Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

1 Background
2 Must-Hear Music
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough": From Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell to Diana Ross
Beyoncé
Blue-Eyed Soul: The Men
Blue-Eyed Soul: The Women
Boyz II Men
James Brown: Live at the Apollo
James Brown: Two Mid-60s Hits: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
Mariah Carey
Ray Charles: "I Got a Woman"
Ray Charles: "What'd I Say"
The Commodores and Lionel Richie
Sam Cooke: Ain't That Good News
D'Angelo: Brown Sugar
The Drifters
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin: "Think"
Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Al Green: Greatest Hits
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul
Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Whitney Houston
The Impressions: "People Get Ready"
The Isley Brothers: The Heat Is On
Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
Etta James
Alicia Keys
Ben E. King: "Stand by Me"
Gladys Knight and the Pips
John Legend
Curtis Mayfield: Super Fly
Wilson Pickett: Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles, Vol. 1
Elvis Presley
Otis Redding: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
"Respect": From Otis Redding to Aretha Franklin
Minnie Riperton: Perfect Angel
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Sam & Dave
Nina Simone: Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone
Percy Sledge: "When a Man Loves a Woman"
Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis
The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
The Supremes
The Temptations
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jackie Wilson
Bill Withers
Stevie Wonder in the 1960s
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
"(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman": Aretha Franklin and Carole King
3 Impact on Popular Culture
4 Legacy

Bibliography
Index