Pioneers (1950s)- Ray Charles Ray Charles is the undisputed soul pioneer. Brother Ray, arguably invented soul music when he took the sacred, gospel music, and mixed it with the profane, the blues. Songs like...
In the mid 80s analog synthesisers fell out of favour as the new digital models were perceived to be superior. Listen to the Yamaha DX7, the most popular of the new breed at the time and compare its resale...