On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:51:49 GMT, Backyard Mechanic
<pettyfog@yaywho.com> wrote:
>Spike <jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:09:39 GMT, Backyard Mechanic
>> <pettyfog@yaywho.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Ah... you beat me to it... i loved Wilson Pickett music.
>>>
>>>Though I liked the Rascals version of both major hits; Sally and
>>>Midnight Hour, better. His body of work was underappreciated.
>>>
>>>>
>> As have so many of the Great Ones... One I was really happy for was
>> Roy Orbison. Semi popular in his day, faded out, and came back big
>> time, only to die.... but he died on top instead of a faded has been.
>> And they could actually sing, not just talk in rhyme or scream.
>>
>
>Holy CRAP! Roy Orbison...A BIG 10-4!
>
>And so fitting that he got it back teamed with a number of OTHER 'magic
>voices' in the Traveling Wilburys!
>
>Look here.. and note the hits... MANY artists who had CLEAR distinct
>voices.
>
>http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1961.htm
>
>Other magic voices:
>Dee Clark {It must be Raindrops.. falling from my eyes}
>Percy Sledge
>Gene Pitney
>Clyde Mcphatter
>Jackie Wilson
>
>But one who will probably never qualify is
>Johnny Mathis, though his voice was great... his personna and product was
>'just too.. too...
>
>Rhinestones, Sequins and Feather Boas.. yeah.. that's it!
>\
And those, 'cept for the Wilburys, are solos.... Thing of all the
groups you cut your teeth on....
One nice thing about being "old" is having been there to see them when
they were "living" legends. The Beatles at Viking Stadium in
Minneapolis. Paul Revere and the Raiders with James Brown in Syracuse.
Filmore West.... And the beat goes on.....
--
Spike
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