Two of my favourites. 
George Eliezer I think done vocals with Creative Force
This is a brilliant thread - so many hit the spot for me for different reasons.
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Mmmm. I think that’s what I meant…. But you put it much better!
Teddy, basically.
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Yeah sorry didn’t mean to lecture you, it’s a little weird that they were called Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes when they had a different front man for years. May not be obvious to all.
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Evelyn “Champagne” King - no one ever sang the word “over” like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAujn1bn24I
Dot Allison
Lou Rawls - just pure honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-awYnPUJw
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It must have been really fucking annoying for Harold Melvin
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It was lol, I watched a doc about Teddy recently, ol’ Harry was a bit of a diva and didn’t like the attention Teddy Bear was getting.
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i love a pure, powerful voice but i love a voice with a lot of character as well - here’s one of the first ones i think of
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I’ve seen the same documentary. But i mean he recruited him in the first place because he was so good.
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Weightless gorgeousness…
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Remember when i heard her the first time when i was 12, she’s incredible!
https://youtu.be/AKoKpYsTz9c
“Right now we all belong to luther” anybody read the biography about him?
https://youtu.be/MJVFROvlfjE
And maybe not as good as the other two but totally amazing in his own way.
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I could go on and on but Scott oh my.
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Almost unmatched in that kind of music and everything really, an astonishing man.
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https://youtu.be/rnXTcssDMNk
I’m just going to say it so it’s been said.
https://youtu.be/ciPyal6U3aY
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Such a beautiful voice, effortless.
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In 2007 I was walking to my gate at the Houston airport and someone pushing a wheelchair cut across - in the chair was Little Richard and he was animated, cackling about something. It was like a dream… he was astonishing indeed.
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Charles Webster can pick a voice, Terra Diva. Beautiful.
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THE LADIES, THE LADIES!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtTmZnVhhI
shara’s done a ton of great work, but this was the first time i heard her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjGpGNwe1c
dot’s forever a favorite. walked down the aisle to this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxpYHMwxWg
rebecca rose harris is a relatively new obsession - she’s got that deeeep power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0lYlBcapyg
billie ray martin has a fuckin’ flamethrower of a voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3nxanAgUOM
sarah’s always been a delight.
yukimi - so unique and she’s brightened up SO many records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOT9bBIaJlY
skye has another one of those instantly recognizable voices and of course the lyrics are amazin
for a while there - nicolette ruled the rave. another completely unique voice.
chaka - in the pantheon, none more joyous.
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Awesome ! You may have seen this interview, its so good
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