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#20
Bobby Caldwell - Won't You Won't Do For Love
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#19
Bill Withers - A Lovely Day
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#18 Jill Scott - A Long Walk
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#17 - The Manhattans - Shining Star
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#16 The Delfonics - Didn't I
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#15 James Brown - Sex Machine
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#14 Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime
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#13 Silver Connection - Fly Robin Fly
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#12 Stevie Wonder - Lately
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#11 John Legend - Ordinary People
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#10 Too Hot - Kool & The Gang
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#9 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
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#8 The Commodores - Lady
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#7 Marvin Gaye- What's Goin' On
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#6 Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe
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#5 Michael Jackson - Rock Wit You
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#4 Lionel Ritchie - All Night Long
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#3 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It.
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Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
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#1 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
BITCHES!!!
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Who's list is this??
On a soul list, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, absolutely. Stevie Wonder anytime before "Ebony & Ivory", without a doubt.
John Legend & Erykah Badu - arguably. (the neo soul and neo r&B labels sometimes get thrown at unworthy artists, but they're probably better than most)
Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie????? BARF.
Fly Robin Fly was a disco song, and a lame one at that.
George Benson's probably closer to Jazz, I would think.
Maybe I should have added FUNK to the title... these are just a bunch of my favorite songs by african american artists... with the except of number 20 of course lol
I always thought this guy was good for a neo-soul singer. Even if the rest of the band was white.......
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hain23x
10-24-2007, 10:31 PM
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hain23x
10-24-2007, 10:35 PM
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rustoffa
10-25-2007, 12:38 AM
More JB.:D
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Wilson Motherfucking Pickett!!!
:cool:
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Hardrock69
10-25-2007, 12:46 AM
Fly Robin Fly?
That was just a lame corporate disco song.
Whatever floats your boat.
:D
Originally posted by FORD
I always thought this guy was good for a neo-soul singer. Even if the rest of the band was white.......
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I can't stand his falsetto voice. LOL
ThrillsNSpills
10-25-2007, 12:48 PM
Barry White-Never Gonna Give you Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIcy2AP1920)
Shaun Ponsonby
10-25-2007, 04:19 PM
Sam and Dave
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Otis Redding
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Sam Cooke
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Temps
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Flirtations
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Marv
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Marvin and Tammi
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Wilson Pickett
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The Very Righteouss Reverend Al Green
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Ray Charles
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The Greatest?
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And all the others I've forgotten...
hain23x
10-25-2007, 09:52 PM
Ponsonby just ran the table:rockit2:
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