daPrettyman said:

Yeah. I mean I get it on some songs during the J5's early years. Hell I like his takes of "Who's Loving You" and "A Fool for You" but to me MJ didn't begin to hit his vocal stride until he became a full tenor (around 14, 15, 16 years old) onwards. That's the MJ voice I fell in love with.

daPrettyman said:

How old was Jermaine in 1970? I loved his voice in the J5 years. He was still pretty young then. I prefer his voice over MJ's.

midiscover said:

16-17. He was already a full tenor by then. His family said Jermaine & Michael were vocally similar as kids so MJ basically learned from Jermaine back then.

No offense, but whoever said Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell, or whoever else you can think of over or in comparison to Michael, I'm gonna laugh in your face.

Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody, Nobody

can compare to young Michael Jackson. He was in my opinion the greatest child singer ever.

And that is with all do respect to Frankie Lymon. Bring on all the young male and female child singers past and present, they can't stand next to Michael.

All I have to do is watch that audition tape for Motown (especially when he sings Tobacco Road), it's all over for me.
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Another Jackson thread jk

daPrettyman said:

Imma throw out Judy Garland, and raise you Shirley Temple.
Also gotta mention Shanice, Tracie Spencer and Brandy!

alexothetimes said:

Also when he sangs "Maria".

babybugz said:

Yeah I'm reporting this.

I was listening to this yesterday

Timmy84 said:

So how was his voice before he hit puberty? It seems like MJ's voice got higher when he hit puberty.

Timmy84 said:

midiscover said:

yeah he did

midiscover said:

The same way Michael's was. High pitched lol

thatruth said:

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angel345 said:

fuk yea i forgot about that song thanks man!

alexothetimes said:

BklynBabe said:

Yes, but most of the ones you mentioned didn't get famous until after their voices changed.

Was Judy Garland a big child star before Oz?
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daPrettyman said:

BklynBabe said:

I co-sign with U on that... Even MJ said Tevin's voice was better than his at that age. MJ had a beautiful voice but it wasn't as soulful as Tevin Campbell's as a child.
Hope Tevin can make a comeback he is missed with these no singing ass people out today... Usher No! Mario no! Trey Songz Hell no!

BklynBabe said:

GIRL!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I actually like Mario's voice.....

Usher fell off after Confessions
and Trey Songz just hurt my feelings with that LOL song. Da Fuck?!?

Of all the MJ threads in the world, this one stays up?

Tevin is the only other one mentioned so far that I would say was extremely advanced and skilled as a child vocalist like Michael...But that's probably only because he had Mike's voice and catalog to intensely study. Just like Ralph Tresvant, young Tevin did his best to emulate little Michael Jackson as a singer.

I should also mention Frankie Lymon. He was the best until Michael came along. And Foster Sylvers was a good one too, although he impersonated MJ on record, LOL.

I'm not a fan of child singers in general...

but I'm going to give an honorable mention to WAYNE NEWTON, and danke schoen.

Even though it's the only damn wayne newton song I've ever heard, and I am not saying the guy had the charisma or personality of the Jackson 5, every time it my mp3 player hits it I love listening to it. He had solid vocal chops as a kid. More than solid.

weird choice I know, so kill me.

Baby Rose Marie! This is her performing with the backing of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

so ur saying that tevin is the best child singer ever???? he is not even in stevie's level to be truly honest.....

YES, he truly was

CalhounSq said:

If Calhoun says so, it HAS TO BE TRUE.
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