14: Candi Staton (1940- present) One of thebest female soul singersof her era, Candi Staton’s career has been unpredictable. In 1968, she met the singer Clarence Carter, who took her to Alabama’s FAME Studios, whose owner, Rick Hall, signed her. She later married Carter, and their ...
(a shortened list–more in my next blog!):The genre of Country Soul reigned supreme in the 1970s, when country artists collided joyfully with “Southern Soul” music’s hits, along with its front-tier studios and session cats. But in the case of the four wonderful women below, “soul”...