Not your favorite song, or singer, as some haven't a great voice, but can really sing, but who has the most amazing voice/vocal style, you have ever heard? No top 10's or even top 3's but the one

Hands down for me, whatever genre, Ella Fitzgerald.

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by Trevski

David Ruffin.

David Ruffin.

Veerryy dificult...

If I had to choose....

Male -Sam Cooke

female - Maxine Brown

I know you said one....can I have one of each though????

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by Reg

Gladys Knight - no contest!!

marvin for me as a complete stylist you can feel his message when he croons

Veerryy dificult...

If I had to choose....

Male -Sam Cooke

female - Maxine Brown

I know you said one....can I have one of each though????

No! It's like 'desert island discs' if you could only take recordings by one artist, for their vocals, who would it be?

the one & only LEVI STUBBS

Jackie Wilson

Johnny Nash for me Just awesome, and across many different musical styles

Levi Stubbs for rich effortless voice

Jackie Wilson for style, the way he warbles his words.

Ooops! Only one as a desert island artist? then Jackie Wilson

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by Dave Turner

This question should never have been asked

I can't make my mind up between:-

David Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, Brenda Holloway, Aretha Franklin or even the vast scale rage of Etta James, It's bloody impossible to decide..................well for me anyway .

Steve J

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by SteveJohnston

Perhaps Garland Green

Not your favorite song, or singer, as some haven't a great voice, but can really sing, but who has the most amazing voice/vocal style, you have ever heard? No top 10's or even top 3's but the one

Hands down for me, whatever genre, Ella Fitzgerald.

Thats the one

Not your favorite song, or singer, as some haven't a great voice, but can really sing, but who has the most amazing voice/vocal style, you have ever heard? No top 10's or even top 3's but the one

Hands down for me, whatever genre, Ella Fitzgerald.

female voice for me: gladys knight, barbara lynn, patti hamilton

i'm not sure about the male one, levi stubbs is up there though.

Ruth Brown does it for me

Male: Jimmy Ricks

Female: Betty Lavette

imho, of course

Little Willie John. The alpha and the omega...

Female: Esther Phillips

Male: Marvin Junior (The Dells)

Thats the one

Good man Steve!

Love her work on Verve with Nelson Riddle.

Check out her awesome play list on Last FM, for anyone who doesn't know!

https://www.last.fm/music/Ella+Fitzgerald/+...;subtype=tracks

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by Trevski

Gladys Knight

Walter Jackson, has to be there, Garland Green and Esther Philips also

M

Edited March 27, 200916 yr by Mal.C.

Otis Clay live !!

Male: Jimmy Ricks

Female: Betty Lavette

imho, of course

Agree totally with Betty Lavette--Simply awesome.Also would say Linda Jones

Male--Well Who Can better Roy Hamilton

Sorry but I cant choose between these so, 3 for the price of 1

Male

David Ruffin, Levi Stubbs, & Robert Tanner

Female

Gladys Knight

James Carr

Tommy Tate.

Jerry Butler.

male - Steve Mancha

female - Esther Phillips

chris

Walter Jackson, has to be there, Garland Green and Esther Philips also

M

good shout on the first 2,also Darrell Banks.

looking at the list so far just shows how many greats we have.

kev

Tommy Tate

GREATEST SOUL VOCALIST....... JACKIE WILSON.

GREATEST VOCALIST.......AL BOWLLY.

BRI PINCH.

GREATEST SOUL VOCALIST....... JACKIE WILSON.

GREATEST VOCALIST.......AL BOWLLY.

BRI PINCH.

Al Bowley Has a great voice. First came across him on 78's my Dad had, then on the 'pennies from heaven" tv series.

Superb!

Prince Far I

The best vocalists all come from Jamaica!

I was reading this with interest and thinking but what about Walter Jackson? But then...I salute you, Mal C. And Esther Phillips! I just lurrve "Mojo Hannah"...Maybe a little leftfield but gotta consider The Mighty Sparrow? "Only A Fool..." still slays me.

Big Maybelle and Jack Montgomery.

Hi a good one? Aretha Franklin by far the greatest female soul singer even on ballads and she is almost talking a song its pure magic I would love to see her live. as for male there are so many Marvin Gaye Sam Cooke Walter Jackson Wilson Picket But on record Stand By Me by Spyder Turner is one of my faves but all time record after record and for all his great songs it must be Jackie Wilson however in true rare soul collectors mind set I could easy say the same for Otis Redding I no these are predictable but they are the all the kings of soul DAVE KIL

Big Maybelle and Jack Montgomery.

Walter Junior.there is a voice

LINDA JONES & RAY POLLARD FOR ME

I was 13 when I heard 'My heart is calling' and it blew me away. It still gets played every record room sesh at least twice.

As for the fairer, well it's got to be Gladys hasnt it for sheer breadth?

Best

Jim

LINDA JONES & RAY POLLARD FOR ME

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by familytree

Not your favorite song, or singer, as some haven't a great voice, but can really sing, but who has the most amazing voice/vocal style, you have ever heard? No top 10's or even top 3's but the one

Hands down for me, whatever genre, Ella Fitzgerald.

David Ruffin

Marvin Junior

Bobby Womack

Smokey Robinson

Lee Jones (Masqueraders)

Laura Lee

Millie Jackson

Linda Jones

Aretha

ATB Kev

what a question.. its a killer! (in a good way). .. ive been listening to yvonne fair 'it should have been me' LOVE IT! but as for listening to her on a desert island for the rest of my life well i havnt heard enough of her (im i taking this too literally?)

ive posted linda jones 'precious love' to help me decide... beautiful!... but i just cant commit...story of my life!

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then of course there is angie stone.. 'no more rain'........... sigh, love this too!.. nice gladys knight rift... going to bed with a headache, decisions decisions!

sorry im doing singers and songs... voice?!......be right back!

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by familytree

hard one this and what a question, so male vocal -BILLY STEWART, female- ARETHA FRANKLIN,

Male - Roy Hamilton

Female - Betty Lavette

First into my head was Marvin Gaye then Roy Hamilton then JJ Barnes jumped in Garland Green aaarrrrggghhhh to many then thought Luther Vandross

Female for me Margie Joseph

Hard pushed for Male has to be Garland

Very difficult cos I love that many singers. Here are a few of my faves :

Male:

Little Willie John

Jerry Jackson

Roy Hamilton

Gene McDaniels

Jimmy Beaumont

Levi Stubbs

Female:

Barbara McNair

Kim Weston

Laverne Baker

Maxine Brown

Barbara Lynn

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by suzannek

Darrell Banks!

Ian D

I've seen Phil Perry twice remember saying to the guy next to me what a voice he replied which one! yep Phil can warble a bit.

my desert Island choice

for me its levi stubbs or clyde mcphatter

NAT KING COLE

CHARLIE FUQUA

CURTIS WILLIAMS

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by HARRY CROSBY

Not your favorite song, or singer, as some haven't a great voice, but can really sing, but who has the most amazing voice/vocal style, you have ever heard? No top 10's or even top 3's but the one

Hands down for me, whatever genre, Ella Fitzgerald.

Close run thing between her and Sassy

Male vocal wise I can't decide between Tyrone Davis or Oscar Perry both have the laid back styles that I love and both could sing the phone directory