Schubertmaniac, you would enjoy a box set "Atlantic Rythmn and Blues 1947-74". It contains 203 songs on CD. It includes a book which is great reading. Allow me to quote from the intro to a section on Otis Redding. "Atlantic Records had always been one of the most respected independents in the recording industry. The companys specialty was black popular music, but it faced a formidable task as it entered the mid-60's.....The British invasion was knocking all kinds of records done the old way, off the charts. In black music powerful new developments in the nations r&b recording centers of New York, Detroit, Chicago, and the South were revolutionizing the music. Shuffle beats and doowops were giving way to a more impassioned, gospelized music called soul." It maakes you want to read on doesn't it! Soul is a wonderful form and more appreciated when you trace its roots.
True Confessions of a Soul Man
There seems to alot of interest in classical,jazz,and rock music. But are there any aging boomers that remember 60s soul music, a staple of AM radio that rivaled the british invasion?? My favorites were Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Supremes, Four Tops, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin. There were all types of sounds. I hope there are some experts out there that can identify each type the Memphis sound, The Philly sound (right Trelja?),etc. Opinions, favorite groups or songs, histories, etc.