2. music
  3. 160993-2319

The "other" singers you enjoy.........?

Most on this forum can name the well known great male and female (pop/Jazz) singers.....usually meaning the gift of a great voice with intelligent use of great song writers.  But what about those "other" singers of both genders that you enjoy that are not the "usual suspects"?

Roseanne Cash, Valerie Carter, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dinah Washington, .,...gosh, even Del Shannon (Tom Petty and several other's favorite) ....Mel Torme, Chet Baker....etc. 

.....and one that many consider a great voice,  but still often left out, Roy Orbison. 

And your "other" singers?    And,....as one of the most mentioned would say...."thank you, thank you very much".


whatjd

Showing 2 responses by dekay

dekay's avatar
dekay
5,356 posts
 
Fred Astaire and older Willy "Mink" DeVille.

Recall Burt Bacharach playing the piano/singing his own songs on a TV special (years ago) and thought he was really good for a guy without much of a voice.

Also Eric Clapton who became a good vocalist later on in his career, and the same for (older) Buck Owens.

DeKay
dekay's avatar
dekay
5,356 posts
 
Jim:

If you still do LP’s search Ebay for a box (mono) set of Fred Astaire recordings released by Easton Press.

I have numerous crappy recordings of Fred, but the Easton issues rival/top the best audiophile recordings of older material that go for big bucks.

No mention on Discdogs and very little WWW info on this publishing (mainly books) company.

I have 5-6 of their box LP sets (issued in the mid 80’s) and all are stellar.

They issued cassettes as well (no CD’s) based upon my WWW searches over the years.

Not a clue as to how they pulled it off, but the "sound quality" is truly mystically good for the old recordings.

Oh and...

Plus infinity on "what a MAN/SENTIENT BEING" Fred was.

DeKay


More to discover