# Who is this soul singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374 "2010-04-26T04:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/1 "2010-04-26T04:12:00Z")
Caught the end of a TV show a while back, don’t remember if it was late night or daytime talk show but one of those where they have a musical number to end the show. Well, there was this young black guy singing honest to god SOUL music. I’m talkin’ soul as in Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wison Pickett, etc. It was an original song but you could tell without a doubt where he got his influence. Didn’t have a pencil nearby so I couldn’t write down his name. That’s okay, sez me, I’ll remember it because it’s unique. Yeah, right. This old fart promptly forgot the guy’s name. All I can remember is that it was indeed unique. A single name. Something like Quadafi or Kumali or something that sounded kind of middle easten. Anybody know the singer? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/2 "2010-04-26T05:16:43Z")
Is it Raphael Saadiq? This is the song that sure caught my ear: [Let’s Take A Walk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri48g7S8a4c&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/3 "2010-04-26T05:57:57Z")
Savannah, I love you baby! That’s my man! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/4 "2010-04-26T10:01:49Z")
He reminds me of–this is hard to describe–the nerdy guy on **Conan O’Brien** who had lots of angry opinions about **Stargate: Atlantis** and related shows. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/5 "2010-04-26T16:01:02Z")
Here’s another old-style soul singer if you like that kind of thing - [Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618tbfXHapg) Jim and I are getting a lot of good new artists from watching the end of Letterman and Craig Ferguson. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-soul-singer/537374/6 "2010-04-26T16:43:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Here’s another old-style soul singer if you like that kind of thing - [Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618tbfXHapg) Jim and I are getting a lot of good new artists from watching the end of Letterman and Craig Ferguson. Yes, yes, yes! I like it. Little girl got a big voice and some cool moves. And those Dap Kings are one tight band. Thank you for the heads up.