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Both genres contain many great black artists and producers and musicians. Although Motown uses a lot of white pop characteristics in their production and song, I think there is still a little bit of "blackness" in them with the slight gospel feel in "You Can't Hurry Love". Southern Soul surely has soul in it. The artists really show how music makes them move and feel. Southern Soul does show its black characteristics more than Motown. Motown may not have been seen as black enough, but it did play a big role in the assimilation of black music into the major white charts. Southern Soul contributed a lot to the music industry also like to later the creation of Funk.

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Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour (live)

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Analysis: Wilson Pickett , "In The Midnight Hour"

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Analysis: Wilson Pickett , "In The Midnight Hour"

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Lyrics -

The song is about  a man that wants to see the only woman he loves, but he only wants to spend quality time with her "in the midnight hour" where they are all alone. He wants to hold her, love her, and just be with her when no one is around.

Sound -

It has a fast, good dance tempo

very prominent horn sound

feels jazzy in the intro

Pickett is very relaxed, and is very loose with his body and actions

Unlike the Supremes who stay in a line, swaying to the music while they sing

The accompaniment supports Wilson, it doesn't cover him up, but in fact helps his vocals stand out.

I do not feel any pop vibes when listening to this song, it feels very jazzy and free

It feels so free and loose, that I think other performances of this song won't be the same because Wilson just does what he wants

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The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love- 1966

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Analysis: The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love"

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Analysis: The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love"

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Lyrics -

Song is about how a girl just wants to settle down and find the man she is supposed to spend the rest of her life with. She is tire of the sorrows she felt form multiple heartbreaks. Her mother, however, tells her daughter to be patient on love because it doesn't just come to your door, it happens randomly as faith.

Sound -

It has a dancing tempo

It is very precise, everything fits into one another like a puzzle

typical girl group

back up vocals, percussion like tambourine or drum, simple lyrics, repetitive rhythms

I feel like the song has a little bit of a gospely/soul feel at the bridge when Diana Ross is reaching for the notes

The song sounds very "following the page exactly" type of feel

where you do exactly what you are supposed to you, but you didn't out in any part of yourself into it

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I feel that since Stax Records was a small indie company, it lead to its sound being very real, meaning the music was not so manufactured like in major record companies (Decca, Atlantic, Chess).

1. Lyrics -

1. usually about romance

1. topics vary a bit more

2. Instruments -

1. prominent organ and horn trademark

2. funky bass, clean guitar, smooth percussion

3. the music supported the main vocalist

1. very few back up vocals, mainly there was prominent main vocal

3. Influences -

1. jazz, blues, R+R, soul, gospel

4. Sound -

1. laid back, smooth

1. the accompaniment sounds as if they are barely coming in late since they are so laid back

2. Centered around the main vocalist

1. not too much sound around, somewhat simple

3. Improvisation is usually in these songs in the form of ad libs

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Owners of Stax Records: Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart

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Owners of Stax Records: Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart

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Stax Record Company and the creation of Southern Soul

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Stax Record Company and the creation of Southern Soul

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Southern soul is said, by the book "What's That Sound" by John Covach as a different type of black pop. It is different from Motown because this side of black pop does not try to appeal to the white audience. People see Southern Soul as a more authentic black pop. Southern Soul was created by the partnership of Atlantic and Stax records. Stax records was an indie company that usually took in black artists that were not accepted into the major record companies. Stax records was located in Memphis, Tennessee and Atlantic was located in New York, but Wexler liked "Cause I Love You" by Rufus Thomas and had many lease agreements and etc with the small indie company. Wexler took a break from producing but was starting up again, specifically exploring the black style of music since it was very emotional and soulful.  Stax Records gained the nickname of Soulsville, since that's the type of music they were creating. They were not refined and clean, they were expressing themselves in the music.

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The sound created at Motown was a lot like the white pop sound, but had a little bit more soul/funk feeling to it.

1. Lyrics - usually about romance, love. The music was made for dancing.

2. Instruments - Horns, drums, backup vocals, main vocal, percussion instruments like hand claps and tambourine, basses, sometimes orchestra

3. Influences - teen idols/girl group era, gospel, doo wop, soul, early R+B, white pop music

4. Had a house band called The Funk Brothers and a group of songwriters

5. The songs has a clean and refined sound

1. The songs were produced perfectly. Where everything was right on beat and the sounds were balances.

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Berry Gordy Jr. created the Motown Record company in 1960 in Detroit, Michigan. He created this record company because he knew, from previously working at a record store, that the best target audience, financially, was the white audience with their large disposable income. Although, choosing to make music for white audiences does not mean he is giving up his black roots, "... this should not be confused with "selling out," as Gordy had been raised in a culture of African Americans that dressed well.... and were financially successful," (What's That Sound, Covach, 224-225). He used the teen idol/girl group practices to create his company; using Brill Building practices, a group of songwriters who wrote all the songs, and had a house band called The Funk Brothers. He even had a Charm School where the artists learned etiquette. HIs record company gained the name of Hitsville since practically every song created there became a hit.

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In the music industry, African Americans have been known to stick to their roots of gospel and blues to be soulful and emotional in their songs. Genres like Jazz, blues, R+R, sweet soul, and more that are considered black genres at the time were separated from the major music charts and were not advertised as much. Berry Gordon created Motown Records to assimilate black music into the white pop charts, and he also knew that the white audiences had the most disposable income. This black pop, created at Motown, contrasted the southern soul genre, at Stax Records, created around the same time. Southern Soul was labeled as "blacker" and more "authentic" than the black pop. Motown did try to appeal to white audiences to a certain extent. They still kept to their African American roots, but people still tuned out of Motown because it wasn't as "black" as Southern Soul.