Rough Guide To Soul & R 'n' B

The Rough Guide to Soul and R&B is the definitive guide to the genre's greatest singers, musicians, songwriters and record labels, encapsulating the entire history of soul music from gospel and doo-wop, through funk and disco, to hip-hop and R&B. The guide includes detailed profiles of more than 300 artists, from such legends as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke to contemporary stars like Prince, Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. There are reviews of hundreds of landmark albums, from James Brown's Live At The Apollo to Missy Elliott's Supa Dupa Fly. The guide includes recommended playlists for the key performers and sub-genres and comes complete with plenty of unforgettable photos from top music photographers and picture libraries.

CONTENIDO

Introduction
A-Z
Index

Feature boxes:
- Acid Jazz
- African soul / Funk
- Beach music
- Blaxploitation
- Blue-eyed soul
- Boogie / Roller skating jams
- British soul
- California soul
- Chicago soul
- Dance craze disc
- Detroit soul
- Disco
- Doo-Wop
- Early vocal groups
- Freestyle
- Girl groups
- Go-go
- Gospel
- Jamaican soul
- Latin soul
- Malaco records
- Most expensive soul records
- Motown
- Muscle shoals and fame studios
- Neo-Soul
- New Jack Swing
- New Orleans Soul
- New York Soul
- Northern Soul
- Philadelphia International
- Philly soul
- Psychedelic soul
- Rare / Deep funk
- Soul and the civil rights movement
- Soul-Jazz
- Soul-Rock
- Southern Soul
- Stax records