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Memphis soul is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard-edged as Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, bass, and a driving beat on the drums. Many of the songs in this style were performed by vocalists backed by the house bands for Stax and Hi Records. The Memphis soul sound was similar to the Motown Sound from Detroit Michigan. After the rise of disco in the late 1970s, Memphis soul declined somewhat in popularity. Artist include Otis Redding,Wilson Pickett,Al Green,The Mar-Keys,The Bar-Kays,Marvell Thomas The Memphis Horns,The Soul Children,Booker T. & The M.G.s,Rufus Thomas,Carla Thomas,Johnnie Taylor William Bell,Eddie Floyd,Isaac Hayes