Paul Stanley, aka Starchild from the rock band KISS, has a side gig - singing soul music. Since 2015, Paul has been singing soul music covers and original songs with his group Soul Station. A new Soul Station album, "Now & Then" was released earlier this month.

Paul developed a love for soul music in his teens, after seeing Otis Redding in concert. And that love even made it into some of KISS' music.

An excerpt of a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine:

Did your love of soul music ever work its way into Kiss’ music back in the day? When you create music, you’re using a recipe. You may be winging it, but the music is based on all its ingredients. Those ingredients may not be in equal proportions and some may be surprising, but that’s what helps with the uniqueness. When we wrote “Shout It Out Loud,” we were very clear: [Sings] “Well, the night’s begun and you want some fun/Do you think you’re gonna find it — think you’re gonna find it!” It’s the Four Tops.

The call and response, you mean? Absolutely. We knew it as we were doing it: “Oh, cool. This is Four Tops.” There’s a song on the Unmasked album called “What Makes the World Go Round.” It’s basically a Spinners song, but done in a different way.

I like this soul music version of Paul Stanley. Watch Paul and Soul Station perform the Five Stairsteps classic soul tune "O-O-O-H Child" above.

KISS - "Rock & Roll All Nite"