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Arctic
Argo
Atlantic
Back Beat
Bamboo
Blue Rock
Brunswick
Bunky
Cadet
Calla
Carla
Carnival
Checker
Chess
Curtom
Dakar
Dial
Dionn
Duke
Fame
Fire
Fury
Galaxy
Gamble
Goldwax
Gordy
Groovesville
Heritage
Hot Line
Hotwax
Hi
Invictus
Jewel
Josie
Karen
Kent
King
Loma
Malaco
Mar-V-Lus
Mercury
Minit
Moira
Money
Motown
M-pac
Musicor
Nola
One-derful
Okeh
Paula
Phil-L.A.
Philadelphia International
Philly Groove
Revilot
Ric-Tic
Ronn
Scepter
Shout
Shrine
Soul
Spring
Stax
Sue
Tamla
T-Neck
Vee Jay
V.I.P.
Volt
Wand
Westbound

Great Duos
LaVern Baker & Ben E. King

Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure
Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
William Bell & Judy Clay
Bob & Earl

Moses & Joshua Dillard

Jerry Butler & Betty Everett
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin
Delaney & Bonnie

Don & Juan
Lee Dorsey & Betty Harris
Eddie & Ernie
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Inex & Charlie Foxx
Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
Donny Hathaway & June Conquest
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto

Etta James & Harvey Fuqua

Ben E. King & Dee Dee Sharp
The Knight Brothers
Mel & Tim
The Patterson Twins
Peaches & Herb
James & Bobby Purify
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Sam & Dave
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson
The Sims Twins
The Soul Sisters

The Soul Twins

Carla & Rufus Thomas
Ike & Tina Turner
Billy Vera & Judy Clay

Vernon & Jewel
Larry Williams & Johnny Watson
Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker
Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins
Young Holt Unlimited

Great Trios
The Apollas

Black Ivory
The Blossoms
Bull & The Matadors
Candy & The Kisses
The Capitols
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
The Delfonics
Detroit Emeralds

The Diplomats
The Dixie Cups
The Emotions
First Choice
The Flirtations
The Fuzz
The Gap Band
Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers

Gigi & The Charmaines
Honey Cone
The Ikettes
The Impressions
The Isley Brothers (1st Incarnation)

The Jones Girls
The Kelly Brothers
LaBelle
The Larks
Love Unlimited

The Lovelites
The Main Ingredient
The Mar-Keys
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
The Moments
The Opals
The O'Jays
The Players
The Presidents
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Sandpebbles (C & The Shells)
The Sapphires
The Soul Survivors
The Temprees
The Three Degrees
The Undisputed Truth
The Van Dykes
The Wallace Brothers
The Young Holt Trio

Great Quartets
The Artistics
The Astors
Archie Bell & The Drells

Black Merda
Booker T. & The MG's
Brenda & The Tabulations
Chairman Of The Board
The Chi-Lites
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
The Dynamics
The Ebonys
The Elgins
The Esquires

The Fabulous Fantoms
The Fantastic Four
The Fascinations
Flaming Ember
The Four Tops
The Friends Of Distinction

Glass House
Honey & The Bees
The Intruders
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells
Little Anthony & The Imperials
The Lost Generation
The Mad Lads
The Manhattans (2nd Incarnation)
The Marvelettes
The Meters (1st Incarnation)
The Monitors
The Natural Four
The Neville Brothers
New York City
100 Proof (Aged In Soul)
The Olympics
The Orlons
Patty & The Emblems
The Precisions
The Radiants
The Rascals
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (without Claudette Robinson)
The Royalettes

The Showmen
The Show Stoppers
Soul Children
The Staple Singers
The Sweet Inspirations
The Unifics
The Valentinos
The Velvelettes
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars

Great Quintets
The Ambassadors

The Barons
Blue Magic
The Box Tops
The Chambers Brothers
The Checkmates L.T.D.
The Dells
The Dramatics
The Drifters

The Emperors
Enchantment
The Five Du-Tones
The 5 Stairsteps
Funkadelic
The Jackson 5
The Manhattans (Original Group)
The Marvelows
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Meters (2nd Incarnation)
The Montclairs
The Parliaments
People's Choice
The Persuations
The Platters
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (with Claudette Robinson)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
The Showmen
The Soul Clan

The Spellbinders
The Spinners

The Steelers
The Stylistics
The Tams
Tavares
The Temptations
The Vibrations
The Whispers

Great Sextets
Average White Band
The Bar-Kays (Original Lineup)
Bloodstone
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
King Curtis & The King Pins
The Commodores
The Contours

The Counts
Graham Central Station
The Isley Brothers (2nd Incarnation)

Mickey And The Soul Generation
The O'Kaysions
Rare Earth
Rufus
Soul Brothers Six
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
The Winstons

Best Blue Eyed/Caucasian Soul Artists or Groups:
The Animals/Eric Burdon
Average White Band
The Box Tops
Bob Brady & The Conchords
Bobby Caldwell
Wayne Cochran
Cold Blood/Lydia Pentz
The Spencer Davis Group/Steve Winwood
Bill Deal & The Rhondells
Delaney & Bonnie
Dr. John
Hall & Oates
Roy Head

Eddie Hinton
Bob Kuban & The In-Men
Mickey Lee Lane
The O'Kaysions
Dean Parrish
Dan Penn
P.J. Proby
Rare Earth
The Rascals
The Righteous Brothers
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
The Soul Survivors
Dusty Springfield
Vic Waters & The Entertainers
Tony Joe White
Peter Wolf

Timi Yuro

Family Groups
The Ambassadors (John and Henry Johnson are brothers.  Calvin and Robert Todd are brothers)
Beginning Of The End (Raphael "Ray", Liroy "Roy" and Frank "Bud" Munnings are all brothers)

Blue Magic (Vernon and Wendell Sawyer are brothers)
The Brothers Johnson (George and Louis Johnson are indeed siblings)
B.T. Express (Bill and Louis Risbrook are brothers)
Candy & The Kisses (Candy and Suzanne Nelson are sisters)
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers (Alvin, Robert, Arthur and George Cash are brothers)
The Chambers Brothers (George, Joe, Lester and Willie are actually siblings)
The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (Edward, Carter, Rose & Billie Jo are all siblings)
The Delfonics (William and Wilbur Hart are brothers)
Detroit Emeralds (Abrim and Ivory Tilmon are brothers)
The Dixie Cups (Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins are sisters. Joan Marie Johnson is their cousin)
Earth, Wind & Fire (Maurice, Verdine & Fred White are brothers)
The Emotions (Wanda, Sheila and Jeanette Hutchinson are sisters)

The Esquires (Gilbert and Alvis Moorer are brothers)
The 5 Stairsteps (Clarence, James, Dennis, Kenneth, Aloha and Cubie Burke are all siblings)
Heatwave (Johnnie and Keith Wilder are brothers)
Holland-Dozier-Holland (Brian and Eddie Holland are brothers)
The Isley Brothers (Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley are all siblings.  Chris Jasper is Rudolph's brother in law.)
The Jackson 5 (Michael, Jermaine, Marlon, Jackie, Tito and Randy Jackson are all siblings)

The Jones Girls (Brenda, Shirley & Valerie are all siblings)  
The Kelly Brothers (Andrew, Curtis and Robert Kelly are brothers)
Gladys Knight & The Pips (Gladys and Merald "Bubba" Knight are siblings. William Guest is their cousin)
Kool & The Gang (Robert and Ronald Bell are brothers)
The Lost Generation (Lowrell and Fred Simon are brothers)
Love Unlimited (Glodean and Linda James are sisters)
Madrill (Louis, Richard and Carlos Wilson are brothers)
Mel & Tim (Mel Hardin and Tim McPherson are cousins)

Midnight Star (Reginald and Vincent Calloway are brothers)
The Neville Brothers (Aaron, Art, Charles and Cyril are brothers)

The Olympics (Walter Ward and Eddie Lewis are cousins)
The Patterson Twins (Estus and Lester are brothers)
The Pointer Sisters (Anita, Bonnie, June and Ruth are sisters)
James & Bobby Purify (James and Bobby are cousins)
The Royalettes (Anita and Sheila Ross are sisters. Terry Jones and Ronnie Brown are cousins of the Ross sisters)
The Simms Twins (Bobbie & Kenneth are brothers)
Sly & The Family Stone (Sly, Freddie and Rose Stone are siblings)
The Staple Singers (Roebuck "Pops" Staples is father to group members Mavis, Yvonne, Cleotha and Pervis Staples)
The Sylvers (Olympia-Ann, Leon, Charmaine, James, Edmund, Ricky, Angelia, Pat, Jonathon, and Foster Sylvers are all siblings)
Tavares (Ralph, Antone "Chubby", Feliciano "Butch", Arthur "Pooch" and Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares are siblings)
The Valentinos (Bobby, Cecil, Curtis, Friendly and Harry Womack are siblings)
The Velvelettes (Carolyn and Mildred Gill are sisters.  Bertha and Norma Barbee are cousins)
The Wallace Brothers (Erving and Johnny Wallace are brothers.  One source says there cousins)

Great Guitar Players
Mickey "Guitar" Baker

Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (Ohio Players)
Clarence Carter
Roland Chambers (MFSB)
Dennis Coffey (Motown Sessions, solo)
Phelps "Catfish" Collins (James Brown)
Bruce Conte (Tower Of Power)
Gene Cornish (The Rascals)
Steve Cropper (Booker T & The MG's)

Dr. John a.k.a. Mac Rebebnek
Willis Draffen Jr. (Bloodstone)
Cornell Dupree (The Kingpins)
Bobby Eli (MFSB)
Larry Field (Cold Blood)
Charlie Freeman (The Dixie Flyers)
Eric Gale (Sessions)
Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Willie "Little Beaver" Hale

Norman Harris (MFSB)
Eddie Hazel (Parliament/Funkadelic)
Eddie Hinton (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section, Memphis Sessions)
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (Hi Rhythm Section)
Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers)

George Johnson (The Brothers Johnson)
Jimmy Johnson (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section)
Al Kellum (James Brown)

Albert King

B.B. King

Earl King
Jimmy King (The Bar-Kays)
Joe Kubert (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
Charles Love (Bloodstone)

Bobby Manuel (The Bar-Kays) 
Curtis Mayfield

Cash McCall (Solo and Checker Sessions)

James McCarty (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)

Marlon "The Magician" McClain (Pleasure)
Onnie McIntyre (Average White Band)
Al McKay (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Earth, Wind & Fire)
Omar Mesa (Mandrill)
Joe Messina (The Funk Brothers)
Chips Moman (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section, Satellite Records)
Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)
Jimmy Nolen (James Brown)

Charles Pitts (Isaac Hayes Movement)  
Howard Scott (War)
Claydes Smith (Kool & The Gang)
Freddie Stone (Sly & The Family Stone)
Hamish Stuart (Average White Band)
Marv Tarplin (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
Michael Toles (The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes)
Ike Turner

Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Robert White (The Funk Brothers)
Eddie Willis (The Funk Brothers)
Bobby Womack
Willie Woods (Junior Walker & The All-Stars)
Charles Wright
Reggie Young (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section, Memphis Sessions)

Weldon Young (Tommy Tucker)

Great Bass Players
James Alexander (The Bar-Kays)
Ronnie Baker (MFSB)
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)

Bob Babbitt (The Funk Brothers)
Bundie Cenac (Mandrill)
Bootsy Collins (James Brown, Parliament/Fukadelic)
B.B. Dickerson (War)
Melvin Dunlap (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)
Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T. & The MG's)
Rod Ellicott (Cold Blood)
Earl Elliot (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
Tommy Gogbill (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Memphis Sessions)
Alan Gorrie (Average White Band)
Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station)
Leroy Hodges (Hi Rhythm Section)
David Hood (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section)
Marvin Isley (The Isley Brothers)
James Jamerson (The Funk Brothers)
Jerry Jemmott (The Kingpins)

Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson)
Marshall Jones (Ohio Players)
Fudgie Kae (Mandrill)
James McCallister (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
Tommy McClure (The Dixie Flyers)
Charles McCormick (Bloodstone)
Bernard Odum (James Brown)

Nathaniel Phillips (Pleasure)
George Porter Jr. (The Meters)
Francis Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
Chuck Rainey (Sessions)
Louis Satterfield (Chess Sessions)
"Sweet Charles" Sherrell (James Brown, The JB's)
Fred Thomas (The JB's)
Phil Upchurch (Chess Sessions)
Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Great Keyboard Players
Roger Ball (Average White Band)
Barry Beckett (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section)

Eddie Bo
Bobby Byrd (James Brown)
Ronnie Caldwell (The Bar-Kays)
Leonard Caston (Chess Sessions)
Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals)
Claude "Coffee" Cave (Mandrill)
Ray Charles

Dave "Baby" Cortez
Jim Dickinson (The Dixie Flyers)

Dr. John a.k.a. Mac Rebebnek
Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (James Brown)
Bobby Emmons (Sessions)
Aretha Franklin
Ronnie Gordon (The Bar-Kays)
Johnny Griffin (The Funk Brothers)
Donny Hathaway

Donald Hepburn (Pleasure)
Charles Hodges (Hi Rhythm Section)
Leon Huff (MFSB)

Joe Hunter (The Funk Brothers)
Chris Jasper (The Isley Brothers)
Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & The MG's)
Lonnie Jordan (War)
Bobby Manuel (The Bar-Kays)
Raul Matute (Cold Blood)
Raynard Miner (Chess Sessions)
Art Neville (The Meters, The Neville Brothers)
Spooner Oldham
Lenny Pakula (MFSB)
Billy Preston
Earl Randle (Hi Rhythm Section)
Rose Stone (Sly & The Family Stone)
Sly Stone
Richard Tee (Sessions)
Marvell Thomas (Stax Sessions)
Vic Thomas (Junior Walker & The All-Stars)
Chester Thompson (Tower Of Power)
Allen Toussaint
Archie Turner (Hi Rhythm Section)
Mike Utley (The Dixie Flyers)
Earl Van Dyke (The Funk Brothers)
Ricky West (Kool & The Gang)
Stevie Wonder
Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Funkadelic)

Great Drummers & Percussionists
Papa Dee Allen (War)
Richard "Pistol" Allen (The Funk Brothers)
Jack Ashford (The Funk Brothers)
John "Johnny Bee" Badanjek (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
"William" Benny Benjamin (The Funk Brothers)

James Black (New Orleans Related)

John Boudreaux (New Orleans Related)
Eddie Brigati (The Rascals)
Eddie "Bongo" Brown (The Funk Brothers)
George "Funky" Brown (Kool & The Gang)
Harold Brown (War)
Brent Byers (Tower Of Power)

Bruce Carter (Pleasure)

Karl Chambers (MFSB)  
Gene Christman (Sessions)
Sammy Creason (The Dixie Flyers)
Carl Cunningham (The Bar-Kays)
Roy Cunningham (The Bar-Kays)
Dino Danelli (The Rascals)
Roger Durham (Bloodstone)
Gregg Errico (Sly & The Family Stone)
Steve Ferrone (Average White Band)
James Gadson (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)
David Garibaldi (Tower Of Power)
James Graves (Junior Walker & The All-Stars)
Howard Grimes (Hi Rhythm Section)
Willie Hall (The Bar-Kays)
Roger Hawkins (Muscle Shoales Rhythm Section)

Paul Humphrey (Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists)
Al Jackson (Booker T. & The MG's, Al Green)

Smokey Johnson (New Orleans Related)
Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Uriel Jones (The Funk Brothers)
Nat Kendrick (James Brown)
Robbie McIntosh (Average White Band)
Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste (The Meters)
Vince Montana (MFSB)
Charles Padro (Mandrill)
Melvin Parker (James Brown)
Ric Powell (Atlantic Sessions)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (Sessions)

Bruce Smith (Pleasure)
John "Jabbo" Starks (James Brown)
Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)
Larry Washington (MFSB)
Melvin Webb (Bloodstone)
Fred White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Maurice White (Chess Sessions, Earth, Wind & Fire)
Harry Williams (Bloodstone)
James "Diamond" Williams (Ohio Players)
Earl Young (MFSB, The Trammps)

Great Horn Players

Saxophones
Joe Arnold (The Mar-Keys)
Ronald Bell a.k.a. Khalis Bayyan (Kool & The Gang)
Thomas "Beans" Bowles (Motown Sessions)
Bill Cannon (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)
Emilio Castillo (Tower Of Power)
Charles Chalmers (Sessions)
Lewis Collins (Hi Rhythm Section, The Memphis Horns)

Hank Cosby (Motown Sessions)
King Curtis
Malcom "Molly" Duncan (Average White Band)
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (James Brown)
Harvey Henderson (The Bar-Kays)
Phalon Jones (The Bar-Kays)
Steve "The Funky Doctor" Kupka (Tower Of Power)
Ed Logan (Hi Rhythm Section, The Memphis Horns)
Andrew Love (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns)
Jerry Martini (Sly & The Family Stone)
Charles Miller (War)
Robert "Chopper" McCollough (James Brown, The JB's)
James Mitchell (Hi Rhythm Section, The Memphis Horns)

Don Myrick (The Phenix Horns)
Floyd Newman (The Mar-Keys)
Maceo Parker (James Brown, The JB's)
Lenny Pickett (Tower Of Power)
St. Clair Pinckey (James Brown)
Big John Rayford (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)
Oliver Sain (Chess Sessions)
Clarence "Satch" Satchell (Ohio Players)

Dennis Springer (Pleasure)
Dennis "D.T." Thomas (Kool & The Gang)
Junior Walker
Eldee Williams (James Brown, The JB's)
Ric Wilson (Mandrill)
Andrew Woolfolk (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Trumpets
Greg Adams (Tower Of Power)
Ben Cauley (The Bar-Kays)
Gabe Flemings (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)
Mic Gillette (Cold Blood, Tower Of Power)
Richard "Kush" Griffin (James Brown)
Clayton "Chicken" Gunnels (James Brown, The JB's)
Wayne Jackson (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns)
Daryl "Hasaan" Jamison (James Brown, The JB's)
Robert "Spike" Mickens (Kool & The Gang)
Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (Ohio Players)
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller (Memphis Sessions)
Willie Mitchell
Marvin "Merv" Pierce (Ohio Players)
Waymon Reed (James Brown)
Cythia Robinson (Sly & The Family Stone)
Louis Wilson (Mandrill)

Trombones

Dan Brewster (Pleasure)

Jack Hale (Hi Rhythm Section, The Memphis Horns)
Ray Jackson (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band)

Louis Satterfield (The Phoenix Horns)
Fred Wesley (James Brown, The JB's)
Carlos Wilson (Mandrill)

Great Message Songs
Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack

Ain't No Change - The New Birth
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
Am I Black Enought For You? - Billy Paul
America Is My Home - James Brown
Arkansas State Prision - Bobby Womack
Back Stabbers - The O'Jays

Back To The World - Curtis Mayfield
Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations
Be Thankful For What You've Got - William DeVaughn
Black Man - Stevie Wonder

Blackenized - Hank Ballard
Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder
Brand New Day - The Staple Singers
Bring The Boys Home - Freda Payne
The Challenge - The Staple Singers
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Check Out Your Mind - The Impressions
Children Of Today - Chairman Of The Board
Choice Of Colors - The Impressions
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Concrete Reservation - Syl Johnson

Corruption - The Escorts
Cryin' In The Streets - George Perkins & The Silver Stars
The Dawning Of Love - Devotion

The Devil Is Dope - The Dramatics

Devotion - Earth, Wind & Fire
Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers
Do Yourself A Favor - Stevie Wonder
Don't Be A Dropout - James Brown
Don't Call Me Brother - The O'Jays
Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down - The Temptations
(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go - Curtis Mayfield
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Fan The Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
Fight The Power - The Isley Brothers
(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People - The Chi-Lites
For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays
Freedom - The Isley Brothers
Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
Freedom Train - James Carr
Friendship Train - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Front Line - Stevie Wonder
Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield
The Ghetto - The Staple Singers
Give A Damn - The Staple Singers
Give The People What They Want - The O'Jays
Got To Be Some Changes Made - The Staple Singers
Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
Help Somebody - Earth, Wind & Fire
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Gil Scott-Heron

Hymn No. 5 - The Mighty Hannibal
Hymn #9 - The Persuations

I Can't Write Left Handed - Bill Withers
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) - James Brown
If I Were Only A Child Again - Curtis Mayfield
I'm Talkin' About Freedom - Syl Johnson
In The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron, Brother To Brother
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
Is It Because I'm Black - Syl Johnson
Jesus Children Of America - Stevie Wonder
Keep An Eye On Your Close Friends - The Newcombers

Keep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind & Fire
King Heroin - James Brown

Lean On Me - Bill Withers

Let's Clean Up The Ghetto - The Philadelphia International All-Stars

Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing - Kim Weston
Little Child Runnin' Wild - Curtis Mayfield
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder

Lonely Soldier - Mike Williams
Lonesome And Unwanted People - The Meters
Long Walk To D.C. - The Staple Singers
Look Around - The Rascals
Love Among People - Carla Thomas
Love Train - The O'Jays
Man Of War - The Jacksons
Masterpiece - The Temptations
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
Message From A Black Man - The Temptations

Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire
Mighty, Mighty Children (Part 1) - Baby Huey
Mighty, Mighty (Spade & Whitey) - The Impressions
Money Won't Change You - James Brown

Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out - Bobby Womack
No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) - Curtis Mayfield
The Other Side Of Town - Curtis Mayfield
One More Bridge To Cross - The Lost Generation
People Get Ready - The Impressions
People Got To Be Free - The Rascals
People Make The World A Better Place - Shirley Jean & The Relations
People Make The World Go Round - The Stylistics
People, Unite To Save Humanity - The Bar-Kays

P.O.W. - M.I.A. - The Whispers

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
Put Your Hands Together - The O'Jays
A Ray Of Hope - The Rascals
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
Runaway Child, Running Wild - The Temptations
Save The Children - Marvin Gaye
Save The Children - The Intruders
Say It Loud (I'm Black & I'm Proud) - James Brown
Seperation Line - Laura Lee
Shame On The Family Name - Calvin Scott
Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind Of People - The O'Jays
Ship Ahoy - The O'Jays
Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers
Six O'Clock News Report - The Bar-Kays
Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth

A Soldier's Sad Story - Tiny Watkins
Someday We'll All Be Free - Donny Hathaway

Song To The System - Segments Of Time

Spirit - Earth, Wind & Fire
Stand - Sly & The Family Stone
Stop The War - The Impressions
Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr
Talkin' Loud And Saying Nothing - James Brown
Talking The Teenage Language - The Lost Generation
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again - Sly & The Family Stone
Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa - Sly & The Family Stone

That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conferenece Table) The Chi-Lites
They Don't Know - The Impressions
This Air I Breathe - The O'Jays
This Is My County - The Impressions
This Is The Lost Generation - The Lost Generation
This World Today - Earth, Wind & Fire
To Be Free To Be Who We Are - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
To Be Young, Gifted And Black - Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway
Together Forever - Syl Johnson
Too Many Lovers - Shack

The Truth Shall Make You Free - The Mighty Hannibal
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) - The Temptations
Unity - The O'Jays
Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
War -  Edwin Starr, The Temptations
Washington We're Watching You - The Staple Singers
We Are Neighbors - The Chi-Lites
We Got To Have Peace - Curtis Mayfield
We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue - Curtis Mayfield
We're A Winner - The Impressions
What A Beautiful World This Would Be - Dorothy Norwood
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
When The World's At Peace - The O'Jays
When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
Where Are All My Friends - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy - John Gary Williams
Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) - The Staple Singers
Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas
Working Together - Ike & Tina Turner
The World Is A Ghetto - War
Yes We Can Can - Lee Dorsey, The Pointer Sisters
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
The Young Mod's Forgotten Story - The Impressions
Your Still My Brother - The Bar-Kays

You're The Man - Marvin Gaye

Notes: Save The Children by The Intruders and Marvin Gaye are two different songs. Mighty, Mighty Children (Part 1) and Mighty, Mighty (Spade & Whitey) are the same song.

Song Titles That Contain Cities, States or Countries
Africa - The Meters
America Eats It's Young - Funkadelic
America Is My Home - James Brown
Arkansas State Prision - Bobby Womack

Birmingham, Alabama - R.B. Greaves
#The Boston Monkey - The Manhattans
#The Boston Monkey - Otis Redding
By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
California - Billy Scott & Georgia Prophets
California Girl - Eddie Floyd
California My Way - The Main Ingredient
California Soul - The 5th Dimension, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Cleveland Now - Booker T. & The MG's
Cold Night In Georgia - Dee Dee Warwick
Detroit City - Arthur Alexander, Solomon Burke
Dodge City - The Olympics
Down And Out In New York City - James Brown
Down In Texas - Don Varner, Oscar Toney Jr.
Every Now And Then We Get To Go On Down To Miami - Rare Earth
Far East Mississippi - Ohio Players
First Snow In Kokomo - Aretha Franklin
Foxy Girls In Oakland - Rodger Collins
Funky L.A. - Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists
Funky Mississippi - Rufus Thomas
Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Georgia Pines - Mighty Sam
Goin' Back To Indiana - The Jackson 5
Goin' Back To Miami - Wayne Cochran
Going Back To Detroit - The Platters
Gonna Send You Back To Georgia - Timmy Shaw, James Carr
Harlem - Bill Withers
Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
Hollywood Swingin' - Kool & The Gang
Houston Texas - Archie Bell & The Drells
I Care About Detroit - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I Got To Get To California - Marvin Gaye
I've Never Been To Africa - Swamp Dogg
In Mazatlan - War
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
Jamaica, This Morning - The MG's
Jesus Children Of America - Stevie Wonder

Kansas City - Little Willie Littlefield, Wilbert Harrison
L.A. Jazz Song - Booker T & The MG's
L.A. Sunshine - War
London Town - Gene Chandler
Long Walk To D.C. - The Staple Singers
Manhattan Stomp - The Manhattans
Memphis At Sunrise - The Bar-Kays
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
The Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas
Mexico - Lee Dorsey
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips, Cissy Houston
Mississippi Rollin' Stone - Ike & Tina Turner
Montego Bay - The Bar-Kays
Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
Oakland Stroke - Tower Of Power
O-H-I-O - Ohio Players
On The Streets Of New York City - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds
Rainy Night In Georgia - Tony Joe White, Brook Benton
San Francisco Is A Lonely Town - Joe Simon
South Carolina - The Flirtations
Southern Part Of Texas - War
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
Stuck In Chicago - Syl Johnson
Sweet Rhode Island Red - Ike & Tina Turner
Talkin' About New Orleans - The Meters
Thank You For Talking To Me Africa - Sly & The Family Stone
TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB
Tupelo - Pop Staples, Albert King, Steve Cropper
Washington We're Watching You - The Staple Singers

# Not the same song despite having the same title.

Song Titles That Contain Dance, Dancing or Types Of Dances
After The Dance - Marvin Gaye
Baby Do The Philly Dog - The Olympics
(Baby) Hully Gully - The Olympics
Barefootin' - Robert Parker
Bar-Kay's Boogaloo - The Bar-Kays
The Barraccuda - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
Boogaloo Down Broadway - The Fantastic Johnny C
Boogaloo Party - Harold & Connie
The (Bossa Nova) Bird - The Dells
Bossa Nova Blues - Doris Troy
*The Boston Monkey - The Manhattans
*The Boston Monkey - Otis Redding
The Bounce - The Olympics
The Breakdown - Rufus Thomas
Bump and Boogie - The Wrecking Crew
Bump Meat - Sir Mack Rice
Camel Walk - The Ikettes
Can You Jerk Like Me - The Contours
Can Your Monkey Do The Dog - Rufus Thomas
The Chicken Scratch - J.C. Davis
Cissy Strut - The Meters
C'mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
Come On Do The Jerk - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Cow - Bill Robinson & The Quails
Dance All Night - Bobby Freeman
Dance By The Light Of The Moon - The Olympics
*Dance, Dance, Dance - The Bar-Kays
*Dance, Dance, Dance - Solomon Burke
*Dance, Dance, Dance - The Casualeers
*Dance, Dance, Dance - Tommy Duncan
Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
Dance Wit Me - Rufus
Dance With Me - The Drifters
Dancin' Holiday - The Olympics
Dancin' Mood - Jay & The Techniques
Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5
Dancing To The Music - Archie Bell & The Drells
Do The Bird - Dee Dee Sharp
Do The Boogaloo - King Coleman
Do The Boomerang - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Do The Choo Choo - Archie Bell & The Drells
Do The Cissy - The Stingers
Do The Dog - Rufus Thomas
Do The Double Bump - Rufus Thomas
Do The 45 - The Sharpees
Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
Do The Funky Penguin - Rufus Thomas

Do The Booga Loo - King Coleman
Do The Hand Jive - Archie Bell & The Drells
Do The Hully Gully - King Coleman
(Do The) Mashed Potatoes - Nat Kendrick And The Swans, King Coleman
Do The Monkey - Bobby Freeman
Do The Popeye - Eddie Bo
(Do The) Push & Pull - Rufus Thomas
Do The Temptation Walk - Jackie Lee
Do The Tighten Up - Major Lance
Do The Twist - The Isley Brothers
Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman
Do Your Dance - Rose Royce
Doin' The Limbo - James Brown Band
Doin' The Popcorn - Kim Melvin
Doing The Mustang - Don Bryant
The Dog - Rufus Thomas
Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music) - The Bar-Kays
The Duck - Jackie Lee
The 81 - Candy & The Kisses
Everybody Let's Dance - Gene Chandler
Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha - Sam Cooke
The Fly - Chubby Checker
The Frog - Sir Guy
Funky Boo-ga-loo - Jerryo
The Funky Bird - Rufus Thomas
Giving Up Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells
Grandma Bird - Four Hollidays
Give Up The Funk (Let's Dance) - B.T. Express
Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
*Hitch Hike - Russell Byrd
*Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye
Hitch It To The Horse - The Fantastic Johnny C.
The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co.
The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker
I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells
I Do The Jerk - Bill Pickney
I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) - James Brown
I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I Just Keep On Dancing - Doug Banks

It's Dance Time - King Coleman
*The Jerk - The Larks
*The Jerk - Sly & Sal
Jerk & Twine - Jackie Ross

Jerkin' In Your Seat - The Impacts
Karate Boo-ga-loo - Jerryo
Keep On Dancin' - The Avanits
The Kick - The Capitols
Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett, Chris Kenner
Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn, Pts. 1 & 2 - James Brown
Let's Limbo Some More - Chubby Checker
Let's Shimmy - King Coleman
Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker, The Dreamlovers
Limbo Jimbo - James Brown Band
Limbo Lucy - The Everglades
Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
The Madison Time - The Ray Bryant Combo
Mahattan Stomp - The Manhattans
Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
Mashed Potatoes '66 - James Brown Band
Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. - James Brown
May I Have This Dance - The Senors
Meet Me At The Twisting Place - Johnny Morisette
Mickey's Monkey - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Monkey Time - Major Lance
Moonwalk - Joe Simon
Move Over And Let Me Dance - The Isley Brothers
Music (Makes You Want To Dance) - The Ambassadors
My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Don Gardner
New Orleans Twist - Blazer Boy
Papa Chew Do The Boo-ga-loo - Tom & Jerryo
Philly Dog - The Mar-Keys
Pony Time - Don Covay, Chubby Checker
The Popcorn - James Brown Band
Pop Corn Boo-ga-loo - Jerryo
Popeye (The Hitchhiker) - Chubby Checker
Popeye Waddle - Don Covay
Pop-Eye Stroll - The Mar-Keys
Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey
The Roach (Dance) - Gene & Wendell
Rubberleg Twist - The Isley Brothers
Sang And Dance - The Bar-Kays
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
Scat Swim - Sly
Shake - Sam Cooke, Otis Redding
Shake! Shake! Shake! - Jackie Wilson
Shake & Dance With Me - Con Funk Shun
Shake And Fingerpop - Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Shake It With Me Baby - The Isley Brothers
Shimmy Like Kate - The Olympics
Shout And Shimmy - James Brown
Show Me You Can Dance - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Slide - Freddie Scott
Sloop Dance - The Vibrations
The Slop - The Olympics
Slow Fizz - The Sapphires
Slow Twistin' - Dee Dee Sharp & Chubby Checker
The Snake - The Isley Brothers
Soul Dance Number Three - Wilson Pickett
Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The MG's
Soul Twist - King Curtis
Spanish Twist - The Isley Brothers
Speedo (The Monkey Man) - Bobby Freeman
The Swim - Sly & Rose
S-W-I-M - Bobby Freeman
Tango - The Isley Brothers
Teach Me ("The Philly Dog") - The Manhattans
Temptation Walk - Sly
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
Twine Awhile - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
Twine Time - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
The Twist - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Chubby Checker
Twist Lackawanna - Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Twist & Limbo - The Impressions
Twist & Shout - The Isley Brothers
Twistin' The Night Away - Sam Cooke
Twistin' Postman - The Marvelettes
Twistin' With Linda a.k.a. Shakin' With Linda - The Isley Brothers, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
The Wah Watusi - The Orlons
Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
The Wallop - The Tabs
The Wash - Brenda & The Tabulations
The Watusi - The Vibrations
Watusi Time - The Vibrations
What So Never The Dance - Bootsy Collins
Whiplash - The Shells
*The Wobble - Dyke & The Blazers
*The Wobble - L.C. Cooke

*Not the same song despite having the same title.

Note: Even though I consider Chubby Checker more of a pop artist, I included him because he had a number of dance songs that did make the R&B charts.  Not only that, how could you not include him in a list like this?

Honorable Mention Dance Songs
Ain't Nothin' But A House Party - The Show Stoppers
Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
Boogie Ain't Nuttin' (But Getting Down) - Rufus Thomas
Do You Love Me - The Contours
Discoed To Death - Latimore
Foot Stompin' - The Flares
Funky Broadway - Dyke & The Blazers, Wilson Pickett
Funky Four Corners - Jerryo
Get On Up - The Esquires
Going To A Go Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Go Go Power - Sugar Pie DeSanto
Goin' To A Happening - Tommy Neal
Gravy - Dee Dee Sharp
Groovin At The Go Go - The Four Larks
Itch and Scratch - Rufus Thomas
Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Licking Stick-Licking Stick - James Brown
Nobody But Me - The Isley Brothers
Shake A Tail Feather - The Five Du-Tones, James & Bobby Purify
Shake Your Booty - Bunny Sigler
Shakin' Time - Candy & The Kisses
Shotgun - Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Showdown - The Four Tempos
That Beatin' Rhythm - Richard Temple
(There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells

Married Soul Artists

Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record (The Chi-Lites)

Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson

Larry Banks & Bessie Banks

Larry Banks & Jabi

Bobby Byrd & Vicki Anderson (Both James Brown alums)

Clarence Carter & Candi Staton

Kenny Gamble & Dee Dee Sharp

Carolyn (Cal) Gill (The Velvelettes) & Richard Street (The Monitors, The Temptations)

Billy Gordon (The Contours) & Georgeanna Tillman (The Marvelettes)

Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) & Angela Wimbush

Booker T. Jones (Booker T & The MG's) & Priscilla Jones

Theola Kilgore & Ed Townsend 

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (Both The 5th Dimension)

George McCrae & Gwen McCrae

Freda Payne & Gregory Abbott

Ann Peebles & Don Bryant

Smokey Robinson & Claudette Robinson (Both The Miracles)

Bobby Rogers (The Miracles) & Wanda Young (The Marvelettes)

Mickey Stevenson & Kim Weston

Ike & Tina Turner

Mary Wells & Cecil Womack

Fred Wesley (James Brown, The JB's) & Gwendolyn Oliver (Honey & The Bees)

Barry White & Glodean James (Love Unlimited)

Cecil Womack & Linda Cooke-Womack (Womack & Womack)

Stevie Wonder & Syretta Wright

 

Source: Southern Soul e mail list

Soul Related Individuals or Groups Not In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame That Should Be
Thank you Jeff Lemlich, Mark Speck, Roger Rayner and Lew from Rochester NY for your contributions to this list.

Performers
Arthur Alexander
The Bar-Kays
William Bell

Big Maybelle
Brook Benton
Brenda & The Tabulations

Roy Brown
Shirley Brown
Jerry Butler
James Carr
Clarence Carter
Gene Chandler
The Chi-Lites
Otis Clay
Arthur Conley
The Cookies
Sugar Boy Crawford
Tyrone Davis
The Delfonics
Lee Dorsey
Dr. John
The Dramatics
Betty Everett
Eddie Floyd
Inez & Charlie Foxx
Slim Harpo
Betty Harris
Wynonie Harris
Donny Hathaway
Roy Hamilton
Roy Head
Margie Hendrix (as back up singer for Ray Charles)
Z Z Hill
Jimmy Holiday
Chuck Jackson
Ernie K-Doe
The Kelly Brothers
Albert King
Ben E. King
Earl King
Kool & The Gang
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells (LaBelle)
Major Lance
Denise LaSalle
Latimore
Betty Lavette
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Milton
The Manhattans
Bobby Marchan
The Marvelettes
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Meters
Aaron Neville
Ohio Players
The Olympics

Ann Peebles
Esther Phillips
Clarence Reid
Rufus/Chaka Kahn
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson
Joe Simon
Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns