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Page 1 - 50 51 - 100 >>. Based on data taken from Billboard Magazine's R&B/Soul Singles charts. Along with the artists themselves, I've listed three songs apiece that I feel best represent their recorded '60s output.
- Michael Jackson. A dynamic force as the pre-teen frontman of chart-topping family group The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson moonwalked his way into solo superstardom.
- Stevie Wonder. Over the course of his five-decade career, Steveland Morris has often been dubbed the eighth wonder of the world. Blind since birth but blessed with natural gifts as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Stevie Wonder is one of the few artists able to successfully transition from teen to adult stardom.
- Smokey Robinson. With his piercing green eyes, sweet falsetto and prolific pen, William “Smokey” Robinson has kept females swooning since the ‘60s when he and his group The Miracles helped put Motown on the map with such love-charged hits as “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” and “Ooo Baby Baby.”
- Ray Charles. Nicknamed “The Genius” for his skills as a singer, songwriter, musician and composer, Ray Charles set off a firestorm in 1955. That’s when he scored his first No. 1 single, “I’ve Got a Woman” — and simultaneously pioneered the soul genre with his game-changing combination of R&B, gospel and blues.
Feb 27, 2004 · 1. Respect - Aretha Franklin. 2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye. 3. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding. 4. What'd I Say - Ray Charles. 5. Maybellene - Chuck Berry. 6. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown. 7. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters. 8. Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Big Joe Turner. 9.
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- Joanne Shaw Taylor: The Black Country connection. She was influenced by heavyweights from Janis Joplin to Tom Waits, and when this gunslinger first opened her mouth on White Sugar, her voice had instant gravitas.
- Dani Wilde: Wilde about the girl with the golden voice. The Brighton-based singer first burst on to the scene a few years ago, as one of a new generation of guitarists, but it’s her powerful voice that sets her apart from the rest of the crowd.
- Long John Baldry: One of London’s blues pioneers… John William “Long John” Baldry was a 6ft 7in mover and shaker who helped ignite the British blues boom in the early 1960s.
- John Belushi: A comic with force-10 charisma. One of the first things John Belushi said, upon meeting Dan Aykroyd in 1973, was: “I don’t listen to much blues.”
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