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For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... R&B/Soul. Enjoy!

Al Green
Archie Bell & The Drells
Aretha Franklin
Arthur Conley
Bobby Womack
Dobie Gray
Dusty Springfield
Four Tops
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Jackie Wilson
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Marvin Gaye
Otis Redding
Percy Sledge
Roberta Flack
Sam And Dave
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Stevie Wonder
The Chi-Lites
The Delfonics
The Dramatics
The Impressions
The Isley Brothers
The Jackson Five
The Staples Singers
The Stylistics
The Supremes
The Temptations
Tina Turner
Wilson Pickett

WOW!!! This is not easy....

1. Stevie Wonder
2. The Temptations
3. Sam Cooke
4. Otis Redding
5. Marvin Gaye

Hard to believe I had to leave Four Tops, Smokey & The Miracles, Aretha, Al Green & The Impressions out of my Top 5...

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Otis Redding
5. The Temptations

1.Stevie Wonder
2.Marvin Gaye
3.Otis Redding
4.Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
5.Sam Cooke

1.Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Supremes
5. Al Green

6. Otis Redding
7. Temptations
Very tough to leave these last two out.

1. Al Green
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Sam Cooke
4. Stevie Wonder
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Four Tops
4. Sam & Dave
5. Sam Cooke

1. Marvin Gaye
2. Stevie Wonder
3. The Delfonics
4. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
5. Sam Cooke

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Sam Cooke
4. The Supremes
5. Aretha Franklin

The list goes on...
Al Green
Dusty Springfield
Four Tops
Otis Redding
Sam And Dave
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Temptations
Wilson Pickett
etc...

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Otis Redding
4. Al Green
5. Aretha Franklin

But seriously : no Curtis Mayfield ?? Donnie Hattaway ? Gil Scott Heron ? James Brown ? Sly ? I suppose thete will be a funk genre

1. Otis Redding
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Wilson Pickett
5. The Isley Brothers

1. Marvin Gaye
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Dusty Springfield
4. Otis Redding
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
3. Dusty Springfield
4. Marvin Gaye
5. Four Tops

1. Marvin Gaye
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Otis Redding
5. Al Green

1. Al Green
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Otis Redding
4. Sam Cooke
5. The Supremes

I was also wondering about Curtis Mayfield.

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Otis Redding
3. Al Green
4. Sam Cooke
5. Percy Sledge

nicolas wrote:But seriously : no Curtis Mayfield ?? Donnie Hattaway ? Gil Scott Heron ? James Brown ? Sly ? I suppose thete will be a funk genre

You are correct...

Nearly impossible, I'm listing 10 because 6-10 would have all been #1 in some other genres...

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Sam Cooke
4. Aretha Franklin
5. The Temptations

Otis Redding
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Impressions
Al Green
The Supremes

1 The Temptations
2 Otis Redding
3 Stevie Wonder
4 Marvin Gaye
5 Dusty Springfield

The most difficult round since the beginning of the game.

1. Otis Redding
2. The Supremes
3. Sam Cooke
4. The Jackson Five
5. Marvin Gaye

Thanks!

1. Otis Redding
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Wilson Pickett
4. The Supremes
5. The Temptations

1.Marvin Gaye
2.Aretha Franklin
3.Al Green
4.Otis Redding
5.Stevie Wonder

1- Stevie Wonder
2- Otis Redding
3- Aretha Franklin
4- Four Tops
5- Marvin Gaye

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Otis Redding
3. The Impressions
4. Sam Cooke
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

RESULTS (42) voters...

138 - Stevie Wonder
110 - Marvin Gaye
93 - Otis Redding
57 - Aretha Franklin
43 - The Temptations
36 - Sam Cooke
29 - Al Green
25 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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24 - The Supremes
13 - The Jackson 5
11 - Four Tops, Sam and Dave
9 - Dusty Springfield
5 - The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers, Wilson Pickett
4 - The Chi-Lites, The Dramatics
3 - The Impressions
2 - Bobby Womack, The Staples Singers
1 - Gladys Knight & The Pips, Percy Sledge
0 - Archie Bell & The Drells, Arthur Conley, Dobie Gray, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Jackie Wilson, Jr. Walker & The All-Stars, Roberta Flack, The Stylistics, Tina Turner

Others...


Al Green Marvin Gaye Smokey Robinson Aretha Franklin Four Tops
Otis Redding The Temptations The Supremes Aretha Franklin Dusty Springfield
The Supremes The Jackson 5 Otis Redding The Temptations Aretha Franklin
Stevie Wonder Al Green The Jackson 5
1. Stevie 2. Otis 3. Marvin 4. Aretha 5. Gladys Knight and the Pips
Stevie, Otis, Marvin, Temptations, Aretha.
Stevie, Aretha, Sam & Dave, Marvin, Dramatics
1. Stevie Wonder 2. Marvin Gaye 3. Otis Redding 4. Bobby Womack 5. The Isley Brothers
Stevie, Marvin, Otis,Sam and Dave, Temptations.
1. Otis Redding 2. Marvin Gaye 3. Aretha Franklin 4. Stevie Wonder 5. Dusty Springfield
Stevie Wonder, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, The Staples Singers
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Jackson Five...very tough; my apologies to Rev. Al
1. Stevie Wonder. 2. Temptations. 3. Marvin Gaye. 4. Smokey Robinson 5. Aretha Franklin.
The Temptations, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Aretha
Marvin Gaye, Temptations, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson
Smoky,wonder,Cooke,Aretha,temtations
Steve Wonder, Marvin Gate, Otis Redding, Aretha, Temptations.
1. The Temptations 2. Four Tops 3. Smokey & The Miracles 4. Supremes 5. The Jackson 5
-Stevie Wonder -The Chi-Lites -The Dramatics -The Delfonics -The Staples Singers
1.) Otis 2.) Sam Cooke 3.) Marvin Gaye 4.) Stevie 5.) Aretha