Moetown became famous. Eddie Holland was one of the first people who released at least seven records. None that were hits, but he never gave up. He still wanted to be in the music business, so he stopped singing and started writing songs with his partner Lamont Dozier. Him and Dozier wrote a tune called "Where Did Our Love Go." It was decided that a trio of girls from Detroit who called themselves The Supremes would record it. The song later replaced The Beatles on the top spot on the popular record chart. (Schneider 84)
             During the Soul Era both R&B and Pop had featured louder instrumental volume coupled with a heavy distinctive use of percussion instruments. R&B with the exception of Rap shares a common instrumentation where it is divided into two parts, one rhythmic section and one horn section. The rhythmic section consists of a drum set, bass, guitar and piano (sometimes the organ is used instead of piano.) The horn section features saxophone, trumpet and time-to-time trombones. During the early fifties, pianos played a major role in the music industry. At that time the majority of the records that came out would clearly distinguish a piano playing in the background. (Encarta)
             Contrary to contemporary R&B songs more percussion instruments were being used. That does not mean that the decline in the usage of piano had an overall decline in instruments being used in R&B. It meant exactly the opposite, even Johnny Carter, a former member of the original Flamingos says, "...the addition of instruments are the major difference between the rhythm and blues of the fifties and of the current decade."(Schneider 44)
             There are several characteristics that people use to distinguish R&B from all the other music. One major characteristic is the "Timber". "Timber" is a skill that most of us have. You may think that you do not have it but you do. When you listen to music, if you can specify a saxophone from a guitar,...