beautiful MALE singing voices!

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i love bel canto singing! that said, there are certain flagship male voices, singing or not exactly singing, that stick in my head-

richard kiley [sang "the impossible dream" in "man of la mancha" on broadway- you may better know him as the sonorous narrator on all those old nat geo specials on PBS- a powerful, pure, beautifully masculine and resonant voice]

mario lanza [none could outperform him or equal the sheer beauty of his voice, but a sad story goes along with it. listen to his heart-rending version of "vesti la giubba"]

larry hooper [keyboardist on "Lawrence Welk" who also had a uniquely melifluous bass singing voice that was half sonorous, half conversational- irreplaceable.]

bryn terfel [welch operatic baritone who made several albums of Rogers and Hammerstein standards- a stentorian yet lyrical, tightly-controlled niagra falls of a voice]

lee marvin [YES, lee marvin- a uniquely basso-profundo sephulchral whiskey-soaked rumble- he sang "wanderin' star" in "Paint your wagon."]

harve presnell [a superbly facile baritone. you saw him in "Annie" as Daddy Warbucks. he also sang "they call the wind mariah" in "Paint your wagon."]

lorne greene [possibly the greatest bass voice of his generation. powerful, agile, very deep yet melodic. he sang some songs on "the songs of the ponderosa" album, including "ringo." irreplaceable.]

and the dean of them all-
thurl ravenscroft [an exceptionally versatile voice which covered the basso-produndo range all the way up to low-tenor- a man of a thousand voices in various adverts and the voice of several disney attractions as well. and he could sing, too! also irreplaceable.]

too many others to list here in one post. any other old-fashioned lovers of beautiful men's voices and beautiful full-throated singing?

Last edited by auntblabby on 29 Mar 2010, 7:57 am, edited 1 time in total.

I don't recognize those but I have a bunch of groovy records for the wind-up
music box with the big horn on it. Some of them sound like you describe I think.

Most of the ones I like are kind of silly, and not as much like that.
I can synthesize singing voices when I focus on the technology,
and that's one of my special interests.
I'll try to make a song, but I can't promise to be able to do it immediately.

Ray Davies of The Kinks, has a beautiful singing voice.

Some of my favourite male vocalists -

Bob Dylan (Dylan's voice has undergone such a change over the decades that no one song could provide an adequate example of it, but here's a good one anyway)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgkkNOctW3A[/youtube]

Jandek
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CH3K3UqeNw[/youtube]

Tiny Tim
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPrFkc3tHOY[/youtube]

William Shatner
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9eQ8_T1ytU[/youtube]

Captain Beefheart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhiVzHO_V8M[/youtube]

Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban have beautiful singing voices.

yes, just 2 of the many newer artists this older f@rt could have mentioned.

Okay, I'll bite.

1) I will definitely agree with Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban. Both have some fine talents and capabilities as well as overall strong voices.

2) Going over to the pop/rock idiom: I would have to say that the three who stand out to me are Jim Morrison, Michael Stipe, Damien Kulrash (of OK Go). They, especially the first two I listed, display a wonderful range of ability and versatility in the vocal arena. Kulrash runs a pretty close second.

I tend to like husky pained voices.
Some of my favourites are:
Paul Carrack (Ace and Mike and the Mechanics)
Art Garfunkle ( I once saw him in concert and he came on and sang a song. The first thing he said to the crowd was, "I bet you didn't think my hair would be this big.)
James Taylor The only singer I've seen live twice
Steve Perry (Journey)
Jeff Scott Soto (also sang for Journey, now doin awsome solo stuff)
Paul Buchanan (Scottish singer of The Blue Nile)
Chris Thomson (Scottish singer of The Bathers)
Colin Blunstone of The Zombies
Joey Tempest (Europe. His voice curls my toes)

I listened to Jeff Scott Soto´s last solo CD. He was here at my country but I missed his show!

Miljenko Matijevic (Steelheart) more on the heavy metal genre...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6FMQLke0Q[/youtube]

Last edited by Wedge on 29 Mar 2010, 1:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Raul Malo, formerly of The Mavericks, was the first to come to mind.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ycA4IOR1U[/youtube]

Here's an up-tempo song from when he was with The Mavericks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cos9y6Mfv6s[/youtube]

I want to visit a mens concert choir someday, becuase I love hearing men sing in groups. Men sound lovely.

Thom Yorke and Mikael Akerfeldt come to mind. Also I actually don't mind a bit of Sting every now and then.

James LaBrie

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W70LZxzp2js[/youtube]

Geoff Tate

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0e01lBCD9w[/youtube]

Awesome Latino singers:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRESlT4Ccg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtPl32Kkvo[/youtube]

Luciano Pavarotti,
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4[/youtube]

George Michael,
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RV7eq52dOc&playnext_from=TL&videos=fJZsxrcJoGs[/youtube]

...and despite all the negative publicity, Michael Jackson
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x3PQ5QhMJs&playnext_from=TL&videos=q8CxkFsg704[/youtube]

Truly, this is the best male singer I've ever heard.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7oG2V7uc[/youtube]