Editing Soul music (section)

=== 1970s and 1980s ===
[[File:Marvin Gaye (1973).png|thumb|left|[[Marvin Gaye]] shifted to a socially conscious sound with his 1971 hit "[[What's Going On (Marvin Gaye song)|What's Going On]]".]]
Mitchell's [[Hi Records]] continued in the [[Stax Records|Stax]] tradition of the previous decade, releasing a string of hits by Green, [[Ann Peebles]], [[Otis Clay]], [[O.V. Wright]] and [[Syl Johnson]].<ref name="Lisle (Mithcell)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/hi-records-producer-willie-mitchell-set-tone-polished-memphis-soul/ |title=Hi Records producer Willie Mitchell set the tone for polished Memphis soul |last=Lisle |first=Andria |date=June 25, 2014 |website=Wax Poetics |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111428/http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/hi-records-producer-willie-mitchell-set-tone-polished-memphis-soul/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Bobby Womack]], who recorded with Chips Moman in the late 1960s, continued to produce soul recordings in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Hurt (Womak/Moman)">{{Cite news |url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13044490/chips-moman-the-cream-interview |title=Chips Moman: The Cream Interview |last=Hurt |first=Edd |date=August 17, 2012 |website=Nashville Scene |access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Graceland (Womak/Moman)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.graceland.com/news/details/remembering-chips-moman/8070/ |title=Remembering Chips Moman |date=June 14, 2016 |website=Graceland: The Home od Elvis Presley |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025113025/https://www.graceland.com/news/details/remembering-chips-moman/8070/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In [[Detroit]], producer [[Don Davis (producer)|Don Davis]] worked with [[Stax Records|Stax]] artists such as [[Johnnie Taylor]] and [[the Dramatics]].<ref name="Hogan (Davis/AllMusic)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-davis-mn0000145319/biography |title=Don Davis: Artist Biography |last=Hogan |first=Ed |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> Early 1970s recordings by [[the Detroit Emeralds]], such as ''[[Do Me Right (album)|Do Me Right]]'', are a link between soul and the later [[disco]] style.<ref name="Wynn (Detroit Emeralds/AllMusic)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-detroit-emeralds-mn0000244650/biography |title=The Detroit Emeralds |last=Wynn |first=Ron |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Motown Records]] artists such as [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Smokey Robinson]] contributed to the evolution of soul music, although their recordings were considered more in a [[pop music]] vein than those of Redding, Franklin and Carr.<ref name="Motown Museum" /> Although stylistically different from classic soul music, recordings by [[Chicago]]-based artists are often considered part of the genre.<ref name="AllMusic (Chicago soul)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/chicago-soul-ma0000002509 |title=Chicago Soul |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref>

By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by [[psychedelic rock]] and other genres.<ref name="AllMusic (Psych. Soul)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/psychedelic-soul-ma0000005025 |title=Psychedelic Soul |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> Artists like [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] led soul towards [[funk]] music, which became typified by 1970s bands like [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] and [[the Meters]].<ref name="Erlewine (Meters)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-meters-mn0000402872/biography |title=The Meters:Artist Biography |last=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> More versatile groups such as [[War (U.S. band)|War]], [[the Commodores]], and [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] became popular around this time.<ref name="Huey (War)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/war-mn0000191947/biography |title=War: Artist Biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> During the 1970s, some slick and commercial [[blue-eyed soul]] acts like Philadelphia's [[Hall & Oates]] and Oakland's [[Tower of Power]] achieved mainstream success, as did a new generation of street-corner harmony or "city-soul" groups such as [[the Delfonics]] and the historically black [[Howard University]]'s [[Unifics]].<ref name="Erlewine (Hall/Oats)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/daryl-hall-john-oates-mn0000674887/biography |title=Daryl Hall & John Oates: Artist Biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Prato (Tower)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tower-of-power-mn0000013393/biography |title=Tower of Power: Artist Biography |last=Prato |first=Greg |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

The syndicated music/dance variety television series ''[[Soul Train]]'', hosted by Chicago native [[Don Cornelius]], debuted in 1971.<ref name="Chideya (Cornelius)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/farai-chideya/soul-train-and-pain-new-b_b_4005370.html |title=Soul Train and Pain: New Book Explores The Legacy of Don Cornelius' Empire |last=Chideya |first=Farai |date=November 30, 2013 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> The show provided an outlet for soul music for several decades, also spawning a franchise that saw the creation of a record label ([[Soul Train Records]]) that distributed music by [[the Whispers]], [[Carrie Lucas]], and an up-and-coming group known as [[Shalamar]].<ref name="Soul Train (Record Label)">{{Cite web |url=http://soultraincruise.com/news/it-all-started-with-soul-train |title=It all Started with Soul Train |date=August 12, 2015 |website=Soul Train Cruise |access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> Numerous disputes led to Cornelius spinning off the record label to his talent booker, [[Dick Griffey]], who transformed the label into [[Solar Records]], itself a prominent soul music label throughout the 1980s.<ref name="Soul Train (Record Label)" /> The TV series continued to air until 2006, although other predominantly African-American music genres such as hip-hop began overshadowing soul on the show beginning in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cornelius-soultrain/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-commits-suicide-idUSTRE8101HY20120202 |title="Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius commits suicide |date=February 2012 |work=Reuters |access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref>