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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.

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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????

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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

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

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

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This question should never have been asked :shades:

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 :lol: .

Steve J

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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 :lol:

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.

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

Thats the one :lol:

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

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Male: Jimmy Ricks

Female: Betty Lavette

imho, of course :g:

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

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

M :g:

good shout on the first 2,also Darrell Banks.

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

kev

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!

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 :lol: DAVE KIL

Big Maybelle and Jack Montgomery.

Walter Junior.there is a voice

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

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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). :lol: .. 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!

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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 whistling.gif :

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

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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

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 boxing.gif

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

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