Happy at the sound of your voice…
If you haven’t an egg-rolling session planned, you could do worse than tune in to BBC Radio 2 at midday (GMT) on Easter Monday for the last part of three in the station’s countdown of the ‘Voices Of The Century’. This chart, (a poll of 44,000 Radio 2 listeners and a panel of music industry figures) has been the subject of much heated debate, as these things always are, and I’m sure that debate will continue here with our man Bowie placed at a pretty impressive number thirteen.
The aim of the chart was to find the nation’s 100 favourite singing voices, excluding classical and operatic performers. That’s a lot of singers to choose from. It does seem that death has insured the high chart placing of many of the entrants, with nine of the twelve positions before David being taken up by singers who are sadly no longer with us. I guess this information pretty much endorses Bowie’s title of ‘living legend’. Here follows the top fifteen positions:
- 01. Frank Sinatra
02. Elvis Presley
03. Nat ‘King’ Cole
04. Ella Fitzgerald
05. Bing Crosby
06. John Lennon
07. Aretha Franklin
08. Billie Holiday
09. Barbra Streisand
10. Freddie Mercury
11. Roy Orbison
12. Paul McCartney
13. David Bowie
14. Bob Dylan
15. Ray Charles
The broadcast is available online, click on the image above for more details. Well done for the well-deserved recognition yet again David.
Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)