Never heard the term "blue-eyed soul" before, but clicked the link and immediately said "Oh! They have a genre name for that!" So there you go.
> IYNSHO who is the greatest blue eyed soul singer?
Eliminating the Righteous Brothers (which, yeah, you're right, this really is a race for second place), I have to put my weight behind either Michael McDonald or someone whose name doesn't actually appear on Wiki's list of blue-eyed soul singers: Michael Bolton. Say what you want about his crappy poppy stuff -- and I could say volumes -- but his covers of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" are downright moving.
> Peter Riviera from Rare Earth, who is also one of two singing drummers who should not shut up (the other being Levon Helm)
I take it, then, that you'd categorize Phil Collins as a singing drummer who should shut up? :-) (Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious)
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> IYNSHO who is the greatest blue eyed soul singer?
Eliminating the Righteous Brothers (which, yeah, you're right, this really is a race for second place), I have to put my weight behind either Michael McDonald or someone whose name doesn't actually appear on Wiki's list of blue-eyed soul singers: Michael Bolton. Say what you want about his crappy poppy stuff -- and I could say volumes -- but his covers of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" are downright moving.
> Peter Riviera from Rare Earth, who is also one of two singing drummers who should not shut up (the other being Levon Helm)
I take it, then, that you'd categorize Phil Collins as a singing drummer who should shut up? :-) (Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious)