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The finest male soulful singer

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The Lemming 09 Sep 2016

You can add 'Rhythm and Blues', R&B sort of vibes too.

I'd like to nominate Paul Young a

and

George Michael

tony 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

How very white and tame.

Alternatively, for the real thing:
Ray Charles
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson

TMM 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

> You can add 'Rhythm and Blues', R&B sort of vibes too.

> I'd like to nominate Paul Young a

> and

> George Michael

Well if you're having them then I'm nominating the incomparable Tony Ferrino.
"The biggest singing star in the heavens of Portugal's entertainment industry, he is also widely adored across Brazil and Iraq"

aln 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Have you heard Rag n bone man, Rory Graham? There's a modern soulful voice. Ceelo Green is good too

MonkeyPuzzle 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Toots Hibbert. An amazing voice that doesn't get the credit it deserves.

Boogs 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

More Roots than soul but brother Spikey can sing . . .

Vivian Jones Gwan Vivian .

Fredt 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Joe Cocker

TMM 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

The legendary Paul Shane.

Yanis Nayu 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Zayne Malik

mountainbagger 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:
Andrew Strong

And, more recently in 2011:

Edit: better recording linked to and added more recent performance

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simon kimber 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?

Put it in the microwave until it's bill withers....

tintinandpip 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Van Morrison from the film Last Waltz which is a whole range of people singing with "The Band" and filmed by Martin Scorsese. As well as Van the man many other stella performances.

Andy Clarke 09 Sep 2016

In reply to tony:

That's more like it! Can I suggest an additional couple of undisputed greats: from the blues end of the spectrum, the magnificent Bobby Bland, and the far less celebrated than he ought to be James Carr.

nathan79 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

A lot of good voices to mention (some of them already have been), for me possibly Wilson Pickett.

Not a shout for one off the best, but Terrence Trent D'arby is a guy I always thought had a great voice and should have done so much more.

Adrian Daniels 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Al Green.

keith-ratcliffe 09 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:
Otis for me. Also Percy ledge for 'Warm & Tender Love'. Does anyone here remember listening to Johnny Walker on Radio Caroline when he used to get people to line up on the prom at Frinton and flash their car headlights at the ship at 11pm at which time he dedicated that song to someone who had written in. I loved the pirates.

aln 09 Sep 2016

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

Wow that's good history

keith-ratcliffe 09 Sep 2016

In reply to aln:
At the time I used to record stuff on a reel to reel tape recorder and I recorded the night that Walker defied the government by staying on after the Marine Offences Bill came into force and they became Outlaws. I think he played 'I fought the Law' by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. I lost the tapes when my folks moved house. Still listen to him on Radio 2.

stonemaster 10 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Levi Stubbs

Jon Stewart 10 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Marvin Gaye, Gill Scott Heron, Baby Huey.

But for something a bit more recent and odd, the intriguing Jamie Lidell:

And here with Gonzales on piano - if you don't mind a white hipster doing a good impression of a black man, he's ace!

Andy Hardy 10 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

Tony Clarke. http://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Clarke

groovejunkie 10 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:

What, no James Brown? - the Godfather himself!

Long Pinky 10 Sep 2016

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Ian Curtis

Andy Say 10 Sep 2016

In reply to The Lemming:
Roger Chapman. (Family etc)
Steve Marriott (Small Faces etc)
The little ginger twunt from Simply Red.
And yes - amazed as I am to agree - Terence Trent D'Arby. Heard his voice on Italian radio last week and instantly recognised it.

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