Description
For teenagers listening to their radios in the back seats of their fathers’ cars or slow dancing at High School hops or block parties, this was a golden age of angst-driven songs and the blossoming of what would later become soul music.There were R&B/pop crossovers that sounded like pop and country/gospel fusions that sounded like soul. There were latin-tinged songs with Doo-Wop vocals and pop songs that featured raw R&B vocals but one thing these songs all shared was their subject matter.
Called “Popcorn” after the James Brown song of the same name, this movement was similar to Britain’s Northern Soul phenomenon with DJ’s seeking out rare obscurities to keep their dancers entertained. Taking the Popcorn scene’s love of the era this compilation concentrates on the more R&B influenced songs of the time, making it perfect for late night dance floor moves and soulful listening at home…
