I loved that R&B too. Our son was taking bass lessons a few years ago. The teacher had studied at Berkeley/Paris, and taught him some Motown bass lines. I started singing along — “MOM!!” he said, “How do YOU know that song?” hahah. Keep ‘em guessing, I say.
other than XM radio you can’t even find a radio station playing that stuff any longer. My favorite christmas album is one that i think they had at the checkout corner of Borders about 10 years or so ago, called Soulful Christmas.