Its strange - some of the most beautiful voices - and they never really made it.
And at the same time some... Showbiz is strange...
Listen to these and continue the list:
# 1: Eva Cassidy
# 2: Sandy Denny
# 3: ?
# 4: ?
# 5: ?
Forgotten Great Lady Singers
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- KVRAF
- 3303 posts since 6 Jul, 2012 from Sick-cily
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35505 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Sandy Denny forgotten? Seriously?
Pretty much considered 'legendary' I would have thought. Fairport would be considered pivotal to modern folk music, particularly Denny's time with them.
Pretty much considered 'legendary' I would have thought. Fairport would be considered pivotal to modern folk music, particularly Denny's time with them.
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"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 10171 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
Laura Nyro
Odetta
Lesley Duncan
Barbara
Odetta
Lesley Duncan
Barbara
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRAF
- 5664 posts since 7 Feb, 2013
Inna Zhelannaya
Though I'm not sure she fits the "forgotten" category cause she was barely ever known outside of Russia.
Though I'm not sure she fits the "forgotten" category cause she was barely ever known outside of Russia.
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- KVRAF
- 37488 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Simply the bestmellotronaut wrote:Laura Nyro
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- KVRAF
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
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- 2892 posts since 28 Oct, 2007 from michigan
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- KVRAF
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- 5440 posts since 4 Aug, 2006 from Helsinki
Interesting voices - that Barbara looks really haunting, Yma - I don´t know what to say. Sarah Vaughan is hardly a forgotten one, but it doesn´t matter, what a great voice, she´s always been one of my favorite lady singers. BTW, "forgotten" is often relative. Eva Cassidy is a good example, she died in cancer at a young age, was very shy, never got a good recording deal. But is she forgotten? I would say she´s remebered by the music lovers all over the world, much more and longer than many pop icons.
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- KVRAF
- 4801 posts since 1 Aug, 2005 from Warszawa, Poland
Yeah, but I wouldn't say forgotten. Rather a cult figure.jancivil wrote:herodotus wrote:Yma Sumac.
This woman was a force of nature.
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- KVRAF
- 37488 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Same is true of Laura Nyro - she certainly is not forgotten by those of us who love her and the many musicians she influenced eg Joni MitchellHarry_HH wrote:BTW, "forgotten" is often relative. Eva Cassidy is a good example, she died in cancer at a young age, was very shy, never got a good recording deal. But is she forgotten? I would say she´s remebered by the music lovers all over the world, much more and longer than many pop icons.
Yes and Sandy Denny - I was at one of the first gigs Fairport Convention did after her death, it was a very sad loss for all of us.
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- KVRAF
- 44105 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
There was a ton of hype about Eva Cassidy in the media after she died. I didn't think she was that great of a singer. To my mind, people were drawn in more by the sad story, than any unique talent. I was listening to a CD of Doris Day recently, in her prime she was excellent.
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.
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- KVRAF
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I heard first Eva Cassidys voice and records, then just recently heard the "sad story" and that she wasn´t even alive anymore. I think people are a bit too cynical today. They may praise and hype doings of some tired drug addict, and at the same time turn their back to everything which is not "cool" enough.Aloysius wrote:There was a ton of hype about Eva Cassidy in the media after she died. I didn't think she was that great of a singer. To my mind, people were drawn in more by the sad story, than any unique talent. I was listening to a CD of Doris Day recently, in her prime she was excellent.
Dissing any of the artist wasn´t the point of this thread. Of course all the opinions are wellcome.
P.s. Doris Day was a perky multi-talent - even John Lennon had a crush on her (because of the movies where he spend a lot time in the 50´s).
An other, maybe not forgotten, but great is Julie London. Her interpretation of this is second to none:
...except maybe this lady, who would like to crack your balls...
