Soul blues | |
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Stylistic origins | |
Cultural origins | 1950s, United States |
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. [1]
African American singers and musicians who grew up listening to the electric blues by artists such as Muddy Waters, [2] Jimmy Reed, and Elmore James, and soul singers such as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles [3] and Otis Redding [4] fused blues and soul music. [1] Bobby Bland was one of the pioneers of this style. [1]
Soul blues | |
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Stylistic origins | |
Cultural origins | 1950s, United States |
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. [1]
African American singers and musicians who grew up listening to the electric blues by artists such as Muddy Waters, [2] Jimmy Reed, and Elmore James, and soul singers such as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles [3] and Otis Redding [4] fused blues and soul music. [1] Bobby Bland was one of the pioneers of this style. [1]