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.
Mmmm. I think that’s what I meant…. But you put it much better!
Teddy, basically.
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.
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
It must have been really fucking annoying for Harold Melvin
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.
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
I’ve seen the same documentary. But i mean he recruited him in the first place because he was so good.
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.
Almost unmatched in that kind of music and everything really, an astonishing man.
https://youtu.be/rnXTcssDMNk
I’m just going to say it so it’s been said.
https://youtu.be/ciPyal6U3aY
Such a beautiful voice, effortless.
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.
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.