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Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit the home of Motown and Memphis with its hard-edged gritty performers (see Memphis soul) Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.The sound of Chicago soul like southern soul with its rich influence of black gospel music also exhibited an unmistakable gospel sound but was somewhat lighter and more delicate in its approach.

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