Unul din cele mai cunoscute cântece soul, a fost lansat în 1967 de Aretha Franklin, numită „Regina muzicii soul”, și s-a bucurat de succes comercial și critic.
Puteți găsi mai multe informații despre Muzică soul prin căutarea în proiectele similare ale Wikipediei, grupate sub denumirea generică de „proiecte surori”:
Garland, Phyl (1969). The Sound of Soul: the History of Black Music. New York: Pocket Books, 1971, cop. 1969. xii, 212 p. 300 p. + [32] p. of b&w photos.
Cummings, Tony (1975). The Sound of Philadelphia. London: Eyre Methuen.
Escott, Colin. (1995). Liner notes for The Essential James Carr. Razor and Tie Records.
Gillett, Charlie (1974). Making Tracks. New York: E. P. Dutton.
Guralnick, Peter (1986). Sweet Soul Music. New York: Harper & Row.
Hannusch, Jeff (1985). I Hear You Knockin': The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues. Ville Platte, LA: Swallow Publications. ISBN 0-9614245-0-8.
Hoskyns, Barney (1987). Say it One More Time for the Broken Hearted. Glasgow: Fontana/Collins.
Jackson, John A. (2004). A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514972-6.
Miller, Jim (editor) (1976). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. New York: Rolling Stone Press/Random House. ISBN 0-394-73238-3. (Chapter on "Soul," by Guralnick, Peter. pp. 194–197.
Pruter, Robert (1991). Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01676-9.
Pruter, Robert, editor (1993). Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd. ISBN 0-631-18595-X
Walker, Don (1985). The Motown Story. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Winterson, Julia, Nickol, Peter, Bricheno, Toby (2003). "Pop Music: The Text Book" Edition Peters ISBN 1-84367-007-0
Garland, Phyl (1969). The Sound of Soul: the History of Black Music. New York: Pocket Books, 1971, cop. 1969. xii, 212 p. 300 p. + [32] p. of b&w photos.