Essential Blue-Eyed Soul Singers

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Thicke is the son of an actor and a singer, so performing is in his blood. But he actually first made his mark in the entertainment industry as a songwriter, not as a performer. After writing a string of successful songs for others, Robin (who's the son of Canadian actor Alan Thicke) stepped out of the shadows and into the spotlight in 2003, when his debut album, A Beautiful Word, was released.
Essential album: A Beautiful World.
Essential song: "Lost Without U," from his second album, 2006's The Evolution of Robin Thicke.

By the time Joss Stone was 19, she already had released three hit albums in the United States. Her most recent, Introducing Joss Stone, which was released in March 2007, holds the current record for the highest debut for a British solo female artist on the U.S. charts. Despite her age, Joss has a rich retro-soul voice that is reminiscent of popular singers from the 1960s and '70s.
Essential album: 2004's Mind, Body & Soul.
Essential song: "Fell In Love With a Boy," from her 2003 debut album, The Soul Sessions.

Amy Winehouse, like Joss Stone, is a young British woman who grew up with a great deal of affection for 1960s and '70s-era American Soul music. Although Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was a jazz release, with a little hip-hop mixed in, her second album, Back to Black was an ode to girl groups of the 1950s.
Essential album: 2006's Back to Black, which was released in the U.S. in 2007.
Essential song: Back to Black's first single, "Rehab," which is about Winehouse not wanting to attend an alcohol rehabilitation program.

Jamie Lidell, who's from Cambridge, England, started out as an electronic artist, but found his voice as a Soul singer on his 2005 album Multiply, which went triple-platinum in the United Kingdom. His voice and music have been compared to Otis Redding, Prince and Sly & the Family Stone, among others.
Essential Album: 2008's Jim.
Essential Song: "Multiply," from the album of the same name, is highly recommended.

Ever since Aimee Duffy's debut single, "Mercy," was released in February 2008, there have been plenty of comparisons between her and fellow British Blue-Eyed Soul singers Amy Winehouse and Joss Stone. But in reality, the two vocalists Duffy should be compared to aren't Amy and Joss, they're '60s Soul singers Dusty Springfield and Lulu.
Essential Album: Her 2008 debut album, Rockferry.
Essential Song: "Mercy," from her Rockferry album.

Jon B., whose full name is Jonathan Buck, was one of the more popular Blue-Eyed Soul singers of the 1990s. Although his star power dimmed somewhat in the 2000s, he supposedly has a comeback album called Back to Love being released sometime in 2007. His vocal style is soft and smooth and is sometimes compared to fellow '90s artist Babyface.
Essential album: Cool Relax, which was released in 1997.
Essential song: "Are U Still Down," featuring 2Pac, from the Cool Relax album.

Teena Marie (also known as Lady Tee and Lady T) is a bona fide legend and one of the most respected Blue-Eyed Soul singers in American history. Her professional singing career dates back to the 1970s, when her first album, Wild and Peaceful, was released. Teena, whose birth name is Mary Brockert, is a former protege and lover of the late Rick James. And she continues to release music to this day; her most recent album, Sapphire, came out in 2006.
Essential album: Starchild, which was originally released in 1984 and contains one of her biggest hits, "Lovergirl."
Essential song: "Fire and Desire," a sensuous duet with Rick James.

Despite being a talented pop and dance music diva who's a top-selling artist in many countries across the globe, Anastacia is practially unknown in the United States. What's even more odd is that she's an American herself; Anastacia was born in the Chicago area and raised in Chicago and New York. Like many artists on this list, she has a big voice that many people mistake for an African-American's when first hearing it.
Essential album: Freak of Nature, which was released in November 2001.
Essential song: "One Day in Your Life," which is on the Freak of Nature album and her 2005 greatest hits album, Pieces of a Dream.

David "D.C." Yeager is a former member of the 1990s Ohio-based boy band Youngstown. Now a solo artist, Yeager is unsigned right now, but has a song called "Let Me Know" that's caught fire on the Internet.
Essential album: N/A.
Essential song: "Let Me Know," which features Ne-Yo singing the hook.