[imported_The Vibesman]

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Fats Domino, The Drifters, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, and, of course, that wicked wicked Picket (Wilson Picket).

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Also Solomon Burke, Carla Thomas (did a great duet album w/ Otis Redding), the old Ray Charles stuff, Sam and Dave, Booker T and the MGs, Aretha Franklin, Joe Tex and the Sexolettes, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter (original lead singer of the Drifters, but most of the Drifters stuff you find nowadays is the Ben E King era or later), The Four Tops and the Temptations (I'm not really big on Motown, but these last two bands and Jackie Wilson are still incredible.)