Voices that 'do it for you'

Phil_aka_Pip

Maire Brennan

Karen Matheson

James Taylor

Jonathan Kelly

Donnie Munro

Ian Gillan

Sonny Boy Williamson II

Carole King (sometimes, when I'm in the right mood)

odd this, tbh, because voices are not the first thing I usually listen to on records.

dindude

Some good ones already. The ones that do it for me are usually the ones with little technical ability but a lot of character, so would add Neil Young, Michael Stipe, Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)

historyisjunk

Definitely agree Shirley Manson.
Lucinda Williams
Bettye Lavette
Robert Gordon
Howling Wolf
Paul Westerberg
JJ Cale
Maddy Prior
Tallis Scholars
Capella Nova

digitalscream

Bruce Dickinson

Geoff Tate (when he was actually good, meaning pre-1998)

P!nk

Myles Kennedy

Sully Erna (for my angry moments)

...and the singer in my band. She's that good.

Rocker

JJ Cale, Christy Moore, Colm CT Wilkinson, Willard White, Karen Carpenter, Tony Joe White.

Grunfeld

Natalie Merchant singing "Ophelia" has a quality that I find sublime.  She's a good singer but something magical happened the night she she recorded that.  A song she sang called "Noah's Dove" when she was with 10,000 Maniacs has a similar quality but that's more melancholy, not so intense.

Dolorean.  I've forgotten the name of the singer but his voice... I love it, because it expresses perfectly the emotion.  You feel that connection. 

I want to think of someone with a happy voice!

AlexHunter

I also forgot Terry Reid!

Rave

Kurt Cobain
Prince
Layne Staley
Steve Marriott

Bellycaster

Don't laugh, but if they've not already been mentioned.

Dusty Springfield

Shirley Bassey, especially the theme from Love Story, Where Do I Begin

daveww

Paul Robeson

Nat King Cole

Dionne Warwick

Nina Simone

Freddie Mercury

Janis Joplin

Etta James

Jeff Buckley

Otis Reading

Robert Plant

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Bellycaster;29503" said:

Dusty Springfield

She had a stunning voice....

mudslide73

Aside from the others mentioned above (Marriott, Rodgers, Buckley ect.) I've always liked Daryl Hall for some reason... I heard "Man Eater" on the radio the other day and it blew me away.

Paul_C

Jenny Lewis

Elvis Costello (up to about Spike)

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Kebabkid;29230" said:

Christine Collister

She used to sing with Richard Thomson, didn't she? And lived in Heaton Moor near me... She's got a great voice.

Kebabkid

richardhomer;29789" said:

[quote="Kebabkid;29230"]Christine Collister

She used to sing with Richard Thomson, didn't she? And lived in Heaton Moor near me... She's got a great voice.
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She did and also had a duo with another folk guitarist, Clive Gregson.
Her live solo album is terrific and she's definitely one of the UK's unsung heroines!

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Kebabkid;29824" said:

She did and also had a duo with another folk guitarist, Clive Gregson.

Clive used to be a regular customer at my friend Arthur Bird's music shop, 'Guitar Player' in Rochdale (which closed in the early '90s). He bought a green custom built Tele from there - which IIRC correctly, was made by an English builder - I can't remember who.

I saw him (with Christine Collister) on Richard Thompson's 'Daring Adventures' tour playing that guitar.

Ah the memories are flooding back... I'll just open another Werther's Original...

Deadman

I forgot to add The King.

mike_l

Bruce Dickinson

Geoff Tate (before he went mental and sued everyone)

Todd La Torre (Tate's replacement in Queensryche)

James Hetfield (Excluding the load/reload/St Anger abominations) preferably MOP/Justice for all/ Black album

Alice Cooper

Ricky Warwick (in the Almighty), slightly less in Thin Lizzy/BSR but still not bad

I know that's six.........

equalsql

Stevie Wonder (in the 70s)
Todd Rundgren
Chris Robinson
Raphael Saadiq - great in Lucy Pearl

Bonnie Raitt
Susan Tedeschi - these two are soul sisters!
Rickie Lee Jones - Girl At Here Volcano: My Funny Valentine.. just floors me

kelvinburn

Little Richard, Tom Waitts, Nic Cave, Andy Bell