Top 10(ish) Soul (60’s / Motown / Stax era)

[Prefab Sprouter]

Frank Wilson - Do I love U (indeed I do)
Jackie Wilson - You're Love Lifting me Higher
The Four Tops - I Cant Help Myself
Otis Redding - Shake
Wilson Picket - Land of a thousand dances
Sam and Dave - Soul Man
Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night
The supremes - You Cant Hurry Love
Marvin Gaye- How Sweet it is
Ray charles - Hit the Road Jack

[Dazzler]

These work for me:

Aretha Franklin - Respect
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (possibly my 2nd favourite song of all time)
Ray Charles - Shake A Tail Feather
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Stevie Wonder - Uptight
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears of a Clown
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance to the Music

And the 10th? When playing a 60s soul set I always include my all time favourite song and it has always gone down very well: Marlena Shaw - California Soul

[PropellerHeadCase]

Funny isn't it, the number of people who have listed Ray Charles 'Shake a Tail Feather' and I couldn't figure out why I didn't have it in my reasonably extensive Ray Charles back catalogue (65 tracks)?

Thanks to Wiki for pointing me to the Blues Brothers soundtrack, which I do, of course, have. Best actually put Mr Charles on the tag (as I'd already done for Ms. Franklin's performance of 'Think' on the same soundtrack).

[PropellerHeadCase]

Oh, and an addition...

Booker T & the MGs 'Green Onions'

[Corabar Steve]

Funny isn't it, the number of people who have listed Ray Charles 'Shake a Tail Feather' and I couldn't figure out why I didn't have it in my reasonably extensive Ray Charles back catalogue (65 tracks)?.

Even funnier when you actually read the thread title & note the bit that says 60s.

James & Bobby Purify did the version that qualifies for this thread

[Pe7e]

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - Temptations
Behind A Painted Smile - Isley Bros
Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
Roadrunner - Jr Walker & the Allstars
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
Soul Finger - Bar-Kays
Ain't Nothing But a Houseparty - The Showstoppers
Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells

Everyone a winner, I think you should do a top 50 for this genre, there's just too much good stuff to only choose 10.

[PropellerHeadCase]

Even funnier when you actually read the thread title & note the bit that says 60s.

James & Bobby Purify did the version that qualifies for this thread

Fair enough, but I'd probably treat it the same way as I treat Aretha's rendition of 'Think' or Cab Calloway's 'Minnie the Moocher' from the Blues Brothers soundtrack and use it for preference unless specifically playing a 60s do.

Aaanway, back to topic...

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Even funnier when you actually read the thread title & note the bit that says 60s.

James & Bobby Purify did the version that qualifies for this thread

...and even more funny when the first posts states

good useable tracks of the genre that are proven to work for mobile DJs

which you probably couldn't say about the James and Bobby Purify version as not many would have heard of it.

Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells

60s soul - are you sure?

[Corabar Steve]

[quote=Solitaire Entertainments Ltd;361812which you probably couldn't say about the James and Bobby Purify version as not many would have heard of it.[/quote]

Until very recently, I used their version as a preference over BB/RC. Always went down well.

[Pe7e]

60s soul - are you sure?

My mistake it's certainly not soul, it is 60's though, and goes down a storm alongside the soul/northern soul/motown hits of the era, especially ghost in my house, houseparty etc.