We've had Top Tens of Sixties soul (largely classic) and Seventies soul (mostly great). Now it's Eighties soul and some might feel it's a Top Ten too far. The likes of Luther Vandross and ...

Soul music has merged with many other genres since ... and Simply Red reinvigorated the movement in the 80s. As funk and disco lost its appeal in the 80s, soul moved towards R'n'B, and later ...

Soul ballads weren’t exactly burning up the charts with regularity circa 1986. Nobody told Gregory Abbott, however, which is a good thing, because he went ahead with “Shake You Down” anyway and walked ...

Sting’s friendship and musical collaboration with Shaggy is well-known. This 2000 hit, which blends reggae and pop, became a defining track of the early 2000s. Sting expressed his deep connection with ...