1. Levi Stubbs
2. Teddy Pendergrass
3. Barry White
4. Junior Walker
5. Temptations
6. Robert Cray

Wilson Pickett

A great soul singer has to have a great scream...

Yeah ...tough to leave anyone out..

Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin.

all of the above.

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

I forgot... I tell you..the national athem he sang was awesome!

Otis Redding

Joe Tex






OV Wright






Al Green






Billy Stewart





James Carr






The Womack:





The Big O






Iceman Coming....






Spotlight on Lou Rawls...singin' Love's a Hurtin' Thing:







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otis - best soul singer
sam - best singer ever

Marvin Gaye
James Brown
David Ruffin
Barry White
Aretha Franklin
Levi Stubbs

Wilson Pickett
Mary Wells

I'd like to add Sam Moore of Sam & Dave fame and from a later era, Sweet Pea Atkinson and Sir Harry Bowens, frontmen of you-know-who. Cee-Lo Green certainly is the most distinctive sounding current soul singer.

Solomon Burke!

Al Green
The Temptations
Sam Cooke
Marvin Gaye (today would have been his birthday)
Aretha
Curtis Mayfield

Billy Paul

Thomas Bailey - Wish I Was Back .....



ROCKMAN

I enjoy the creamy falsetto of the Stylistics' Russell Thompkins Jr., the guy who sang "Betcha By Golly, Wow", "You Make Me Feel Brand New", "You Are Everything", "Break Up To Make Up", and "I'm Stone In Love With You". Christgau had a great line. "James Taylor is merely a wimp", he said. "Russell Thompkins Jr. is a Wimp God".



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Wow nobody mentioned Harold Melvin since he and the Blue Notes were back-up on If You Want To Be My Friend.

apart from the great ones already mentioned, i would include Donny Hathaway into the mix.
edit: surprised nobody has mentioned Ray Charles yet.
Smokey Robinson.
Richard Manuel!!!



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Little Richard! He taught most the people listed above everything they know...

R.H Harris NOW He taught most the people listed above a lot of what they know...



ROCKMAN

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Sam Spade
Wow nobody mentioned Harold Melvin since he and the Blue Notes were back-up on If You Want To Be My Friend.

Nobody mentioned Harold Melvin because it was Blue Magic (of "Sideshow" fame) that sang on the Stones song.

The "voice" of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes was Teddy Pendergrass, already mentioned.

The Man..







"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"



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In no particular order... 1. Wilson Pickett 2. Bobby Womack 3. Solomon Burke 4. Jerry Butler 5. Sam and Dave 6. Joe Tex 7. Eddie Floyd 8. Otis 9. Aretha 10. Ray...I could go on and on.

Otis Redding
Otis Clay
Johnnie Taylor
Wilson Pickett
Smokey Robinson
Marvin Gaye
Sam Moore
O.V. Wright
David Ruffin
and let's not forget Sharon Jones

Sam Cooke
L.C. Cooke
Arthur Conley
Bobby Womack
Curtis Womack
James Brown
Johnnie Taylor
Carl Sims
Wilson Pickett
Joe Tex
Z.Z. Hill
Eddie Hinton
David Ruffin
George Jackson,

Can't pick just one!

We are not remembering another great one Maurice White!!