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.
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."
The most fascinating aspect of this music, is the fact that it was the soundtrack of our lives no matter where we were; we could go from Chicago, to Detroit, and then to Atlanta, and still hear the same music; they were even listening to it in Vietnam.
Wilson Pickett’s rendition of Hey Jude on Duane Allman’s Anthology, vol.1.
I have been listening to music for awhile this afternoon and was just about to turn it off for the day. Then I came across this thread. Not yet, one more song. Somebody grab Wilson, Hey Jude.
+1 for Jackie Wilson. I saw him in my home town of Detroit when I was a kid or young teen. What an extraordinary entertainer he was. He danced and danced well all over his stage and could do full splits as well.
Check out Gregory Porter, he covers everything - soul, jazz and pop. I've seen him in NYC. He's the hottest male jazz/soul singer now. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clf6NP3E7os
I'll add EARLY Lou Rawls. Check out his album with Les McCann and Les's trio. I just lent a copy to a new 'phile friend I met here on the 'Gon. He reluctantly borrowed it and told me when I visited him and his rig that it is amazing.
Please please do yourself a favor and listen to Lou Rawls & Les McCann Stormy Monday. The album is amazing. Listen to how well it's recorded. Listen to how Lou (I think he's in his 20s) handles these standards and develops them with great vibrato and that amazing Lou deep tone. He has such moxy in spots. Such attitude. Give Outskirts of Town a roll.
Hey. Many great voices listed here but Donny Hathaway deserves a spot near the top of the list. Not only a great voice but also a brilliant song writer and arranger.
Re those not yet mentioned: Although not at all a fan of disco, has anybody ever heard Jimmy Ellis scream "Satisfaction, came in a chain reaction"(Disco Inferno). Don’t know much else about the group but boy did that guy have lungs.
Otis Redding--On These Arms of Mine the recording engineer said he could, "hear the tears in his voice." And this was at the end of a long day of recording work by the band he was a roadie for...great story to hear.
Smokey Robinson--nothing else to say here.
Ray Charles--on those songs he did in soul music style.
James Brown--nothing else to say here.
Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Sam and Dave...we played all these artists' songs in bands in the '60's and '70's. MUSIC!!
Damn, all great lists and nominees! Missing are Big Joe Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Albert King, and if whites other than Van Morrison are okay (;-), Richard Manuel, Steve Winwood, and Bill Medley. Of course no one here would say Michael McDonald or Michael Bolton!
Lots of good selections mentioned, I particularly like Sam Cooke, Solomon Burke and Jackie Wilson. I also like Clyde McPhatter, Smokey Robinson and Al Green.
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