If were to have to consider the top ten all time best R&B Soul artists one would be difficult to limit the list to ten. You could take into action the artists contributions to the music industry, however, most R&B artists have contributed in one way or another. Early top soul artists would have to be Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, and Elvis. Then as soul music took on a bit more fixed routine to it and became known more by Motown/Soul in the late 60’s and 70’s you would have to add artists names such as Nina Simone, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, Ray Charles, Little Richard, and James Brown.

However, that keeps out a lot of influential R&B soul artists that have contributed so much to the still existing sound of rare soul music found in may of the more present sound tracks of present artists like Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Chaka Kahn, Brian McKnight, Kenny G, and R. Kelly. The list could go on forever, as many of us are aware of. That is not even mentioning the soul artist groups that supported to keep the love alive. There is effect about some good old rare soul music that will never leave you, and always have you wanting to have more of it.