By medusa9e2003 (66.73.4.20) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 08:52 pm:

I was inspired this morning on my way 2 work. I had the Radio on and they played The Dramatics, (with LJ up front) doing 'Open The Door To Your Heat & Let Me In'. After listening 2 that song, I think it gave another definition of what we call 'SOUL"..so, let's name songs that the Vocalists REALLY, REALLY put his/her all N2 it.
I'll start with ~
A Love I Can See~ Temps
I can't get over you~Dramatics
That's What Friends Are For~ Gladys/Dionne/Elton/Stevie
United Together~Aretha Franklin
Back Up Train~Al Green
Jealous Kinda Fella~Garland Green
Distant Lover~Marvin Gaye
Heart Of The City~Bobby Bland
Soul Inspiration/Lovin' Feelin'~Righteous Bros.
Prisoner Of Love~James Brown
What's Come Over Me~Blue Magic
No Matter How High I Get~Bobby Womack
I Feel Good All Over~Stephanie Mills
Melancholy Fire~Glenn Jones(Norman Connors)
Bewildered/Try Me~James Brown
Fool For You Baby~Aretha
For The Lover In You~Howard Hewitt
Try A Little Tenderness~Otis Redding
..and I hope this isn't the 2nd time around for this Topic, if so..sorry..carry on folks~~~

By Nish (170.224.224.102) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 10:52 pm:

Distant Lover - MPG
Ooh Baby Baby - Miracles
You Can Depend On Me - Miracles
Ooh Baby You Move Me - Linda Jones
Does Your Mama Know About Me - Diana Ross
Give A Little Love - Marvin and Tammi
I Do - Moments
I'm Comin' On Strong - Tommy Hunt
When You're Gone - Brenda Payton
Good Good Lovin - Darlene Love
Eli's Comin - Laura Nyro
I Love You Secretly - Miracles
Dear Lover - Teena Marie
Fire and Desire - Teena and Rick
Baby Come Close - Smokey
I'm In Love - Wilson P.
The Way Nature Planned It - 4 Tops
Please Stay - MPG (not full title)
Who You Gonna Run To - Tempts
I Miss You - David Ruffin
What Love Has Joined Together - Tempts
Ooh Baby - Deon Jackson
I Really Love You - DeeDee Sharp

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:23 pm:

OTIS REDDING..."TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS" WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF OTIS (AS USUAL) PUTTING MEGA SOUL INTO HIS PERFORMANCE...AS YOU LISTED... MED!!!...THAT TUNE...A STANDARD (WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON ANOTHER THREAD)...PUT SOME BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTATION TOGETHER...WITH BOOKER T DOING ORGAN LINES IN CONCERT WITH A PIANO...VERY NICE!!!...BUT FOR MY MONEY..."I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG"...IS OTIS IN HIS MOST SOULFUL AND HEARTFELT INTERPRETIVE MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT...SO I WOULD ADD THAT SONG TO YOUR LIST (IF I MAY BE SO BOLD)!!!...STUBASS

By Eli (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:19 am:

Ive been loving you too long..Otis
Ill be sweeter tomorrow..Ojays & Linda Lones(Neptune)
Pledging my love..Johnny Ace (understated soul)
Stay with me..Lorraine Ellison
When somethings wrong with my baby..Sam & Dave
Personally..Jackie Moore
Goodnight My Love..Jesse Belvin (understated soul)
Let me make love to you..The Ojays
Turn out the stars..Ali Woodson
Dont Cry..Cece Winans (3 hankies)

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:59 am:

BOBBY'S MENTION OF "TURN OUT THE STARS" DOES REMIND ME OF ANOTHER MOST SOULFUL AND HEARTFELT PERFORMANCE!!!...HOW ABOUT TEDDY PENDERGRASS..."TURN OUT THE LIGHTS"???...*THAT* TUNE WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO THE SHOWER...AND STAY CLEAN FOR DAYS AND DAYS!!!...STU(FORGET THE SOAP ON A ROPE)BASS

By SNAKEHEAD (66.73.10.229) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 02:30 pm:

Jump in the Shower and stay clean huh? I would
like to mention NEW BIRTH doing the song
'Been Such A Long Time'.

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 04:00 pm:

In repeating again, this... was from a previous thread which I had posted, elswhere on this forum on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 10:27 am:

There was a once a quote given by someone, or another, who had said that, "...the soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on."

Think about that for a minute, as for example....
So it was with Mr. Brooke Benton in 1970, as he beautifully sang, just seemingly poured all his 'hungry' soul into that one (lovely) R&B soul 'classic' from way back when, with... "A Rainy Night In Georgia."

http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/rainynig.ra,

By Des (81.152.238.33) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 06:35 pm:

Al Green - "Let's Stay Together" (long version)
Stevie - "Seems So Long" (and virtually all his piano-led ballads from musicofmymind 2 hotterthanjuly)
Marvin - 'Janis"
Sherrick - "Baby,I'm For Real"
Aretha - "Natural Woman"
Moments - "With You"
Al Jarreau - "We Got By"
Kevin Mahogany - "Save That Time"
Norman Connors - "Invitation"(vocalist "Adaritha")
Tony Bennett - "The Very Thought Of You"
Beach Boys - "Caroline,No"
Michael McDonald - "Hey,Girl"
Wayne Shorter - "Tarde" (vocalist Milton Nascimento")
R Kelly - Bump n Grind and Step In The Name of Love(remix on Choc City Album)
Keith Washington - "Kissing You".........
and a million others,but these were nice to recollect right here,right now.
Des

By Charmedes (142.165.97.28) on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 01:48 pm:

A fine example of a contemporary expression of soul is Regina Belle and her rendition of "Show me the way." I loved her smokey toned video with her looking every inch the modern Nefertiti; quite exotic and lovely.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 12:23 pm:

I CAN'T FIND..I NEED A CHANGE,SMOKEY..I NEED YOUR LOVIN,THE TEMPS..SHAKE ME WAKE ME..BERNADETTE,THE FOUR TOPS.