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  GO_GET_GONE_GIRL (gogogirl) 5-Doyen Username: gogogirl Post Number: 240 Registered: 5-2004 |
Greetings All, For the ones that haven't seen it - check out the below site. Do you agree with the first link? I'll say! No comment from me. It's been said that "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder." Is appreciating a Pure and Beautiful singer of songs - in the H(ear)ing of the Beholder? Are there some voices that we all should be in accord and agree - that this or that singer has a Pure singing voice? For instance - let's take Wilson Pickett. Didn't he have a pure voice? It was vintage his. He owned it - and so do all the other singers - Own it - whose music we've heard - learned and either enjoyed or not over the years and decades. Would one only name their favorite singers as having Pure and Beautiful voices? I'll name one male and one female singer that I think had/has a Pure singing voice. And of course - I have plenty. Nat King Cole Minnie Riperton One of the most annoying singers listed on link below = James Brown. Huh? LOL! http://www.popculturemadness.c om/Music/Annoying.html http://www.popculturemadness.c om/Music/index.html (Message edited by gogogirl on August 05, 2004) (Message edited by gogogirl on August 05, 2004) | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 414 Registered: 3-2004 |
Ok, I think I can name a few, who can make a song sound real goood. Oleta Adams, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Holliday, Denise Williams, Dorothy Moore, Aretha Franklin, Rochelle Ferrell, Mary Wells, Wanda Rogers, Deon Warwick, Roberta Flack (marvellettes), Natalie Cole, Betty Wright, Jean Carne, LuLu, Tammi Terrell, Nancy Wilson, Phyllis Hyman. Will Downing, Tevon Campbell, Glenn Jones, Walter Jackson, ERIC ( eric & vikings), Luther VanDross, Marvin Gaye, Luther Ingram, Bobby Bland, Whispers, Enchantment, Tempts, Major Harris, Dramataics, EWF, Michael Henderson, Gene Chandler, Beau Williams, Peabo Bryson, Walter Williams (O'jays), Masqueraders, Johnny Taylor, Howard, Hewitt, Jeffrey Osborn. awh, that's enough, I think I've made my point. ...as far as the annoying singers, I agree with the link. (LOL) (Message edited by ~medusa on August 05, 2004) | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 729 Registered: 4-2004 |
Linda Jones Gladys Knight Patti Labelle Dionne Warwick Whitney Houston Cissy Houston Aretha Franklin Teena Marie Minnie Riperton Denice Williams Angela Winbush Anita Baker to name a few... | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1173 Registered: 4-2004 |
JIMMY SCOTT S.S.  For real!! | ||
GO_GET_GONE_GIRL (gogogirl) 5-Doyen Username: gogogirl Post Number: 256 Registered: 5-2004 |
All, Hey SS. Show you right my friend. Mr Scott def ranks right up there w/NKC. Here is another one that had it to me. Just a classy and mellow voice. Loved him tremendously. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file=/chronicle/ar chive/1999/12/28/DD48928.DTL | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 436 Registered: 3-2004 |
Although I wasn't really into the group, ut I think Rose Royce has a beautiful voice. Syreeta, Millie Scott, Rena Scott, The whole Winans family, Josalyn Brown, Ali Woodson, Dennis Edwards, Tyrone Davis, George Benson,Lattimore, Joe Simon, Marvin Sease, Freddie Jackson, (Message edited by ~medusa on August 08, 2004) | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 479 Registered: 4-2004 |
Don't foreget Jackie Wilson...his song NIGHT comes to mind as he sounds SO pure on that one! | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1151 Registered: 4-2004 |
Cece Winans Minnie Ripperton Deniece Williams Margaret Bell( Vanessa's sister) Roberta Flack Keith Barrow Smokey Robinson Smokie Norfil Nat King Cole Luther Vandross Russel Thompkins jr. Matt Covington (Philly Devotions) George Grant {Castelles Ron Isley (Message edited by phillysoulman on August 08, 2004) | ||
Destruction (destruction) 5-Doyen Username: destruction Post Number: 249 Registered: 4-2004 |
Tony Williams - Platters | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 483 Registered: 4-2004 |
Clyde McPhatter | ||
Richard Felstead (felstead2001) 4-Laureate Username: felstead2001 Post Number: 85 Registered: 4-2004 |
Down to personal opinion of course, but if I've understood the question correctly, then my answer would be Astrud Gilberto. I appreciate she wont be everyone's cup of tea but to me, she has a voice that never wavered once. | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 529 Registered: 3-2004 |
Al Jarreau, Nancy Wilson, Major Lance, Spyder Turner, David Porter, Garland Green, Englebert Humperdinck, Johnny Mathis, Lou Rawls, Frankie Valli, Paul Davis, Dusty Springfield. I guess just about anyone can have a clear voice, as long as it isn't analog (LOL) | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 533 Registered: 3-2004 |
I love hearing Whitney Houston sing "(And)I Will ALways Love You" | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 590 Registered: 3-2004 |
Chris (Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven)Bartley Terry Huff (Special Delivery) Patty Drew Rance Allen James Ingram Brenda Russell Kelly Price Ann Nesby Pattie Austin | ||
Moan (moanman) 2-Debutant Username: moanman Post Number: 14 Registered: 4-2004 |
Nat Cole Jimmy Scott Jon Lucien Luther Vandross Walter Jackson Philip Bailey Ron Isley James Ingram Peabo Bryson Andrea Bocelli Minnie Riperton Roberta Flack Patti Austin Syreeta Wright (RIP) Eleanor Mills Deneice Williams india.arie Annie Lennox Diana Krall Lizz Wright One. | ||
jrlo (jrlo) 5-Doyen Username: jrlo Post Number: 182 Registered: 4-2004 |
Don't forget Michael Henderson.... | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 613 Registered: 3-2004 |
Edgar Edwards(Spinners) Philipe Wynn(Spinners) Billy Ocean Curtis Mayfield(Especially his last CD "New World Order" which he recorded while lying on his back, due to a very bad accident, which left him paralyzed)RIP Gary Glenn(RIP) Vanessa Bell Armstrong Howard Smith Chico DeBarge Baby Washington Phil Perry Maxwell Tyrese Greg Jones Valerie Pinkston (Chapter 8) | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 574 Registered: 4-2004 |
Barbra Streisand, Jean Terell, Mel Carter, Lenny Welch,Susaye Green, Al Wilson, Marilyn McCoo. | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 616 Registered: 3-2004 |
Cuba Gooding (Main Ingredient) Mavis Staples Bernadine (Fascinations) Sandra Fever Melissa Morgan Vesta Malissa Manchester Eric Mercury Eric Benet' Bootsy Collins Al Green Lee Rogers (RIP) Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band (Lead Singer Charlie) I've always loved the way Lil Sonny (RIP) of the Intruders used to sing~He had what (to me) sounded like a Lazy kind of voice, but it was so cool and he was an excellent singer. | ||
Boynextdoor (boynextdoor) 4-Laureate Username: boynextdoor Post Number: 86 Registered: 4-2004 |
Jean Terrell Billy Ocean (what ever happened to him?) Morgana King Patti Austin Syreeta Tyrone Davis | ||
Lynn Bruce (lynn_bruce) 4-Laureate Username: lynn_bruce Post Number: 80 Registered: 4-2004 |
Mahalia Jackson , Aretha Franklin Joe Williams,and Johnny Mathis | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 3-Pundit Username: marilyn Post Number: 34 Registered: 8-2004 |
Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Jackie Wilson, Mahalia Jackson, Tammi Terrell, Ella Fitzgerald, Donny Hathaway, David Ruffin, Otis Redding, Dinah Washington, Johnnie Taylor,Paul Williams (of The Tempts),Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey,ZZ Hill, Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Little Sonny (of The Intruders), & Ray Charles... Marilyn (Message edited by Marilyn on September 15, 2004) | ||
Morgan (leeway) 3-Pundit Username: leeway Post Number: 54 Registered: 4-2004 |
Someone mentioned Tony Williams of the Platters? Very underrated!! What a wonderful voice that man had!! Ben E. King- Kay Starr- Listen to her stuff--she's dynamite! Billy Paul Patsy Cline Of course my main man Nat "King" Cole... | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1638 Registered: 4-2004 |
The question was the PURIST voices, correct? Well, without mention the artist's names I see some who's voices were not pure, clear as a bell type voices on some of the lists, some who are lispy, some who are known for nasal singing, some who's voices aren't clear and CLEARLY do NOT fit in this catagory. ??????? This is not a thread about one's "favorite singers" but one about who has the purist, clearist natual voices, am I correct GoGo? Anyway this is not to knock anyone's choices but to clarify the catagory listed here. Peace, S.S. | ||
Morgan (leeway) 3-Pundit Username: leeway Post Number: 57 Registered: 4-2004 |
Of course you're right Soul Sister, but.... Everyone's definiton of clear/pure may not be so clear and pure!!! Can't Ben E. King have sung (to me) in a clear/nasal-y kind of way??? LOL Now you're going to have people re-reading their lists and thinking "oh, I suppose so-and-so's voice isn't that clear". (Like I did!!) I'll add Ms. Sarah Vaughn to the list, and Ella! | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 697 Registered: 4-2004 |
Frankie Lymon | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 5-Doyen Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 213 Registered: 4-2004 |
To me, the purest (and most beautiful) voice I've ever heard belongs to Cindy Mizelle. She's a background vocalist working with a list of who's who in the business. But solo -- I believe her voice is what an angel would sound like. | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 6-Zenith Username: robb_k Post Number: 633 Registered: 4-2004 |
Nat King Cole Sarah Vaughn Ray Pollard Lennie Welch Rudy West Solly McElroy Cleve Duncan Gloria Lynne Dee Dee Warwick Barbara Green Brenda Holloway Willie Winfield Tony Williams Sam Cooke Sonny Til Carmen McRae Barbara Lewis Tommy Edwards Johnny Moore (Drifters) Dionne Warwick Nancy Wilson Ruby (of Ruby & Romantics) Yes "Pure" must be defined. This is all quite ambiguous. It's all in the "ear of the beholder". What about all-time scratchy voices? Satchmo Sylvester Potts, Billy Hoggs, Billy Gordon Coasters lead (not Bobby Nunn) Professionals' lead Rivingtons' ("Bird is The Word" lead) Howlin' Wolf What about all-time irritating voices? Dylan Paul Williams (not Temptations'-but that gnome that played in "Phantom of The paradise") All heavy metal lead singers Janis Joplin Trashmen lead Music Machine lead Rattles Sonics That Country singer who sang "King Of The Road" and "Dang Me" Wolfman Jack Magnificent Montague Cher Diana Ross Millie Small (too "cutesie") | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 6-Zenith Username: robb_k Post Number: 634 Registered: 4-2004 |
Oh yeah...shouldn't this thread be on the regular SD Forum??? Or was it bumped here for not being serious, because pure wasn't defined? Ha Ha Ha!!! | ||
Dinelle (dinelle_watson) 5-Doyen Username: dinelle_watson Post Number: 351 Registered: 4-2004 |
I think that Marvin & Tammi have the most pure singing voices. No contest. |
