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Your favourite lesser known/underrated male vocalists? My playlist has been in a bit of a rut lately and I realise I am kind of lacking in male voices which really take you somewhere and make you feel something. Who are those guys in your libraries you feel ought to get more attention than they do? I have some to spare, all eras and genres most welcome! | |
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Jonah Nilson/Dirty Loops.. Love his voice
https://youtu.be/rV9uCmlMQ1c stick out the first minute or 30 secs as the song is not as it first sounds, wait for the chorus to hit To me, he has a gorgeous voice. Bit of stevie and toto and mj in there Another song that showcases his voice is crash and burn delight which is understated until the last minute [Edited 5/2/21 16:07pm] | |
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Chuck Jackson Slim Harpo Washboard Sam O'Bryan The Pasadenas Roy Head Ivory Joe Hunter Billy Eckstine Michael Henderson Tyrone Davis Stoney Edwards Bobby Hebb Big Al Downing Dobie Gray Joe Bataan You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Not my lesser known artist--but I have to mention my late great friend Angel--who told me she was a closet Fanilow and I took her to see Barry and she was shocked to see so many people of color at the concert... This one is for you, Angel... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon. | |
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Stokely Williams (Mint Condition) Emmanuel Rahiem Leblanc (GQ) Gary "Mudbone" Cooper (Parliament/Funkadelic) Duncan Sheik Maurice White (not lesser known, but underrated as far as vocal talent) Howard Hewett (Shalamar) Glenn Jones Edmund Sylvers (The Sylvers) Levi Stubbs (Four Toos) Marvin Junior (The Dells) Paul Williams (The Temptations) Alexander O'Neal Steve Arrington (Slave) Pepe' Willie (94 East) Kashif Cat Stevens Adam Duritz (Counting Crowes) Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) Johnnie Wilder Jr. (Heatwave) Jermaine Jackson Leon Ware Lillo Thomas Donald Fagan (Steely Dan) Terry Callier Russell Thompson Jr. (The Stylistics) Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) Todd Rundgren |
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Peter Wolf (J Geils Band) Ronnie Hawkins Carl Perkins Little Walter Little Milton Garnett Mimms Howard Tate Steve Marriott #SOCIETYDEFINESU | |
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Bobby DeBarge. If ya know then ya know but for the most part he is not well known. |
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Jeff Redd Glenn Goins (P-Funk) Freddie Stone (Sly) Corey Glover (Living Color) Steve Russell (Troop) Larry Dodson (Bar-Kays)
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Roy Clark Frankie Lee Sims Mighty Clouds Of Joy You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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James 'D-Train' Williams Curtis Hairston Chuck Stanley Eugene Wilde Howard Johnson Leslie Wilson (Newbirth) Kevin Spencer (Dynasty) Tony Thompson (Hi-Five) Kenny Greene (Intro) Horace Brown | |
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Jim Cuddy - Blue Rodeo - extremely underrated singer. | |
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ReddBlitz said: James 'D-Train' Williams Curtis Hairston Chuck Stanley Eugene Wilde Howard Johnson Leslie Wilson (Newbirth) Kevin Spencer (Dynasty) Tony Thompson (Hi-Five) Kenny Greene (Intro) Horace Brown word...good list Howard Johnson, DTrain, Leslie Wilson & Tony Thompson(RIP) are 4 of my favorites that i missed... |
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For jazz...Gregory Porter, Kurt Elling and Phil Perry. | |
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I Love those three singers!
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Cuba Gooding, Sr. (Main Ingredient)
Walt Williams (O' Jays - Most fans only mention Eddie LeVert)
Bobby Smith (Spinners - Most fans only mention Phillipe Wynne)
Sidney Barnes (Rotary Connection)
Lewis Taylor
Frank McComb
Jon Lucien
Lenny Williams (Tower of Power, solo)
Peter Cox (Go West)
Bobby Caldwell
Anthony Hamilton
Jarrod Lawson
Gary Clark (Danny Wilson)
Willie Hutch
Reggie Watts
Kenny Rankin
Curtis Stigers
Bernard Ighner
Grady Tate
Ed Motta
Jarle Bernhoft
Felton Pilate (Con Funk Shun)
Michael Cooper (Con Funk Shun)
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[Edited 5/3/21 20:36pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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C. Duncan 3121... Don't U Wanna Come? |
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Eddie Murphy | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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Hamish Stuart - Average White Band Michael Cooper/Felton Pilate - ConFunkShun Eric Roberson Frank McComb Stokley - Mint Condition Eric Benet Glenn Lewis Larry Dodson - Barkays Arnell Carmichael - Raydio Russell Thompson - Stylistics
[Edited 5/5/21 1:52am] Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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Actually, I was being serious. Caught "Put Your Mouth On Me" on satellite radio a few weeks ago and watched Dreamgirls on cable this weekend so, for purposes of the OP, I consider him an "underrated male vocalist". | |
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Nik Kershaw NPG Radio:
https://open.spotify.com/...63VlWY6m1A |
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Pali....Lewis Taylor..Yes!!! You were one of the few orgers that turned me on to LT back in the old org days. | |
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Ahhh, yeah...The Old org days
.... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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...NDeed!!
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I'm still a big Kershaw fan to this day!
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Billy Stewart Sam "Little Sonny" Brown (The Intruders) |
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not really underrated, but Tevin Campbell could have been one of the greatest singers in history if he could have sustained his success into his adult years... "Can We Talk" is one of the greatest vocal performances ever...Tevin Campbell sounds like a young, male version of Whitney Houston on that joint... but unfortunately, personal issues and drug problems derailed his promising career... but he was the greatest teenage singer i ever heard outside of Michael Jackson as a teen |
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Most of the greats are greats for a reason. Sananda eye guess.
Keith Washington.
Dood from TSOL
Rahsaan All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Van Hunt Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal Tim "Ripper" Owens |
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BalladofPeterParker said: Bobby DeBarge. If ya know then ya know but for the most part he is not well known. True, Not that well known. My son says until the Unsung Switch episode he always thought those Switch songs was El Debarge. I was listening to Switch, Switch II and Debarge first album. Bobby's vocals on Switch II are absolutely flawless. I've always felt Bobby should have saved the tracks from the Debarge first album for his solo album. | |
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