Great voices only. Post a pic of a great voice.

[ohiosmith]

[Ptah]

1. Here:

[ohiosmith]

8. Damn right!

:toast:

[BrendaBrick]

25. I have that Janis "cheap thrills" album.

Turtle blues is it?

[charlie and algernon]

2. One of the more unique rock and roll voices

[ohiosmith]

16. Absolutely.

:toast:

[BiggJawn]

3. The late, great, Gary Gears.

From back when "Radio Voice" meant something...

[ohiosmith]

18. Good one.

:toast:

[hifiguy]

4. Here are a couple

Sandy Denny and Annie Haslam

[ohiosmith]

20. Yep!

:toast:

[LeftinOH]

5. Not a singer, but a voice which I envy:

[ohiosmith]

30. Outstanding!

:toast:

[livetohike]

6. Since Ptah already posted Janis.....I will post Joni

:-)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/30382871/Joni+Mitchell.jpg

[ohiosmith]

38. Outstanding!

:toast:

[Bake]

7. Not to be too technical, but you can't post a pic of a voice.

You can, however, post a pic of a person WITH a great voice.

Glad to clear that up.

:hi:

Bake

[Ptah]

9. Whitney Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf13OsCkYYA

[Bake]

10. Yep, she has/had some great pipes.

:hi:

Bake

[ornotna]

11. A great voice

[geardaddy]

12. "THE voice"

[ohiosmith]

41. Not so fast there sonny, this is THE voice:

[geardaddy]

43. Ok, "the MALE voice."

[ohiosmith]

45. Thank you!

[geardaddy]

47. No, Merci!

[geardaddy]

13. Kiri

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. you have very good taste.

I concur.

[dbt]

14. She's ten feet tall:

:loveya:

[bluesbassman]

15. Linda R.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/53561683/Linda+Ronstadt+linda20.jpg

[SCantiGOP]

36. I might go with Linda at her peak

Her first album with Nelson Riddle is also terrific.

[rdking647]

17. miss nadirah shakoor

[ohiosmith]

49. Good choice!

:toast:

[Flaxbee]

19. Bonnie...

Nina Simone:



John Hiatt:



Jose Carreras:

[ohiosmith]

50. Love em all!

:toast:

[KamaAina]

21. My dear friend Dana

and since you presumably haven't heard her, here are some samples:

http://starabella.com/music-content/soundtrack/

http://starabella.com/music-content/a-new-beginning/

:loveya:

[Odin2005]

26. She's awesome!

:D

[KamaAina]

34. Her sister Tara ain't shabby, either

Tara is the one who composed the music and performs it on keyboards. She is also Autistic, like us. The story is about her; see the hidden "Tara" in "Starabella"? :loveya:

[Aristus]

22. Don LaFontaine. R.I.P.

And a sample of his work, including the iconic intro, "In a world where..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8

[ohiosmith]

56. Cool!

:toast:

[betharina]

23. not a singer,

http://www.bam.org/viewdocument.aspx?did=3559

alan rickman.

[Skittles]

24. Ronnie James Dio

[BrendaBrick]

27. Loving you by Minnie Riperton

Was probably a blink in the charts...but I will never forgot her high, toe-curling, absolutely sweet vocals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg

[Rob H.]

28. The late, great Sam Cooke

[csziggy]

29. How about a video?

Paul Robeson - Old Man River
http://youtu.be/iEQEeNhtosg

[begin_within]

31. I'm sure I'll get torn to shreds for this...

[hifiguy]

37. You won't get any rips from me.

Sinatra was Sinatra, nuff said. Lousy person but an artist of the highest caliber.

Nat Cole was a great singer and a hell of a jazz pianist before he became famous as a singer.

Karen Carpenter had a gift that blows the mind of anyone knowledgeable about music. You can not be taught to sing the way she did, you either can or you can't. Very few can. Her phrasing was in the same league with Sinatra and Tony Bennett and you don't get any better than that.

k. d. land just makes me swoon, especially "Constant Craving." Another stone cold natural.

Not a Judy Garland fan, but I take your point.

[begin_within]

40. Thank you

Quite a few times I've mentioned Karen Carpenter on this forum and inevitably someone rips into the Carpenters, usually based on their hit singles, many of which were corny or lightweight. But her voice had an amazing sound to it and I agree, you can't learn to sound like that, you have to be born with it. As for Judy Garland, I know not everyone's a fan and that's fine. If you have 4 minutes to spare check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3SjisivsA

[Tom Ripley]

48. Not by me: Karen Carpenter had a beautiful, rich voice

[deutsey]

55. I agree. She's not someone I'd go out of my way to listen to

but that's mainly because, however corny her songs may be and beautiful her voice was, her voice always makes me sad.

[BlueJazz]

53. I think your choices are fine.

:)

[astral]

61. I love Karen Carpenter's voice, too.

I understand she really wanted to step out of the Brother-Sister-pop-tunes cage and do some solo stuff of her own chooseing but was being pushed back hard. She wasn't just "The Carpenters." She didn't live long enough to break out into the individual talented songstress that she was.

[Auggie]

32. Mel Blanc

[dawg]

33. RIP

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ALX7o6zZ7L0/RvZS1iFKciI/AAAAAAAAAtk/Tli8vbqsy_c/s400/Larry+Munson.jpg

[jakeXT]

35. .

[mvd]

39. One of the newer ones

A Fine Frenzy

Some older ones:

[Maccagirl]

44. I love all of your choices.

n/t

[mvd]

46. Thanks, Maccagirl!

:hi:

[Brother Buzz]

51. I always favored the one on the left, but all had great voices

[annabanana]

52. Ok.

. Patsy Cline!

[kentauros]

54. Click the image for a sample

and to find out who he is :hi:

[Withywindle]

57. Here are some

These are voices I KNOW in my spine. I can hear only one syllable from each of them and feel compelled to sit my ass down and listen.






(Diamanda Galas)



(Tom Waits)




(Nick Cave)




(Don Van Vliet/Captain Beefheart)





(Caetano Veloso)




(Patti Smith)

[Atman]

58. LP

Sorry, no pic (there is one on YouTube, but the link below is much better quality).

http://m.soundcloud.com/lp-rock/lp-into-the-wild-mix

[astral]

59. Bonnie Bramlett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgLlSZo1rA

[Taverner]

62. +100000

The only Caucasian to sing with the Ikettes...

[Taverner]

60. Mick

[sakabatou]

63. Gackt

Redemption

[Kennah]

64. Barbra

This was one of her most amazing live performances.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-KPGh3wysw

[Kennah]

65. Ray