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David Bowie's influences during the 70s
Most of the Young Americans sessions, which began on August 11, 1974, were at Sigma Sounds Studios in Philadelphia, where the producer/songwriter team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff recorded the likes ...
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Main difference between Soul/Funk/R&B
Wheat's excellent answer covers the context, but read on for an (admittedly subjective) evaluation of the musical differences:
R&B has encompassed many different styles over its lifetime, and ...
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Who wrote the "You don't knock" gospel?
The liner notes for Trio credit this to "Roebuck Staples/Wesley Westbrooks".
Roebuck was "Papa" Staples, the founder of the Staples Singers.
Wesley has various credits on discogs. He was a musician ...
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Historical context of 70s Soul Music
Soul music started as a secularized form of gospel music, and tended to retain from its roots a certain spiritual quality and concern with moral uplift, although it also added a physical sensuality, ...
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Seeking song with passionate noises to sample
I'm assuming this is a project for your own personal enjoyment --if you're sampling for a commercial project, you'll need to either get all your samples cleared or make sure they are 100% in the ...
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Seeking song with passionate noises to sample
The first two that come to mind for me are:
1) "Love to Love You Baby" by Donna Summer
2) "French Kiss" by L'il Louis
Or are these going too far the other way?
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Who are the actresses in Mariah Carey's Through the Rain?
The actress in your first screenshot is Jamie-Lynn Sigler. The second is uncredited.
According to IMDb and Wikipedia sources on the music video, the cast is limited to:
Mariah Carey (herself)
Jamie-...
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Genre of KNW THT by YUKI AME
This is a subgenre of a subgenre of a subgenre! The larger subgenre is called Vaporwave and here's what has been said about it:
Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music and an Internet meme ...
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Northern Soul(?) track very similar to intro of "Holy City" by Joan As Police Woman
The track I was thinking of was Heat Wave by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. The rhythm is a little different, but the notes of the repeating verse riff are very similar.
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Type of music that resembles Japanese singer MISIA
If you're not specifically looking for Japanese music, the style of that particular song sounds heavily influenced by American "soft rock" of the 1970's. You might look up Karen Carpenter (who has a ...
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