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Who do you consider to be the King of soul?


View Poll Results: Who do you consider to be the King of soul?
Lionel Richie/The Commodores 1 4.00%
George Benson 0 0%
Marvin Gaye 6 24.00%
Stevie Wonder 5 20.00%
Other 13 52.00%
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Old 11-06-2015, 22:07
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Who would you say is the best male soul artist ever? Here are my top four, feel free to add suggestions

4. Lionel Richie/The Commodores; Lionel is an excellent singer, although I slightly prefer his earlier Commodores material. Favourite track by either is Easy and favourite Lionel solo song is All Night Long. Hello is overrated

3. George Benson; A very underrated artist, Give me the Night is one of the best soul tracks ever. Although there are many other awesome songs

2. Marvin Gaye; A talent taken from us too young. His best song was definitely What's Going on but many other great tracks were recorded on the Motown label, including some great duets with Diana Ross and Tammi Terrell

1. Stevie Wonder; Motown's original prodigy. Such a musical genuis, writing songs from a young age. Most of Stevie's songs are very uplifting including my personal favourite For Once In My Life, but a ballad such as Lately is equally effective
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Old 11-06-2015, 22:23
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None of the above.

Take your pick from:-

Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
James Brown
Jackie Wilson
Solomon Burke
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Old 11-06-2015, 22:26
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None of the above.

Take your pick from:-

Sam Cooke
Otis Redding

James Brown
Jackie Wilson
Solomon Burke
I really need to listen to more tracks by both those artists. I like what I've heard of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding's back catalogues
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Old 11-06-2015, 22:32
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I'm never one for creating music royalty in the sense of having one person who's supposed to be better than everyone else. I'd sooner have an 'A' list and all these guys would be one it and probably many more that haven't immediately sprung to mind.

Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, James Brown, Donny Hathaway, Sly Stone and Isaac Hayes would be near the top. (As would Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder). Also up there would be:

Al Green
Jerry Butler
Johnny Taylor
Eddie Kendricks
Smokey Robinson
Lou Rawls
Sam Cooke
Teddy Pendergrass
Bobby Wilson (one the strength of his only album)
Bobby Womack
O.V. Wright
James Carr
Darrell Banks
Jerry Williams (aka Swamp Dogg)
Luther Vandross
David Ruffin
Aaron Neville
Gene McDaniels

Life would be much worse without artists like this.
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Old 11-06-2015, 22:48
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Otis! That's all you need to know


(Sam Cooke & Marvin Gaye after him)
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Old 12-06-2015, 07:32
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None of the above.

Take your pick from:-

Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
James Brown
Jackie Wilson
Solomon Burke
.... and ray charles!
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Old 12-06-2015, 07:34
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'the king of' suggests popularity , so marvin gaye ?

the godafther of soul usually referes to james brown, although ray charles has a claim to that too as he broke alot of ground for black artists.
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Old 12-06-2015, 10:12
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3 people are usually referred to as the king of soul, and that's sam cooke, otis redding and james brown, although james brown is more commonly known as the godfather of soul, and that's the nickname i'd refer to him as, so that helps narrow down the other two

google would have easily answered this
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Old 12-06-2015, 10:37
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Impossible question as its completely subjective.

IMO, the best 4 soul songs ever made are by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Bobby Womack so that puts them up there for me.

As lifelong soul obsessive, I've never got the James Brown love. He just doesn't do it for me
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Old 12-06-2015, 12:03
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Impossible question as its completely subjective.

IMO, the best 4 soul songs ever made are by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Bobby Womack so that puts them up there for me.

As lifelong soul obsessive, I've never got the James Brown love. He just doesn't do it for me
i have to agree about james brown. i understand hes considered 'the godfather' of soul, watching vids of him makes it very clear where jacko got his ideas from...

but i actualy prefer jacko to brown even though browns influence was superior by a mile.
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Old 12-06-2015, 12:51
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Soul Brother Number One James Brown.
not just the godfather of soul he's an influence on every other genre as well. hugely important artist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF_rZrH4yBY

Otis is up there as well , but unfortunately he died to young.
Big up to curtis mayfield and al green as well.
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Old 12-06-2015, 18:27
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I love Other, though I thought she was more The Queen..
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Old 12-06-2015, 18:41
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Sam Cooke
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Otis Redding
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Old 12-06-2015, 19:49
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There's a documentary about Otis on BBC4 tonight at 9pm
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Old 13-06-2015, 21:32
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Rick Astley
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Old 13-06-2015, 22:15
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Haha if that was a serious opinion I wouldn't judge
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Old 13-06-2015, 22:16
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Otis Redding. Personal favourite.
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