Whatever happened to soul music?

[whitetail]

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of my becoming a listener and fan of popular music. My mom got me a clock radio when I started 5th grade, and it really transformed my life. Even at that very young age, I had already become an insomniac, often lying awake until 3 or 4AM just tossing and turning, but after I got my own radio, I at least had something

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[whitetail]

Sweet! I didn't mean to imply that there are no soul artists out there doing their thing anymore, though, just that the genre as a whole has disappeared from the airwaves and popular culture. That's primarily what I was lamenting.

[whitetail]

Thank you for that! Always nice to see someone still carrying the torch. ^^

[growly]

Thanks for sharing, I liked listening to these!

These guys have a soul-inspired sound you may like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggbNKKDTBNA

[whitetail]

That was great! Just goes to prove soul is more than skin deep. ^^ Climax was a white band back in the 1970s whose "Precious and Few" was just as much a soul classic as other groups we associate with the genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I95xCjQe6Jg

*chuckle* I love the singer's outfit. Classic stage duds for the time, eh? ^^

[raikawolf]

I remember hearing these on the radio even in the mid 70's where I lived, but that was back when trends took their time to make their way east from California. But no, you don't hear stuff like this hardly anywhere anymore. Definitely great!

And I have to thank punktiger -- Sharon Jones will be added to the regular rotation :)

Something pretty typical these days that I run into a lot given my hobby is dance music with this soul diva inspired vocal, like:

http://youtu.be/n0FOPTYJPXw

[crow_lover]

I love soul music, too - and that song by The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose is one of my favorite ones, too. :)

[whitetail]

Hehe, look at my iTunes play count on that tune. ^^

[iloveplushies67]

Here's a few of my recent faves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiUyFQQE-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BEFY1SfQZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZOwW-M9Z6c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcqb7kzekoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8QI6-KKhM

[whitetail]

Amazing! I never heard Charles Bradley before. What a voice! Thanks for passing those along. ^^

[iloveplushies67]

You're Welcome .I myself only discovered Charles Bradley's music through one of the very few TV shows I watch