Sampson,
Are you still interested in discussing this list?

I will, but I'd much rather this list be more broadly incorporated into the overall Greatest Rock Vocalist list. I know that it's been integrated to a degree, and I'm very pleased to see that thread has some of the most passionate discussions on the whole site, which is great, but until there's a little more equity in the rankings I think the seperation of the two lists, though understandable (think of it as if there was a seperate hard rock/metal vocalist list, where those singers could still appear in the larger Rock Vocalist list), is still kind of detrimental overall, since it allows whichever group of fans who dominate a discussion to concentrate in a different area of the forum. I know there's plenty of talk there on all types of artists, I'm not saying that anyone's completely ignored, but if this is revived as a lively place for debate I have a feeling, through no one's fault maybe, that the talk might become more segregated again.

Sampson,
Why the forum has two links for the same list?

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By the way, I hope you comeback with another revision!

Check out this survey from Birmingham, AL. "Let's Work Together" is a "pick hit" already in early May, 1969. The record did not chart until like 7 months later.

WJLD 1400
Big "D" RADIO
THE SOUL SOUND OF RADIO 24 HOURS DAILY

TOP TWENTY-FOUR SURVEY FOR WEEK BEGINNING MAY 9, 1969

1 Isley Brothers It's Your Thing
2 Meters Cissy Strut
3 Ruby Winters Just A Dream
4 Dynamics Ice Cream Song
5 C And The Shells I've Fallen In Love
6 Solomon Burke Proud Mary
7 James Brown I Don't Want Nobody
8 Booker T. & M.G.'S Time Is Tight
9 Jeanette Williams Stuff
10 Little Milton Just A Little Bit
11 Marvin Gaye Too Busy Thinkin About My Baby
12 Tyrone Davis Is It Something You've Got
13 Aretha Franklin I Can't See Myself
14 Masked Man & Agents My Wife, Dog, Cat
15 Jerry Butler Only The Strong Survive
16 Johnnie Taylor Testify
17 Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh, Happy Day
18 Bobby Bland Gotta Get To Know You
19 Dyke & Blazers We Got More Soul
20 Martha & Vandellas Honey Love
21 Sweet Inspirations Cryin' In The Rain
22 Otis Redding Love Man
23 Ray Charles Let Me Love You
24 Peggy & Jo Jo I Want To Love You
HB Lovelles I'm Coming Today
HB Otis Rush Gambler's Blues
HB James & Bobby Purify Me Tarzan, You Jane
HB Jimmy Graham Soul Walk
HB Inez And Charlie We've Got A Chance
HB Bobby Rush Wake Up
HB Big Ella It Takes A Lot Of Lovin
HB Bill Moss Sock It To Em
HB Peggy Scott Every Little Bit Hurts
HB Luther Ingram Pity For The Lonely
PH WILBERT HARRISON LET'S WORK TOGETHER


WJLD PICK HIT OF THE WEEK
LET'S WORK TOGETHER - WILBERT HARRISON


BIG "D" CLIMBERS
I'm Coming Today - Lovelles
Gamblers Blues - Otis Rush
Me Tarzan, You Jane - James & Bobby
Soul Walk - Jimmy Graham
We've Got A Chance - Inez and Charles
Wake Up - Bobby Rush
It Takes A Lot of Lovin - Big Ella
Sock It To Em - Bill Moss
Every Little Bit Hurts - Peggy Scott
Pity For The Lonely - Luther Ingram


WJLD TOP 10 GOSPEL SONGS


1. O' Happy Day - Brockington Ensemble
2. So Sweet To Be Saved - Blind Boys
3. Trouble Keep Getting In My Way - Rev. C. L. Moore
4. Mother Bowed - Karlo Turner
5. The Train Wouldn't Move - Dorothy Norwood
6. He Said He Would Move - Brooklyn All-Stars
7. New Walk - Rev. Willingham & Swanee Quartet
8. Won't Let Go - Harmonettes
9. You Don't Know How Blessed - Southern Aire
10. My God Is Real - W. McKinstry & Group

USHER in the top 30? Am I missing something here?

That was a typo, Sampson was gonna have Usher work the event as an usher, showing the great singers down to their seats.

And usher female artists like Bettye LaVette, who is not even on the greatest female R&B/Soul Vocalists list...

BTW, knowing that you're a Nirvana fan and all (hence your username), Neg, I know that you're a Who fan as well...and she did a stunning rendition of The Who's "...Reign..."