Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. The Dells. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, the explosion of Chicago soul from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like "We're a Winner" and "I Plan to Stay a Believer." Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation, while Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington, in 1983. Even as Chicago's black middle class faced deep-seated segregation, the city's homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and a critic's passion for the creators of Chicago soul, Move On Up shows how this music became black Chicago's voice of inspiration and change.
Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. The Dells. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, the explosion of Chicago soul from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like "We're a Winner" and "I Plan to Stay a Believer." Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation, while Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington, in 1983. Even as Chicago's black middle class faced deep-seated segregation, the city's homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and a critic's passion for the creators of Chicago soul, Move On Up shows how this music became black Chicago's voice of inspiration and change.
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