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12772702, The Most Beautifullest Sweetest Singing Voice of All time (c) Keith M.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Apr-06-15 09:59 AM
Which may not be the best or strongest voice necessarily.

This post is inspired by Minnie Ripperton coming up on my playlist this morning.



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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're
12772705, Deniece Williams.
Posted by SoWhat, Mon Apr-06-15 10:02 AM
I saw her episode of Unsung this weekend.
12772823, Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins.
Posted by Sepia., Mon Apr-06-15 11:21 AM
12772844, I should have asked everyone to include links.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Apr-06-15 11:30 AM

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're
12772900, LIST:
Posted by Sepia., Mon Apr-06-15 12:02 PM
but the dryer buzzer went off. I'll be back with that list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRslGA5-W0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7CH7sFryug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtlAvQ7V7_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1tqCG341c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nnHnfINLBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysN9OvPLGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFFmKeS7Iuk
Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXkhpT7wmo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oespMmWnDo


This is the lighter stuff. The weirder stuff really gets me but I haven't folks who match my enthusiasm on that yet, lol.
12772825, Gladys Knight. Aretha gets all the titles, but Gladys was the true Queen.
Posted by Castro, Mon Apr-06-15 11:21 AM
There may be another Aretha (and that is a hard to imagine) but I seriously cannot imagine another Gladys Knight...and her voice is still pristine.

Listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oCEvpMKGjE


This is a remake of a song that Curtis Mayfield recorded. He had Gladys record it for the Claudine Soundtrack. She is perfect on this song.
12772830, Yeah Minnie was the first to come to mind when I read the...
Posted by daryloneal, Mon Apr-06-15 11:23 AM
title.

Amel Larrieux comes to mind too.
12772885, Amel's a great pick
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Mon Apr-06-15 11:53 AM
12772836, i did a mini dedication to "Inside My Love" on my tumblr
Posted by teefiveten, Mon Apr-06-15 11:25 AM
kinda still going

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115316148378/chicago-this-is-the-song-that-set-me-on-a-musical

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115316382948/queens-and-brooklyn-minnie-riperton-flip-1-my

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115316896668/queens-minnie-riperton-flip-2-this-song-came-out

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115317608053/montreal-minnie-riperton-flip-3-the-celestics

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115317161798/new-zealand-first-song-i-heard-of-theirs-instant

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115317791848/brooklyn-minnie-riperton-flip-4-the-flip-has

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115383776243/canada-minnie-riperton-flip-5-i-totally-forgot

http://djtara.tumblr.com/post/115665515323/virginia-minnie-riperton-flip-6-goldlink-ftw
12772905, Sade - Maybe I'm biased but I totally put her on to calm down or sleep.
Posted by ThisIs_ATruthThang, Mon Apr-06-15 12:05 PM
12772926, She does have a beautiful voice.
Posted by Sepia., Mon Apr-06-15 12:13 PM
12772910, Randy Crawford always comes to mind...
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Mon Apr-06-15 12:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdM3NHDU7Mk
that woman's voice is silk

Sade of course... don't think yall need a link to her

Astrud Gilberto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcEwsoR8J0Y

Annekei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxNKnIUbU1I


as already mentioned,
Deniece Williams
Amel Larrieux