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Post Number:#16  Postby Bighuey » 07 Sep 2011, 09:32

If we are talking about dead singers Elvis and Frank Sinatra are among the best. Also Eddie Fisher was up there, too. He may still be alive, dont know for sure. He's Carrie Fisher's dad.
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Post Number:#17  Postby Ant » 07 Sep 2011, 17:09

One of my favourite singers is Barbara Streisand.....a wonderful voice.
I also like Neil Diamond, Shakira, Madonna and John Lennon.
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Post Number:#18  Postby Cal Trask » 13 Sep 2011, 15:01

My current favorite singer is Josh T. Pearson and his album 'Last of the Country Gentlemen'. Hard to sum up his sound, kind of southern-gothic. I have also been lucky enough to secure tickets for a gig he is doing in my home town of Leeds on Sept 26th.

Favorite singers of all time? Way too many to mention. Top of my list would be Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Elvis, and Steve Marriott of the British 60's band The Small Faces. Easily the best white soul singer I have ever heard.
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Post Number:#19  Postby Tralala » 21 Sep 2011, 19:56

Imelda May, Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, India Arie, Cat Power, Rickie Lee Jones, Tift Merritt. Scott H. Biram, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Uncle Tupelo, Shannon Hoon, Townes Van Zandt. MOJO NIXON! Yeah!
How perfectly goddamned delightful it all is, to be sure.
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Post Number:#20  Postby Bighuey » 21 Sep 2011, 20:20

Its been a day or two since I heard the name Wanda Jackson, that goes back a ways.
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Post Number:#21  Postby Tralala » 21 Sep 2011, 23:55

She was just in Milwaukee (Summerfest) a couple-three months ago. I had to work. A friend of mine went and recorded it on her iphone or smartphone or whatever those things are. So I got to see Wanda on a teeny-tiny screen. Still sounded great, though!
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Post Number:#22  Postby Bighuey » 22 Sep 2011, 08:32

She must be about 140 years old by now, I remember her from the late 50's and early 60's.
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Post Number:#23  Postby Tralala » 23 Sep 2011, 15:56

She's still rockin'!
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Post Number:#24  Postby Abracadabra » 27 Sep 2011, 20:34

Ant wrote:One of my favourite singers is Barbara Streisand.....a wonderful voice.
I also like Neil Diamond, Shakira, Madonna and John Lennon.


Yeah, my vote goes out for Barbara Streisand too. She's really put's heart and soul into every song she sings.
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Post Number:#25  Postby Hannellene » 28 Sep 2011, 01:46

i love stefanie sun, she is very nice, and sing great
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Post Number:#26  Postby Tralala » 09 Feb 2012, 01:12

Brendan Brown, Lucinda Williams, David Johansen, Marc Bolan, Little Esther, Cherie Currie, Susan Tedeschi, Jon Spencer. Pine Leaf Boys!
How perfectly goddamned delightful it all is, to be sure.
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Post Number:#27  Postby Bighuey » 09 Feb 2012, 11:25

Slim Whitman, Hank Sr., Sleepy Labeef, Dennis Day, Howard Keel, Elton Britt, Glenn Yarborough are among my favorites.
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Post Number:#28  Postby sreelavanya » 13 Feb 2012, 06:18

i like Aretha Franklin
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Post Number:#29  Postby powernick » 16 Feb 2012, 01:45

i like Akon and Eminem...!
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Post Number:#30  Postby Tralala » 16 Feb 2012, 02:36

Joanna Newsom's voice gives me the creeps. Kinda in a good way, kinda in a creepy way. I picture her singing to her reflection in a mirror while she slowly pulls all of the hair out of her head...one strand at a time.

Jesse Dayton, Tom Dickson, Harry Choates, Uncle Dave Macon (that man could PROJECT!), whomever sings for I Can Lick Any Son-of-a-B***h in the House, Josie Cotton, Maxine Sullivan, Lavern Baker.

Sorry if I've repeated any...
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