Southern soul

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Southern soul is a style of soul music that emerged in the American South, characterized by its gritty, gospel-infused vocals, strong rhythm sections, and deep emotional expression.

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Label Occurrences
Southern soul canonical 11
Muscle Shoals soul 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre
soul music subgenre
associatedCity Jackson, Mississippi
Memphis, Tennessee
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
associatedRecordingStudio FAME Studios
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Stax studio
associatedRecordLabel Atlantic Records
Hi Records
Stax Records
characteristic call-and-response vocals
deep emotional expression
emphasis on groove
horn arrangements
strong rhythm sections
culturalOrigin American South
United States
developedInPeriod 1960s
influencedGenre Southern hip hop
contemporary R&B
neo soul
lyricalTheme heartbreak
love
redemption
struggle
notableArtist Al Green
Aretha Franklin
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Otis Redding
Percy Sledge
Sam & Dave
Solomon Burke
Wilson Pickett
notableSong In the Midnight Hour
Respect
Try a Little Tenderness
When a Man Loves a Woman
performanceContext dance-oriented venues
live band performance
stylisticallyOriginatedFrom blues
gospel music
rhythm and blues
soul music
typicalInstrumentation Hammond organ
bass guitar
drum kit
electric guitar
horn section
piano
vocalStyle gospel-infused vocals
gritty vocals

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jazze Pha influencedBy Southern soul
Steve Cropper influencedGenre Southern soul
Land of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett recording) associatedWithMovement Southern soul
Lovejoy (album) genre Southern soul
Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis hasMusicStyle Southern soul
Charlie Freeman performedGenre Southern soul
Memphis soul soundComparedWith Muscle Shoals soul
linked to: Southern soul