27 singers who went back to their bands after solo project floundered

[smark21]

Only performer who comes close to being a soul/r and b artist on this list is Daryl Hall.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/tail-between-legs-27-solo-albums-that-sent-musicia,96000/2/

[zebop]

Here's a few in R&B

James "JT" Taylor
Dennis Edwards
L.J. Reynolds
Eugene Record

[thomas96]

Kind of David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks... They didn't really flounder, but the success wasn't what they had hoped for and they went back to the Tempts.

[Ngroove]

Ralph Trevsant
Bobby Brown