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=== Detroit (Motown) === {{further|Motown}} Dominated by [[Berry Gordy]]'s [[Motown|Motown Records]] empire, Detroit's soul is strongly rhythmic and influenced by gospel music. The Motown sound often includes hand [[clapping]], a powerful [[bassline]], [[string section|strings]], [[brass section|brass]] and [[vibraphone]]. Motown Records' house band was [[the Funk Brothers]]. [[AllMusic]] cites Motown as the pioneering label of pop-soul, a style of soul music with raw vocals, but polished production and toned-down subject matter intended for pop radio and [[crossover (music)|crossover]] success.<ref name="popsoul">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/pop-soul-ma0000011870 |title=Pop-Soul |publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> Artists of this style included [[Diana Ross]], [[the Jackson 5]], [[Stevie Wonder]], and [[Billy Preston]].<ref name="popsoul" /> Popular during the 1960s, the style became glossier during the 1970s and led to [[disco]].<ref name="popsoul" /> In the late 2000s, the style was revisited by contemporary soul singers such as [[Amy Winehouse]],<ref name="Hermes">{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/raphaelsaadiq/albums/album/22955163/review/23589128/the_way_i_see_it |title=Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York |date=October 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114090158/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/raphaelsaadiq/albums/album/22955163/review/23589128/the_way_i_see_it |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Raphael Saadiq]] (specifically his 2008 album ''[[The Way I See It]]'') and [[Solange Knowles]] (her 2008 album ''[[Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams]]'').<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Weisbard|editor-first=Eric|last=Wang|first=Oliver|chapter=The Comfort Zone|title=Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|year=2012|isbn=978-0822351085|page=221}}</ref>
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