Best Ever Soul/R&B Performer

[Mr. Daystar]

Marvin Gaye or Miles Davis

 

[member006]

Soul and R & B are mutually exclusive in my book but artists like Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Otis Redding, etc were instrumental is developing Soul as a spinoff of R & B. My personal favorite is Wilson Pickett....his version of Mustang Sally is perhaps one of the best songs ever done by anyone anywhere. JB and of course Aretha Frankilin would have to be right there as well. Tough question for sure.
R & B? John Lee Hooker would be my choice.

Good topic!

:thumbsup:

To a true Soul and R + B lover like myself it is a very hard question. So many had their place in forming and mind blowing contributions.

Great post Jagger69. :glugglug:

LL

 

[MrSerena]

1. James Brown (The King)

2. Michael Jackson (The Prince)

End of Story, an unbeatable top 2.

 

[om3ga]

James Brown

......Ditto............:thumbsup:

(although I've heard that Earth Wind & Fire's "Magic" act on stage was pretty good; and I would have loved to have seen George Clinton's "spaceship")

 

[om3ga]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

JAMES BROWN....(natch!)

 

[BigSwede]

Muddy Waters
B.B. King
Howlin´Wolf
and other real R & B.

 

[BigSwede]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

Other.

 

[L3ggy]

James Brown.

 

[CaDDaFy]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

Which other could possibly be better than this selection ?

 

[CaDDaFy]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

Seeing as you start more polls than Prof V. after a break up, I would of thought you'd eventually learn to put "other" as an option.

Fuck other, if ya dont like whats there tuff titty :thefinger

 

[McNab]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

How come everyone on the list's male?

Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, spring to mind on the female side.

 

[FreeThugz]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

Marvin Gaye

 

[CaDDaFy]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

This is a male soul singer poll.

 

[McNab]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

This is a male soul singer poll.

Any reason why?

 

[panther]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

James Brown
Sam Cooke
The Shirelles
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Wilson "The Wicked" Pickett
Sam and Dave
The Impressions

 

[BigSwede]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

Which other could possibly be better than this selection ?

Since the headline says R & B which stands for rhythm and blues you should have had John Lee Hooker,Muddy Waters,B.B. King and Howlin´Wolf.
BUT it´s a perfect list for male soul singers.

 

[zell]

Re: Best Ever Soul/R&B Singer/Performer

If we are just talking about pure singing,I don't know how Luther Vandross isn't on this list,but all around performer and showman would have to be James Brown.

 

[senob44]

Not my type of music at all.

But I have at times enjoyed the music of James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. It tells you something about them that they are able to please someone who doesn't even like the genre. :dunno:

 

[bustman]

JB was the best.

 

[YMIHERE]

Ray Charles