Which vocalist is your personal mind melter?
alieNDN
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Over the years on this site, and godamn it been like like around 10 years including lurking, I've absorbed so many great recommendations from you fine folks in expanding my musical vocabulary. Today i was thinking to myself as I listened to some Bettye Swann...omg that voice. OMG THAT VOICE!!!!!!!!!.(got "Little Things Mean A Lot" on repeat like 20 times minimum. She's the one that takes me somewhere else. Which vocalist does it for you?You might not list their LP, EP, Single or whatever amongst your top 15, but when it comes to vocals, this person reaches you. Tell me their name.
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so proper
That guy has such a beautiful tone and communicates melancholy unlike anyone else I've heard.
Second in line is probably Van (The Man) Morrison and/or Leon Thomas
I'll have to mention these folks:
-Barbara Massey (from Barbara & Ernie)
-Gayle McCormick (from Smith)
-Googie Coppola (from Air)
-Soul Lee
-Ted Taylor
-Joe Ligdon (from The Mighty Clouds of Joy)
-Rev. Julius Cheeks
-Howlin' Wolf
-William D. Smith
-David Pack (from Ambrosia)
-Richard Page (from Pages, and later on, Mister Mister)
-Leslie Smith (from Crackin')
-Rufus Crume (from The Soul Stirrers)
-Louis Johnson (from The Swan Silvertones)
-Lynette Hawkins-Stephens (from The Walter Hawkins Singers)
-Sylvia St. James
I'll stop here, but I may add more later.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Al Green
C'mon. Dude's voice is almost other-worldly
Dorothy Love Coates
Miriam Makeba
Patsy Cline
Eva Cassidy
Mavis Staples
Little Willie John
Jimmy Scott
I like all the great female vocalists from around the world, some listed above, Lilly Tchiumba, Piaf, Celia Cruz, Mercedes Sosa, Ella, India, Angelique Kidjo.
just a couple of my favorites that never fail to move me.
Last few have been Otis, MJ, Lalah Hathaway, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Francis Albert Sinatra.
- Stevie Wonder
- Andy Bey
- Paul McCartney
- Dr John
- Elvis Costello
- Lee Dorsey
Hugh Cornwell (especially in conjunction with the Stranglers on bvox)
Steve Perry
And I'm a sucker for Coverdale on that cheesy tousle-maned Rock god tip
Gwen McRae
Rance Allen (have you seen how fat this dude is now, holy sheeeeeit!)
Add Cornell Campbell
And Little Ann
The power and phrasing of Linda Jones for me from the first moment I heard her on this track
Little Milton
Terrence Trent D'Arby
Jermaine Jackson
Koko Taylor
Donna Summer
Leroy Osbourne
Larry Dodson
Walter Williams
I also agree with Otis. Again warbling is not a normal style to bring to soul music, but he owned everything he sang.
I love Chris Bell and Jason Pierce as rawk voices that play against type by immediately conveying fragility.
I'll also put ODB on this list. He really committed to having an unconventional voice as a part of his total persona. His early stuff is unfucwitable and in a league of its own... largely because of how he used that voice.
Oh, and John Carradine...