Best of Soul
 

Who's your favorite from above? List some of your favorite songs too.

I Like em' all, but here are some of my soul faves
Ray Charles - Shake your tail Feathers
Marvin ***e - Lets get it on
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come & Don't Know Much About History
Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary

All top notch Soul singers. Hard to choose.

Smokey Robinson - The best songwriter of the four.
'The Tracks Of My Tears', being my favourite.

Sam Cooke - His greatest record was 'A Change Is Gonna Come' (the flip side to the single 'Shake') released after his death.

Marvin Gaye - 'Lets Get It On'.
Also his duets with Tammy Terrell, 'Aint No Mountain High Enough', 'Your Precious Love', 'Your All I Need To Get By'.

Otis Redding - Only 26 when he died and yet his songs sound like they came from a man with so much more life experience!
Dont know where to start! A man with real Soul, his records full of emotion.
Hard to believe he only ever had one top twenty hit with 'Dock Of The Bay'

Amazing vocals on that song. :thumb:

I think the song is called (What A) Wonderful World {not to be mistaken with the other song with same name}, and it's a damn good song. I listen to that song way too much.



Any Bill Withers fans?

I love The Beat's ska cover of Smokey Robinson's Tears of a Clown - F**king Fantastic!

Yes it is, played at 100mph too...great version.

Reading back on this list I seem to have missed out Al Green and put in Otis Redding instead.
Still can't choose a favourite from the list but Al Green certainly belongs on it (as do many others). I'd say Al Green's best was 'Call Me (Come Back Home)'...sad/painful/uplifting...Soul's "loveman".

Without doubt the greatest singer ever is the legendary Sam Cooke.:bowdown:

Sam Cooke: That's all i need to know,forever & nothing can change this love,just to name a few.

Otis Redding: Try a little tenderness,dock of the bay

Donny Hathaway: More than you will ever know,a song for you,put your hand in the hand

Al Green: Tired of being alone,love & happiness

Solomon Burke: Just out of reach,cry to me

:beer:

3 soul tunes by Sam & Dave:
Soul Man
Hold On, I'm Comin'
I Thank You

I love all these guys, but I picked Marvin Gaye

Sam Cooke- A Change Is Gonna Come
Al Green- Love And Happiness
Otis Redding- These Arms Of Mine (and Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, and Respect... hard to choose really
Marvin Gaye- Let's Get It On

Sam Cooke has a wonderful voice I could listen to all day. I only have two albums…a greatest hits and Live at Harlem Square Club and they both have been played until they’re worn out. The live album is one of the absolute best I’ve ever heard from anyone.

Al Green FTW. Call Me sounds like he is whispering sweet dirty fuck nuggets in your ears.

Oh yes. Man, that What is Beat? compilation was my childhood.