Otis Redding

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(03-27-2016, 10:23 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: eYes, James Brown is the Godfather of Soul and everyone knows that but there is no denying that Otis Redding was the most soulful singer to ever put voice to music.

Died at the age of 26 in a plane crash in I believe 1967...of all things, a freaking plane crash.

Otis had an amazing voice, but Sam Cooke takes the prize imho.  'A change is gonna come' is actually a Sam Cooke original, but that was the nature of the industry at that time.