The Birth of Soul

THE BIRTH OF SOUL

Soul comes from a blend of two different types of music, Gospel and Blues. Soul music was a way of speaking out against the predudices of the world. One of the main people to strat this style of music was a Blind man named Ray Charles. At a concert in Augusta, Georgia.The promoter told Ray Charles that he wanted the Black people upstairs and the White people downstairs. Ray Charles refused to play like this and he was sued in which he lost. This pushed Ray Charles into a quest for racial justification. This caused Ray Charles to become friends with Martin Luther King, who backed him up in his quest for civil rights.

In the 1940’s Jazz music had split up into many other styles, the main idea was to look for a more dynamic music. At the same time records intended for blacks also called “racial records” moved to the label Rhythem and Blues. This made a new generation of blues musicians, which most of them sung gospel songs, which was the creation of soul. The difference between Soul and Rhythem and Blues, was that Soul was performed by black people for everyone and Rhythem and Blues was performed by black people for white people.

Martin Luther King in demonstration organised