Other MALE Singers
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Mike (Rutherford) + The Mechanics (with the other late singer Paul Young who died of a heartattack back in July 15, 2000 at 53 years old) "You Are The One" (from the late 1985 self-titled album) This song should have been the 4th & final single but Atlantic Records decided not to release it.
Mark-T
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The Living Years is perhaps one of the greatest records ever.
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JohnFB
She was born to belong to the lines of a song...
Wonderful song! Great vocal, great arrangement, great message... Always loved this...
rockdoctor
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David Gates and Bread was a big favorite of mine as well. Such a calming, and touching voice. Great topic, John.
Another male singer that has meant a lot to me is Engelbert Humperdinck. It was nice to read in an interview from recent years that his favorite female singer is Karen Carpenter. So besides having a smooth, phenomenal voice, he's got great taste as well.
This was the first song I ever heard by Engelbert and I really liked it. I have a number of his lp's on Parrot Records but I truly got tired of After The Lovin' as it was very overplayed.
Overall, there are so many male artists that I have liked over the years from crooners to country and rock that it is hard to choose whom to mention since several have already been listed.
Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues is one of my favorites.
For "autumn", I always think of a song where Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues did the lead on the Jeff Wayne's WAR OF THE WORLDS album. The album weaves the story of the invasion from Mars as narrated by Richard Burton. On the album, Burton's narration interrupts the song in the middle, and one of Jeff Wayne's instrumental interludes appears before the song concludes with more narration.
Columbia released a 12" and 7" single of the song which eliminated a bit of the middle narration, but I never liked the rest of the edit. Back in the day, I liked this song so much that I took to my trusty reel-to-reel recorder and my cassette recorder and set about doing my own version. It clocked in longer than the Columbia edit, but I wasn't doing this for radio, but for my own enjoyment.
I was able to utilize a part of the song that Columbia didn't, so it's a unique edit. I attempted to recreate my old edit using modern digital tools, and though I put it up on YouTube, I still hear a couple of ugly edit points.
For "autumn", I always think of a song where Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues did the lead on the Jeff Wayne's WAR OF THE WORLDS album. The album weaves the story of the invasion from Mars as narrated by Richard Burton. On the album, Burton's narration interrupts the song in the middle, and one of Jeff Wayne's instrumental interludes appears before the song concludes with more narration.
Columbia released a 12" and 7" single of the song which eliminated a bit of the middle narration, but I never liked the rest of the edit. Back in the day, I liked this song so much that I took to my trusty reel-to-reel recorder and my cassette recorder and set about doing my own version. It clocked in longer than the Columbia edit, but I wasn't doing this for radio, but for my own enjoyment.
I was able to utilize a part of the song that Columbia didn't, so it's a unique edit. I attempted to recreate my old edit using modern digital tools, and though I put it up on YouTube, I still hear a couple of ugly edit points.
