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Years this period of music was relevant 

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Years this period of music was relevant 

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Late 1950s early 1960s

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It had a mellow, smooth sound. It was a softer approach to the black pop at the time.

It used string sounds.

The songs had gospel characteristics.

These songs stirred away the rock n roll and heavy pop sounds had instead had classical instrument sounds from instruments like horns, string instruments, and smooth percussion.

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gospel

Mainstream black pop

Doo wop

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This genre of music introduced the idea of including classical instruments into R+B pieces of music.

This genre of music also brought in a smoother, sweeter, and slower type of music that was still enjoyable.

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The songwriters and producers of the songs in this genre of music were ultimately the singers of the songs. The Brill Building practice did not apply to this genre.

The intended audience of the songs in this genre were anyone. The songs were not targeted to a specific audience for profit like girl group and teen idol songs were.

Most of the artists of sweet soul usually had to overcome of the moral issue that came with playing R+B and pop music

This type of music was considered the “Devil’s music” at the time.

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https://youtu.be/n-XQ26KePUQ

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https://youtu.be/jSoPeZMHMf4

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw36MA_-u-RVUUk1akdHWTc2ZEE/view

https://youtu.be/OGd6CdtOqEE