Icons Of R&b And Soul: An Encyclopedia Of The A... [DIRECT]

: Trailblazers like Ray Charles (who merged the sacred with the secular), Little Richard , Ruth Brown , and Fats Domino brought the piano-driven energy of New Orleans R&B to the masses.

: Entries extend to later visionaries like Prince , showing how the R&B umbrella eventually expanded to include funk, disco, and urban contemporary sounds. Why It Still Matters Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the A...

Gulla goes beyond "cradle-to-grave" biographies to explore the that defined the genre. The encyclopedia is structured chronologically, allowing readers to trace the evolution of sound from the early gospel-fused piano melodies of the 1950s to the high-concept productions of the 1980s. : Trailblazers like Ray Charles (who merged the

: The book explores the "hits factory" of Berry Gordy’s Motown , highlighting legends like Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye , The Supremes , and The Temptations . The encyclopedia is structured chronologically