megahit. In this inspirational autobiography, Hicks reveals that, before capturing televised glory (and more votes than George Bush in 2004),...
Soul City
Porretta Terme, il festival e la musica
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Dal 1988, sull’Appennino tosco-emiliano, si svolge una rassegna dedicata interamente al soul. Sì, proprio la musica scaturita dall’incontro di jazz, blues, gospel, rock e country che diede voce e visibilità alle battaglie dell’America nera per i diritti civili e una cittadinanza degna di questo...
Fever: Little Willie John
A Fast Life, Mysterious Death, and the Birth of Soul
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Little Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock ‘n’ roll and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music.
Born in...
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece presents the remarkable story of how The Queen of Soul created what Rolling Stone called “the greatest soul album ever made.”
The album she recorded that earned soul legend Aretha...
The Bbsat's Level Ii : Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test
Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
OK, break out your microphones (or hair brushes) and start singing to these test and quizzes. For this second level of the test we have included 100 main questions, over twenty smaller quizzes, that are broken into categories like ; songs about time, songs with the word funk in the title, songs about...
Soul Serenade
Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
A coming-of-age memoir about a young boy in rural Arkansas who searches for himself and his distant father through soul music
Growing up in rural Arkansas, young Rashod Ollison turned to music to make sense of his life. The dysfunction, sadness, and steely resilience of his family and neighbors...
Country Soul
Making Music and Making Race in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and...
Soul Covers
Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow)
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Soul Covers is an engaging look at how three very different rhythm and blues performers—Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Phoebe Snow—used cover songs to negotiate questions of artistic, racial, and personal authenticity. Through close readings of song lyrics and the performers’ statements about...