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Sam Cooke
1,594,833 listeners
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Wilson Pickett
777,447 listeners
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Sam & Dave
830,973 listeners
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Al Green
1,892,255 listeners
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Percy Sledge
593,375 listeners
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Aretha Franklin
2,527,304 listeners
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Bill Withers
2,241,961 listeners
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Etta James
1,891,784 listeners
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James Brown
2,091,437 listeners
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