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Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz.

Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement.

Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.

For music from a year in the 1980s, go to 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89.

This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1980s.

A music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes.

Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings.

There are also cases where songs are used in tie in marketing campaigns that allow them to become more than just a song.

Tie ins and merchandising could be used in toys or marketing campaigns for food and other products.

Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they came into prominence in the 1980s when MTV based their format around the medium.

Prior to the 1980s, these works were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip" or "film clip".

Old-School Hip Hop (also spelled "Old Skool") describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music (approximately 1979–1983), and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended (see Roots of hip hop).

Old school hip hop is said to have ended around 1984 due to changes in both rapping technique and the accompanying music and rhythms.