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 February 2, 2012 at 17:54

Sam Cooke was and still is the greatest soul singer of all time!

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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on February 2, 2012 at 18:17

Male: Curtis Mayfield, without second thought.

Female: Mavis Staples, without second thought.

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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on February 2, 2012 at 21:15

And maybe the "whities":

Male: Steve Marriott (of course, who else?)

Female: Julie Driscoll

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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on February 16, 2012 at 16:42

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 February 2, 2012 at 18:19

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 February 2, 2012 at 18:23

Obvious but...Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, James Brown and Bobby Bland.

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Permalink Reply by JJ on February 5, 2012 at 16:46

Etta James is definitely the sould queen for me

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Permalink Reply by Chris Cameron on February 2, 2012 at 18:28

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 February 2, 2012 at 18:56

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.