Your favorite male soul voices

Gil Scott Heron, a beautiful cat who had as much soul as anyone.

Nat King Cole.

Sinatra has no peer, as well as Mel Torme.  I love Chet Baker, too.   But my favorite male vocalist is Bobby Scott, who never sounded better than one of his later recordings, "Slowly."      

That happens to me occasionally too; I post on the wrong thread. I like Frank and Mel, but they're not what you would call "soul vocalist", neither is Chet Baker, but maybe Bobby Scott falls in that category; I'll have to check him out.

Listening to Traffic now so another vote for Steve Winwood.....from the time he was 16 years old!

But when I consider all of these I keep coming back to Sam Cooke. There is so much depth, richness, smoothness and ease. 

And I think one of his best is Bring It On Home to Me with Lou Rawls singing back up. The timing and interaction between them is incredible.

John Boutte

Jerry Lawson, lead singer for the Persuasions!

Early Robert Palmer, engineered by Phill Brown. 

I don't like all his music but my favourite sounding N. American male vocalist is Lou Rawls. I always stop when I hear him singing.