Just found this on Amazon.

Icons Of R & B

But I think I'd want to see a copy or speak to someone who has a copy before I lashed out £100 (But you do get free delivery........wow)

Edited November 2, 200717 yr by Dave Rimmer

Youre right, a hundred notes is steep without rave reviews. After all most of it must be reproduced in one way or another. Maybe you get what you pay for and its a bargain, time will tell.

Ed

Just found this on Amazon.

Icons Of R & B

But I think I'd want to see a copy or speak to someone who has a copy before I lashed out £100 (But you do get free delivery........wow)

found this from the publisher is it any help (www.greenwood.com)

Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. So much of today's music is derived directly from the highly influential and critically important sounds of R&B that without it we would have never known the classic soul of the late '50s and '60s, the glory days of the genre. Similarly, rock n' roll as seen through the eyes of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley would have never evolved without the foundation laid by their R&B predecessors. Through substantial entries on the chief architects and innovators, Icons of R&B and Soul offers a vibrant overview of the music's impact in American culture and how it reflected contemporary society's politics, trends, and social issues. Numerous sidebars highlight Motown, prominent record labels, hit songs, related singers and songwriters, key events, and significant aspects of the music industry. Also included is a list of important print and Web resources, as well as a list of selected recordings. An essential reference for high school and public libraries, this encyclopedia will help students explore the historical and cultural framework of R&B and soul music through the musicians who have come to define the genre. Among the featured: -Ray Charles -Little Richard -Fats Domino & New Orleans R&B -Ruth Brown -Sam Cooke -Etta James -James Brown -Aretha Franklin -The Supremes -Otis Redding -Ike & Tina Turner -Curtis Mayfield -Berry Gordy -Stevie Wonder -Marvin Gaye -Smokey Robinson -The Temptations -Prince

found this from the publisher is it any help (www.greenwood.com)

Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. So much of today's music is derived directly from the highly influential and critically important sounds of R&B that without it we would have never known the classic soul of the late '50s and '60s, the glory days of the genre. Similarly, rock n' roll as seen through the eyes of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley would have never evolved without the foundation laid by their R&B predecessors. Through substantial entries on the chief architects and innovators, Icons of R&B and Soul offers a vibrant overview of the music's impact in American culture and how it reflected contemporary society's politics, trends, and social issues. Numerous sidebars highlight Motown, prominent record labels, hit songs, related singers and songwriters, key events, and significant aspects of the music industry. Also included is a list of important print and Web resources, as well as a list of selected recordings. An essential reference for high school and public libraries, this encyclopedia will help students explore the historical and cultural framework of R&B and soul music through the musicians who have come to define the genre. Among the featured: -Ray Charles -Little Richard -Fats Domino & New Orleans R&B -Ruth Brown -Sam Cooke -Etta James -James Brown -Aretha Franklin -The Supremes -Otis Redding -Ike & Tina Turner -Curtis Mayfield -Berry Gordy -Stevie Wonder -Marvin Gaye -Smokey Robinson -The Temptations -Prince

Not really, it's exactly the same as it says on Amazon

But thanks for looking anyway

Not really, it's exactly the same as it says on Amazon

But thanks for looking anyway

could you recommend any more books on soul

could you recommend any more books on soul

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only buy if you know someone who has it so they can say what it is about but have you ever wondered it's gonna have the same old entries for well known stars.

i had this idea if you made a book ie encylopedia and had say 2,000 entries of all music styles let's say 300 are soul/R & B. i would have added at some well known and failrly well known then have some more obscurer ones so you could have like Otis Redding, Barbara Lewis, Dazz Band, The Vibrations, Stevie Wonder erc in same book yet people ask no Ray Charles, Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Luther Ingram, OJays etc

could you recommend any more books on soul

I've just picked up A House On Fire - The Rise And Fall Of Philadelphia Soul. Not read it yet as astill reading a previous book but from the snippets I've read it looks a very good read. Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter is one of the best books you can buy.

I've just picked up A House On Fire - The Rise And Fall Of Philadelphia Soul. Not read it yet as astill reading a previous book but from the snippets I've read it looks a very good read. Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter is one of the best books you can buy.

Chicago Soul is the bible for me. Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick and Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hershey are also among my favorites.

Dave, I have Icons of Black Music by Charles Gregg and its an excellent book, sounds like it may be related.

Steve

only buy if you know someone who has it

Why not just borrow it off e'm?

could you recommend any more books on soul

"Searching For Soul" by Reg Stickings

See the "I don't believe it - it's finally finished" thread in this part of the forum

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2 Rooms + Accomodation + Free unissued Vinyl (first 100 tickets)

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Chicago Soul is the bible for me. Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick and Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hershey are also among my favorites.

Just finished reading the "Sweet Soul Music" book myself. Excellent read....