Underrated Soul Singers
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wow, another Kem fan on SS? and i thought i was the only one. i'm with you, meistromoco! saw him live a couple of years ago, him and his band were most definitely
yeah, gotta say I was introduced to him through that remix I posted. But yeah, he kills it.wow, another Kem fan on SS? and i thought i was the only one. i'm with you, meistromoco! saw him live a couple of years ago, him and his band were most definitely(in a verysense, of course)
crazy, one of the most critically recognized amazing vocalists of the last 50 years, but still gets called underrated??
Shoot, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, James Brown, David Ruffin, Aretha Franklin....must all be underrated too....
ok, back on topic, I can't really add any newer singers from the 80s/90s to the list, but what about Freda Payne? Super versatile & convincing in any setting, whether jazz or R&B.
crazy, one of the most critically recognized amazing vocalists of the last 50 years, but still gets called underrated??
Shoot, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, James Brown, David Ruffin, Aretha Franklin....must all be underrated too....
Here, at soulstrut, I don't think I have ever heard anyone mention Jackie Wilson. If there has been a Jackie Wilson Appreciation thread I missed it.
All the other people you mentioned have had many threads devoted to appreciation, bios, films, single lp appreciation, single song appreciation. But not Jackie Wilson.
So I mentioned him.
Rick Stevens is on the entire Bump City album, which included "You're Still A Young Man."
I thought they had another singer entirely on that first elpee.
Rick Stevens is on the entire Bump City album, which included "You're Still A Young Man."
I thought they had another singer entirely on that first elpee. Rufus Miller & Rick Stevens both sang on East Bay Grease, I think Miller did the most (& then had some legal issues causing him to leave the group?) but it is definitely Stevens on "Sparkling in the Sand"?? I don't have the LP in front of me right now. Rick Stevens did the "Bump City" LP & then Lenny Williams took over from "Tower of Power" through to "Urban Renewal".
ok, I should have googled this first, Wikipedia clears everything up: Rufus Miller def sang most of "East Bay Grease" & it was Stevens who is doing life in prison for Murder not Miller.
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