Essay On Soul Music

The soul music is includes variations of sounds that incorporate elements such as rhythm or pattern. It’s a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States as where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential in the civil rights era. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa. Soul music has its roots in traditional African American gospel music and rhythm and blues, and their religious and styles both content and instrumentation began in the 1950s. The term soul had been used among African American musicians to emphasize the feeling of being an African American in the U.S. According to Barry Hansen, though this produced a number of hits in the R&B market in the 1950s, only the white fans felt its impact at the time, the rest had to wait for the coming of soul music in the 1960s to feel the rush of rock and roll style. According to another source, "Soul music was the result of the urbanization and …show more content…
Brown was known as the "Godfather of Soul" and Richard the "king of rockin' and rollin', rhythm and blues soulin'", because his music elements of all three, and because he inspired artists. Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson are acknowledged as soul fathers. Cooke became popular due to the lead singer of gospel group The Soul Stirrers, before moving into mainstream music. His recording of "You Send Me" in 1957 has been a successful pop career and his 1962 recording of "Bring It on Home to Me" has been described as "perhaps the first record to define the soul experience". Jackie Wilso who is another artist just like Cooke and James Brown also achieved success in 1957 with "Reet Petite", has been an influence for his