In an effort to get myself off to sleep last night, i was mentally listing which singers i thought had a distinctive voice (male or female) that sets them apart from other singers.
The singers can be from any genre, i'll start with :
Freddie Mercury
Warmest wishes- calla lily x
Ooohhh, this is fun! First two that spring to mind are:
Eva Cassidy
Ray Lamontagne
two of my all time favourite voices...
Pleased that you're liking this thread RubySoho 😀
Janis Joplin and W. Axl Rose (from guns n roses)
Delta Goodrem
Two of my favourites
Edith Piaf
Billie Holiday
Nina Simone
Oh & what about Prince (he has about 4 distinctive voices)
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I think Tina Turner has a distinctive voice...and Tom Jones 🙂
(or do they sound kind of similar sometimes! lol)
smokey robinson and (as we are doing it in 2's!)
aretha franklin
Aretha Franklin
My Favourite
Binah
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Snap Rosie.
Binah
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Bob Marley
Binah
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Mick Hucknall
Aretha Franklin
My Favourite
Binah
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lol snap indeed...
what about green (scritti politti) who prayed like aretha franklin 😉
Bob Dylan....
lol snap indeed...
what about green (scritti politti) who prayed like aretha franklin 😉
- err 'Wood Beez' 😉 (see I get ya) - but does bring Al Green to mind too
Aaron Neville anyone? - Not that many hits, but one classic and quite a distinctive voice for a such a bruiser eh 😎
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aaron neville 🙂 co-sung with linda ronstad with 'I don't know much' in the top 3 of my favourite love songs... don't know if anyone here watches Scrubs but Turk does a good impression of aaron lol 🙂 it's a very distictive voice
Sandy Denny
Crazy man Michael:
Aaron Neville anyone? - Not that many hits, but one classic and quite a distinctive voice for a such a bruiser eh 😎
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shall i tell you like it is? 😉
akon, as a newer sound... so also, snoop dogg (do rappers count as singers?)
Ozzy Osbourne.......
So nobody thought of Rod Stewart yet then?? 😎
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Binah
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Kate Rusby
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Jimmy Somerville.....
Matt Munroe
Bonnie Tyler
Pavarotti (sp)
antony hegarty (antony and the johnsons & guested on hercules and love affair)
david syvian (japan)
just as a by the by tho... dont all our fave singers have distinctive voices? at least to us? :p
Frank Sinatra
Kathryn Jenkins
Will Young....
Will Smith.....