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Who's your favourite Soul singer of all time?
We are losing alot of the old singers so I wanna know who's your favourite soul singer of all time? For me it has to be The Godfather Of Soul, Mr Superbad himself James Brown (God rest his soul).
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Harris on -
Sam Cooke was and still is the greatest soul singer of all time!
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on -
Male: Curtis Mayfield, without second thought.
Female: Mavis Staples, without second thought.
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on
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And maybe the "whities":
Male: Steve Marriott (of course, who else?)
Female: Julie Driscoll
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on
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Though I´ve already voted my top ones, I feel the need to mention General Johnson of the Chairmen Of The Board!
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Sills on -
Otis Redding and Etta james my favourites from a very long list of great soul singers.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon on -
Obvious but...Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, James Brown and Bobby Bland.
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Permalink Reply by JB on -
Yes yes yes, Otis Redding singin "Down in the Valley", because that one doesn't get over played.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Cameron on -
Possibly Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, or Smokey Robinson for me, although there are so many that its all but impossible to even pick a top ten. For female Soul favourites I would go for early 1960s Tina Turner (no, not that 80s nonsense) Dusty Springfield, or a lady I just saw live last Sunday Martha Reeves.
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Permalink Reply by john buntain on -
male between smokey robinson and marvin gaye. mind if eddy holland had kept on singing but then marv johnston very difficult. worse when it comes to the ladies. mary wells, martha revees or carla thomas. too many great singers.
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Permalink Reply by Gary V on -
Love Otis Reading,Sam Cooke,Curtis Mayfield .you could go on all day with this.Aretha Franklin is up there too.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Godfrey on
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its a toughie...Otis Redding or Levi Stubbs? Ok Otis it is.
Respect to the white soulsingers - Steve Marriott and Janis Joplin for me.
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