What is your favorite soul song/ songs, It can be from Motown or other record companies. Mine is Superstition -Stevie

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[Glorfindel]

1. "Reach Out - I'll Be There"

by the Four Tops.

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3. Thank you Glorifindel Great song.

[FalloutShelter]

2. I Got You- I Feel Good

James Brown

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4. Thank you FalloutShelter. Wonderful song.

[walkingman]

5. Marvin Gaye - "Mercy Mercy Me" and "What's Going On" are two of my favorites.

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6. Thank you walkingman. Classics.

[if..fish..had..wings]

7. Tears of a Clown

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8. Thank you if..fish..had..wings.. Great song.

[Squeaky41]

9. Supremes

My World Is Empty Without You

[CanonRay]

10. Used To Be My Girl

By the O'Jays

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11. Thank you CanonRay. Yes, great song.

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12. Thriller --Michael Jackson.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. You Took Mine

And, it's of Talking Book, which is my favorite Stevie album.
Other candidates would be Papa Was A Rolling Stone, What's Going On, Tears Of A Clown, & I'll Be Around.

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15. Thank you ProfessorGAC...Love all your choices.

[Doc_Technical]

14. SAM & DAVE-wrap it up

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16. Thank you Doc_Technical. Great song, Great group

[MichMan]

17. Couldn't decide between Commodores - Zoom and O'Jays- I Love Music

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18. Excellent choices, MichMan

[brush]

28. Two of my favorite groups too.

[MichMan]

19. Couple more I just couldn't leave out Whispers - Keep on Lovin Me and Evelyn King - Love Come Down

So many to choose from. Real shame this great genre has been usurped by Rap

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20. Thank you very much for your selections. MichMan.

[Vinca]

21. Stylistics - "Betcha By Golly, Wow" - Love soul music!

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22. Thank you very much, Vinca. Lovely song

[LakeArenal]

23. I'm not good with labels like Soul vs Rhythm & blues or

Folk vs Pop.
What constitutes Jazz over other music….

It all blends together for me.
So I Googled Soul music and the first song listed was luckily a choice for me.
Being from Madison WI and all….

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay by Ottis Redding

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25. Thank you LakeArenal. I know there are earlier Soul songs. I had in my head the Motown sound that came out of Detroit--

The Temps, the Supremes ,etc and the Philadelphia soul sound groups. I remember your song you selected with the summer's heat

[VGNonly]

24. Junior Walker and the All Stars

What does it take

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26. Thank you very much VGNonly. Great mellow sound

[BOSSHOG]

27. Don't give your Love to Sexy Ida - Ike and Tina

And about a hundred tied for number two

Midnight Train to Georgia
For Once in My Life
Dancing in the Street
The Motown Song - Rod Stewart
Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours
I could go on but I feel like Dancing

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29. Great selection BOSSHOG. I see you have some a number of Motown. Loved it for dancing. Thank you very much.

[SallyHemmings]

30. Write a letter to Myself

Chi- lites

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31. Thank you very much, SallyHemmings. Great.

[SallyHemmings]

38. Thanks for posting something fun!

[brush]

32. "I Can't Help Myself" and "Baby, I Need Your Loving" by the Four Tops.

The Motown sound. Also "My Girl" by the Temptations, and "Ooh, Baby Baby" by Smokey Robinson, both also of Motown.

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37. Thank you , brush. I loved the Motown sound. and second the Phillie sound.

[brush]

45. Yep, the Delpnonics and the Whispers were favs too.

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75. Thank you brush . Terrific choices.

[Lunabell]

33. What's Going On?

Marvin Gaye. What a wonderful artist.

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35. Lunabell. that you very much, He was wonderful even in his early years with Tammi---Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

[Ritabert]

34. "Love Train" by the O'Jays or "Just My Imagination" by the Temptations

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36. Thank you very much Ritabert. Two great groups.

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39. I really loved the Supremes as a young preteen. especially" Stop, in the Name of Love"

[LoisB]

40. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye; Valerie - the Starlites; Abigail - the Embers and many, many more.

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41. Thank you LoisB thank you very much. Great songs.

[Eugene]

42. Superstition

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43. Thank you Eugene . That is mine too, I love a lot of his songs.

[Mad_Dem_X]

44. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me

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62. thank you very much Mad_Dem_X

[Dorothy V]

46. Hard to say, there's about anything by the Supremes, and some songs by the Temptations (Don't Look Back springs to mind,

) but thanks to my music loving parents, I was exposed at a very early age to the Ink Spots, Fats Domino and Ray Charles, all well before Motown came along. Still love rhythm and blues, some jazz, and will always love Ray!

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48. Thank you very much Dorothy V. Very touching post.

[Wicked Blue]

47. I Heard it Through the Grapevine nt

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49. Black Pearl, the the Checkmates

Believe it is produced by Phil Spector

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64. Thank you displacedvermoter. I remember Black Pearl. Very much a heartwarmer.

[Bossy Monkey]

50. Day Dreaming by Aretha Franklin

just at the moment.

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69. Thank you very much Bossy Monkey

[Tarzanrock]

51. Roberta Flack ...

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

See, also the soundtrack for Play Misty For Me where the song is immortalized on film.

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70. Thank you Tarzanrock. That was played at our wedding as the first song we danced to as a married couple

[rsdsharp]

52. If you're categorizing Motown as "soul" I'd say anything by the Four Tops, or the Temptations.

The Motown Sound was its own genre. The big soul labels were Atlantic and Stax.

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61. Thank you rsdsharp. for setting me straight. I should have just put the Motown Sound. Sorry.

[EarthAbides]

53. That's the Way of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

[Texasgal]

55. Mine as well!

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60. Thank you Texasgal. Love it

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59. EarthAbides. Great choice.

[MIButterfly]

54. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

and What's Going On? are definitely in my top five. Having grown up in Detroit in the 60s, I'm all about Motown; it's still my favorite. And don't get me started on how much I LOVE Smokey Robinson!

You mention Superstition. What a great song. Many years ago, when that song came out, I was a waitress and I had a big crush on a dishwasher. He was so cute. He absolutely loved that song. We hung out, but nothing ever came of it. To this day, whenever I hear Superstition, I still think of him and smile.

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56. Thank you very much MIButterfly. I love your choices.

[AmandaRuth]

57. Nitty Gritty --- Shirley Ellis

I also really like Southern Culture on the Skids version of it as well

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58. Excellent choices, AmandaRuth.

[KT2000]

63. Heard it Through the Grapevine!

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71. Thank you very much KT2000 I loved that song both Marvin's version and Gladys and the Pips version

[MIButterfly]

90. Me too! Absolutely love both versions!

Marvin Gaye's version was more soulful but Gladys Knight and the Pips' version was the jam!

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91. Thank you MiButterfly. Agree.

[Dulcinea]

65. Stand By Me by Ben E. King.

I sang that to my babies when I rocked them to sleep. Also Marvin Gaye's Heard it Through the Grapevine.

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74. Thank you Dulcinea. Great choices.

[OldBaldy1701E]

66. That is a great choice!

If not that one, I would have to say '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' by Otis Redding.

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79. Thank you OldBaldy1701E Love your choices.

[LogDog75]

67. Two songs that, to me, are representive of Mowtown

Chapel of Love by the Dixie Cups
My Guy by Mary Wells

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73. Thank you very much LogDog75. Great songs.

[catbyte]

68. Aretha

or

depending on m mood

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72. Loved Aretha. Strong woman and singer. Thank you catbyte.

[surfered]

76. Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me

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78. Thank you surfered. Excellent song.

[Walleye]

77. The Temptations. "Papa was a Rolling Stone"

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81. thank you Walleye and congratulations to you on your milestone.

[Walleye]

82. Thank you!

[Zambero]

80. Motown: "Heat Wave" by Martha & The Vandellas

Stax: "Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding
Chess: "Who Do You Love" by Bo Diddley
Atlantic: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
ABC-Paramount: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles

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83. Thank you very much for your excellent selection , Zambero.

[rampartd]

84. wilson pickett

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86. thank you rampartd. I remember that song. Loved dancing to it.

[wryter2000]

85. Knock Yourself Out

The long version from the In Living Color album by the greatest, Tower of Power.

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87. Oh yes. that you very much wryter 2000 GREAT

[MIButterfly]

88. I tbought of two more today.

Backstabbers by the O'Jays and Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers. Absolutely love those songs!

I just happened to hear both of them on the radio while out and about in the frigid Michigan weather this afternoon.

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89. Thank you MIButterfly. Both are great.