Word: soule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...today Nick Egleson spoke out against the kind of resistance whose primary motivation is moralistic and personal rather than political. He is saying that we must make ourselves relevant to the social and political condition of the world and must not just take a moral posture for our own soul's sake, even though that too is a risk...
Redding would often sing in subtle opposition to the beat. In "It's Too Late," on the album "Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads," the opening comes so close to being in disregard of the music, and yet is not quite, that somehow the sound expresses complete desolation...
Negroes' reaction to the convention is at this point far from certain. Chicago could be in for a massive explosion. There is, in at least one store window less than a mile from the convention hall, a dusty sign reading "Soul Brother," left over from a previous flare-up. Even the chill of winter has not been enough to discourage Negro youths from a recent rampage through a South Side neighborhood...
...soul" flavor of Aretha's performances comes from the influence of her father, the Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, a preacher and singer who has recorded more than 40 albums. She served her apprenticeship with him by traveling as a featured performer in his evangelist shows. When she developed a habit of rushing through her lyrics, he advised her: "Take your time; say what you want...
Then last year she started recording for soul-oriented Atlantic Records (TIME, July 28) and "everything came together." Not only did her records take off, but she became a top attraction at college concerts, began lining up guest appearances on prime-time television (her stint on last week's Kraft Music Hall was the first), and started getting offers for glossy nightclub bookings. By last week, she had won all but one of the major trade awards open to her-and last week she won that one too: Billboard magazine's citation as the top female singer...