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I know this show isn't about "soul" music.... but truly, soul and funk music moves me up, up, up....Some favorites:

Anything by Sam Cooke, such as "Let the Good Times Roll"
Otis Redding: "I've Got Dreams to Remember"
Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke", "Superstition"
Curtis Mayfield: "Move On Up"... so uplifting, literally.

A favorite by local (former) artist Eliot Smith is "Independence Day".

Also.... ever heard Nina Simone's "Aint Got No - I've Got Life"?? What a great, earthy, inspiring song...

And for sheer joy of having a body and a booty that moves, who can resist the grooves of George Clinton and Parliament? "One Nation Under a Groove"

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