might sound a bit quirky this, but does anybody think that a song sang with a " lisp" detracts from the final product, there are quite a few around and the one that springs to mind immediatley is joanne touchstone,s, "walk softly" ...

Billy Stewart built his career on it...........bbbbrrrrrrr summertime.........bbrrrrrr once i had a secret Lover.Not sure it was a lisp or rolling of the tongue.Never stopped Toyah Wilcox either.

Fred & The Turbins is a prime example! I laugh everytime I hear it...

Ritchie Havens and O.V Wright ..I like it

O V Wright

Had a unique lisp sound to his supremely soulful voice, this was apparently due to his false teeth not fitting properly.

" My eyesh have sheen injushtishe,

Dishcrimination,

Brothersh againsht Brothersh,

And littered lotsh,

Where ragged children play"

Brilliant

Tony

Edited June 18, 201014 yr by tonyp

Buddy Smith on Brute

Cheers

Richard

Marion Javious - waiting in the wingsElla Washington - If time stands still are two good lispers.

might sound a bit quirky this, but does anybody think that a song sang with a " lisp" detracts from the final product, there are quite a few around and the one that springs to mind immediatley is joanne touchstone,s, "walk softly" ...

Always struggled a bit with Garland Green's diction, enunciation or pronunciation - call it what you will - but it does detract from what are otherwise wonderful records/songs, sorry.

Always loved the between song chatter on the SAR boxset with Sam Cooke admonishing the Womack Brothers - 'Since you are singing words lets sings them as precisely as possible' and of course he was the master.

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Edited June 18, 201014 yr by Mike Lofthouse

Thandie Newton's dad had a lisp...............

Ha!! my son asked me in the car the other day, "dad, why are all your records sung by people with a lisp?". I'd just played Marion Javius - "Waiting in the wings", followed by the Headliners - "Little Sister". I told him to shove a thock in it.

Jordi

Pp pp piss takin' load of ff fff f-ckers

Otis Smith by a country mile I cant listen to the Albert LP track one life as his lisping totally ruins it for me.

Otis Smith by a country mile I cant listen to the Albert LP track one life as his lisping totally ruins it for me.

Chuck Berry .

Malc

King Curtis - MEMPHITH THOUL THTEW

Mick

Remember Freddie "Parrot Face" Davithhhhhhhhhhhhh and his "Thentimental Thongth"?

Edited June 18, 201014 yr by Gene-R

Most glaring one I know is Alphonso Hamilton on Gateway "I'll let you go fwee" (killer track though, has the immortal line "Just put an egg in your shoe and beat it")

Remember Freddie "Parrot Face" Davithhhhhhhhhhhhh and his "Thentimental Thongth"?

Brilliant Double Thider

Tony

Brilliant Double Thider

Tony

Actually, an old record dealer friend of mine had some records for me a few years ago when I went to see him. He threw me a copy of a Freddie Davies single on UK Major Minor called "I Want Me Seed". He was disappointed, as he bought it thinking (by the title) that it was a reggae single!

Edited June 18, 201014 yr by Gene-R

Actually, an old record dealer friend of mine had some records for me a few years ago when I went to see him. He threw me a copy of a Freddie Davies single on UK Major Minor called "I Want Me Seed". He was disappointed, as he bought it thinking (by the title) that it was a reggae single!

just dug this out from the loft ......

Freddy Davies " Santa Face Is Bringing Me A Budgie " / " Give Us A Kiss For Christmas " ( UK HMV Pop 1571 , 9.12.1966 )

Malc

Edited June 18, 201014 yr by Malc Burton

might sound a bit quirky this, but does anybody think that a song sang with a " lisp" detracts from the final product, there are quite a few around and the one that springs to mind immediatley is joanne touchstone,s, "walk softly" ...

Think shes got a throat infection to, by the sound of her voice

Think jimmy Fraser got one, if my memory serves me well

Actually, an old record dealer friend of mine had some records for me a few years ago when I went to see him. He threw me a copy of a Freddie Davies single on UK Major Minor called "I Want Me Seed". He was disappointed, as he bought it thinking (by the title) that it was a reggae single!

Ive actually got it on a thwee twack major minor 45.It's got a bit of fweekbeet guitar in it.

Pp pp piss takin' load of ff fff f-ckers

Just to remind us all...

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=07lPjhAMk50

Just to remind us all...

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=07lPjhAMk50

Well, that's blown Smudge Smith's latest cover up

Not so much a lisp ive always thought likely a gap between his front teeth,BEWARE BEWARE on MIDAS when the break comes in the middle listen good you may just here it(might try slowing the record down to make it more easy to pick out)

Z.Z. Hill had a lisp which could be detected both when he sang and when he spoke.

I thought it had a nice sound.

I see these things as interesting characteristics, not afflications.

Would have thought Little Anthony would have been the first name mentioned in this topic.

Roscoe Robinson had quite a lisp, either that or bad fitting false teeth