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Title Florida soul : from Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band / John Capouya.
Author Capouya, John, 1956- author.
Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
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Description 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Celebrates great artists of the Sunshine State who produced some of the most electric, emotive soul music America has ever heard.
Contents Ray Charles : Greenville/Jacksonville/Orlando/Tampa -- Ernie Calhoun : Tampa -- Noble "Thin Man" Watts : Deland -- The twist came from Tampa : Tampa/Miami -- Linda Lyndell : Gainesville -- Lavell Kamma and the 100 Hour Counts : Jacksonville/Pahokee -- Sam Moore, soul survivor : Overtown -- James Purify : Pensacola -- Bobby Purify : Pensacola -- Papa Don Schroeder : Pensacola -- Wayne Cochran : Miami -- Willie Clarke and Deep City Records : Miami -- Helene Smith : Miami -- Henry Stone : Miami -- The Miami sound : Little Beaver, Chocolate Perry, and the T.K. Family -- Frankie Gearing : St. Petersburg -- Timmy Thomas : Miami -- Latimore : Riverview/Miami -- Jackie Moore : Jacksonville -- KC and the Sunshine Band : Miami.
Subject Soul music -- Florida -- History and criticism.
Soul musicians -- Florida.
Popular music -- Florida -- History and criticism.
ISBN 9780813054520 (hardcover) : $24.95
0813054524 (hardcover)