De 100 beste Soul nummers aller tijden

Beste Soul nummers combineren emotie, sterke zang, groove en melodieën die tientallen jaren overeind blijven. Deze selectie loopt van klassieke gospel- en R&B-wortels via Motown en Stax naar funk, disco en moderne soul.

Beste Soul nummers: 100 klassiekers van Motown tot moderne soul

Waarom soul tijdloos blijft

Soul groeide vanaf het einde van de jaren vijftig uit rhythm-and-blues en gospel. Labels als Motown en Stax hielpen het genre wereldwijd groot te maken. Meer achtergrond vind je op onze pagina over Soul muziek.

De top 25

1. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
2. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
3. Aretha Franklin – Respect
4. Stevie Wonder – Superstition
5. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
6. Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
7. Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
8. Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
9. Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves a Woman
10. The Temptations – My Girl
11. The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
12. Gladys Knight & the Pips – Midnight Train to Georgia
13. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – The Tracks of My Tears
14. Ben E. King – Stand by Me
15. The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk
16. Isaac Hayes – Theme from Shaft
17. The Spinners – I’ll Be Around
18. The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New
19. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – If You Don’t Know Me by Now
20. The O’Jays – Love Train
21. Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
22. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
23. Teddy Pendergrass – Love T.K.O.
24. The Isley Brothers – For the Love of You
25. Ray Charles – Georgia on My Mind

Van Motown naar funk en disco: 26 tot en met 50

26. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine
27. Sam & Dave – Soul Man
28. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
29. Nina Simone – Feeling Good
30. Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
31. James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
32. Donny Hathaway – A Song for You
33. Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly with His Song
34. The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love
35. Martha Reeves & the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street
36. Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
37. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
38. The Jackson 5 – ABC
39. The Emotions – Best of My Love
40. Earth, Wind & Fire – September
41. Bill Withers – Lovely Day
42. Minnie Riperton – Lovin’ You
43. Barry White – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
44. The Chi-Lites – Have You Seen Her
45. The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind)
46. The Manhattans – Kiss and Say Goodbye
47. The Stylistics – You Are Everything
48. Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
49. Al Wilson – Show and Tell
50. Billy Paul – Me and Mrs. Jones

Soulklassiekers 51 tot en met 75

51. The Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling in Love
52. The Temptations – Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
53. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
54. Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
55. Gladys Knight & the Pips – Neither One of Us
56. The Four Tops – Bernadette
57. Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
58. Percy Sledge – Warm and Tender Love
59. Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind
60. Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour
61. Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
62. Marvin Gaye – Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
63. Aretha Franklin – Think
64. Curtis Mayfield – The Makings of You
65. Bill Withers – Use Me
66. Al Green – Love and Happiness
67. Nina Simone – I Put a Spell on You
68. Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
69. Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home to Me
70. Ray Charles – I Got a Woman
71. James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
72. The Temptations – Just My Imagination
73. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – Ooo Baby Baby
74. The Isley Brothers – Between the Sheets
75. Average White Band – Pick Up the Pieces

Van Philly soul tot moderne soul: 76 tot en met 100

76. Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
77. Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
78. The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
79. The Trammps – Disco Inferno
80. Donna Summer – Last Dance
81. Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
82. Rufus – Tell Me Something Good
83. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
84. Ben E. King – Don’t Play That Song
85. MFSB – TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
86. The Pointer Sisters – Fire
87. Lionel Richie – Easy
88. Commodores – Three Times a Lady
89. The Brothers Johnson – Stomp!
90. Heatwave – Boogie Nights
91. Michael Jackson – Rock with You
92. Whitney Houston – Greatest Love of All
93. Anita Baker – Sweet Love
94. Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
95. Sade – Smooth Operator
96. Simply Red – Holding Back the Years
97. Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name
98. Paolo Nutini – Last Request
99. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
100. Adele – Rolling in the Deep

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