Dorothy Love Coates
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Dorothy Love Coates was an American gospel singer, composer and songwriter, and a civil rights activist.
Coates in a recording session
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
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Soul music
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Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporan
Ray Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles.
James Brown was known as the "Godfather of Soul".
Sam Cooke is regarded as one of soul music's "forefathers".
Solomon Burke recorded for Atlantic Records in the 1960s.