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Following on from the Rock/Metal vocalists thread; As the Bible, clearly tells us, Matthew 4.4: ‘Man and Woman cannot live on Heavy Metal alone’, and with this in mind, may I therefore pose unto you the following question:
Who are your favourite soul singers, both male and female of all time?
As in the previous thread, I’ll award extra kudos and an exclusive signed poster of the Boyband messiah himself, Nathan Moore from Brother Beyond to anyone who mentions and sings the praises of those criminally unsung soul vocalists that have left their mark on the genre over the years.
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over a year ago
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"General Johnson from Chairmen of the Board had a wonderfully unique and soulful voice.
Plus Marvin Gaye and Gil Scott-Heron
Female voices: Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and Dionne Warwick. "
  can’t beat any of those |
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"Following on from the Rock/Metal vocalists thread; As the Bible, clearly tells us, Matthew 4.4: ‘Man and Woman cannot live on Heavy Metal alone’, and with this in mind, may I therefore pose unto you the following question:
Who are your favourite soul singers, both male and female of all time?
As in the previous thread, I’ll award extra kudos and an exclusive signed poster of the Boyband messiah himself, Nathan Moore from Brother Beyond to anyone who mentions and sings the praises of those criminally unsung soul vocalists that have left their mark on the genre over the years.
Off you go folks "
James brown for me, went from gospel to r&b to soul and then the funk, all effortlessly .
Tough one choosing a lady , but it has to be either Aretha, or on a little jazz side Ella Fitzgerald |
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It’s so sad that so many of these amazing singers are no longer with us so I encourage everyone, if you see a name mentioned here that you’re unfamiliar with, look them up and have a listen to them - some absolutely amazing vocalists have been listed; thank you everyone so far |
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I'm gonna throw in Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes to bring things up to date. Although I was listening to a bit of Nina Simone last night and she's timeless. |
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Luther vandross , a god
Maxwell - so under rated
Joe - amazing voice and song writer
Anita Baker - the true queen of soul , what a voice
Mick hucknel and Lisa stansfield also brilliant soul singers |
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"I'm gonna throw in Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes to bring things up to date. Although I was listening to a bit of Nina Simone last night and she's timeless."
I was gonna add Brittany Howard. Absolutely love her (although have to say the solo stuff isn't anywhere near as good as alabama shakes imo unfortunately). Amazing singer and incredibly cool |
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Is the soul singer category going to have the usual blurred lines in to Blues & R&B (proper R&B- not that modern R'n'B shite riding its coat tails)
If so, have a little Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Solomon Burke and Screamin Jay Hawkins for your musical pot of awesomeness!  |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Have seen Geno Washington live quite a number of times. Very soulful voice and a very powerful stage presence "
Saw him at Butlins a few years back - man he was good and still got the moves too!! |
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