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The Best Soul Music Through the Years

By: Simone N.

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With its jazzy tunes and catchy rhythms, it's hard to ever forget the all-time-favorite soul hits. This style of music, which incorporates traces of African-American gospel music, jazz and rhythm, and blues, rose in the U.S. in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at which time it was very popular, especially for dancing. Its popularity was, of course, fuelled by some well-known record labels, including Motown, Atlantic, and Stax, and today, numerous decades later, it still thrives.

Undoubtedly, amongst all soul legends, lie The Temptations, Al Green, Otis Redding, and several other great artists whose incredible music had a major contribution to the definition of this genre. To revive the spirit of soul, we've collected 15 of the best soul hits in history, for you to enjoy in this week's music box.

To listen to the song, click on the image. The video will open in the video player at the top of the screen.

Enjoy!

Click Here to Watch	Olis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Click Here to Watch	James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Click Here to Watch	Little Richard - Long Tall Sally

Click Here to Watch	Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Click Here to Watch	Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll
Click Here to Watch	Irma Thomas - Time is on my Side
Click Here to Watch	Isley Brothers Motown - This Old Heart of Mine
Click Here to Watch	Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Click Here to Watch	Jackson 5 - A Little Genius
Click Here to Watch	The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?
Click Here to Watch	Ike & Tina Turner - Sweet Soul Music

Click Here to Watch	Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Click Here to Watch	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tracks of my Tears
Click Here to Watch	Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Click Here to Watch	The Temptations - My Girl

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