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blue-eyed soul

blue-eyed soul noun: rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists; white soul.

Noun

blue-eyed soul (uncountable)

  1. Rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists; white soul.
    • One industry spokesman said the reason so many r&b stations are playing blue-eyed soul is that there are few legit r&b artists today.1965 October 9, “R&B Stations Open Air Gates to ‘White Soulists’”, in Billboard, page 49
    • The Righteous Brothers and another blue-eyed soul act called The Young Rascals were also popular in black communities.2013, Les Back, New Ethnicities and Urban Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 266
    Synonyms:
    white soul

Synonyms of blue-eyed soul

Origin of blue-eyed soul

1960s, initially applied to The Righteous Brothers.

Questions about blue-eyed soul

What does blue-eyed soul mean?
Blue-eyed soul means rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists; white soul.
What part of speech is blue-eyed soul?
Blue-eyed soul is a noun.

Words near blue-eyed soul in the dictionary

  1. blue-eyed grasses
  2. blue-eyed Mary
  3. blue-eyed Marys
  4. blue-eyed shag
  5. blue-eyed shags
  6. blue-eyed soul
  7. blue-eyes
  8. blue-faced booby
  9. blue-faced honeyeater
  10. blue-faced honeyeaters
  11. blue-faced rail

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