#classic soul music

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

67. Bridge Over Troubled Water/Brand New Me by Aretha Franklin debuted Apr 71 and peaked at number six, scoring 1009 points.

Simon and Garfunkel's original Bridge was the number four hit of 1970. Dusty Springfield's original 1969 Brand New Me peaked at number 24.

These live performances demonstrate why Aretha was Queen of Soul. The two clips are in Montreux, Switzerland on Jun 12, 1971 when the songs were at their chart peak. There are 10 clips on youtube from this concert, search "aretha switzerland 1971"

[breezingby]

Stevie Wonder ~ My Cherie Amour (Live At Last 2008 London).wmv

. . . Enjoy Your Weekend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[helloparkerrose]

Merry Christmas Baby

Otis Redding

Pure Southern Soul: Otis Redding

[tycausey-blog]

Ty Causey - It Feels Like Love (2023) Ty Causey - It Feels Like Love (2023) Classic Soul Music!! https://youtu.be/0q2OO00CuJ0?si=U02YbaF0cbNOKDbC via @YouTube 

[mrsoulstice]

Al Green

Let’s stay together-1972

Soulful Sunday

[chalkrub]

art trade w/ thrak800 on twit - love this fella !

[spyboy2000]

𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘅 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟿, ʙʏ ᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴀsʜᴇʀ.

[w-i-m-m]

[bmorefashionnerd]

Sade at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, 1986

[djevilninja]

Anita Baker - Body and Soul

[bitter69uk]

Q: Do you get off on being tempestuous?

A: “What do you mean “get off”? That’s just the way I am.”

Q: How would you like to be remembered?

A: “I want to be remembered as a diva from beginning to end who never compromised in what she felt about racism and how the world should be, and who to the end of her days consistently stayed the same.”

Q: But isn’t life about evolving and changing?

A: “Not for me.”

/ Brantley Bardin interviewing legend-with-an-attitude with Nina Simone in Details magazine, January 1997 /

Born on this day: lacerating, regal and fierce High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone (née Eunice Kathleen Waymon, 21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003). I’d argue Simone was at her artistic zenith between 1964 – 1966, when she recorded essential statements like “I Put a Spell on You”, “Work Song” (“I left the grocery store man bleeding …”), “Ne Me Quitte Pas”, “Wild is the Wind”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “I Hold No Grudge” and especially “Four Women” (“I’m gonna kill the first mutha I see …”). Pictured: portrait of Simone by Herb Snitzer, 1959.

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[liesandnights]

Forever trying to reconcile a hopelessly romantic heart, and a fiercely independent soul.

[mrsoulstice]

Generational Legacy 🧢

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