Listen to Soul!: Exploring a Musical Genre [Exploring Musical Genres]

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9781440875250
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1440875251
ISBN-13
9781440875250
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050104139

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
248 Pages
Publication Name
Listen to Soul! : Exploring a Musical Genre
Language
English
Subject
History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Reference
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music
Author
James E. Perone
Series
Exploring Musical Genres Ser.
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2020-035091
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
781.64409
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
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., Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre 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 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 background chapter followed by a chapter that contains 50 critical essays on must-hear albums, songs, and singers, approximately 1,500 words each. 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., Focusing on 50 must-hear singers, songs, and albums that define soul music, Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview for fans of the genre., Each book in this genre- and performance group-based collection provides the reader with background information on a specific musical genre, critical analyses of significant examples from the genre, and discography and analysis of must-hear examples. Although Written by scholars, the series is for the lay reader and general music fan. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
ML3537.P47 2021

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