Ridgetop Rich - SASS#42606 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Wow, that is one of the sweetest stories I've heard. Now I will probably think about it when I hear that song. I'm sure all fathers are proud of their daughters and I really do think mine is special. When she was born I was in the delivery room and they handed her to me, Awesome feeling. When I left the hospital and got in the car I turned it on and the radio came on playing the Tommy James version and it just seemed to fit. I don't hardly know her but I think I could love her, Crimson and Clover over and over. I told her about it once and years later she picked it as our dance. Today she works for Children's Miracle Network and has a little girl of her own. I'd say it worked out pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Jenny Lind. I don't remember her but I think Forty was a bus boy for her and Utah was on her security detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Much of the time I prefer to listen to female singers. I don't really rate them one of the other so would be hard pressed to say who is 'best' But were I to have to make a list, Karen Carpenter is the first name that comes to mind. If you look at my iPod and or the USB drive in my car you would see that one of my favorites is Kathy Mattea. While off the topic, I agree with BMC and others that I miss the big bands not that I was around when they were in their hey day. . Also like some Louis Armstrong now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Personally, I miss Glenn Miller, well, I don't really miss him as I have several of his band on CDs. I also like the Andrew Sisters. Throw in a Benny Goodman or two and I find most of the rest from the era as unexciting. I like a lot of the other folks of the period including Sachmo and Red Nickles but they were more individual acts than big bands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Personally, I miss Glenn Miller, well, I don't really miss him as I have several of his band on CDs. I also like the Andrew Sisters. Throw in a Benny Goodman or two and I find most of the rest from the era as unexciting. I like a lot of the other folks of the period including Sachmo and Red Nickles but they were more individual acts than big bands Ibid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Big bands were the entertainment of their time and had top talent. The movies cashed in on that in the late 30s and early 40s with blockbuster movies that featured them. Vocalist were in high demand and some folks made some great careers out of them. Not only did the bands appear in movies, but traveled all over the country to play in local music halls to a public wanting to get away from the depression and the war. Doris Day comes to mind as well as Helen O'Connell and Jo Stafford. Always liked Jo's voice. The Andrew Sisters was another top draw. Getting back to female vocalist, I suspect that their appeal is a combination of a lot of things, their voice, their looks, and how the emotions of the listener were at the time. Sometimes listening the old songs bring back memories of good times and bad times and that is a big influence with me. I suspect with others also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Jenny Lind. I don't remember her but I think Forty was a bus boy for her and Utah was on her security detail. THis from a guy who remembers when guitars only had one string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 THis from a guy who remembers when guitars only had one string. And harps had two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I shall never forget, nor should we, Connie Francis...... And she didn't make many records but Anita Bryant was easy to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit Bull Tex Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Mine in my 9 year old granddaughter when she is in my lap singing My God is Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echeconnee Drifter Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 You're all wrong. Unfortunately the most beautiful female voice of all time has been silenced. My Aunt Peggy had a stroke a couple weeks ago and is never gonna wake up again. She had a voice like a song bird. Anyhow, there are a lot of good runners-up though. Lots of people have mentioned some of the best, so I'm gonna stretch out and find some that ain't been thought of yet. I have a strong preference for voices that sound like they're talking when they're actually singing. If the singing's too fancy, you can't hardly understand what they're saying. Here's a good example. Jessi Colter. Never made it big, but she did sing probably the best song ever recorded by a female vocalist. The first may very well still be the best. Mother Maybelle Carter And the most confident singer ever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFDWeq3YNaY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Howdy, And no votes for Celine Dion or Whitney Houston? Hmmmmmm. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I know she's not the best voice of all time.......but here was a time I felt she was singing what I felt...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPzcZNgVfpA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Lacy J. Dalton. A lady that wasn't very well know but a gal that had a very unique voice. She's always been on my female favorites list. Here's a couple my favorite song of hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetop Rich - SASS#42606 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Cool version. Love that guitar sound. I'd know a Fender Deluxe Reverb anywhere. Pretty amazing harmonica work too (dont' think I've ever seen that many harp changes in one solo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6atUODsWGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Wow I almost forgot Dusty Springfield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6atUODsWGs She did a fabulous job of The Weight on the Easy Rider album. The Band version was not available for the movie album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Howdy, And no votes for Celine Dion or Whitney Houston? Hmmmmmm. Best CR I mentioned , Dolly Parton, WhitneyHouston, and Mariah Carey earlier. Oddly no one else concurred. When Dolly or Whitney sings 'I will always love you" the chill bumps get to me. That said, Linda Rondstadt, Alison Krauss, and Patty Loveless are my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 There are any number of female performers who have wonderful stage presence, talent, and unique voices. There are only a very very few whose voices are actually beautiful! Many are mentioned here in this thread who are truly unique, and beauty is extremely difficult to define, but only a couple of them actually have what I consider BEAUTIFUL voices. Others will choose by their own definition of beauty and none of them are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 What is perhaps the greatest test of the female voice? The Queen of the Night aria. Diana Damrau's is hard to beat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 All the listed singers are good if not real good but I wonder how many of you have ever heard of LARA FABIAN? Go on line and look her up and play the song she wrote: A broken Vow I fell in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahomabound Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 https://youtu.be/DDkCe2cUHAA This be Shania Twain.... sings and is easy on the eye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sarge Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'm a big fan of symphonic/operatic metal bands. Here's the Finnish band Nightwish with Tarja Turunen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks Griz. Karen Carpenter is far and away the best voice. Lots of the aforementioned are good, beautiful women but few have such a voice. I love Alison Kraus as much for the songs she chooses as for her voice. Tenille of Captain and Tenille makes my navel tingle when she sings "Muskrat Love" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Hmmm...Rosemary Clooney wasn't half bad back when radios had tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Harry, SASS #24924 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Any one of these ladies Agree 100%. Been to 3 of their Concerts. And the chick with the fiddle is also fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'm surprised no-one had mentioned one of the best voices of recent times. The "Alberta Songbird", KD Lang. I have two different high end sound systems, one tube based (McIntosh), and one digital, (Krell) and her DRAG album is breathtaking on both. Her cover of Roy Orbison's CRYING is legendary but only shows a fraction of her abilities. what do you think Blackwater?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I always thought she was wonderful, but I'm sticking with the ladies I first posted. Ain't it cool that we have so many to choose from?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliope Cupcake #13981 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield, Ronnie Spector, Joni Mitchell, Laurie Lieberman, Karen Carpenter, Laura Nyro, Whitney Houston, Reba, Amy Grant, Terry Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Kathie Baillie was very underrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16mSUBGvjI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 One word......Enya OK, two more words......Judith Durham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird 61147 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Whitney Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 One word......Enya OK, two more words......Judith Durham Wyatt, these two are also favorites of mine. And Judith Durham...well, I've had a terrible crush on her for 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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