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Soul

"Soul" is a difficult style to define - read pp. 148-149 in text

• growing out of 50s R&B, its musical style derives from southern black gospel & Mississippi Delta blues; gospel: (Gladys Knight, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle** sings an example)
• secular subject matter
• eventually, funky rhythms

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