Soul Music

1. 1. Describe how Ray Charles created the first soul recording.

2. 2. Describe the close connection between the civil right movement and soul music of the 1960s.

3. 3. How did james Brown influence soul and later black music styles?

4. 4. Describe the key elements to the way business was run at Motown.

5. 5. What were some of the right and wrong things that Berry Gordy did in running Motown?

6. 6. Describe the differences between the way sessions were run at Motown and Stax.

7. 7. What were some of the differences in the Motown sound and Stax?

8. 8. How did the "transracial" atmosphere in Memphis affect the operation of Stax?

9. 9. What important role did Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records play in the soul music of the 1960s?

10. 10. Briefly describe why Atlantic was successful in making a star out of Aretha Franklin but Columbia wasn't.