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1) Chicago soul
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Pruter, the rhythm and blues editor for Goldmine magazine, examines the rise and fall of commercial R and B or soul music in Chicago during the 1960s and 1970s. He discusses the various record companies and performers who made Chicago one of the centers of black music in the country. Starting with the larger companies, including Vee Jay, Okeh, and Chess, Pruter proceeds to cover scores of smaller labels, many short-lived, such as Formal, Nike, Crash,...
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"The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artists trekked to FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound in search of the sound of authentic southern Black...