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For example, here are the top fifty songs on my personal top 200 of 1960s soul music:
1. DARK END OF THE STREET – James Carr 2. BRING IT UP – James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. THINK – Aretha Franklin 4. I CAN’T TURN YOU LOOSE – Otis Redding 5. A CHANGE IS GONNA COME – Sam Cooke 6. WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE – Irma Thomas 7. HOLD ON! I’M A-COMIN’ – Sam & Dave 8. PEOPLE GET READY – The Impressions 9. BERNADETTE – The Four Tops (3/67) 10. AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (
11. (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU – The Temptations 12. THERE IS – The Dells 13. PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG – James Brown & The Famous Flames 14. RESPECT – Aretha Franklin 15. (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER – Jackie Wilson 16. THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 17. LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES – Wilson Pickett 18. DANCE TO THE MUSIC – Sly & The Family Stone 19. YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN – The Righteous Brothers 20. ONE MORE HEARTACHE – Marvin Gaye 21. GET READY – The Temptations 22. HEAT WAVE – Martha & The Vandellas 23. EIGHT MEN, FOUR WOMEN – O.V. Wright 24. UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT) – Stevie Wonder 25. FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONGS) – Otis Redding 26. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN – Percy Sledge 27. SOUL MAN – Sam & Dave 28. BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ – The Four Tops 29. FUNKY BROADWAY – Wilson Pickett (8/67) 30. DO YOU LOVE ME (NOW THAT I CAN DANCE) – The Contours 31. NEVER GIVE YOU UP – Jerry Butler 32. OH, WHAT A NIGHT – The Dells 33. CHAIN OF FOOLS – Aretha Franklin 34. WHO’S MAKING LOVE – Johnnie Taylor 35. IT’S ALL RIGHT – The Impressions 36. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Marvin Gaye 37. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT, BUT IT’S GOT ME – Little Richard 38. SLIP AWAY – Clarence Carter 39. NOWHERE TO RUN – Martha & The Vandellas 40. SHOTGUN – Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
41. I’D RATHER GO BLIND – Etta James 42. IT TAKES TWO – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 43. YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE – The Supremes 44. WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY – Sam & Dave 45. MOTHER POPCORN – James Brown 46. NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – The Flirtations 47. EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS – Brenda Holloway 48. THESE ARMS OF MINE – Otis Redding 49. IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR – Wilson Pickett 50. IT’S YOUR THING – The Isley Brothers
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