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A stone cold classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZieeFVaBE

Two Bettys. Betty Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM Bettye Swann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOkpwgOOiI

I wondered that. I was thinking of New York is killing Me but as much as I love it, it's not really soul. Your choice is though.

I posted this on NSC years ago and it got quite a good reaction. This track is only about 5 years old and is by a French bloke, Mr Day who has big mod/northern soul leanings and a very retro soul sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dl-T-WtFZU

I've got to post this one as no-one has mentioned Barry White yet. This particular track isn't him singing, it's the first record he ever produced - Gene Page 'All Our Dreams Are Coming True'. An instrumental with one of my favourite tempo changes ever. The song ambles beautifully for a minute...

Didn't Booker T write Private Number? If so, then it's a very good shout re. Steve Cropper. Not heard that Paul Young track before. Thanks for the heads up. I must confess that one of my guilty pleasures is Paul Young and the Streetband's song 'Toast'. I know it's a novelty tune but it's still...

Funny you should say that. I saw Martha Reeves a few years back at the Concorde and her voice wasn't a patch on the glory days. Admittedly, the venue isn't the best for soul singers and we all thought she would probably sound much better at a Vegas type show. I also saw Candi Staton at the Old...

Last one from me. A brilliant remix of a Nina Simone classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4SGc7IbgCU

Nikki Giovanni - Ego Tripping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPOBu8qp6M

Always loved this version of Suspicious Minds by Dee Dee Warwick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5e0upsw4IE

This is one of my favourite singalongs at home with my youngest. William Bell and Judy Clay - Private Number https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeuVS6vnN7w

A bit controversial but I bloody love Sade. Always have done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTsxMS2PpA

Baby Huey - Hard Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIzTh0Lafg

The greatest blue-eyed soul singer ever, Mr Chris Farlowe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E74dPFK9nM

Cool!

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - Miss You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdEUoLYBQw

Oh TUNE! Across 110th Street is one of those songs that makes life worth living.

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYx2uZRlJCk I reckon this is the world's first minimal techno tune using a very early drum machine.

I also had a crush on Sheila Ferguson from the Three Degrees. The Sound of Philly doesn't get better than this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6fVDAjs9f0

How about the Ronettes for a group? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVbawRPO7I Man...the way that Ronnie Spector scrunches her nose when she sings...I'm in love.