Which singer has the best voice?

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   Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

   Genre doesn't matter. Can be male or female.
   What singer do you think has (or had) a KILLER set of pipes?
   
   I'll start with the one and only Freddie Mercury
   
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbFLYa0_bw

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      kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Taiwan singer hits all the right notes as YouTube clip goes viral
      By ANNIE HUANG
      The Associated Press
      TAIPEI, Taiwan
      
      As a younger man, Taiwan's Lin Yu-chun sang for hours on end, trying to get his mind off the sneers he endured because of his portly figure.
      
      The round-faced soprano with the bowl haircut never imagined his voice would one day transform him into an international sensation.
      
      But now, he is being compared to Britain's Susan Boyle, the plain-looking 48-year-old who shot to stardom after singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent."
      
      Lin's Whitney Houston-like rendition of "I Will Always Love You" on Taiwan's "Avenue to Stardom" talent show last Friday has already racked up some 1.3 million views on YouTube, and the number is climbing fast.
      
      For the 24-year-old with the disparaging nickname of "Little Fatty," the event has been a life-changer.
      
      "I now have more confidence in pursuing a singing career," Lin told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "You don't have to be a good-looking man or woman to succeed. Just be yourself and try your best."
      
      Lin said he had long suffered from a lack of self-confidence because of his plain looks and rotund figure.
      
      "Being fat draws a lot of mockery in our society," he said.
      
      To cope with the pain of his exclusion, he locked himself in his room and sang along with the songs of Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.
      
      But the artist who really grabbed him was Houston — particularly the song "I Will Always Love You," from the soundtrack to the 1992 film "The Bodyguard."
      
      "I played it again and again even though my parents couldn't stand it any more and asked me to stop," Lin said.
      
      Lin has had a bumpy start to stardom.
      
      After graduating from college last year, he failed to make much of an impression on another Taiwanese talent show, where judges criticized both his looks and his high-pitched voice.
      
      "One said I should instead pursue the career of a comedian, and another questioned whether it was right for a man to sing soprano," he said.
      
      Now all that is behind him.
      
      "(The show) has reinvigorated me," he said.
      
      Still, Lin said, he is doing his best not to let his new found fame go to his head.
      
      "I'm trying not to be overwhelmed," he said.
      
      
      TRUST  ME ON THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-tOsM6F4Y

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      qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Celine Dion...her voice causes goose bumps!
      Qwark

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      kiragirl04posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      celine dion.... Did you hear the christmas song?

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   thooghunposted 14 years ago

   I concur with your choice, Freddie had such an amazing, powerful and unique voice. He stood, and continues to, stand out.
   
   I have always adored he flexibility of Eddie Vedder's voice. For those who don't recognize the name, he is the lead singer of Pearl Jam.
   
   Here's a snippet of what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRUGvArWXLk

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      wyanjenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Vedder is one of the best.
      

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   wyanjenposted 14 years ago

   Awesome topic!
   
   Freddie is tops.
   
   I'm listening to Brent Smith a lot lately:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B89Osfj8dg

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   getitriteposted 14 years ago

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qlDveUeVNk

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   Jayne Lancerposted 14 years ago

   Otis Redding, James Brown, Tom Jones, Joe Cocker; the first few that come to mind.

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years ago

   ...there are so many...but when I think of women who could really belt it out....Aretha Franklin comes to mind....
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA

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      kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      mom
      
      don't freak out so hang out please for 5 cause I am about to call you out for a 4some challenge and your the only one Id want to do this with its against 2 staff 1 hub u c?
      
      this will either explode-use to that or as i expect not only be fun.....but.......10 min tops
      
      game on!!!!!!!!!!  :

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   Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

   Had not heard of this guy, Kimberly. Thx.
   They don't call Aretha the Queen of Soul for nuthin!
   
   Here's a lady I think has the most distinctive, amazing voice in rock. This is one of my fave songs of hers -- circa 1983, but shows her range oh so well:
   Ms. Annie Lennox:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oTHm2Tb … re=related

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   kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years ago

     my voice is amazing, hold listen, [clears throat............]
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   what did you think?

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ...that was great....turn the volume up next time will ya?

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         kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         pee.

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            Tony Starkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Still peeing !

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         SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         ...i'll give it a go.....i'll use a mic
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         did ya like it?

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            nikmaya62posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I like it,,, She has a strong caracter...

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   Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

   Good one, getitrite. That song is totally HAUNTING!
   
   Here's Aretha and Annie together:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pu0Fn1oRN4

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ...good one...Annie's voice is amazing too!.....and ....i'm struggling with this...I recall Cher can belt it out...i'm not a fan however.

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      camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      YouTube won't let me watch this in my country, but I guess it must be 'Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves'. Two fantastic voices - was one of my favourite songs in the eighties.

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    It matches yer hair, at least!

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    hmm, I would have to agree with Eddie Vedder..
    Steve Perry - from Journey fame.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-BOipyWv3Y
    
    
    natalie merchant is one of my favorites. her voice is amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FpUhtfbBY
    
    another favorite Diana Krall
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCgf6_M7i4

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       tony0724posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Good call. I really like Diana Krall.

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    klarawieckposted 14 years ago

    Whitney Houston - shame she's had so many health problems.

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    camloposted 14 years ago

    Tina Turner!
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra12L1Bl … re=related

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Bummer camlo! I didn't realize there was that kind of censorship in Germany! Yikes.
    Yes, it's Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves -- a great song (and the video is cool, too).
    
    Why don't you post a song/artist that you are allowed to view on YouTube?

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       camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It's something to do with broadcasting rights (UMG in this case).
       I just posted the Tina Turner Video above. I suppose she has the voice I most admire.

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Oh yeah, I love TT also.
    She is amazing -- always has been.
    The best thighs in the biz!

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    SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years ago

    ..yea Tina is pretty cool...still is...
    
    my fav song that she sings (CCR song)....Proud Mary....
    
    she looks like she just has so much fun and her energy has always been amazing....movin' and groovin' while still belting it out....
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqIpkMDRjYw

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       camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Really enjoyed that, SomewayOuttaHere. Thanks!

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Holy Toledo -- look at that outfit!
    Yeah, she's a character!
    This song is particularly poignant because she used to sing it with Ike back in the day. Before she escaped from the abuse and became a star and he became a has-been.

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       SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       yep...and she didn't look back i'm sure...i see alot of power within her....

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    nikipaposted 14 years ago

    Me, singing Diana by Paul Anka

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       SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       okay...let's hear it......

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          nikipaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Well, I haven't posted in on YouTube yet, but I provide here the opinion my overseas friends who listen to it.

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             SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             that's good...one day you'll post for us!

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    Ben Evansposted 14 years ago

    Roy Orbison had an incredible sweet sounding voice.   While Ozzy Osbourne was not in the category of good voices he had an incredible range.
    
    We cant forget Minnie Riperton for those real high notes.  I thought I would throw that one in.  I don't know why.  It actually makes me want to climb the walls .

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       SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       ..yea Roy Orbison did have a sweet voice...loved Johnny Cash's voice too.....  there are so many amazing singers!

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          Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Johnny Cash is great.
          
          Have you seen Iggy Pop's "Punk Rocker" with the Teddy Bears.  He actually sounds a lot like Johny Cash.  60+ Iggy Pop wow not the best voice but I think the song is cool and I heard it first about 5 years ago on Cadillac commercial.
          
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P09rxVaQAM

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             SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             ...that was good...thanks for showing me that....go Iggy!

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                SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                ...i'm sure you heard Johnny's version of Hurt....it's sad..but I love it.
                
                http://vimeo.com/10372748

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                   Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   That is a good one.  I always think of songs like burning ring of fire but that was the first time I heard that.  It is sad.  It is a good song.

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    SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years ago

    ...here's one for you Ben...not the best singer but...had this song playin' in my head today for some reason
    
    
    'woke up this morning, my dog was dead...."
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9onbJfiLCV0

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       Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Oh yea Nazerath. That is a good song.  They can belt out some blues.  Now you have me going. 
       
       or "Walking the Dog"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SD9kZJYn2s
       
       Not bluesy enough so
       
       How about a little Peter Green?
       
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg
       
       Good Saturday night blues.

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          SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          thank you for those....good stuff!
          
          i'm a big aerosmith fan...
          
          "Oh well"..that's a good one!
          
          i don't know why but....Steve Miller was a fav at one time...still hear the joker in my head from time to time....there are so many good songs, now, then  and they'll ring on forever.....later gater...Thanks Ben!
          
          
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFV2iG3dnpU

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             Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Stevie Guitar Miller.  I love Steve Miller.
             
             Now talk about voices:  Burton Cummings of The Guess Who
             
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcSXmFFVfE

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                Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                oops looks like I got a Spanish sub-titled.  Oh well. 

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    blondepoetposted 14 years ago

    Apart from me I reckon it is Celine Dion.

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    KCC Big Countryposted 14 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cc8TI1KomU
    
    OMG.....probably the most amazing female voice I've heard is KD Lang.  When she sings Roy Orbison's "Crying".....OMG.

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    SomewayOuttaHereposted 14 years ago

    yea...KD is quite the singer....

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    blondepoetposted 14 years ago

    Jimmy Barnes omg we cannot forget him as well.
    Loves me like a sister dum dee
    Loves me like an only child ahh eee
    Loves me like a sister wee wee
    Loves me like an only child bop bop
    She's my connection
    I'll hold on
    And never, never, never let her down
    Cause she's alone dum dee
    And she loves me like an only child
    Yea yea dum dee dahhh

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    A la carteposted 14 years ago

    For me Suzzane Claichair takes some beating but there are so many out there...Elvis, Dean martin, Frank Sinatra and oh yes..Neil Young is sensational

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    KCC Big Countryposted 14 years ago

    This is another great male singer:
    
    Conway Twitty
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67GSo3MxGi0
    
    and
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZL10ox … re=related

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    thanks for including this link. gorgeous song. Eddie Vedder's work on the soundtrack, Into the Wild is simply brilliant. his music and voice really made the movie breathe.
    another one from the movie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwNEbFq … re=related
    
    Evenflow - pearl jam
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bxH4O0 … re=related

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    IGGY!!! I think his voice actually got better with .... I was gonna say age, but I wonder if "chemical enhancement" would be more accurate. Here's a performance from 1977. You gotta wait for it.... but it's worth it!
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD5X5OGLySI

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       Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Iggy was sure a showman.  I haven't seen that on before.  In the same genre I like Blonde "Heart of Glass"  The voice sounds so good.
       
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXlaOsNBDkk&ob=av2e

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    logic,commonsenseposted 14 years ago

    George Thorogood is pretty good!

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Need some more women on our list.
    Some great ones so far -- Diana Krall, wow.
    And kd + tony b together = magic!!!!
    
    So for a really, really distinctive female voice, here are TWO that I really, really like:
    
    Fiona Apple and Joss Stone
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgEu12FjeCo
    
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBH8o8XXnVM

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       Ben Evansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       How about Imogen Heap.  This is the voice that was sampled for Jason Derulo's Whatcha say.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIAfiVGluk
       
       Aretha Franklin
       
       Lotte Lenya  The original "Mack the Knife"  In German of course. 
       
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPG9GcykPIY
       
       Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane
       
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE
       
       
       and as I said before Minnie Riperton (My ears will be painful)
       
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    George Thorogood rocks,too!!

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    I like Celine a lot. her voice is so powerful and beautiful.
    
    and I also love sasha lazard - trained opera singer, beautiful
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XhRl5gq … playnext=1
    these songs are part of the Modigliani soundtrack
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtFXaDW … playnext=2

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Stunning, rebekahELLE.
    And she's beautiful, too!

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    STING!
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX4jAplZb0Y   The Shape Of My Heart

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    koraydposted 14 years ago

    id say mariah carey and whitney houston
    http://hubpages.com/_koray/hub/Yahoo-Mail-vs-Gmail

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    also emmylou harris

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    All great additions -- thank you!
    Ben Evans -- PLEASE stop with the Minnie Ripperton!
    I cannot think of her without thinking of her "famous" song Loving You. Just the thought of it islike nails on a chalkboard!

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    tony0724posted 14 years ago

    Boy there are so many good singers over the years. My list would be
    Bryan Ferry
    Roy Orbison
    Barbara Stiesand
    Janis Joplin
    Stevie Wonder
    Robert Plant
    
    And the up and comer in the bunch is a gal called Imelda May from Ireland. I wrote a hub about her. Also a guy who really does not get mentioned that much named Jeff Buckley
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMXjunS … re=channel

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    And then there's Paul Rodgers -- Free, Bad Company, and now fronting Queen. What a VOICE, OMG!!!
    
    Turn the volume up to 11!!!!
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuxb-m4-ng

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    thirdmilleniumposted 14 years ago

    Don williams?  Any takers?

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    schoolgirlforrealposted 14 years ago

    Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Steve Perry, Ann Wilson, and yes Freddie Mercury

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Post a YouTube of Don Williams,pls!

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       KCC Big Countryposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfq9sTgEKZc

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       thirdmilleniumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaAxvD3MD8
       
       MIghty mom
       The best song of Don I think

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          KCC Big Countryposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          That is a very pretty song by Don.  Thanks for sharing it.  I posted "Amanda" further up.  It's one of my Don W fav's.

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Ann Wilson -- absolutely!

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    tony0724posted 14 years ago

    I do a pretty killer version of " Poker Face ".

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       tony0724posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       My legs are better then you might think !

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    You missed open mic. We had that earlier today.
    But we'll open it back up for you, Tony.
    Gotta be in costume, tho. How about a meat dress, maybe?

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    KCC Big Countryposted 14 years ago

    What about the wonderful harmony of The Gatlin Brothers?
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6066JG-KyYA

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    KCC Big Countryposted 14 years ago

    I always loved Gary Morris as a country singer, but his opera is beautiful:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmVAfYTeKo

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Tony, you are a god from head to toe!
    
    Gotta go for the night.
    Carry on if you wish, music lovers!
    
    xo,
    MM

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    Here's another singer whose voice is haunting and unusual.
    Sarah MacLachlan
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4RsCfL_fA

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    khmohsinposted 14 years ago

    there are many singers, I love to hear their voice.
    
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    U2, Enrique, Celine Dion.... and many many many more....

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