Yes! Want Me Like Water was an amazing deep house vocal.
Hard to beat Timmy on a good day. 4 octave range with that killer vibrato. So much soul.
https://youtu.be/kL2jY4H4fSg
Called the Queen for a reason, this is my favourite vocal of hers. Not her biggest or broadest, but the feeling is all there.
https://youtu.be/ct9S31oPZHg
Not a vocalist as such, but a master of cadence - Sadat X
https://youtu.be/RnEr2hht9OQ
As mentioned before, so many distinctive vocalists shine in reggae, but Winston Rodney is always top 5 for me. Bim Sherman has been represented elsewhere here, but he is also top 5.
Billy Ray Martin never sounded better than on on this collab with the Grid - just etheral magic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvYTRQPMLI
an entire club show of some of the best vocals ever
I’ll stop here and post more as the thread progresses - Top thread!!!
On the opposite end of the spectrum, who the f*ck told Stormzy he could sing?!!
I love this first Verve record. I think it’s highly underrated.
I know it’s the most cliché thing ever but Norah Jones, to me, has just the most sublime singing voice. And I like her piano playing a lot too.
man, when he jumps the octave at the end!
Right up there in the Brit vocalist stakes, her voice really works well with house stuff too.
Never heard this before, so good. Another rough diamond.
Brilliant.