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Chicago soul
Stylistic origins
Soul
rhythm and blues
gospel
doo-wop
blues
Cultural origins
Early 1960s, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Regional scenes
Chicago
Other topics
Motown - Northern Soul
Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit, the home of Motown, and Memphis, with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
The sound of Chicago soul, like southern soul with its rich influence of black gospel music, also exhibited an unmistakable gospel sound, but was somewhat lighter and more delicate in its approach. Chicago vocal groups tended to feature laid-back sweet harmonies, while solo artists exhibited a highly melodic and somewhat pop approach to their songs.
Accompaniment usually featured highly orchestrated arrangements, with horns and strings, by such notable arrangers as Johnny Pate (who largely worked with horns) and Riley Hampton (who specialized in strings). This kind of soul music is sometimes called "soft soul", to distinguish it from the more harsh and gospel-like "hard soul" style.
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the youngest member of the third generation. Pruter, Robert (1992). ChicagoSoul. University of Illinois Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-252-06259-0. Moreover,...
music, industrial music, blues, hip hop, gospel, jazz and soul. The city is known for its Chicago School and Prairie School architecture. It continues to...
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best known for penning the Christian hymn It Is Well With My Soul following the Great Chicago Fire and the deaths of his four daughters on a transatlantic...
Maureen. "'Soul Train' creator, South Side native Cornelius dead in suicide", Chicago Sun-Times, February 2, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2018. "'Soul Train'...
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