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Godfather: James Brown
Godmother: Billie Holiday
(other female jazz vocalists like Etta James, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan deserve mentions too though)
Uncle: Otis Redding
Aunt: Aretha Franklin
Nieces: Ronnie Spector, Martha Reeves
Nephews: Robert "Kool" Bell, Smokey Robinson
King: Al Green (the KING of SOUL)
Queen: Diana Ross (sure, she did a lot of doo-wop Motown R&B, but overall, the Lady, Her Majesty, has got soul)
Earl: Stevie Wonder (although a little experimental at times, a little funky, still huge soul)
Duke: Marvin Gaye
Duchess: Tammi Terrell
Prince: Prince Rogers Nelson (some funkiness of course, like George Clinton etal., but Prince got soul, baby...he has some good straight-up (w/ a twist o' Prince) R&B numbers too on certain albums)
Princesses: Wendy, Lisa, Sheila E., Vanity, Apollonia (ha) (I don't know the newer ones...Kat? She ain't got no soul powa)
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