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Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit , the home of Motown , and Memphis , with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul ), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
During the mid-1960s to the late 1970s a new style of soul music emerged from Chicago. Its sound, like southern soul with its rich influence of black gospel music, also exhibited an unmistakable gospel sound, but was somewhat lighter and more delicate in its approach, and was sometimes called "soft soul".
Punk-rock group Founded in Chicago Rufus: 1970: 1983: Funk and R&B band Founded in Chicago Screeching Weasel: 1986: present: pioneering pop punk band Founded in the Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights: Slow Motion Crash: 2006: Rock band From Chicago [28] The Smashing Pumpkins: 1988: present: Rock band Founded in Chicago Smith Westerns: 2007 ...
Chicago was a focal point for the folk music boom of the 1960s and early 1970s. A center of activity was the Old Town School of Folk Music which opened in the late 1950s and helped launch the careers of many folk musicians associated with the city, including John Prine, Steve Goodman (d.1984), and Bonnie Koloc.
Along with other 1960s–1970s rockers, [7] Rogers was a disciple of rhythm and blues and what became known as "the Chicago Sound". [7] While the 'British Invasion' was overtaking American rock music, the Mauds were different from other area bands, according to Bob Stroud's biography, because of the inspiration they found in soul music.
The Buckinghams are an American pop [2] band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed in 1980 and as of 2022 they continue to tour throughout the United States.
1. Mungo Jerry. In the 1960s, a British group called Mungo Jerry brought jug band music to the masses with their hit single “In the Summertime.”
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.