Hey SoulTrackers! For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been receiving your nominations for our newest poll: The Greatest Male Soul Singers of All Time! Our reader polls have become some of the most popular features on SoulTracks, and this one promises to be a winner — and to spur some conversation.
Soul music has always had great male vocalists, from soulful balladeers like Luther Vandross and Marvin Gaye to those who funked out, like the great James Brown. Either way, the men helped make some of the most memorable music ever.
So here’s your chance to vote for your favorites! Only one vote per computer, please, but feel free to vote for as many singers as you like
Voting is over! Click here to see the results
Here are the nominees
| Aaron Hall | Frank McComb | Major Lance |
| Aaron Neville | Frankie Beverly | Mario Biondi |
| Al B Sure | Freddie Jackson | Marvin Gaye |
| Al Green | Freddie Scott | Marvin Junior |
| Al Jarreau | Gary Taylor | Marvin Sease |
| Al Johnson | Gary US Bonds | Marvin Winans |
| Al Wilson | GC Cameron | Maurice White |
| Alexander O’Neal | Gene Chandler | Maxwell |
| Ali Ollie Woodson | General Johnson | Mel Waiters |
| Aloe Blacc | George Benson | Michael Cooper |
| Andre Crouch | George Duke | Michael Franks |
| Anthony David | Gerald Alston | Michael Henderson |
| Anthony Hamilton | Gerald Levert | Michael Jackson |
| Avant | Glenn Jones | Michael McDonald |
| Babyface | Gregory Porter | Michael Wycoff |
| Barry White | Howard Hewett | Mick Hucknall |
| BB King | Howard Johnson | Musiq Soulchild |
| BeBe Winans | Howard Tate | Nat King Cole |
| Ben E King | Isaac Hayes | O’Bryan |
| Bilal | Israel Houghton | Ola Onabule |
| Bill Withers | Jackie Wilson | Oliver Cheatham |
| Billy Griffin | James Brown | Otis Redding |
| Billy Ocean | James Ingram | Peabo Bryson |
| Billy Paul | James J.T. Taylor | Percy Sledge |
| Billy Stewart | Jeffrey Osborne | Phil Perry |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Jerry Butler | Philip Bailey |
| Bobby Caldwell | Jerry Lawson | Phillipe Wynne |
| Bobby Rush | Joe | Prince |
| Bobby Womack | Joe Tex | Raheem DeVaughn |
| Boz Scaggs | John Edwards | Rahsaan Patterson |
| Bunny Wailer | John Legend | Rance Allen |
| Calvin Richardson | Johnny Carter | Randy Brown |
| Carl Anderson | Johnny Gill | Raphael Saadiq |
| CeeLo Green | Johnny Taylor | Rick James |
| Charlie Wilson | Jon B | Rockie Robbins |
| Christopher Williams | Jonathan Butler | Ron Banks |
| Chuck Jackson | Jose James | Ronald Isley |
| Cuba Gooding, Sr. | Junior Walker | Ronnie Dyson |
| Curtis Mayfield | Justin Timberlake | Ruben Studdard |
| D’Angelo | Kashif | Russell Thompkins, Jr. |
| Daryl Hall | Keith Sweat | Sam Cooke |
| Dave Hollister | Keith Washington | Sam McClain |
| David Peaston | Kem | Sam Moore |
| David Ruffin | Keni Burke | Smokey Robinson |
| Dennis Edwards | Kenny Lattimore | Solomon Burke |
| Donell Jones | L.J. Reynolds | Spyder Turner |
| Donnie McClurkin | Larry Graham | Stevie Wonder |
| Donny Hathaway | Latimore | Stokely Williams |
| Dwele | Lenny Williams | Sylvester |
| E.J. Johnson | Leon Ware | Ted “Wizard” Mills |
| Eddie Holman | Leroy Burgess | Teddy Pendergrass |
| Eddie Kendricks | LeRoy Hutson | Tevin Campbell |
| Eddie Levert | Levi Stubbs | Usher |
| El DeBarge | Lionel Richie | Walter Hawkins |
| Eric Benet | Little Anthony | Walter Williams |
| Eric Roberson | Little Milton | Walter/Wallace Scott |
| Eugene Record | Lou Rawls | Will Downing |
| Eugene Wilde | Luther Vandross | William Hart (Delfonics) |
| Felix Cavaliere | Lyfe Jennings | Willie Hutch |
| Felton Pilate | Major Harris | Wilson Pickett |
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