If Aretha is the queen of soul, who is considered the king?

[Marion Morrison]

James Brown! What? James Brown! What? James Brown!

Lookie heanh! Damn, he's old at this time, great performance, but I'm seen him do better with the dancing.

 

[Pop23]

An average Soul singer is better than a great Pop Singer.

The King/Queen of Pop is like crowning the King/Queen of Cleveland.

OBTW. Sam Cooke was the King of Soul

 

[Marion Morrison]

James Brown was one bad mofo!

You can't tell me, I seen him on some live show when he was 60 and still kickin' ass!

Blown away! He was the shit!

They called him the "Godfather of Soul"

 

[Marion Morrison]

Right heanh says it all:

His dancers ain't got shit on him.

 

[Snouter]

Get on up ah. Like a sex machine. Hit meh now!

 

[Paulie]

Hall and Oates is soul? What did I miss?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ In my opinion, plenty!



God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

P.S. Before I ever once saw a photograph of them, I thought that Daryl Hall was a black man.

 

[Billo_Really]

No, he’s The Godfather. The King of Soul is Otis Reading, although you would get a ton of votes for Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke, and even Wilson Pickett.

I was thinking Otis Redding to.

 

[skye]

Wow! amazing names posted above! thank you everybody!

in my humble opinion....pop, soul or whatever it is.....

for me the king is one.....his name, Michael Jackson.

So much talent so much perfection in music!

But that's just me!