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Style of blues music
Soul blues |
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Soul blues is a style of
blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of
soul music and
urban contemporary music.
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Origin
African American singers and musicians who grew up listening to the electric blues by artists such as
Muddy Waters,
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Jimmy Reed, and
Elmore James, and soul singers such as
Sam Cooke,
Ray Charles
[3] and
Otis Redding
[4] fused blues and soul music.
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Bobby Bland was one of the pioneers of this style.
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See also
References
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Unterberger, Richie (1996). "Soul Blues". In
Erlewine, Michael;
Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris;
Koda, Cub (eds.).
All music guide to the blues : The experts' guide to the best blues recordings.
All Music Guide to the Blues. San Francisco:
Miller Freeman Books. pp.
374–375.
ISBN
0-87930-424-3.
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^ Gordon, Robert (May 24, 2006).
"Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied".
PBS. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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^ Richie Unterberger.
"Ray Charles".
AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
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"Biography". Otis Redding Official Website. Archived from
the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
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