Top 10 Favorite Recording Artists Poll - Soul Train Edition

RaceBannon · February 2017

Gap Band - best live show ever. Snoop's daddy in law

Dazz Band - Let it Whip

Marvin Gay

Teddy Pendergast

Sly and the Family

Diana Ross and the Supremes - to rep Motown

Patti Labelle

Tower of Power

Ah, the name is Bootsy baby for the funk masters

The Godfather of Soul

Doog_de_Jour · February 2017

I missed the first round unfortunately - thank you @YellowSnow for putting this together. This was surprisingly difficult.

Here's my list (no particular order):

- James Brown
- Aretha Franklin (her appearance in The Blues Brothers is one of my favorite parts of the movie)
- Prince
- Whitney Houston
- The Supremes (I would also be willing to sub the solo Diana Ross)
- Jackson 5
- Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if you're nasty)
- En Vogue (I loved them in middle school - pure nostalgia pick)
- Issac Hayes (YA DAMN RIGHT!)
- Michael Jackson

BTW @dnc - I'll co-sign on TLC love - though I'll save them for the hip-hop list

dnc · February 2017

Doog_de_Jour said:
I missed the first round unfortunately - thank you @YellowSnow for putting this together. This was surprisingly difficult.

Here's my list (no particular order):

- James Brown
- Aretha Franklin (her appearance in The Blues Brothers is one of my favorite parts of the movie)
- Prince
- Whitney Houston
- The Supremes (I would also be willing to sub the solo Diana Ross)
- Jackson 5
- Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if you're nasty)
- En Vogue (I loved them in middle school - pure nostalgia pick)
- Issac Hayes (YA DAMN RIGHT!)
- Michael Jackson

BTW @dnc - I'll co-sign on TLC love - though I'll save them for the hip-hop list

Yeah, they kinda straddle that R&B/hip hop line. They're worthy on either list IMO.

allpurpleallgold · February 2017

Justin Bieber.

PurpleThrobber · February 2017

RaceBannon said:
Gap Band - best live show ever. Snoop's daddy in law

Dazz Band - Let it Whip

Marvin Gay

Teddy Pendergast

Sly and the Family

Diana Ross and the Supremes - to rep Motown

Patti Labelle

Tower of Power

Ah, the name is Bootsy baby for the funk masters

The Godfather of Soul

I like me some Bootsy a lot.

YellowSnow · February 2017

PurpleThrobber said:

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:
Otis Redding.

Done. It gets no better.
Definitely had one the best backing band of a 60's soul singer- i.e., Booker T and the MGs.
There's a documentary on either Amazon or Netflix about The Funk Brothers, the studio musicians on all the great Motown songs. Very cool.

There's another doc on The Wrecking Crew, the studio musicians on all the great tunes out of LA in the 60's and 70s. Good watch.

The Wrecking Crew documentary is great. Brian Wilson biopic Love and Mercy has some great scenes in the studio with the Wrecking Crew.

GrundleStiltzkin · February 2017

Doog_de_Jour said:
I missed the first round unfortunately - thank you @YellowSnow for putting this together. This was surprisingly difficult.

Here's my list (no particular order):

- James Brown
- Aretha Franklin (her appearance in The Blues Brothers is one of my favorite parts of the movie)
- Prince
- Whitney Houston
- The Supremes (I would also be willing to sub the solo Diana Ross)
- Jackson 5
- Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if you're nasty)
- En Vogue (I loved them in middle school - pure nostalgia pick)
- Issac Hayes (YA DAMN RIGHT!)
- Michael Jackson

BTW @dnc - I'll co-sign on TLC love - though I'll save them for the hip-hop list