Who are the alltime greatest white soul singers?

On this we categorically agree!

 

You beat me to it. One of the greatest soul singers of all time and criminally under-rated and unknown to most.

 

Yep. First person I thought of!!!

 

Elvis Presley
Steve Marriott
Rod Stewart
Greg Allman
Joe Cocker
Peter Green
Paul Rodgers
Frankie Miller
Roger Chapman
Dusty Springfield
Janis Joplin
Stevie Winwood
Michael McDonald
Boy George
George Michael
Mick Hucknell
Paolo Nutini
...

 

Rosie Hamlin

 

Southside Johnny.

 

Please stop!

 

Barry White.

 

Dusty Springfield
Joe Cocker

 

Felix would be my top choice as well.

 

Lennon was an incredibly soulful singer, particularly around '62-'64. His voice had the strength, the grit, and that hurt.

Unlike most white soul singers, he was influenced by - but didn't exactly copy - what the black soul singers were doing, and that made his expression more powerful

 

That Youtube clip is NOT the Beatles!!! And it has NO vocals at all!!

 

Music, yes. Vocals, uhhh?

 

A lot of the choices on here are way too rock oriented (but, I will agree that Elvis singing 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' is white soul if anything is).

Anyway, I can't believe that no one has mentioned Linda Lyndell yet:

 

And I'll add Jeannie Greene's name in nomination, too:



In addition to recording a handful of fantastic sides of her own, Jeannie was one of the three girls brought in by Felton Jarvis to sing backup on From Elvis In Memphis.

 

Even black folks dig Lady T.

 

Michael McDonald and Randall Bramblett

 

Troyce Key.
Lydia Pense.

 

John Martyn

 

Suzi Chunk
Wayne Cochran
Jerry LaCroix
Glenn Hughes
Len Barry
Donnie Weaver (the O'Kaysions... "I'm A Girl Watcher")

 

While he's not a Soul singer in the traditional sense, this performance gets me every time.

 

John Lennon agrees with you

 

Don't think I've seen Ned Doheny mentioned.

 

David Bowie and Robert Palmer.