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Southern Soul
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Southern Soul
Southern Soul is a branch of the R&B / Soul family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Southern Soul is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Wilson Pickett, Bettye LaVette and Jimmy Holiday.
GENRE FAMILY
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Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreSouthern Soul
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United States · Southern Soul
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01She's Better Than You1965 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 02That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me1969 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 03Walk a Mile in My Shoes2004 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 04Let Me Down Easy2007 · Soul · soulOpen in new tab 05How Can I Forget2008 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 06I Almost Lost My Mind2014 · Southern Soul · southern soulOpen in new tab 07Wundabred2024 · Afro-Funk · funkOpen in new tab 08I’m Your PuppetSouthern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 09I'm a Fool for You1967 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 10I Believe in You1974 · soul · southern soulOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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Album·1991
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968
Album·Southern Soul
Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents: 2 Meter Sessions, Vol. 10
Album·1965
She's Better Than You / Talk Talk
Album·1967
I'm a Fool for You / Gonna Send You Back to Georgia
Album·1969
That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me / Freedom Train
Album·1993
Very Blue Highway 61
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