Great video/great picks again, Tom. Glad to see Dionne Warwick, Lee Michaels, and Julie Driscoll get a mention. Especially enjoyed your encounter with Brian Auger.
Colin Blunstone with the Zombies. Many great vocal performances. "Care of Cell 44" is my favorite vocal of all time. Allen Clarke with the Hollies. So good, and he was really great when he interplayed with Tony Hicks and Graham Nash. Pete Townshend. Rog was the rip roarer--although he was capable of restrained moments as well, see "Tattoo"--but Pete delivered the vulnerable side of the Who's arrogant bluster and he did it time and time again.
I was hoping you'd mention Scott Walker. I have a Terry Reid anecdote. In the early nineties I sat next to him on a transatlantic flight. We got talking about music and he told me he'd been in LA mixing a CSN outtake of one of his songs. He then said "do you want to hear it?" Of course I said yes, and he dug down into his bag and produced a cassette machine and a pair of headphones. I believe the track did see the light of day on a box set. He was very cool and a bit drunk.
Terrific story ! I know that Terry Reid and Graham Nash were friends, and that Nash sang on and produced his album 'Seed of Memory,' with some of my favorite songs by Reid.
I'm pretty sure most people consider Felix as a great singer. It is odd though, that they had a "lead singer" who wasn't as good and who didn't play an instrument. And yes, that Lee Michaels album is amazing and criminally overlooked.
Confession: I didn't watch the video. I only clicked on it to check out the comments to see how many before some droid uttered the "underrated" comment. Third comment. Everyone is underrated in the music business according to UA-cam.
Wow, you read my mind on just about every singer! I bought the Terry Reid debut after I saw him open for the Stones,.and also own Lee Michaels album for his epic version of Stormy Monday. Have to agree a 1000% regarding Julie Driscoll's criminally underrated vocals in Streetnoise. Her cover of About The Blues is spectacular and gives me chills every time I hear it. One vocalist that I would add to your list is Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac. His powerful muscular vocals have always been overshadowed by his amazing melodic guitar playing. He was a double threat and one of the best, in my book. .
Glad to see you give credit to John Kay,I also feel he was a very good singer who never got respect from the rock critics back in the day.They always just saw him as the front man of a ''Heavy Band''.If you listen to his first solo album ''Forgotten songs and unsung heroes'' you can hear just how well he could sing. A great Pop/Rock singer from the 60's and into the early 70's was Harry Nilsson but sadly he seems to have been forgotten.
I’m going “Yes! Yes!” with everyone you mention, especially Dionne, Carl and Eric Love Julie Tippetts (Driscoll) on “Tropic Appetites” by Carla Bley, but that was in the seventies (1974) Loved the voice of Mary Hopkin. The Welsh singer had a nice run from 1968-70
Good call ! 'Tropic Appetites' is great. Carla Bley is unique and wonderful. Her triple-disc 'Escalator Over the Hill' is its own alternate universe. What other album would have Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Linda Ronstadt and Don Cherry, plus about 25 others ? Love Carla Bley's music and her subtle humor.
Love the Dionne nod. I think generally the belters like Aretha, Gladys and Tina always get more attention, and I love them all too. But Dionne is a supremely skilled interpretive singer with a sultriness, intimacy and timbre that no one else has. That goes for others like Colin Blunstone as well. Both favorites. There are some like Cass Elliott, Lou Christie, Allan Clarke and Aaron Neville who received some acclaim, yet don’t often get mentioned in greatest conversations today. Neville never got it back in the 60s and was a one of a kind even then. Graham Nash had such an unbelievable, otherworldly high tenor and got his due but Clarke stood just as high for his distinctive lead range and versatility. For more completely overlooked I’ll throw in Richard Manuel (The Band), Steve Martin (The Left Banke), Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue), Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) and Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (The Turtles). Flo and Eddie were just tremendous!
Many of the singers you mentioned are hardy underpraised.. I mean Dione Warwick is underpraised? In what universe? For me the most underpraised of the 60's is Billy Stewart. No one sounded like him .Listen to Sitting in the Park, Strange Feeling, Summertime, I Do Love You and many many others.
One way too many people don't know is Lonnie Mack. Ironically, his one hit was an instrumental and he's best known as a guitarist, but check out "Why" then realize that was a white dude who wrote and sang that in 1963! I also love Sal Valentino and Ron Elliot of the Beau Brummels and Steve Martin from the Left Banke. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan aka Flo and Eddie, don't get as much love as they deserve, either.
Excellent list, nearly everyone of them deserves more attention. Dionne Warwick though, got her share of praise and then some. I'd replace Dionne with Jacqui McShee from Pentangle, she has an amazing voice, one of the best!
I'll say it again...Carl Wilson could sing! Always loved Eric Burdon as well. Dennis Yost from the Classics IV. Jay Black from Jay and the Americans. Not sure if Burton Cummings is considered underpraised or not, but one of my all time favorite voices. Great channel. Thanks for all the content.
John Sebastian always sounded friendly and laid back. Their songs were high on the charts back then. Oldies stations still play songs by the loving spoonful, but the Classic rock stations are too hip to touch them 😢and 🙄
Critically panned but Three Dog Night had 3 great singers. Agree with your views mention if Mike Smith of DC5 and Burton Cummings. David Clayton Thomas of Blood Sweat and Tears for sure. Great picks Tom. I never tire hearing the voice of Johnny Adams the “Tan Canary”
Hard to argue with that list, Tom, or any of your lists for that matter. A friend once told me Terry Reid played regularly at some place in LA for years, just for the love of music. I saw him a few years ago in San Francisco playing before adoring fans, he was probably 70 but still had a soulful voice. I'd add Steve Winwood. His voice apparently isn't to everyone's taste, but I don't understand that. He sounded like Ray Charles even at age 16. Every leg of his career up until he went solo was stellar. He remains one of my very favorite all-around musicians ever. Marvin Gaye in the 60s is great too. He deservedly gets a lot of credit for his 70s releases, but he was amazing right from the start.
@@syater I remember seeing Terry Reid at this small club in LA called Luna Park back in the late 90’s. He did a solo acoustic set opening for Dave Davies.
You always come up with greatest subjects for videos Here are 5 vocalists l would add to your list and songs to listen to 1. Fred Neil; Dolphins or Everybody’s Talking , both penned by Fred . 2. Gene Pitney ; Something Gotten Hold of my Heart or By the time I get to Phoenix 3.Lorraine Ellison : Stay with me Baby ( my favorite vocal performance ) 4.Steve Marriott : You Need Lovin’ , Tim Soldier or Itchycoo Park 5. Christine Perfect she was literally perfect in Chicken Shack in 60s before she made her only solo album before she went and married a bass player and joined his band her version of I’d rather go Blind is sublime .
Great list Tom. I am going with Smokey Robinson, Johnny Rivers, Sam Cook(even though he is more like the 50's), Joan Baez, Levi Stubbs, Jimi Hendrix(he doesn't get enough credit for his voice), I agree on Lee Michaels. I would be remiss if I didn't mention Gladys Knight and Lou Rawls. Knight has a great set of pipes and she is very engaging live.
I like The Pusher and Monster by S Wolf. Much more than the Big Hits that have been played to death. Yes on Eric Burdon. Hated his psychedelic songs like Monterrey. Love Sky Pilot, Sandoz, When...Young, Everything. I never tire of the Animals cover of House ...Sun.😊
One singer who always gets completely ignored Rogar Chapman, most known as the lead singer of Family. He continues to perform as a lead singer to numerous groups, to this current day! 😊. You forgot Joe Cocker too
You want to hear a great, great singer? Do a search for Evie Sands! She did the first version of 'Angel In The Morning" that puts the "hit" version by Merrilee Rush back in the shrubs where it belongs. Also, as one other comment suggested, Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five; a guy whose vocals match John Fogerty or any other rock belter you can name. The only thing that Mick Jagger had going for him was his attitude, not a small thing when you're talking about rock and roll, but still compared to Eric Burdon, he doesn't even come close. M.J. is one of the most OVER-RATED vocalists of the genre.
Gene Pitney ("The Rockville Rocket") has always been my all-time favorite male vocalist from the '60s; with Vikki Carr being my all-time favorite female '60s vocalist! Great, great call on Gene Pitney!!!
Even though they only had 2 "chart hits" and weren't all that well known ( due to lack of national exposure...."touring" didn't mix with the Viet Nam draft) One of my all time favorite leads was Walter Scott of the Bob Kuban Band ( "The Cheater & "Teaser") for me Scott's tour de force was "Just You Wait". Great voice!
Tom, have you ever considered a purely Texas video? ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, Christopher Cross and Roy Orbison just to name a few. Thanks for your videos!
Ruby of Ruby and the Romantics is a contemporary of early Dionne Warwick as is Barbara Lewis. Both have charming voices. Check out When You're Young and in Love or Time After Time from Ruby. For Barbara Lewis check out Spend a Little Time or How Can I Tell.
The sensuous Judy Henske, an influence on Janis Joplin and Grace Slick. See her perform Wade in the Water in 1963. Scary good. The Brian Auger album has one or two Laura Nyro songs on it.
Wonderful that you mentioned Judy Henske! She was an absolute original. A musical gem of a woman with many facets to explore. Her rendition of "Buckeye Jim" sold me instantly. So many great singers have gone undetected for all these years.
Some honorable mentions: Syd Barret - I like his whimsical (drug tinged?) vocals on the 1st Pink Floyd album (and solo work) Jesse Colin Young - very pleasant vocalist ( and writer Youngbloods and solo) Tracy Nelson (singer with Mother Earth) - check out "Down so Low" 'nuff said Bruce Johnston - You rightly included Carl Wilson. How about Bruce Johnston? There were Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords, and his wonderful contributions to the Beach Boys. My list of unheralded (enough) '60s singers: 10. Keith Relf - You included Terry Reid. I don't like the vocal excesses of Reid or Robert Plant. Relf was perfect. He let the songs, the musicianship and his performances speak for themselves. 09. Judith Durham (The Seekers) - great singer 08. Cilla Black - Yes, a big time performer, but still doesn't get enough cred. Check out her UA-cam performances backed by George Martin conducted orchestra. 07. Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) - great singer on the records, but a caveat - live performance is a mystery. You'd be very hard pressed to find sig true live performances of TDCF. 06. Paul Williams (The Temptations) - Berry brought in David Ruffin, thus reducing quantity of P. Williams leads. But he could bring it. Check out "Just Another Lonely Night". 05. Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) - You included Felix C. I prefer Stein's vocals in somewhat the same category of singing. 04. Billy J Kramer - John L. loved his voice and so do I. 03. Bobby Hatfield - Okay, The Righteous Brothers had huge hits. So yes, they weren't unheralded. But, when Bill Medley belted it out he could be flat. Bobby Hatfield could bring you to tears. 02. Paul Jones - Both w/ Manfred Mann and solo he was always entertaining. I enjoy his work. 01. Barbara Lewis - Yes she had Baby I'm Yours and Hello Stranger, but IMO she's underappreciated. She enriches just about every song she sings. Check out her songs on UA-cam.
Gary Brooker was a great singer, he would be my number 1. I would include all three singers in The Band, but maybe they are not really underrated, ditto Tim Buckley.
I believe that Terry Reid was also offered the vocals for Deep Purple by Ritchie Blackmore but turned him down. Ultimately, the job was taken by Ian Gillan.
Felix Pappalardi had a great voice, and nice tone, but it's more of the very late 60's, and early 70's, with Mountain. Under appreciated, I think, and maybe outshined by lead singer Leslie West.
ODD you mention Gionne Warwick, as although she was a talented singer, she somehow spent all her millions, and about 10 years ago was declred banktupt.
@@tomrobinson5776 Ironically, a few years ago when I printed an article on 45cat about Dee Dee Warwick, I stated that she didn't have such a distinctive voice as her more famous sister, and that many of the songs she recorded would have sounded better if recorded by sister Dionne, somebody, seemingly from Russia ironically sent me this reply. But this is not in my wording. I have just copy-pasted it here. i have not re-printed all this. The heading was DIONNE WARWICK COULDN'T SING. But I did not think I said anything nasty about Dee Dee, like what I was accused of here; Why would you, obviously a fan of Dionne, come and write nasty things about Dee Dee's voice. At the same time, you called Dionne's voice perfect. My opinion is that Dionne's voice is the creepiest thing I've heard. She lisped because of the inserted front upper teeth. Dionne screamed, her Alfie was just a Cilla Black replay. Listening to Dionne's songs is torture. If not for Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Dionne's screams would have spoiled a lot of the background vocals (example Anytime Is The Right Time · Nappy Brown) A lot of money was invested in Dionne. She completely lost touch with reality. The modern generation does not perceive her "vocals" at all. Dee Dee's voice and powerful vocals are very modern and her popularity is gaining momentum. Young people write to me who are very fond of her music. I myself cannot imagine my life without it. Dee Dee's voice was appreciated by many producers, she was even signed by Berry Gordy, but she left Motown, because it was not her sound. She dedicated the song to her brother Pookie, who died in a car accident. She lived to sing. You need to be completely deaf in order not to hear her emotions in music. Dionne spent her millions, did not help her mother in any way, sued Burt, hosted a program with mediums, chatting about God and the church. Dionne is a selfish, narcissistic, manipulative, voiceless, unhappy woman. She is not appreciated today. Dee Dee's voice is magic, her timbre makes me shiver. I listen attentively to her intonation, tricks, phrases. Dee Dee Warwick is a better vocalist, especially than her older, voiceless sister. Have a nice day ))) dedewarwick.com I replied stating that I agree that it was peculiar that she spent all her millions and then sued her close friend Burt Bacharach, but what did she have to sue him for, and then had a kinder reply.
Like everyone of your choices, all great ..... I saw Brian Auger at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia few years back , 2 of his kids played in his band. He signed his Anthology cd for me.
Mike Smith from the Dave Clark Five and Mark Lindsay come to mind.
Great video/great picks again, Tom. Glad to see Dionne Warwick, Lee Michaels, and Julie Driscoll get a mention. Especially enjoyed your encounter with Brian Auger.
I always enjoyed Tommy Roe (Dizzy,Sheila, Heather Honey...).Yet another fine presentation. 😊
Colin Blunstone with the Zombies. Many great vocal performances. "Care of Cell 44" is my favorite vocal of all time.
Allen Clarke with the Hollies. So good, and he was really great when he interplayed with Tony Hicks and Graham Nash.
Pete Townshend. Rog was the rip roarer--although he was capable of restrained moments as well, see "Tattoo"--but Pete delivered the vulnerable side of the Who's arrogant bluster and he did it time and time again.
@@mattrobbins2268 I agree. 😉
Judith Durham from The Seekers
Thanks for putting her in
"I'll Never Find Another You"- superb!!
Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) & Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
I was hoping you'd mention Scott Walker. I have a Terry Reid anecdote. In the early nineties I sat next to him on a transatlantic flight. We got talking about music and he told me he'd been in LA mixing a CSN outtake of one of his songs. He then said "do you want to hear it?" Of course I said yes, and he dug down into his bag and produced a cassette machine and a pair of headphones. I believe the track did see the light of day on a box set. He was very cool and a bit drunk.
That is one cool-ass story.
Terrific story ! I know that Terry Reid and Graham Nash were friends, and that Nash sang on and produced his album 'Seed of Memory,' with some of my favorite songs by Reid.
Scott Walker deserves a whole spot of his own. One of the most interesting people in Rock.
@@tabonebaby Great story 👍
Micky Dolenz, Burton Cummings, John Fogerty, Colin Blunstone- some of my favorites. All recognizable immediately!!!!
@@edsanders9605 I agree. 😉
Micky Dolenz could be amazing! Porpoise Song is a great example.
Mickey Dolenez, Lulu, Johnny Rivers
I've grown to dislike J Rivers
Yay! Micky Dolenz! I also like Johnny Rivers. Rock on.
I'm pretty sure most people consider Felix as a great singer. It is odd though, that they had a "lead singer" who wasn't as good and who didn't play an instrument. And yes, that Lee Michaels album is amazing and criminally overlooked.
Loved Dionne and Bacharach
Confession: I didn't watch the video. I only clicked on it to check out the comments to see how many before some droid uttered the "underrated" comment. Third comment. Everyone is underrated in the music business according to UA-cam.
Wow, you read my mind on just about every singer! I bought the Terry Reid debut after I saw him open for the Stones,.and also own Lee Michaels album for his epic version of Stormy Monday. Have to agree a 1000% regarding Julie Driscoll's criminally underrated vocals in Streetnoise. Her cover of About The Blues is spectacular and gives me chills every time I hear it. One vocalist that I would add to your list is Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac. His powerful muscular vocals have always been overshadowed by his amazing melodic guitar playing. He was a double threat and one of the best, in my book.
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Very good list. Thanks.
Glad to see you give credit to John Kay,I also feel he was a very good singer who never got respect from the rock critics back in the day.They always just saw him as the front man of a ''Heavy Band''.If you listen to his first solo album ''Forgotten songs and unsung heroes'' you can hear just how well he could sing. A great Pop/Rock singer from the 60's and into the early 70's was Harry Nilsson but sadly he seems to have been forgotten.
Mike here, John Kay's second album "My Sporting Life" is just as good as the 1st with the same mix of half covers and half originals.
Garry Puckett great voice so underrated
Loved G Puckett + Union Gap
Steve Marriott. (Maybe not underrated, but deserves as much attention as possible.)
@@brianlehman710 I agree 100 percent. One of my all time faves. 😊
I’m going “Yes! Yes!” with everyone you mention, especially Dionne, Carl and Eric
Love Julie Tippetts (Driscoll) on “Tropic Appetites” by Carla Bley, but that was in the seventies (1974)
Loved the voice of Mary Hopkin. The Welsh singer had a nice run from 1968-70
Good call ! 'Tropic Appetites' is great. Carla Bley is unique and wonderful. Her triple-disc 'Escalator Over the Hill' is its own alternate universe. What other album would have Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Linda Ronstadt and Don Cherry, plus about 25 others ? Love Carla Bley's music and her subtle humor.
Good list. Will give it some thought and list the ones i think are under appreciated.
Those are all great picks. I always liked Keith Relf of the Yardbirds.
I think Dionne gets overlooked because, 1. it's MOR and 2. she damaged her image with all that psychic friends network garbage back in the 1990's.
@@seed_drill7135 You may be right. 😉
Love the Dionne nod. I think generally the belters like Aretha, Gladys and Tina always get more attention, and I love them all too. But Dionne is a supremely skilled interpretive singer with a sultriness, intimacy and timbre that no one else has. That goes for others like Colin Blunstone as well. Both favorites. There are some like Cass Elliott, Lou Christie, Allan Clarke and Aaron Neville who received some acclaim, yet don’t often get mentioned in greatest conversations today. Neville never got it back in the 60s and was a one of a kind even then. Graham Nash had such an unbelievable, otherworldly high tenor and got his due but Clarke stood just as high for his distinctive lead range and versatility. For more completely overlooked I’ll throw in Richard Manuel (The Band), Steve Martin (The Left Banke), Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue), Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) and Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (The Turtles). Flo and Eddie were just tremendous!
Agree with you about Dionne Warwick. Great partnership with Bacharach-David songwriters. Same for Eric Burdon.
Awesome video have a great day also happy Halloween ❤😊
@@aminahmed2220 You as well 😊
Many of the singers you mentioned are hardy underpraised.. I mean Dione Warwick is underpraised? In what universe? For me the most underpraised of the 60's is Billy Stewart. No one sounded like him .Listen to Sitting in the Park, Strange Feeling, Summertime, I Do Love You and many many others.
One way too many people don't know is Lonnie Mack. Ironically, his one hit was an instrumental and he's best known as a guitarist, but check out "Why" then realize that was a white dude who wrote and sang that in 1963!
I also love Sal Valentino and Ron Elliot of the Beau Brummels and Steve Martin from the Left Banke. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan aka Flo and Eddie, don't get as much love as they deserve, either.
@@seed_drill7135 Almost put Flo and Eddie on the list. 😉
Excellent list, nearly everyone of them deserves more attention. Dionne Warwick though, got her share of praise and then some. I'd replace Dionne with Jacqui McShee from Pentangle, she has an amazing voice, one of the best!
I'll say it again...Carl Wilson could sing! Always loved Eric Burdon as well. Dennis Yost from the Classics IV. Jay Black from Jay and the Americans. Not sure if Burton Cummings is considered underpraised or not, but one of my all time favorite voices. Great channel. Thanks for all the content.
@@wayne7177 Thanks, much appreciated. 😉
Great list, there’s not one I disagree with
John Sebastian always sounded friendly and laid back. Their songs were high on the charts back then. Oldies stations still play songs by the loving spoonful, but the Classic rock stations are too hip to touch them 😢and 🙄
I agree with Steppenwolf and Animals singers. Lee Michael’s Carnival of Life is really good also.
Critically panned but Three Dog Night had 3 great singers. Agree with your views mention if Mike Smith of DC5 and Burton Cummings. David Clayton Thomas of Blood Sweat and Tears for sure. Great picks Tom. I never tire hearing the voice of Johnny Adams the “Tan Canary”
Hard to argue with that list, Tom, or any of your lists for that matter. A friend once told me Terry Reid played regularly at some place in LA for years, just for the love of music. I saw him a few years ago in San Francisco playing before adoring fans, he was probably 70 but still had a soulful voice. I'd add Steve Winwood. His voice apparently isn't to everyone's taste, but I don't understand that. He sounded like Ray Charles even at age 16. Every leg of his career up until he went solo was stellar. He remains one of my very favorite all-around musicians ever. Marvin Gaye in the 60s is great too. He deservedly gets a lot of credit for his 70s releases, but he was amazing right from the start.
C'mon ...nobody underrated Winwood as a singer...Ask any singer ( and I am one)
@ Well, I certainly wouldn’t, but I’ve encountered others who have. As I said, I can’t understand how they feel that way.
@syater Maybe they are tone-deaf.
@@syater I remember seeing Terry Reid at this small club in LA called Luna Park back in the late 90’s. He did a solo acoustic set opening for Dave Davies.
Now that sounds like a great evening of music !
You always come up with greatest subjects for videos
Here are 5 vocalists l would add to your list and songs to listen to
1. Fred Neil; Dolphins or Everybody’s Talking , both penned by Fred .
2. Gene Pitney ; Something Gotten Hold of my Heart or By the time I get to Phoenix
3.Lorraine Ellison : Stay with me Baby ( my favorite vocal performance )
4.Steve Marriott : You Need Lovin’ , Tim Soldier or Itchycoo Park
5. Christine Perfect she was literally perfect in Chicken Shack in 60s before she made her only solo album before she went and married a bass player and joined his band her version of I’d rather go Blind is sublime .
@@jessem470 Tin Soldier is one of the greatest vocal performances of all time. Marriott rocks!
@ Absolutely but shamefully ignored these days , especially stateside
I would like to see an Aretha Franklin album ranking. Maybe just her Atlantic years. Or her top 20 songs.
Great list Tom. I am going with Smokey Robinson, Johnny Rivers, Sam Cook(even though he is more like the 50's), Joan Baez, Levi Stubbs, Jimi Hendrix(he doesn't get enough credit for his voice), I agree on Lee Michaels. I would be remiss if I didn't mention Gladys Knight and Lou Rawls. Knight has a great set of pipes and she is very engaging live.
"Underpraised" is the topic.
I agree about Hendrix. Always liked his voice, especially on the ballads.
I like The Pusher and Monster by S Wolf. Much more than the Big Hits that have been played to death. Yes on Eric Burdon. Hated his psychedelic songs like Monterrey. Love Sky Pilot, Sandoz, When...Young, Everything. I never tire of the Animals cover of House ...Sun.😊
I thought he was great on all of them.
One singer who always gets completely ignored Rogar Chapman, most known as the lead singer of Family. He continues to perform as a lead singer to numerous groups, to this current day! 😊. You forgot Joe Cocker too
Chapman def! Cocker... well, it says "underpraised", Cocker has always been well praised 😀
You want to hear a great, great singer? Do a search for Evie Sands! She did the first version of 'Angel In The Morning" that puts the "hit" version by Merrilee Rush back in the shrubs where it belongs.
Also, as one other comment suggested, Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five; a guy whose vocals match John Fogerty or any other rock belter you can name.
The only thing that Mick Jagger had going for him was his attitude, not a small thing when you're talking about rock and roll, but still compared to Eric Burdon, he doesn't even come close. M.J. is one of the most OVER-RATED vocalists of the genre.
Reggie King of The Action.
Tossing Gene Pitney and Larry Ramos into the mix, both are criminally underrated. Great picks, nice to see Dionne get a nod!
Gene Pitney ("The Rockville Rocket") has always been my all-time favorite male vocalist from the '60s; with Vikki Carr being my all-time favorite female '60s vocalist! Great, great call on Gene Pitney!!!
@@nathanlaney4577 Nice to hear from another fan! 🖖🏻
@@robgasper8521 Same here! Del Shannon was also great!
@ Without a doubt, excellent nod! 🖖🏻
@@robgasper8521 Always loved It Hurts To Be In Love by Pitney. Great pop track.
Even though they only had 2 "chart hits" and weren't all that well known ( due to lack of national exposure...."touring" didn't mix with the Viet Nam draft) One of my all time favorite leads was Walter Scott of the Bob Kuban Band ( "The Cheater & "Teaser") for me Scott's tour de force was "Just You Wait". Great voice!
@@lawrencesmith. The Cheater is a fantastic track. Love it. 😉
Mi.ke Smith of the Dave Clark Five comes to mind
Leslie Uggams, David Ruffin , Johnny Rivers.
Another great voice was Alex Chilton in the box tops and the singer from the Buckinghams.
Tom, have you ever considered a purely Texas video? ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, Christopher Cross and Roy Orbison just to name a few. Thanks for your videos!
I support that video
@@buzzsmith8146 That’s a great idea. I’ll put it on my list. 😉
Ruby of Ruby and the Romantics is a contemporary of early Dionne Warwick as is Barbara Lewis. Both have charming voices. Check out When You're Young and in Love or Time After Time from Ruby. For Barbara Lewis check out Spend a Little Time or How Can I Tell.
@@johnr3587 Barbara Lewis is awesome.
"Indian Rope Man" is a great track from Streetnoise. I think Burdon and Brooker are two of the most powerful singers ever.
Melanie Safka. "Born to be" album 1968 and "Melanie" 1969
Gene Clark, check out No Other and Strength of Strings.
The sensuous Judy Henske, an influence on Janis Joplin and Grace Slick. See her perform Wade in the Water in 1963. Scary good. The Brian Auger album has one or two Laura Nyro songs on it.
Wonderful that you mentioned Judy Henske! She was an absolute original. A musical gem of a woman with many facets to explore. Her rendition of "Buckeye Jim" sold me instantly. So many great singers have gone undetected for all these years.
I thought for sure you would mention Jesse Colin Young😊
Agree!
@@homerwinslow9047 Too many to mention. Big fan of Jesse and The Youngbloods. Sunlight off Elephant Mountain is an all time fave.
Some honorable mentions:
Syd Barret - I like his whimsical (drug tinged?) vocals on the 1st Pink Floyd album (and solo work)
Jesse Colin Young - very pleasant vocalist ( and writer Youngbloods and solo)
Tracy Nelson (singer with Mother Earth) - check out "Down so Low" 'nuff said
Bruce Johnston - You rightly included Carl Wilson. How about Bruce Johnston? There were Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords, and his wonderful contributions to the Beach Boys.
My list of unheralded (enough) '60s singers:
10. Keith Relf - You included Terry Reid. I don't like the vocal excesses of Reid or Robert Plant. Relf was perfect. He let the songs, the musicianship and his performances speak for themselves.
09. Judith Durham (The Seekers) - great singer
08. Cilla Black - Yes, a big time performer, but still doesn't get enough cred. Check out her UA-cam performances backed by George Martin conducted orchestra.
07. Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) - great singer on the records, but a caveat - live performance is a mystery. You'd be very hard pressed to find sig true live performances of TDCF.
06. Paul Williams (The Temptations) - Berry brought in David Ruffin, thus reducing quantity of P. Williams leads. But he could bring it. Check out "Just Another Lonely Night".
05. Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) - You included Felix C. I prefer Stein's vocals in somewhat the same category of singing.
04. Billy J Kramer - John L. loved his voice and so do I.
03. Bobby Hatfield - Okay, The Righteous Brothers had huge hits. So yes, they weren't unheralded. But, when Bill Medley belted it out he could be flat. Bobby Hatfield could bring you to tears.
02. Paul Jones - Both w/ Manfred Mann and solo he was always entertaining. I enjoy his work.
01. Barbara Lewis - Yes she had Baby I'm Yours and Hello Stranger, but IMO she's underappreciated. She enriches just about every song she sings. Check out her songs on UA-cam.
@@Howard-y8t All great choices. 😉
Gary Brooker was a great singer, he would be my number 1. I would include all three singers in The Band, but maybe they are not really underrated, ditto Tim Buckley.
I believe that Terry Reid was also offered the vocals for Deep Purple by Ritchie Blackmore but turned him down. Ultimately, the job was taken by Ian Gillan.
@@jimofoz653 Never knew that…interesting.
Chris Farlowe!!!
Felix Pappalardi had a great voice, and nice tone, but it's more of the very late 60's, and early 70's, with Mountain. Under appreciated, I think, and maybe outshined by lead singer Leslie West.
Female vocals is my favorite category of music and I was not aware of Julie Driscoll. I will check her out.
Listen to "Indian Rope Man" from Streetnoise.
Thanks
What happened to Burton Cummings? You left him off.
Sal Valentino!
Sandy Denny? Timi Yuro? Laura Nyro , Mickey Newbury
I’m a huge fan of both Denny and Nyro, but I wouldn’t call them underpraised. They are acclaimed universally.
@tomrobinson5776 Not Exactly household names these days
Love, love love Sandy Denny. "Thank you" for mentioning her.
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Yes to P Harum. I never tire of Whiter...
Pale.
Tom, why only 2 female singers?
@@WayneScank Here’s a few more: Mary Wells, P.P. Arnold, Barbara Lewis, Astrud Gilberto and Judy Collins.
Eddie Kendricks.
Mitch Ryder...you forgot?
@@lrc9623c I did indeed. He’s great.
The Lemon Pipers. Peter Green.
Did he sing lead on Green Tambourine?
what about Tim Buckley?... ever on your lists?
Never a huge fan, but I love that Happy Sad album.
Can't complain about your list, but with only a list of ten, how about a couple of honourable mentions, like Jessie Colin Young and Long John Baldry
@@p.a.stewart5446 Too many to mention right? Always loved Jesse Colin Young’s voice. Sunlight off Elephant Mountain is stellar.
Laura Nyro? Scott Walker?
@@barryheard3778 Laura gets a lot of praise. One of my all time favorite singer/songwriters.
ODD you mention Gionne Warwick, as although she was a talented singer, she somehow spent all her millions, and about 10 years ago was declred banktupt.
Yeah, I heard about that….strange
@@tomrobinson5776 Ironically, a few years ago when I printed an article on 45cat about Dee Dee Warwick, I stated that she didn't have such a distinctive voice as her more famous sister, and that many of the songs she recorded would have sounded better if recorded by sister Dionne, somebody, seemingly from Russia ironically sent me this reply. But this is not in my wording. I have just copy-pasted it here. i have not re-printed all this. The heading was DIONNE WARWICK COULDN'T SING. But I did not think I said anything nasty about Dee Dee, like what I was accused of here;
Why would you, obviously a fan of Dionne, come and write nasty things about Dee Dee's voice. At the same time, you called Dionne's voice perfect.
My opinion is that Dionne's voice is the creepiest thing I've heard. She lisped because of the inserted front upper teeth. Dionne screamed, her Alfie was just a Cilla Black replay.
Listening to Dionne's songs is torture. If not for Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Dionne's screams would have spoiled a lot of the background vocals (example Anytime Is The Right Time · Nappy Brown)
A lot of money was invested in Dionne. She completely lost touch with reality. The modern generation does not perceive her "vocals" at all.
Dee Dee's voice and powerful vocals are very modern and her popularity is gaining momentum. Young people write to me who are very fond of her music. I myself cannot imagine my life without it.
Dee Dee's voice was appreciated by many producers, she was even signed by Berry Gordy, but she left Motown, because it was not her sound. She dedicated the song to her brother Pookie, who died in a car accident. She lived to sing. You need to be completely deaf in order not to hear her emotions in music.
Dionne spent her millions, did not help her mother in any way, sued Burt, hosted a program with mediums, chatting about God and the church.
Dionne is a selfish, narcissistic, manipulative, voiceless, unhappy woman. She is not appreciated today.
Dee Dee's voice is magic, her timbre makes me shiver. I listen attentively to her intonation, tricks, phrases. Dee Dee Warwick is a better vocalist, especially than her older, voiceless sister.
Have a nice day )))
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I replied stating that I agree that it was peculiar that she spent all her millions and then sued her close friend Burt Bacharach, but what did she have to sue him for, and then had a kinder reply.
Like everyone of your choices, all great ..... I saw Brian Auger at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia few years back , 2 of his kids played in his band. He signed his Anthology cd for me.
@@SFbank721 Very cool. That was the same line up I saw at The Baked Potato back in 2014. Fantastic!
Julie Driscoll deserves more love than the overrated Kate Bush.
She sang backup on "Who Stole My Love "by unsung British band The Mockingbirds.
I wouldn't say Kate Bush is overrated.
I love "You Stole My Love" by The Mockingbirds! Her backing vocal on that song is minimal, but memorable! Good call!!!
thanks. fun!
Check out Gary Burger from The Monks