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Best Atlantic Records Soul Albums: 20 Thrillers From The Home Of Soul

The best Atlantic Records soul albums not only invented soul music, they shaped it over decades, making history with each new record.

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'Muscle Shoals' Review: A Must-See Documentary About The Most Important Small Town In American Musical History

This doc is a music nerd's delight, and features Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin and more legendary musicians.

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Back To The Beach: How Sun, Sand And Surf Inspired Beach Music

The Beach Boys created the “California Dream” but beach music has its roots all over the US – or anywhere where there’s sand and restless spirits.

Interesting article some some of not quite accurate but still entertaining. Some good history.

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Soul singer Bill Coday had two careers 20 years apart | The Secret History of Chicago Music

His early releases, especially on Denise LaSalle’s Crajon label, have been widely reissued—and his later soul-blues recordings are beloved too.

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Remembering Bill Withers With 5 Great Live Performances | Pitchfork

These concert clips show the late singer-songwriter’s complete mastery

I was very sorry to hear this news. Bill Withers was an extraordinarily sensitive singer and seemed like an equally good man.

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1973: Soul clubs of Memphis and New York

These photographs, taken for The Sunday Times in 1973, are the work of photographer David Reed.

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Marvin Gaye What’s Going On Live Reissue Announced

The 1972 set, coming to vinyl for the first time, was the only time Gaye’s classic album was performed in full

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How Stevie Wonder Lost His Sight

Despite being blind since infancy, the “My Cherie Amour” and “Superstition” singer paved a career filled with 25 Grammy awards and social justice work.

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12 Soulful Facts About Aretha Franklin | Mental Floss

The documentary of Queen of Soul's legendary gospel album, 'Amazing Grace,' has finally been released—nearly 50 years after it was recorded.

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How we made Booker T and the MGs' Green Onions

‘It was originally called Funky Onions – but to laced-up, deep-south America, that sounded like a cuss word, so we had to retitle it’

This and/or “Take Five” is the coolest song (“cool” in the more musical sense) ever written, instrumental or otherwise.

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Cloud Nine: The Story Behind The Great Temptations’ Song | uDiscover

Cloud Nine is often assumed to be about getting high, but The Temptations’ Otis Williams swears “there weren’t drug references”.

The Tempting Temptations are the greatest vocal group of ALL TIME and are in the top 10 of all time music groups in general. This is a GREAT song and did mark a serious change in their sound. A sound that I actually like more than their earlier, "classic," sound. It was edgier and grittier. It also led directly into the funk era perfectly.

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This is the moment Aretha Franklin became the ‘Queen of Soul'

“Who wouldn’t want to be called ‘Queen’?” Franklin once said.

Such sad news.

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Aretha Franklin Is Home And Her Family Remains Hopeful | PEOPLE.com

Aretha Franklin is home and her family remains hopeful on her condition amid news that she's 'gravely ill'

Such sad news.

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Muscle Shoals icons The Swampers releasing 'lost' album

New archival LP finds studio musicians known for backing others' hits finally out-front on their own.

Like Booker T. & The MGs and The Wrecking Crew, these guys were a HUGE part of what made the 60s sound like the 60s.

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Otis Redding: Remembering His Life 50 Years After His Death

Looking back on the life of a soul legend who left far too early.

Otis Redding was the greatest soul singer ever. One of the greatest overall singers ever. And one of the best entertainers ever.

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STAX Celebrates 60 Years With Limited Edition 7" Singles Box Set | Analog Planet

Craft Recordings (a Concord Records imprint), which recently issued the 3 LP Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings just announced the Stax 7 Box Set, the first release in a year long celebration of the storied label's 60th

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The Secret History Of Aretha Franklin's "Respect"

50 years ago today, "Respect" became Aretha Franklin's first chart-topper. But when the song was first written by Otis Redding, it was no feminist anthem.

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Soul Survivor
The revival and hidden treasure of Aretha Franklin

The ascent and influence of the greatest singer in the history of postwar popular music.

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THE Velvelettes "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"

from the 1999 THE BEST OF THE VELVELETTES - created at http://animoto.com

One of THE most underrated soul songs in history..and the same for the group.

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Remembering Bobby Womack: A Passionate, Reckless Soul Man to the End

It’s called soul music for the intensity with which its singers deliver a lyric: hearts on fire, the best seem to testify as they sing, wrenching their body when they perform, bellowing a message, funky and free. Bobby Womack was the quintessential soul man.

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Truth and Soul: the production team making Texas sound vintage, and helping Lee Fields rewrite history

These New York sessioneer-producers minted the sound that took Amy Winehouse and Adele up the charts; now an army of admirers is coming to them to record the old-fashioned way