Introducing our poll of truly great soul. We count down the top 50 soul songs of all time
Soul music is all about punch-you-in-the-gut emotion, which is why it never really goes out of fashion. From Stax and Motown to Northern Soul and neo-soul, it's a timeless genre that's gripped us for decades.
In compiling our list of the greatest ever soul songs, we’ve sought the advice of Soul City – the weekly night at Camden's Jazz Café. DJs from their impressive opening line-up have shared their selections, so look out for top-notch recommendations from Norman Jay MBE, The Invisible, DJ Yoda, Throwing Shade and more. Happy listening, soul mates!
The best soul songs: 50-41
The first song on our list is also the longest (allow a full 19 minutes to enjoy this one, kids) and also perhaps the most experimental. Hayes’s 1969 cover of the Jimmy Webb classic pushed the boundaries of what soul could be – daring, stark, epic and very very moving. Oliver Keens
| 'All Your Love (I Miss Loving)' | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Otis Rush | ||||
| B-side | 'My Baby's a Good 'Un' | |||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Format | 7-inch 45 rpm record | |||
| Recorded | 1958 | |||
| Studio | Cobra, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Cobra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Otis Rush | |||
| Producer(s) | Willie Dixon | |||
| Otis Rush singles chronology | ||||
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'All Your Love (I Miss Loving)' or 'All Your Love' is a blues standard written and recorded by Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush in 1958. Of all of his compositions, it is the best-known with versions by several blues and other artists.[1] 'All Your Love' was inspired by an earlier blues song and later influenced other popular songs.
Composition and recording[edit]
Definition of international relations pdf. 'All Your Love' is a moderate-tempo minor-key twelve-bar blues with Afro-Cuban rhythmic influences. An impromptu song 'apparently dashed off .. Alibabavum 40 thirudargalum film songs free download full. in the car en route to Cobra's West Roosevelt Road studios',[2] it borrows guitar lines and the arrangement from 'Lucky Lou', a 1957 instrumental single by blues guitarist Jody Williams.[3] The song alternates between guitar and vocal sections, with an instrumental bridge performed as a faster-tempo twelve-bar shuffle featuring Rush's guitar solo.
The song was produced by Willie Dixon and features Rush on guitar and vocal, Dixon on bass, Ike Turner on second guitar, Little Brother Montgomery on piano, Harold Ashby and Jackie Brenston on saxophones, and Billy Gayles on drums.[1] When 'All Your Love' was released in 1958 on Cobra Records, it was Rush's last single for the label. Rush subsequently recorded several studio and live versions of the song, including one released on his Blues Interaction – Live in Japan 1986 album.
Recognition and influence[edit]
In 2010, Otis Rush's 'All Your Love (I Miss Loving)' was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, which noted that Rush's song 'was the obvious inspiration for Bob Dylan's recent track 'Beyond Here Lies Nothin''.[4] In various interviews, Peter Green acknowledged being influenced by 'All Your Love' when he wrote the rock classic 'Black Magic Woman',[5] that became a major hit for Santana. According to Carlos Santana, 'If you take the words from 'Black Magic Woman' and just leave the rhythm, it's 'All Your Love'—it's Otis Rush'.[6] A variety of musical artists have recorded the song, often as 'All Your Love',[7] although that is also the title of a different song by Magic Sam.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ abcSnowden, Don (1993). The Cobra Records Story (Box set booklet). Various Artists. Nashville, Tennessee: Capricorn Records. pp. 4, 6, 16. OCLC28454129. 9 42012-2.
- ^Dahl, Bill (1996). 'Otis Rush'. In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 229. ISBN0-87930-424-3.
- ^Morris, Chris (February 16, 2002). 'Declaration of Independents'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 114 (7): 56. ISSN0006-2510.
- ^Blues Foundation (November 10, 2016). '2010 Hall of Fame Inductees: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Otis Rush (Cobra, 1958)'. The Blues Foundation. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^Celmins, Martin (1998). Peter Green: Founder of Fleetwood Mac. Sanctuary Publishing. p. 73. ISBN1-86074-233-5.
- ^Aykroyd, Dan; Manilla, Ben (2004). Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars. Backbeat Books. p. 145. ISBN978-0-87930-809-4.
- ^'Otis Rush: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Also Performed By'. AllMusic. Retrieved May 5, 2019.