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[Dave Monroe]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Joe Allonby<joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stax vs Motown (with Atlantic as some sort of massive middle ground)
> is more interesting. The Beatles and Stones liked each other. Berry
> Gordy tried to distance his artists from what he saw as the cruder
> image of Memphis. He wanted to sell music by black artists to middle
> class white kids. He didn't want the Southern black attitude
> assiciated with acts like the Supremes or Marvin Gaye. He was
> initially appalled by "What's Going On".  He thought that it would
> scare white people.
>
> Ironically, a lot of the Stax/Volt stuff was written or played by
> Steve Cropper. Southern soul was much more integrated. At Antlantic,
> Dusty Springfield went to Memphis to record with Aretha Franklin's
> band. The relatively unimportant Rare Earth was the only white act on
> Motown during this period. Odd since Gordy was the one most
> deliberately going after white audiences.

http://www.carolkaye.com/

Everett, Walter.  "Revolver’s influences: Detroit and Memphis:
   the soul of Revolver,"  "Every Sound There Is":
   The Beatles' Revolver and the Transformation of Rock and Roll.
   Ed. Russell Reising.  London: Ashgate, 2002.

http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=21&edition_id=44