Neuroscientists Dr Valorie Salimpoor and Dr Robert Zatorre conducted research using PET scans (positron emission tomography) to detect the discharge of dopamine within the mind when topics listened to their favourite songs. They later used MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to view the pleasure center of the mind where the dopamine is released and then mapped out its reference to different areas of the brain associated with emotion, studying, reminiscence and choice making. It was these connections that have been the most interesting revelation. He says that figure represents all the songs in the Gracenote database.

However, the massive Hispanic inhabitants on the West Coast started steadily transferring away from energetic R&B to romantic soul, and the outcomes were “some of the sweetest soul music heard through the late ’60s and ’70s.” The impact of soul music was manifold; both domestic non-black and international artists have been influenced by soul music.… Read More