Pick Your Favorite Song by a Group/Artist

[Kaizen]

 

[bantamlaker]

This was the first song for this group which was a hit in 1965. The song was produced by a young Sylvester Stewart who would later became famous as Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone.

 

[Scud49]

Dionne Warwick - wow, so many fine songs from this lady. It's very tough to pick just one, but I believe I'll go with this one from 1964:

 

[Beemer]

Nelson Riddle - when I think of him, it's this wonderful instrumental that comes to mind:

IIRC he also made 2 excellent albums with Linda Ronstadt

 

[Scud49]

Four Seasons - they sure were big back in the 60's - one of my favorites by them:

 

[bantamlaker]

If you don’t know who the Wonder Who are you probably weren’t around in 1966.
See Scud’s post above if you aren’t sure of their identity.

 

[Cedar]

One of the most creative hit singles ever. That beautiful ethereal background involved a lot of effort. They worked with a 16-track mixer, and each group member was recorded singing each note 16 different times. Then that was mixed down, and repeated, so they had four different voices singing each note over 200 different times.

At their best, 10cc were a great mix of pop and art-rock.

Thanks for posting this, @Bigboote. I had assumed that the ethereal background sounds were generated by voices and by a synthesizer.

I found this video about the process of creating the song to be interesting:

 

[Scud49]

Michelle Branch - gotta say she is pretty mesmerizing - and Carlos Santana gets an encore, great song:

 

[meyers7]

Although I think I've seen a few U2 on here, this one might be my favorite.

Red Hill Mining Town

 

[Bigboote]

Thanks for posting this, @Bigboote. I had assumed that the ethereal background sounds were generated by voices and by a synthesizer.

I found this video about the process of creating the song to be interesting:

Oh, geez, Cedar, thanks for posting that. I love Eric Stewart talking about them all at the console, each with three faders, basically "playing" the vocals. I'd always imagined them making loops for a mellotron or something.

 

[Hope]

Yes Iggy, you can be my dog.

 

[Hope]

So tough to pick one:

I like this cover version.

YouTube

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[Bigboote]

I don’t think we’ve seen APP yet:

 

[Hope]

The song selected by Harry & Meghan to be played at the Royal Wedding.

 

[Scud49]

Asleep at the Wheel - another one I've overlooked inadvertently - gotta fix that with "Miles and Miles of Texas"

 

[Hope]

I want to thank Whole Foods for the 2 bottles of lemonade Kombucha that I drank while viewing and listening to all 42 pages of videos and songs. It was fun. Now, for a chill out, cover song.

 

[Scud49]

I want to thank Whole Foods for the 2 bottles of lemonade Kombucha that I drank while viewing and listening to all 42 pages of videos and songs. It was fun. Now, for a chill out, cover song.

It was money well spent I think Hope - there's certainly some great music in this thread from everyone!

Chris Issac- I forgot about him too - here's my fav of his:

 

[jimazee]

Dunno if this was posted ... the thread is long and winding

 

[Bigboote]

Asleep at the Wheel - another one I've overlooked inadvertently - gotta fix that with "Miles and Miles of Texas"

Probably written after seeing the “El Paso 850” sign on I-10 leaving Houston.

 

[Scud49]

Sam Cooke - what a smooth voice:

 

[Bigboote]

Oh, Scud, Sam Cooke is one of the few male popular singers that I'd say had a great voice. (Note that I don't mean one of the few great male singers.) I ripped an old three-record retrospective of his to 2 CD's, which I absolutely love.

My favorite of his, which was also ably covered by the Animals:

 

[Horatio]

 

[Horatio]

 

[bantamlaker]

 

[bantamlaker]