Soul Music

Soul Music

Module 2

Multiple Select

Soul music is considered the combination of which two pre-existing genres of music?

• R&B

• Rock

• Country

• Gospel

Multiple Choice

Who is known as the Queen of Soul?

• Etta James

• Aretha Franklin

• Billie Holiday

• Diana Ross

Aretha Franklin

• "Queen of Soul"

• recorded at the FAME studio in Muscle Shoals

• Originally signed to Columbia, where her records did not sell

• Jerry Wexler at Atlantic "put her back in church" and her career took off

• Her song "Respect" became a Civil Rights & Feminist Movement anthem

Multiple Choice

"The Godfather of Soul," who recorded such hits as "I Got You" and "Please, Please, Please"

• Chuck Berry

• Ray Charles

• James Brown

• Otis Redding

James Brown

• "Godfather of Soul" & "Hardest working man in Show-biz"

• His live shows were phenomenal

• Recorded with King/Federal Records

• His live album "Live at the Apollo" is Rollingstone's highest rated live album ever (beating out Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock!)

Multiple Choice

Former member of the group "Soul Stirrers" but left to have a career of his own; He was one of the first Black artists to take control of the business side of his career

• Marvin Gaye

• Sam Cooke

• James Brown

• Otis Redding

Sam Cooke

• Former member of Soul Stirrers

• left to pursue a solo career which was extremely successful

• One of the first Black artists to take control of the business side of his career (founded both a record label and a publishing company)

• his song "A Change is Gonna Come" was a Civil Rights Movement Anthem

Multiple Choice

What popular producer innovated the "Wall of Sound" technique with the session band known as The Wrecking Crew in LA?

• Phil Spector

• Tom Dowd

• John Hammond

• Quincy Jones

Phil Spector

• innovated the "wall of sound technique" with The Wrecking Crew session band

• had a massive impact on Pop music

• his use of the same session musicians created a consistency among pop records that listeners loved.

• Worked with The Beach Boys, the Ronettes, and Ike & Tina Turne

Multiple Choice

Who founded the legendary Motown Studios?

• Quincy Jones

• Jim Stewart & Estelle Axton

• Berry Gordy Jr

• Rick Hall

Motown

• Yielded a crazy amount of hits from a crazy amount of legendary artists (The Temptation's "My Girl," Marvin Gaye's Heard it through the Grapevine," and the Supreme's "Stop in the Name of Love"

• Approached record production with an Assembly Line system

• Purposefully stayed away from making political statements because they did not want to alienate their audience (that all changed with Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" album)

• If you haven't already watch the documentary in D2L!

Multiple Choice

Memphis Record label founded by brother-sister duo Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart; Known for producing records that captured the raw soul sound

• Stax

• Mojo Records

• A&M Records

• Neptune

Stax

• Captured the raw sound of Soul music

• The physical location was an old movie theater converted into a recording studio (the concession stand was turned into a record store)

• Artists such as Rufus Thomas, Booker T & the MGs, and Wilson Pickett recorded with Stax

• worked in tandem with Atlantic until Atlantic purchased Stax's entire catalog for 1$

Multiple Choice

Who is known as the "King of Soul"

• Otis Redding

• Ray Charles

• James Brown

• Chuck Berry

Otis Redding

• Played a legendary performance at Monterey Pop Festival where he crossed over into the white pop audience

• Recorded with Stax

• Died in a Plane Crash

• his biggest hit "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" was released a few days after his death

Multiple Choice

Recording studio and label founded by Rick Hall located in Alabama

• A&M Records

• Sun Records

• Fame/Muscle Shoals

• Mojo Records

Fame/Muscle Shoals

• Worked in tandem with Atlantic after their partnership with Stax concluded

• Artists such as Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Wilson Pickett recorded hits here.

• Birthplace of southern rock - the legendary recording of Wilson Picket's cover of "Hey Jude" featuring Duanne Allman on guitar is considered the birth of southern rock