Laconvivencia
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Here are mine
Male
Marc Anthony
Neil Hannon
Jon Secada
Jon Lee from S Club 7
Sami Yusuf
Female
Jo O'Meara from S Club 7
Francoise Atlan
Gloria Estefan
What are your favorite male/female snging voices
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CaptainTrips222
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Male: Chris Daughtry, The Birds (yes, the Birds), Pavarotti
Female: Pat Banatar, Celine Dione |
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auntblabby
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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IMHO, these are some of the best of the best-
female:
frances farmer [RIP]
kiri de kanawa
marilyn horne
goldie hawn [YES! she can sing like a bird!]
julia louis dreyfus [she sang "so nice" on an episode of "seinfeld" and did a bang up job!]
patsy cline [RIP]
gayle mccormick
marilyn mccoo
kate smith
dinah shore
dionne warwick
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male:
jan peerce ["the bluebird of happiness"]
elvis presley
gordon macrae
lenny welch ["since i fell for you"]
tennessee ernie ford
tom jones
bobby darin
gordon lightfoot
roy orbison
agostinho dos santos [he was the singing voice behind lip-syncing actor breno mello in "orpheu negro" singing the song "manha de carnaval"]
bryn terfel [welsh operatic baritone]
there are too many others to list here. |
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It has to be Elvis Presley and Michelle Branch for me.
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male: Perry Farrell, Scott Weiland, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley (had to steal a few from AuntBlabby's excellent list)
female: Diane Reeves, Cheryl Bentyne, Dolores O'Riordan |
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auntblabby
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^^^
thanx, AIME 
another golden voice- muriel smith, who was the singing voice of juanita hall ("bloody mary") in "South Pacific." |
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Adam82
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Male:
Jeff Buckley (RIP)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) (RIP)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man)
Jim Morrison (The Doors) (RIP)
Female:
Adele
Peggy Lee
Jacqui Mcshee (Pentangle)
Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) |
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jamieevren1210
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Male...Robert Downey jr.( if you don't believe me, go check out" man like me")
Female.....Adele, she's awesome.
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cmoonbeam1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:09 am Post subject: Here are some favs. |
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Male: Matt Berninger of The National (you don't usually hear a baritone in a rock band), Stan Rogers
Female: Kimbra (New Zealand singer-songwriter whose vocals are featured in Gotye's Somebody that I Used to Know), Brody Dalle (I have unconventional tastes!) |
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auntblabby
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j.d. sumner, one of the very few human contrabasses or basso produndos, was in guiness book of world records for having sung the lowest note in a popular song, namely elvis presley's "way down."
larry hooper [singer on the lawrence welk show, with an exceptionally musical bass voice]
thurl ravenscroft [a marveous singing and speaking voice in the deep bass register, longtime voice of various walt disney park attractions, the "voice of GOD"]
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mushroo
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| For pure angelic beauty of the sound coming out of his mouth, I have to mention Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (IZ). |
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ScientistOfSound
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| Beth Gibbons from Portishead... Her voice is angelic <3 |
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Male:
Jeff Buckley
Maynard James Keenan
Neil Finn
Michael Jackson
Matt Bellamy (is that his name? The guy from Muse)
Female:
Anneke van Giersbergen (lead singer from The Gathering)
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Sinead O'Connor
Nancy Sinatra
Skin (Skunk Anansie) |
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mushroo
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| In terms of technique I love Freddie Mercury. He covered so many styles, from rock to disco to opera, with an incredible range & stage presence. |
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auntblabby
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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paul robeson
domenico modugno
sonny james
richard kiley [yes, the ol' national geographic guy, he could SING! he starred on broadway in "man of la mancha" and sang "the quest (the impossible dream"]
leon redbone [an utterly distinctive "old southern man" voice]
connie francis [she could sing like a bird, in whatever language you please]
gladys knight [her voice is sheer raw bottled emotion]
helen reddy
betty buckley ["cats"]
k d lang [today's patsy cline]
olivia newton-john
laura brannigan [the best of the female belters, next to gayle mccormick] |
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