What singer or group was your favorite blues or soul artist? you can post more than one. Mine is Etta James.

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[Klarkashton]

1. Otis Redding.

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17. Thank you very much. Klarkashton.

[Permanut]

2. Sam Cooke..

and for bonus points, Lewis Rawls singing backup to Sam Cooke on Bring It On Home To Me.

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18. Thank you very much Permanut and for the backgroung information

[DBoon]

3. James Brown!

for Soul.

For blues I'd say Muddy Waters

[KarenS]

13. I saw James Brown in concert in Shreveport La in the 60s!

It was wonderful

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19. Great selections . Thank you very much DBoon.

[leftwingnut1]

4. Unsure of the artist

But heard a nice one titled Hands of Time. Is the group named Collateral?

[leftwingnut1]

8. Collateral was the movie, not the musician

Hands of Time played in the film with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. Still don't know the musician.

Trying to post a YouTube link here:

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20. Thank you very much lefwingnut1 for your selection. I am not sure of the group.

[johnp3907]

5. John Lee Hooker

?si=td0DmCB3WGcrCGnj

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21. Oh yes, Thank you very much johnp3907 , Great selection.

[elleng]

6. Platters

and

Bobby Darin
Simple Song Of Freedom (more and more)

&list=RDsA3Cc5-Tqfw&start_radio=1&rv=IAJD7sXvovo

AND

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22. Thank you very much, elleng for your great selections

[lpbk2713]

7. Marvin

What's goin' on?

&ab_channel=MrKleeg

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23. Loved Marvin. Thank you very much lpbk2713, I go back to Marvin with Tammie

[TrogL]

9. Lance Lopez

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24. Thank you very much for your selection,TrogL

[brush]

10. The Motown sound...Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, and blues by BB King.

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25. Thank you very much brush.for your selections,

[Bayard]

11. Marvin and Aretha

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26. I agree. Thank you very much Bayard.

[KarenS]

12. Gladys Knight and the Pips

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16. Thank you very much Karen S

[retread]

14. Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, King Curtis, Etta James, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The list is endless!

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15. Thank you very much, retread.

[BOSSHOG]

27. Gotta put Bonnie Raitt on the list

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29. Thank you very much, BOSSHOG.

[JohnnyRingo]

28. Marvin Gaye

When I was a head bangin' teen rocker I was too cool for that soul music, but after some years I realized what I was missing. I will always reach for the volume knob when when I hear the intro to "Let's Get it On".

I didn't know Led Zeppelin, Cream and The Rolling Stones were playing the blues either. Amazing what you learn when you aren't cool anymore.

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31. Thank you very much, JohnnyRingo. What you posted is very true. Early rock bands were very much influenced by the blues.

[JohnnyRingo]

36. Influenced?

Hell, Willie Dixon wrote Cream's big hit "Spoonful" and Zep's "Whole Lotta Love". Skip James wrote "I'm So Glad", and I won't even start with The Rolling Stones catalogue.

Those bands wrapped those songs up in psychedelic gift wrap and sold them to a young me as hard rock that was supposed to freak out my parents.
I should sue.

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39. Sorry if you read the bio of the bands. Most will say that they were influenced by Blues Singers in US. I didn't realize

The songs were written by Blue singers.

[Harker]

30. I listen to and enjoy a wide variety of music, but more blues than anything else.

Sonny Boy Williamson, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Son House, Charley Patton, Skip James, Johnny Shines, Robert Johnson, Albert King... I could go on.

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32. Thank you very much Harker for your great selections.

[Harker]

33. I hated stopping.

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42. Thank you Harker.

[Eugene]

34. Stevie Wonder

along with Billy Preston and The Temptations.

That's the music I grew up with.

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35. I love those three, especially Stevie Wonder.

[HappyH]

37. Mostly blues at my house

Lightnin' Hopkins is a long time favorite.
Contemporary favorite artists Corey Harris, Sam Fish and Carl Bundt (Daddy Stovepipe on the YouTube).

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38. Thank you very much for your selections. HappyH.

[OLDMDDEM]

40. Etta James.

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41. Me too. Thank you OLDMDDEM.

[justaprogressive]

43. James Brown & Buddy Guy 💙💙💙💙💙

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44. Thank you very much justaprogressive for your selections. I remember dancing to some of the songs of James Brown.

[Mad_Dem_X]

45. Sam Cooke, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Spinners

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46. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X.