Soul Collection / Featuring Al Wilson, Rufus Thomas, Eddie Floyd, Odyssey, The Supremes and many more / Audio CD 2006 / Dynamic / Dyn423

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Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the 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, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.

According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying". Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and an especially tense vocal sound. The style also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds. Soul music reflected the African-American identity and it stressed the importance of an African-American culture. The new-found African-American consciousness led to new styles of music, which boasted pride in being black.

Soul music dominated the U.S. R&B chart in the 1960s, and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. By 1968, the soul music genre had begun to splinter. Some soul artists developed funk music, while other singers and groups developed slicker, more sophisticated, and in some cases more politically conscious varieties. By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres, leading to psychedelic soul. The United States saw the development of neo soul around 1994. There are also several other subgenres and offshoots of soul music.

• 1 Al Wilson - Show & Tell
• 2 Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog
• 3 Eddie Floyd - Bring It On Home to Me
• 4 Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You
• 5 The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
• 6 Marv Johnson - Come to Me
• 7 Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness
• 8 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
• 9 Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me
• 10 Percy Sledge - It Tears Me Up
• 11 Archie Bell & The Drells - Look Back Over Your Shoulder
• 12 The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
• 13 Clarence Carter - Slip Away
• 14 Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out
• 15 Tymes - Somewhere
• 16 Eddie Floyd - I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
• 17 The Supremes - I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking
• 18 Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone
• 19 Jimmy Ruffin - Tell Me What You Want
• 20 Brook Benton - So Many Ways