# R&B/Soul

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Category: Music
Slides: 31
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:45.666Z
Tags: music, rnb, soul

## Summary

Rhythm and blues (R&B) is the umbrella term for African-American popular music since the late 1940s. Soul, its mid-1960s flowering, is gospel transposed into secular subject matter, with the deeper vocal commitment and harmonic complexity gospel allowed. Key sections include: R &B Soul.; Opening What R&B and soul are.; Chapter I Naming the music.; Chapter II From gospel to soul.; Chapter III The genius.; Chapter IV Berry Gordy's machine.; Chapter V The Memphis alternative.; Chapter VI Ahmet Ertegun's empire.; Chapter VII The Stax voice.; Chapter VIII The Queen of Soul..

## Slide Outline

1. R &B Soul.
2. Opening What R&B and soul are.
3. Chapter I Naming the music.
4. Chapter II From gospel to soul.
5. Chapter III The genius.
6. Chapter IV Berry Gordy's machine.
7. Chapter V The Memphis alternative.
8. Chapter VI Ahmet Ertegun's empire.
9. Chapter VII The Stax voice.
10. Chapter VIII The Queen of Soul.
11. Chapter IX The conscience.
12. Chapter X The polymath.
13. Chapter XI The funk pivot.
14. Chapter XII Sly to George Clinton.
15. Chapter XIII The 1970s dance form.
16. Chapter XIV The 1970s ballad.
17. Chapter XV Prince and Whitney.
18. Chapter XVI The new jack swing.
19. Chapter XVII The 1990s revival.
20. Chapter XVIII The standard-setter.
21. Chapter XIX The 21st-century star.
22. Chapter XX Modern alt-R&B.
23. Chapter XXI The current scene.
24. Chapter XXII The continuous integration.
25. Chapter XXIII The 2020s scene.
26. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
27. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
28. Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
29. Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
30. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
31. The end of the deck.

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