The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ross Jenkins (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,218 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre is an audiobook by Charles River Editors: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ross Jenkins, released May 21, 2026, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ross Jenkins
- Released
- May 21, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Arts & Entertainment, Teen & YA
- ISBN
- 9780466554095
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre as an audiobook?
The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre?
The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives and Careers of the Musicians Who Pioneered the Genre is narrated by Ross Jenkins.