* 1943 – David Soul, American-English actor and singer

* 1978 – Dwele, American R & B / Soul singer

Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz / pop band, in the 1960s.

* 1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer ( The Soul Stirrers ) ( d. 1964 )

* 1963 – Caron Wheeler, British singer ( Soul II Soul )

* 1945 – Gloria Jones, American Soul singer

* 21-Nina Simone, 70, American jazz singer, long-based in France ( known as the " High Priestess of Soul ").

Soul and R & B singer ( and New Orleans native ) Aaron Neville later sang the national anthem.

Sting recorded a new version of the song " Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot " as a duet with Glee actor / singer Matthew Morrison, which appears on Morrison's 2011 eponymous debut album.

With Joe Sample, Jennings wrote " Street Life " ( a world-wide hit for the Crusaders with singer Randy Crawford ) and several songs for various albums by the Crusaders for guest vocalists, including Joe Cocker (" I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today "), Bill Withers (" Soul Shadows "), and Nancy Wilson (" The Way It Goes ").

Also buried there on March 20, 1970, is 1960s Motown Soul / R & B singer Tammi Terrell.

According to Mike Evans in his book Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul ( 2007 ), the singer developed his hit " What'd I Say " as part of an after-show jam in Brownsville in December 1958.

* Soul singer Doris Troy with assistance from Harrison, recorded the song as the b-side of her version of the folk song " Jacob's Ladder " on the Beatles ' own Apple label.

The Wailers composed several songs for the American-born singer Johnny Nash before teaming with producer Lee Perry to record some of the earliest well-known reggae songs, including " Soul Rebel ", " Duppy Conqueror ", and " Small Axe ".

In 1950, Cooke replaced gospel tenor R. H. Harris as lead singer of the gospel group The Soul Stirrers.

* Edwin Starr, the Soul singer lived in Beeston and died there in 2003.

On October 25, 1991, Becker attended a concert of the New York Rock and Soul Revue, co-founded by Fagen and producer / singer Libby Titus ( who was for many years the partner of Levon Helm of The Band and would later become Fagen's wife ), and performed spontaneously with the group.

Soul singer James Brown was known to wear capes and prominently used it during concerts when he feigned exhaustion.

* March 1 – Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF

* Sam Cooke replaces R. H. Harris as lead singer of The Soul Stirrers.

Burke was known as " King Solomon ," the " King of Rock ' n ' Soul ," and as the " Bishop of Soul ," and described as " the Muhammad Ali of soul ," and as " the most unfairly overlooked singer of soul's golden age.

Burke's daughter, Melanie " Honey " Burke McCall, a Neo Soul singer who is an accomplished artist as well as a freelance background recording artist with companies such as Daxwood Records, Casablanca, A & M and Rawkus Records and a studio artist for groups such as Billy Preston, Peacock ( Anna Gayle group ), and Leslie Uggams, and toured with Chaka Khan, and wrote and produced Family, & Friends, a 14-song original soundtrack for Ms, which was released in 2005, and opened for Jocelyn Brown, Jaheim, Norman Connors, and Angela Bofill, as well as for her father at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.

More contemporary renditions include samples from such popular artists as Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers ( 1963 ), The Byrds ( 1970 ), Elvis Presley ( 1971 ), Skeeter Davis ( 1972 ), Mighty Clouds of Joy ( 1972 ), Amazing Rhythm Aces ( 1975 ), Willie Nelson ( 1976 ), and The Lemonheads ( 1992 ).

The best example is " Soul Man ", more remembered as a hit by The Blues Brothers rather than by the original singers, Sam & Dave.

The Blues Brothers, who helped create a resurgence of popularity for soul, R & B, and blues in the 1980s, were influenced by Sam & Dave-their biggest hit was a cover of " Soul Man ", and their act and stage show had many similarities to the duo.

Sam and Dave's biggest hit and best remembered song, " Soul Man " ( R & B # 1 / Pop # 2 ), was released in August 1967.

Sam & Dave won the Grammy Award in 1967 for " Best Performance-Rhythm & Blues Group " for " Soul Man ", their first gold record.

The Soul Men LP ( October 1967 ) was Sam & Dave's third Stax LP, reaching # 5 on the R & B charts and # 68 Pop.

" May I Baby ", the b-side of " Soul Man ", is also regarded as a classic non-hot 100 song on the LP by Whitburn's " Top Pop Singles " guide, and was a popular live song performed frequently by Sam & Dave.

Their first single of the year, " Soul Sister, Brown Sugar ", returned Sam and Dave to the R & B top 20, and was a # 15 hit in the UK.

In 1978, Sam & Dave re-recorded old hits for the LP Sweet & Funky Gold ( Gusto ), and re-recorded songs and other soul hits during this period in Nashville for an album for K-Tel Records, The Original Soul Man.

In 1979, Sam & Dave enjoyed a significant resurgence of interest as a result of Dan Aykroyd's and John Belushi's sketch characters The Blues Brothers, and the comic actors ' 1979 top 40 cover of " Soul Man.

In 1981, they re-recorded many hits along with Sam Cooke and Otis Redding covers for LPs titled Soul Study Vol.

In 2003, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music opened in Memphis and Sam & Dave are in the film made for the Museum, titled Soulsville, and have a permanent wall and video display.

Eleven months later Sam Moore performed " Soul Man " with Sting and Elvis Costello at one of Obama's inaugural parties.

" In February 2009, Moore filed suit against the film production company and the producers for infringing on the marks Soul Man and Soul Men, claiming the movie is based on the careers of Sam & Dave, and damaged both Moore's reputation and career.

** Sam & Dave for " Soul Man "

** Sam & Dave for " Soul Man "

** Sam & Dave for " Soul Man "

** Sam & Dave for " Soul Man "

* Sam Cooke ( with the Soul Stirrers and a couple of pop singles before his major stardom )

Together they re-wrote the Sam Cooke song " Yeah Man " into " Sweet Soul Music ", which, at Redding's insistence, was released on the Atco-distributed label Fame Records, and was recorded at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The story of 1977 in New York City is later featured in such works as the movie Summer of Sam by Spike Lee and the non-fiction book Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler.