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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:09 pm Post subject:
Some great choices here. Tony Bennett is my favorite of the old-school crooners. James Ingram is a personal favorite. Steve Perry. Billy Ocean. George Michael. And I've probably watched Pavarotti sing Nessun Dorma on YouTube about a billion times, which is the perfect marriage of voice and song.
Some great choices here. Tony Bennett is my favorite of the old-school crooners. James Ingram is a personal favorite. Steve Perry. Billy Ocean. George Michael. And I've probably watched Pavarotti sing Nessun Dorma on YouTube about a billion times, which is the perfect marriage of voice and song.
Andrea Bocelli covering Ed Sheeran’s song in Italian is pretty nice too _________________ “The main goal for the Lakers is to win a championship. All I care about, all we care about, is to raise another banner in the rafters.“
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:50 pm Post subject:
DaMuleRules wrote:
LarryCoon wrote:
Male: Mercury, Bowie, Perry
Concur fully there, others I'd add:
Robert Plant and Johnny Cash, his cover of Hurt is one of the best things ever:
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:56 pm Post subject:
governator wrote:
ChickenStu wrote:
Some great choices here. Tony Bennett is my favorite of the old-school crooners. James Ingram is a personal favorite. Steve Perry. Billy Ocean. George Michael. And I've probably watched Pavarotti sing Nessun Dorma on YouTube about a billion times, which is the perfect marriage of voice and song.
Andrea Bocelli covering Ed Sheeran’s song in Italian is pretty nice too
I do love Bocelli. There are some operatic snobs who scoff at his voice. Utter nonsense. So he's not Pavarotti. Let him do what he does.
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:24 pm Post subject:
I will add that Elton John and Billy Joel are my favorite male singers, though I wouldn't put them ahead of the other ones I've mentioned in terms of pure vocal talent. Some others I love that I think are great vocal talents:
Barry Gibb, Frank Valli, Brian Wilson (Falsetto Hall of Fame!)
Smokey Robinson
Roy Orbison
Peter Cetera
Michael McDonald (I mean, duh)
Steve Winwood
Placido Domingo (my favorite operatic tenor after Pavarotti, who is in a class by himself)
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:33 am Post subject:
My vote will always be for Marvin Gaye.
But that's just me.
Plenty of other great voices posted above as well.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:43 am Post subject:
gumby wrote:
My vote will always be for Marvin Gaye.
But that's just me.
Plenty of other great voices posted above as well.
Bye.
Great choice. Marvin is on my list. The list one could make could fill 2 pages. His demise was tragic and the music world lost one the its greatest innovators. RIP _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be
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Don't know if I have a favorite, but here are some I think are great
Dennis Brown (Caribbean people know)
Sam Cooke
Bob Marley
Righteous Brothers
Smoke Dog otherwise known as Smokey Robinson
Not into country, but I always liked Kenny Rodgers
Wallace Scott (The Whispers)
This is a feel good thread. It's nice to not argue with someone for once.
1 - Sinatra (#5 voice, but when you add in the swag points) . . .
2 - Sammy Davis, Jr. (GOAT, pound for pound)
3 - Bruno Mars (2nd GOAT - can do it all)
4 - Pavarotti - best pipes, but cannot get over the accent when singing in English)
5 - Phillip Bailey - best falsetto ever.
6 - Sir James Paul McCartney - the voice of a generation and surprising range. Learned a lot from Billy Preston.
7 - Joe Williams - No one did Big Band & Jazz better
8 - Tony Bennett - cocaine ravaged his voice, but still great.
9 - Luther Vandross - smooth as silk
10 - J.R. "Johnny" Cash - iconic voice. _________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns".
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:14 pm Post subject:
Can’t pick a pure number one but here are some contenders (criteria is range and control of instrument coupled with ability to convey feelings coupled with body of work):
Pavarotti
Cooke
Al Green
Otis Redding
Bill Withers
Marvin Gaye
Sinatra
Plant
Jeff Buckley
Jagger
McCartney
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