R&B Soul Music Legends

Some say that the only variation between the rhythm and blues (R&B) and gospel is with gospel you sing "Oh Lord," while with R & B soul music you sing "Oh Baby." Gospel music was the root of soul music however it is not merely the root that make R&B what it is at present. The R&B Soul music had its beginning during the 50's. While its birth may have began around the northern cities of America like Chicago it didn’t take much time for other cities to follow suit like Memphis, Detroit, New York, Florence, and Philadelphia.


Many soul artists throughout the years helped to promote what is known as R&B soul music such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Luther Vandrose, James Brown, and Issac Hayes and so on. Soul music origin's came due to the influence of gospel music and the more traditional R&B sounds. The R&B soul sound of Memphis was more affected by the gospel mix in cities like Memphis, than was the R&B soul of Detroit, which came up to be known as the smooth, soothing sounds of Motown by artist such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye and so on.