Mr sam cooke...was and still is the best male singer there ever was! however Johnnie taylor made some of the best soul music EVER!!! Sam had a slight crisper voice but Johnnie had the style and song makings skills that Sam didn't! not to say Sam was a bad music maker. Its just johnny had hit after hit after hit for 4 decades!
Sam Cooke oringanlly in 1963
then Ottis Reading in 1965
then Al Green
then R,Kelly
then Maverick Sabre