A day to remember the past year and years....

Remembering Soul Friends:
Just click on the title of the song and enjoy many, many, many great songs!
Sam Cooke, Bring It On Home To Me; Unforgettable and the founder of Soul for me!
In a later Blog something more about his daughter Linda, a great singer as well now known as Linda Womack (from Womack & Womack).
Otis Redding, Try A Little Tenderness; No words needed, died in a plane crash, how unfortunate for him, his family and fans!
Levi Stubbs, (4Tops), Reach Out I’ll Be There; Died this year, a great Tenor voice
James Carr, At The Dark End Of The Street; (see blog 4 days ago)
James Brown, It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World; The Godfather Of Soul!
Joe Tex, I gotcha; Rapper of the sixties! See previous Blog!
Dave Prater (Sam & Dave), Soul Man; Bariton, brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music
Wilson Pickett, In The Midnight Hour; An original singer, listen to his blues, soul, R&B, he could do all!
Arthur Conley, Sweet Soul Music; (look at his microphone handling!!) More about this special singer in a later blog. As a Dutchman I have a special tie with this man as he lived the main part of his life in the Netherlands and I was happy to see him performing live in Club Paradiso, Amsterdam
Marvin Gaye, Sexual Healing; Killed by his father, also too young such an enormous talent!
Tammi Terrel, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Yes the original singer, with Marvin Gaye. Died when 24, too young, what a talent!
Mary Wells, My Guy; Yes her song indeed! Died very short after winning a Million Dollar lawsuit against Tamla-Motown
Norman Whitfield, songwriter (Papa Was A Rolling Stone (you see a great performance of the Temptations!), I Heard It Through The Grapevine, etc.) No words needed here!
Curtis Mayfield, Superfly; Soul, R&B and also Funk, A very special one!
Luther VanDross, Power Of Love; Won 8Grammy Awards!!! A lifelong alone, his name was never romantically linked with women. For me one of the most underestimated singers ever!
O.V. Wright, That’s How Strong My Love Is; His song and not from Otis Redding who was the one to make it famous. A serious drug problem caused his death at 41 years old.
Make this page your start page so that every day you can listen to some great songs!
Added: (31-12-2008) Florence Ballard from the Supremes, died in poverty. Remember her!