According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying". Combining elements of religious African-American music, rhythm and blues and jazz, Soul Music became extremely popular around the world and went on influence both rock and pop music up to this day. The Soul Box showcases - through 70-plus songs - the work of many of the biggest names of the genre from the 60's, 70's and 80's including Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Gloria Gaynor, Kool & The Gang, James Brown, Billy Paul, Heatwave, Chic, The Commodores, Sam Cooke, The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Tina Turner, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Sheila E and Shalamar among others. With remastered sound and stellar artwork, The Soul Box is the ultimate R&B collection and a testament of the genre's legacy in the history of popular music.
4 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
5 Heatwave - Always and Forever
6 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
7 The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
8 Teddy Pendergrass - Love Tko
9 Peaches & Herb - Reunited
10 The Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
11 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
12 The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
- Disc 2 -
1 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
2 Otis Redding - (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay
3 Kool & the Gang - Too Hot
4 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
5 The Commodores - Easy
6 Sam Cooke - You Send Me
7 The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
8 Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me
9 Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing (Part 1)
10 The Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You
11 The Four Tops - Baby, I Need Your Loving
12 Sam & Dave - Hold on, I'm Coming
- Disc 3 -
1 Aretha Franklin - Respect
2 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
3 Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
4 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy
5 Sheila E - the Glamorous Life
6 Seduction - Two to Make It Right
7 Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now
8 Mary Wells - My Guy
9 Gladys Knight & the Pips - Every Beat of My Heart
10 The Supremes - Love Child
11 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
12 Tina Turner - Shame, Shame, Shame
- Disc 4 -
1 James Brown - Sex Machine
2 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
3 The Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
4 Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
5 Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
6 Dazz Band - Let It Whip
7 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
8 Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You
9 94 East Feat. Prince - Just Another Sucker
10 Con Funk Shun - Love's Train
11 James Brown - Give It Up, Turn It Loose
12 The Commodores - Rise Up
- Disc 5 -
1 Earth, Wind & Fire - September
2 Chic - Le Freak
3 Heatwave - Boogie Nights
4 The Trammps - Disco Inferno
5 The O'Jays - I Love Music
6 Tavares - It Only Takes a Minute
7 The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You
8 Johnny Bristol - Hang on in There Baby
9 Shalamar - Take That to the Bank
10 Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time
11 Chic - Good Times
12 Gloria Gaynor & Isaac Hayes - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
- Disc 6 -
1 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
2 Sam & Dave - Soul Man
3 The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
4 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
5 Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
6 Martha Reeves - Dancing in the Street
7 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
8 Billy Preston - Eight Days a Week
9 Johnny Guitar Watson - Love Jones
10 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
11 Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
12 Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying". Combining elements of religious African-American music, rhythm and blues and jazz, Soul Music became extremely popular around the world and went on influence both rock and pop music up to this day. The Soul Box showcases - through 70-plus songs - the work of many of the biggest names of the genre from the 60's, 70's and 80's including Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Gloria Gaynor, Kool & The Gang, James Brown, Billy Paul, Heatwave, Chic, The Commodores, Sam Cooke, The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Tina Turner, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Sheila E and Shalamar among others. With remastered sound and stellar artwork, The Soul Box is the ultimate R&B collection and a testament of the genre's legacy in the history of popular music.