O.V.Wright is one of the best “Southern Soul” singers to ever live and he also recorded two songs that represent “Southern Soul” more than any others-1965’s Top 10 “You’re Gonna Make Me Cry” and 1967’s Top 10 “Eight Men And Four Women”. These two songs were O.V.’s only Top 10’s on the R&B charts although 1970’s “Ace Of Spade” was just shy peaking at #11 in the late part of 1970. I can’t rate him better than Sam Cooke or Jackie Wilson or Otis Redding or Wilson Pickett or Sam Moore or Joe Tex, but what I can do is rate him equal to those singers- and that’s a darn good class to be in.This is the deep “Southern Soul” sound at it’s best.
[via Morten Katd Pay]
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