Who do you consider to be the greatest voice of all time?
05-11-04 | 10:47 PM
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Who do you consider to be the greatest voice of all time?
Who are some of the greatest voices of all times? Just purely their voice alone. It may be someone who wasn't popular or was in a band or whatever...
my husband and I were having this conversation, and it's kind of hard to pick...
I came up with Linda Ronstadt (sp?) and Patsy Cline....
my husband and I were having this conversation, and it's kind of hard to pick...
I came up with Linda Ronstadt (sp?) and Patsy Cline....
05-12-04 | 12:30 AM
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Originally posted by Buford T Pusser
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
05-12-04 | 12:34 AM
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Re: Who do you consider to be the greatest voice of all time?
Originally posted by JMLEWIS1
I came up with Linda Ronstadt (sp?)
I came up with Linda Ronstadt (sp?)
05-12-04 | 05:05 AM
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no contest ... Peter Hammill
05-12-04 | 06:32 AM
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For pop music, Frank Sinatra.
05-12-04 | 08:42 AM
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Female jazz/blues/ r+b/soul singers can't be beat:
Aretha Franklin (holy shit)
Dusty Springfield (insanely great delivery, she could sing anything)
Bessie Smith (straight soul, incredible power)
Billie Holliday (Sinatra learned everything he knew from her)
Male jazz/blues singers are second best, IMO:
Muddy Waters (scary intensity)
Louis Armstrong (the guy's phrasing is incredible)
Sonny Boy Williamson
Some good male rock vocals:
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers (what does he have a four octave range?)
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick (power and soul from the whitest guy ever)
Rick Danko of the Band (one of the most underrated singers around, he had incredible pathos in his voice)
Female country is pretty good too:
Patsy Cline
Emmylou Harris
Aretha Franklin (holy shit)
Dusty Springfield (insanely great delivery, she could sing anything)
Bessie Smith (straight soul, incredible power)
Billie Holliday (Sinatra learned everything he knew from her)
Male jazz/blues singers are second best, IMO:
Muddy Waters (scary intensity)
Louis Armstrong (the guy's phrasing is incredible)
Sonny Boy Williamson
Some good male rock vocals:
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers (what does he have a four octave range?)
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick (power and soul from the whitest guy ever)
Rick Danko of the Band (one of the most underrated singers around, he had incredible pathos in his voice)
Female country is pretty good too:
Patsy Cline
Emmylou Harris
05-12-04 | 09:11 AM
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the white girl from black eyed peas 
I'd thrown in ATYCLB Bono, his voice has changed a lot.
I'd thrown in ATYCLB Bono, his voice has changed a lot.
05-12-04 | 09:32 AM
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For pop music, Frank Sinatra.
For pop music, Frank Sinatra.
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05-12-04 | 10:25 AM
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05-12-04 | 11:56 AM
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Sam Cooke. After spending a couple days with the James Brown Night at the Apollo, 1962 re-issue, I think he could be the most charismatic. Also high up is Nina Simone. (Personally speaking, of course. I think that a lot of people find Ms Simone too nasal.)
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05-12-04 | 01:11 PM
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Re: Re: Who do you consider to be the greatest voice of all time?
Originally posted by Giles
I personally love her album "Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind" where she duets with Aaron Neville on a couple of songs.
I personally love her album "Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind" where she duets with Aaron Neville on a couple of songs.