May 16, 200817 yr I think Dolly Parton has an awful voice - quite warbly (if that is the word) and an awful drawl (not her fault though, it's her accent) and quite unlistenable... Edited May 16, 200817 yr by Robbie
May 16, 200817 yr I think Dolly Parton has an awful voice - quite warbly (if that is the word) and an awful drawl (not her fault though, it's her accent) and quite unlistenable... Its horses for courses though really - I think she has a really sweet simple voice and she never 'over-sings' a song. I still prefer her version of In The Ghetto to Elvis (and until I'd heard Dolly singing it - I thought Elvis's couldn't be bettered). For me - awful singers are those that sing along the lines of Houston, Carey and Dion - and now - so sorry for saying this - but Lewis (yes - this is just my opinion - I know millions love them - but I can't stand all that 'over-singing') Norma
May 16, 200817 yr Its horses for courses though really - I think she has a really sweet simple voice and she never 'over-sings' a song. I still prefer her version of In The Ghetto to Elvis (and until I'd heard Dolly singing it - I thought Elvis's couldn't be bettered). For me - awful singers are those that sing along the lines of Houston, Carey and Dion - and now - so sorry for saying this - but Lewis (yes - this is just my opinion - I know millions love them - but I can't stand all that 'over-singing') Norma I have never heard Dolly Partons version of "In The Ghetto" before. But for me I love the way Elvis sings it. :cheer:
May 16, 200817 yr And the World's WORST - ever - Female Recording Artist? Mrs. Elva Miller - a USA Granny - who actually Recorded Singles & Albums in the Mid 1960's - and had HITS in the USA! She died in 1997. Her 'Greatest Hits' Album sold 250,000, in the USA, in its first 3 Weeks in 1966 - she was 57 at the time. Here is her Cover of 'Downtown' - The Petula Clark 1964/1965 Hit. (She forgets the words a few times). But, for my money, her worst ever Cover was her Version of USA Girl Group - The Toys - 'A Lovers Concerto' - every time you think Mrs. Miller has sang her worst on it, she gets even more awful! She also seems to like to sing 'Do! Do! Do! Do! Do!' over & over again, when the Female Backing Singers, do their part on their own - and then 'Granny' tries for a really high note near the end - and you wonder who was more Insane - Mrs. Miller, those who bought her Records, or the Record Company that let her near a Recording Studio!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odf0KpluvgM...feature=related I will see your Elva Miller and raise you Wing a Hong Kong recording artist http://www.wingmusic.co.nz Back In Black Over The Rainbow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef0M-u1D208...feature=related Dancing Queen
May 16, 200817 yr I have never heard Dolly Partons version of "In The Ghetto" before. But for me I love the way Elvis sings it. :cheer: You've got to give it a listen - it really is beautiful. Norma Oqh-VjHNPlI Edited May 16, 200817 yr by Shy_Talk
May 17, 200817 yr i think dolly partons voice is good, pure even, but not very strong. it is 'warbely'... but still a different class above whitney. the worst female voice of recent times has to be heather small (m people), i just cant listen to that awful tone.
May 18, 200817 yr For me they could include singer from another thread - Karen Young Also for me 2 French singers - Francoise Hardy and Mireille Mathieu Francoise Hardy - All Over The World #16 in 1965 6rW9In3kXWY Mireille Mathieu - La Deniere Valse (The Last Waltz) #26 in 1967 o5yUpFsYJOI Mireille was often compared to the great Edith Piaf w5uzdwlvWJk Edited May 18, 200817 yr by Euro Music
May 18, 200817 yr The purest voice: Sorry to be boring but it just has to be Karen Carpenter, her tone & diction were always spot on. As for the worst female voice, well it is something Beatles fans have long debated for over 30 years ......... Lennon.... JYyqc0nnH0g The Plastic Ono Band with Frank Zappa - Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (From about 2 minutes in) Or McCartney........ prH0Y4ex_m0 Linda McCartney & Wings - Oriental Nightfish
May 18, 200817 yr The Beatles fans, on the whole, are a cruel, nasty, deluded bunch, though, let's be honest. Every single Beatle wife was degraded and abused by the 'fans'. Ono was the best thing to happen to Lennon and whatever you think of her voice.... 'Walking On Thin Ice' is the best piece of music Lennon worked on after the Beatles (yes, we can all forget Imagine... please). Her solo work continues to push boundaries and if it wasn't for Ono, there'd be a lot less 'leftfield' female performers around these days. Anyway, back to topic..... I'm still smiling after reading someone claim that Celine Dion, Scary and Houston have 'pure' voices...err... I beg to differ. A pure voice is a totally unaffected, natural, clean voice - 3 things these 3 caterwaulers wouldn't know a thing about. My 'pure' singers.... Elizabeth Fraser, who has possibly the most beautiful singing voice in the world right now, Kate Bush ('Under The Ivy' shows off her vocals, as does Man With The Child In His Eyes) and, yes, however Sunday-morning-bland their muzak is, The Carpenters' Karen Carpenter can't really be faulted. Also - Virginia Astley, who sounded like a choirboy to me - but a beautifully clean, pure voice. Another is Julia Fordham, who had a gorgeous, velvety, smooth voice.
May 18, 200817 yr The Beatles fans, on the whole, are a cruel, nasty, deluded bunch, though, let's be honest. Every single Beatle wife was degraded and abused by the 'fans'. Ono was the best thing to happen to Lennon and whatever you think of her voice.... 'Walking On Thin Ice' is the best piece of music Lennon worked on after the Beatles (yes, we can all forget Imagine... please). Her solo work continues to push boundaries and if it wasn't for Ono, there'd be a lot less 'leftfield' female performers around these days. Russ, I have to put you right here. If you think Yoko Ono was the best thing that ever happened to John Lennon in a musical sense then words fail me. I'm sorry but I think Yoko Ono had the worst voice in the history of popular music.... I challenge anyone to say this is great.... 2CE7CIWXzno Yoko Ono - Why For groundbreaking challenging music by female artists Yoko is Geri Halliwell compared to the fantastic Mary Margaret O'Hara or Diamanda Galas who are the Kate Bush & Patti Smith of the genre. As for Yoko being the best thing to happen to Lennon and his legacy, then I'm sure John always wanted his post Beatles songs performed on American Idol & X-Factor and used in tacky adverts in stark contrast to the likes of Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Ray Davies & Pete Townsend who rightly abhor Simon Cowell & co. Whilst I'm sure you approve of the way Yoko has rewritten history, by remixing some of Lennon's solo albums to remove all trace of May Pangs vocals and add hers to the backing tracks; Reshot all the original videos to make a John a more media friendly "Posthumous St John" type artist, when he was anything but that. Whilst infamously on John's last album whilst alive a certain track originally sounded like.... im3AUiCGqnk John Lennon - I´m Losing You (Original version) But because Yoko hated it, he rerecorded it to her approval.... gDgusGJAGPE John Lennon - I'm Losing You (Double Fantasy version) Of course when Oasis broke big in the 1990s, the original version was unearthed by Yoko, were she claimed this was proof that John was doing what Oasis were doing. And don't get me starting on the separate allegations made by three former employees of hers & John that she specifically blocked calls & letters from old mates John, Paul & Ringo getting through to John in the last two years of his life.... ..... and you wonder why Beatles fans don't have that high opinion of Yoko Ono.
May 18, 200817 yr The purest voice: Sorry to be boring but it just has to be Karen Carpenter, her tone & diction were always spot on. As for the worst female voice, well it is something Beatles fans have long debated for over 30 years ......... Among the worst female voices for me have to be Beyonce, Whitney Houston, and Britney Spears The worst voices of all are from rappers. They can't sing one note between them (R. Kelly excepted)
May 19, 200817 yr Author There is also Petula Clark - the UK's Best Selling Female Artist - over 70 Million Records sold - the bulk of them are Singles. My favourite of hers is 'Downtown' - A UK No.2 in 1964, & USA, German etc. No.1 in 1965. It was written by Tony Hatch, for The Drifters, but when he visited Petula at her French home, & played it to her, on her piano, she persuaded him to to let her have the Song. The Clip is actually from The Dean Martin Show (1967) - USA - but, the person who has added it to YouTube, thinks it is from 'Top Of The Pops' (BBC1), in 1964 - because the BBC showed the Clip on one of its new Channels, not that long ago:, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVE7lRZuFM She married a French Man - Claude Wolff - in 1961, & began to live in France, where she became a huge Star - often Recording in French. Here is her French 1962 No.1 - 'Chariot', which I love. It was Covered by Little Peggy March in the USA, in 1963 - as 'I Will Follow Him', & that was a No.1 Hit there. 'Chariot' means 'Wagon' in French, & that is why Petula is Singing it whilst riding an 1800's American Wagon, in the Clip:, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1s0hwKkCI And here is an Edited Clip of Little Peggy March Singing the English version - 'I Will Follow Him', on USA TV in 1963 - she was 15 at the time. (The Engish Language version is NOT a direct Translation of 'Chariot'). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWjmDa79Iw...feature=related A FRENCH FEMALE 'PURE VOICE' WHOM I HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY As MOST of the 'Pure Voices' chosen in this Thread, are from the English Speaking World, I decided to look for one from Continental Europe, & I came across FRANCOISE HARDY, who was huge in France in the 1960's. She was certainly very beautiful, at the time, & was 19 when she Recorded my first choice - her first huge Hit. She wrote much of her material, herself. I think that her voice & Songs are enchanting:, I have listened to several of her French Hits, today, & I like these 2 best:, 1) 'Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles' ('All The Boys & The Girls') (1962) (Her only UK Hit).** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eee1ZuxmEGk 2) 'Mon Amie La Rose' ('My Friend The Rose') (1964) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGNpRnFNgM ** = I can hear parts that sound like:, 'Young Love' - Tab Hunter (1957), 'Donna' - Ritchie Valens (1959), & 'A Voice In The Wilderness' - Cliff Richard (1960) - in the Melody, for the 1st one! Edited May 20, 200817 yr by zeus555
May 20, 200817 yr oh i like pet clarke, although her best tracks never seemed to chart very highly.. if at all... 'colour my world' for eg, how that missed the upper reaches of the charts is beyond me. its one of those uptempo uplifting 'happy' tracks that belongs on a sunny day! :lol: (ill look it up on youtube later).
May 20, 200817 yr Another great female singer that needs to be added to the list is..... GGNLLJz4Ajw Ella Fitzgerald - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (1956) mCsxZfQqSdA EllA Fitzgerald - Georgia On My Mind (1963)
May 20, 200817 yr Author I love, 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye', by Ella Fitzgerald. I heard once that she hardly ever got requests to Sing it in the USA. Only in Europe - including the UK - was the Song a favourite of her Fans. I like her version of 'Manhatten' too.
May 20, 200817 yr this is the best i could do pet clarke colour my world OviuL0yASp8&feature=related
May 24, 200817 yr There's only Karen Carpenter really who matches the description you give. Norma I agree a pure voice is the perfect description for Karen's voice. Give me the amazing tone of her voice anyday to the ten a penny vocal warblers.
May 26, 200817 yr I agree a pure voice is the perfect description for Karen's voice. Give me the amazing tone of her voice anyday to the ten a penny vocal warblers. I agree a lot with you.....She was so perfect :wub: Karen will live in my heart, her voice will be remembered for all people who had the pleasure to hear her songs, a wonderful and amazing girl who deserved the right to live longer :wub: :wub: :heart: :heart: Two great singers, one of my favorite karen's medleys...the one from 1980 with Ella Fitzgerald. What a voice, what a talent from both!!! Click Me!!!!
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