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Other preserved voices in my opinion are Sir Mick Jagger, Petula Clark, Buddy Guy, Gladys Knight, Cher, Steven Tyler, David Gilmour, Joe Williams, Cab Calloway, Frank Sinatra, Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand
Maybe the reason(s) why is/are because she 1) refused to "sellout & sacrifice" for success and 2) the muSICK industry ONLY promotes & pushes ONE female voice at a time. Several labels may have their "it" girl who is in competition vs their challengers for said all-hallowed title of " the QUEEN of...". Ultimately it will still just be 1 & 1 only. Usually they also must ditch their former genres of music they can sing & sing well for promoting POP(ULAR) music because it has "crossover" ( read WHITE) appeal. That =s more $ generated. Sad but true.
Donna Summer should be on this list. At age 50 her voice and range were still as agile, strong and capable as they were when she was in her 20's. A remarkable achievement for someone who toured so often and extensively.
The fact Magda is 96 and is still singing with a good powerful Hv just proves if u actually take the time to work on ur voice and take care of it, U will be good for a long time (if ur even given a long time. The fact she lived till 96 is impressive)
But that is tongue retraction and this is a classical technique used by operatic tenors for depth and squillante sound??? she actually is doing it exactly for the reason you do not understand...Open, fat, big chiaroscuro sound with a lot of squillo....This is actually the ways real big tenors belt..
Excellent choices, overall. Vivian Reed is one of the greatest singers in the world. One has to hear her live to fully experience the power and beauty of her instrument. IT'S ENORMOUS! Linda Hopkins and Cleo Laine are two of my other favorites. I've had the opportunity to have met all three ladies.
Yes Cleo Lane AND Lena Horne so good plus Janet Baker, Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas were just phenomenal, stupendous and out of this world, when past their prime! Never to be equalled!
She is 79 and still sounds the same. The control she has...this is this year and she literally sounds like the original album LIVE. m.th-cam.com/video/CCwvODA3qek/w-d-xo.html
It’s only within the past decade that I have understood what a beast Tony Bennett is. And really in the last few years that I have truly understood it. Dang, what a voice that has been around all these years.
I’d have to respectfully disagree. It HAS aged … but that’s the beauty of it. We get to enjoy so many more colours and nuances of this incredible vocal.
@@wasanasaw I do think a lot of the darkening in her voice has to do with the hormonal changes. Not to do with age necessarily. But her voice has certainly aged since her 50s, I agree.
@@ajaycbaby8837 their are clear similarities with their vowel shaping, phrasing and enunciation...Whitneys biggest influence where Dionne and Aretha but I hear more of Vivian and Dionne in her by far
I just love Shirley Bassey. She and Celine Dion on my all-time favorites. I always felt her full power started coming into fruition in her 30s. And this video proves it. As for Celine, I see an argument below that her voice is no longer as good as it used to be because of a technique that seth Riggs taught her… Well I think that her voice itself has still been well preserved even if the technique isn’t so great. If this technique is a danger to her voice, then she should stop it, but she definitely has enough voice left in her to thrive once she switches to a better technique.
I'm her huge fan, it's kinda sad for me because she lost powers in her mid belts, i don't care about her upper belts and i wish she would bring back her old technique with her strong chest voice and powerful mid belts.
@@jestiny My point is clear. She sang with a different coordination in the 60s, less high belting because her coordination was different. In the 80s and up she implemented twang, forward placement and aryepigllotal narrowing when she belted. The result was more high larynx and a mix after f5/ G5 which she hardly used earlier. She belted fully in M1 coordination in her earlier career (chest) , later she incorporated the mix in M2 which gave the impression of ease... Celine is another example although not as successful as Patti .. Celine in her earlier career was more M1 now she is more M2. But her chest voice at the moment is thinned out immensely..
I'm a singer now in my mid sixties. When I turned 60 my voice began to loose the range and vocal dexterity. So I very much appreciate these singers of such longevity. Actually what is a stronger superlative than, incredible. The term doesn't quite do them justice!
Incredible Video. They are not on the list, but I believe that Rachelle Ferrell and Lisa Fischer also have absurd techniques and preserved their voice very well even at age 60 (57 for Rachelle and 62 for Lisa). For me, they deserved to be on the list for sure. Two vocal beasts. Maybe part 2 :)
Bud to those of you who think that she can not belt with a free and open throat in her chest voice, I do think there are performances that she’s done in the last decade that you have not seen. She can still do that. Listen to her “that’s just the woman in me album“ “taking chances“ album and era. Particularly her concert in Quebec in 2008 where she sang “un peu plus haut un peu plus loin”.
Rachelle actually turned 60 in May. The last times I heard her, her singing was very unfocused - it was a mess, so I have no idea what shape her voice is in now.
On the next list, please include Karen Clark Sheard. She has actually gotten better over time, it’s pretty crazy. Shes in her 60’s now, and she’s been performing since the 70’s
Karen was better in the 80's. She just does more runs now because belting and growling is harder to do. Karen get caught up in trying to sing out of her range and gets messy a lot of times. Over the years she has taken more risk with her runs, but she also gets annoying live. Once she went solo her style and technique change a lot.....Cece winans is a perfect example of longevity and technique. Cece sounds about the same as she did when she was younger. Cece does not attempt some of the higher notes she ise to slay, but she still sounds amazing.
@@ajaycbaby8837 This is exactly why I wanted them to put her in the video, because what you said is simply not true. Karen is still hitting notes in the heavens and growling like no ones business. She simply added echoes, whistle notes, and the craziest runs to her roster.
this is the first time I heard about Vivian Reed! The woman can sing! even in her senior years! that is some serious skill and discipline! But really, these men and women have really preserved their voices as if they are still 20s!!! as a voice teacher, these singers have the same technique and resonance that enabled them to preserve their voices for 50+ years!
Shirley, Patti Magda and Tom 😍😍. The preservation of their voices is astounding. So many times singers forget their voices are instruments (I’m one of them) and they don’t take care of them. These vocalist did it the right way!!!
I only know of Vivian because of her Tony-nominated roles in Bubbling Brown Sugar and The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club. Her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" is perfect! I wish she'd had a thriving R&B career during her heyday.
She’s excellent. I’ll have a full video on her soon. Here’s something quite rare. A live album from the 80s. Recently purchased this vinyl - Live At The Espace Cardin (1982) th-cam.com/video/rmphY7In-iw/w-d-xo.html
@@KajiVocals Hello- I have the whole espace Cardin show on video-I showed it to Vivian-nice memories-it was a fantastic show that ran for 3 weeks in Paris at the time.
OMG....I'm in awe of ALL of them! I knew Patti, Shirley and Tom Jones could 'do the do'...but I'm so surprised at the others in their late 80s and *90s* were still belting out those high notes! My God those folks were AMAZING!!! 😃😃😃
Vivian Reed holy shit. Thank you for this invaluable resource. This is a theory of vocal development that I admire and have fought against institutions (classical voice in college) to study. When you develop your vocal muscles chest and head, you’re voice endures well into your 90s and there is evidence of this with so many singers. If your voice goes to shit when you age that means you were abusing your voice box. Of course people say it’s talent and every body is different. And while that is true, we generally have the same muscles. Like most people with an arm have a bicep and so on. And so this theory simplifies singing in the development of ones voice muscles. Although that’s not the most simple process as I believe it’s not only physical but spiritual, mental, emotional.
Never heard of Cleo. Definitely going to check her out. Now was Magda laying on the floor singing? That is impressive at any age. She remained a force into her 90s. Wow.
She was/is an opera singer. If I had to guess she was singing one of the arias from La Triviata in the clip where she was laying down?? I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong on the opera.
The only thing about Shirley Bassey's magnificent voice is she can't really do the quiet stuff anymore. I watched her 80th birthday special with David Walliams, and she doesn't have the control over her vocal fold closure required for slow, quiet ballads anymore, but give her a big, belt-y piece and she's 💯💯💯.
She generally claimed up unto 1990s to not have vocal training. Or probably very little where it shouldn't be Co sidereal actually training. She always said everything was natural and learned on the stage. However I'm sure that must have changed as her voice degraded from age
This is excellent. It just goes to show if you don't destroy the gift that God put in you it will last. Some people don't even live to be 70 75 years old and these people are belting out these notes
Vivian Reed, just wow! Thanks for introducing me to this great singer. Was going to mention Tom Jones until I saw him midway into the video. Now, Shirley Bassey is a beast right into her 80s.
And THANK YOU for highlighting Linda Hopkins! She's been one of my faves since I was a babe and my parents played "Walk Him Up the Stairs," the opening number from Purlie, and still the best damned opening number ever! NEVER knew she had whistle tone!
@@KajiVocals If you haven't already, you should hear Linda Hopkins and the rest of the original cast of Purlie singing Walk Him Up The Stairs on the 1970 Tony Awards. The clip you have is from the 1980s when a TV version was mounted.
Purlie, Purlie, Purlie,..what a wonderful Muscial. Linda Hopkins held it down with "Walk him up the Stairs". Another Noticable singer with range was also featured in this repertoire. It's Melba Moore. Who had great technic and range. She's worthy of being showcased here as wekk.
I danced onstage as a little girl with Linda Hopkins. She had children from the audience come on stage and I used my dancing school training and jumped in front of the other little girl to work it out! 💃👯♀️#realsinging #talent
You should add Wanya Morris from Boyz II Men to the next part. He sounds better from age 18 to 48. I just heard him live and its unbelievable how his tone and perfect adlib agility is ageless.
Shirley’s transformation over the years was so dramatic. In her 20s, she had such a girly feminine tone overall. Then throughout her 30s and early 40s, her voice got MUCH bigger and the tone was much deeper overall. And this seemed to continue gradually from then on throughout the rest of her life. Her later years voice is so different from early career voice, but is still so well preserved.
Vivian Reed has a big voice!!! Incredible technique and vocal longevity! Is she a bigger voice soprano or a middle weight soprano? She sounds like a bigger voice (dramatic) soprano.
She is a dramatic soprano. Trained as one too. She mentions it here blogcritics.org/interview-vivian-reed-sophisticated-fire/ And I agree. She also has an incredible development even in the low range. She can do a big low C3.
Make sure to check out her channel. She has a fascinating biographical series on there and many videos with tips to singers and tutorials on mic technique etc. She also has a playlist with some of her performances which I recommend you go through. Fun fact also. The song Lean on Me, which Melba Moore and Aretha covered is originally Vivian’s song from 1972. Melba and Aretha covered it. Vivian later performed with Melba at her 70th birthday.
This video is refreshingly different . I'd wager it'll help people see the reality of singing : that it isn't quick techniques that'll make you last ,but lots of hard work and time .
Yahweh literally only made one!!! There has been none with a voice like hers in our lifetime. She is 79 and still sounds the same. It’s amazing to see her live.
Never before heard of Vivian Reed, but she has one of the world's greatest voices. What a sin that someone like Madonna can pass herself off as a singer, and make hundreds of millions of dollars, yet Vivian Reed is largely unknown.
@@Worme95 there are definite vocal similarities. One thing about Whitney I always loved was how willing she was to acknowledge and celebrate other great female vocalists. She was never threatened by other's talent, and happily shared her spotlight (especially in bringing great Gospel singers to a pop audience)
Just because someone sings beautifully, doesn't mean they get to be pop icons. Many people can sing. So what's the criteria? Madonna reinvented herself, pushed boundaries in music etc. She may not be a great singer, but she's certainly not a bad one.
First time hearing Linda Hopkins, she is amazing. Patti my all time favorite but she has lost a lot of her full vouce belt, she used to belt the highest notes in full voice. And Magda, amazing she can still do that at that age, must be some kind of record.
Vivian Reed had a great record out in the 60s called "I wanna be free". Her record got a few plays on the radio in England, it wasn't a hit, I bought a copy. The "B" side of the record was agreat Carol King song "Yours until tomorrow " a song in the vein of "Will you still love me tomorrow". Also had aversion of that song by Dee Dee Warwick. Never heard of Vivian Reed again until I came across this post 60yrs later.
Great series! I'm hoping to see John Farnham later on, dude's been performing since like 1967 and still consistently sings high notes. Finding videos of him performing live in the late 60s that hasn't had the audio altered is abit difficult, though videos from the 70s still show his insane vocals even when he was considered a teen pop icon at the time. Even crazier to think that he's never had any formal vocal lessons.
This video compilation is why my old soul still exists😑😑😑 This type of vocal styling always leaps inside my soul and affects me deeply. The dramatics and expression of it all, indeed.
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I posted a big video on Mariah Carey a few days ago! I recommend checking it out! Also make sure to check out Vivian Reed’s TH-cam channel th-cam.com/channels/0tufTz4fJCqnsuwxx2O5gA.html. She posts wonderful videos there describing her career and tutorials for singers/performers!
Also! Put down your suggestions for singers for the upcoming episodes of this series below.
Other preserved voices in my opinion are Sir Mick Jagger, Petula Clark, Buddy Guy, Gladys Knight, Cher, Steven Tyler, David Gilmour, Joe Williams, Cab Calloway, Frank Sinatra, Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand
I'm disappointed that I've never heard of Vivian Reed , she's such a phenomenonal vocalist who managed to preserve her voice and range
She's also a wonderful dancer.
A full vocal range video on her soon!
@@KajiVocals Thank you
Maybe the reason(s) why is/are because she 1) refused to "sellout & sacrifice" for success and 2) the muSICK industry ONLY promotes & pushes ONE female voice at a time. Several labels may have their "it" girl who is in competition vs their challengers for said all-hallowed title of " the QUEEN of...". Ultimately it will still just be 1 & 1 only. Usually they also must ditch their former genres of music they can sing & sing well for promoting POP(ULAR) music because it has "crossover" ( read WHITE) appeal. That =s more $ generated. Sad but true.
As am I...blown away
Patti slaying A5s, B5s, and C6s in mixed voice well into her 70s!!! Get it Patti!
My Favorite of all time! Just amazing!
@@cybersecceo5403 she and tom for me
AND WITH NO MICROPHONE!!!!👍
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Patti is moist
Donna Summer should be on this list. At age 50 her voice and range were still as agile, strong and capable as they were when she was in her 20's. A remarkable achievement for someone who toured so often and extensively.
This is only the part 1! Many more to come.
Yes! One of the best vocalists I appreciate. The preservation was amazing.
I agree!!
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Agree! Donna's voice was amazing even when she was battling lung cancer.
Shirley Bassey is just amazing. Her technique at her prime is just WOW even at her age....
*even at her age now
I saw Shirley Bassey live when she was 60 - 1997 - utterly incredible
The way she shaped the word "needs" was brilliant
She’s just amazing.
She is great, but in the footage were not taken the best vocal of her
Vivian is a testament to longevity.
Never heard of her til today but I definitely agree
Truly unbelievable vocal mastery!
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The fact Magda is 96 and is still singing with a good powerful Hv just proves if u actually take the time to work on ur voice and take care of it, U will be good for a long time (if ur even given a long time. The fact she lived till 96 is impressive)
She died at 104.
@@KajiVocals WHA!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯. God damn!!!
@@KajiVocals include glenn hughes, graham bonnet, dio, bruce dickinson, jahn teigen, dee snider, daniel heiman
Or someone people just have really good genes and don’t take care of their voice at all… GOD gives what he gives
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I’m amazed at how Shirley produces notes that open when she’s lifting her tongue in some of these clips. She must have one powerful diaphragm.
I agree. It doesn’t make sense to me at all.
But that is tongue retraction and this is a classical technique used by operatic tenors for depth and squillante sound??? she actually is doing it exactly for the reason you do not understand...Open, fat, big chiaroscuro sound with a lot of squillo....This is actually the ways real big tenors belt..
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Excellent choices, overall. Vivian Reed is one of the greatest singers in the world. One has to hear her live to fully experience the power and beauty of her instrument. IT'S ENORMOUS! Linda Hopkins and Cleo Laine are two of my other favorites. I've had the opportunity to have met all three ladies.
A full vocal range video on her soon!
@@loveyall1910 LOL. What statement did you initially think I lied about?
@@loveyall1910 Hahahaha!!!🤣🤣🤣
Yes Cleo Lane AND Lena Horne so good plus Janet Baker, Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas were just phenomenal, stupendous and out of this world, when past their prime! Never to be equalled!
OMG!!! You are so blessed!!
Patti is a force of nature. Wow
She is 79 and still sounds the same. The control she has...this is this year and she literally sounds like the original album LIVE. m.th-cam.com/video/CCwvODA3qek/w-d-xo.html
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11:06 this C5 killed me. How can you hit a ringing note like that at age 80! Shirley Bassey, simply perfect 👌👏🤯😍
She literally sounded like a 30 year old voice... Amazing. Her voice sounds amazing and that squillo!!!! OMG
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Let's also talk about how good some of them LOOK after the years. Patti, Shirley, Linda, Vivian all look great after all those years!
Haha agreed!
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Agreed!
It’s only within the past decade that I have understood what a beast Tony Bennett is. And really in the last few years that I have truly understood it. Dang, what a voice that has been around all these years.
I’ve heard him my entire life but I completely agree. I’ve taken the time to slow down and listen and holy crap!
I grew up listening to him and I’m 31. He’s been performing before my parents where born! That’s why longevity
Im so very impressed by Shirley Bassey. It’s like her voice doesnt age at all !
I’d have to respectfully disagree. It HAS aged … but that’s the beauty of it. We get to enjoy so many more colours and nuances of this incredible vocal.
@@wasanasaw I do think a lot of the darkening in her voice has to do with the hormonal changes. Not to do with age necessarily. But her voice has certainly aged since her 50s, I agree.
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@@KajiVocals im gonna watch part 2 then ;) may i suggest Martha Wash for part 3 ?
@@wasanasaw Well, that’s not surprising, woman’s vocal prime is usually into her late 40s to early mid-50s.
I've never heard of Vivian Reed but I know a very famous singer who did. She clearly influenced Whitney Houston
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Yessss!!
I do not hear the similarities in their voices.
@@ajaycbaby8837 their are clear similarities with their vowel shaping, phrasing and enunciation...Whitneys biggest influence where Dionne and Aretha but I hear more of Vivian and Dionne in her by far
Whitney was more influenced by Dee Dee Warwick than Dionne @Odumosu Listen to Thank God from Dee Dee live.
Patti!!!! Love this whole video but Patti and her acrobatic vocal deliverances are just outta this world ❤️!
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Vocal role models right here.
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Shirley Bassey's soprano to mezzo soprano journey! She's the epitome of vocal longevity!
Tony is a force to be reckoned with! He and Lady Gaga sing together regularly.
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I just love Shirley Bassey. She and Celine Dion on my all-time favorites. I always felt her full power started coming into fruition in her 30s. And this video proves it. As for Celine, I see an argument below that her voice is no longer as good as it used to be because of a technique that seth Riggs taught her… Well I think that her voice itself has still been well preserved even if the technique isn’t so great. If this technique is a danger to her voice, then she should stop it, but she definitely has enough voice left in her to thrive once she switches to a better technique.
What you meant to Celine is using twangy head mix?
Celine is my all-time favorite too!
I'm her huge fan, it's kinda sad for me because she lost powers in her mid belts, i don't care about her upper belts and i wish she would bring back her old technique with her strong chest voice and powerful mid belts.
@@zeff8820 celine still has superb in middles notes the C5 ..... on ..... the prayer....... are powerful at 50 years old
@@dededejereme2284 not as powerful as ten years ago.
Patti seemed to achieve more ease in her beiting as she entered her 40s which is outstanding
I do not think so. She changed her technique, too obvious
@@odumosuolusegun2781 what’s your point? Changing technique during your career is normal
@@jestiny My point is clear. She sang with a different coordination in the 60s, less high belting because her coordination was different. In the 80s and up she implemented twang, forward placement and aryepigllotal narrowing when she belted. The result was more high larynx and a mix after f5/ G5 which she hardly used earlier. She belted fully in M1 coordination in her earlier career (chest) , later she incorporated the mix in M2 which gave the impression of ease...
Celine is another example although not as successful as Patti .. Celine in her earlier career was more M1 now she is more M2. But her chest voice at the moment is thinned out immensely..
@@odumosuolusegun2781 More ease through different technique, we're saying the same tbing
@@odumosuolusegun2781 i think she should had kept her 60s technic it sounded more round but she’s a great singer 👩🎤
Tony Bennett is a MONSTER! Amazing!
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Ok but TONY BENNET I am SHOCKED; such a beautiful technique!
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Never heard of Vivian Reed and I instantly fell in love 😳😳😳
A full vocal range video on her soon!
Same here. She’s incredible! I’m disappointed that I’ve never heard of her. 🔥🔥
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In my opinion, Shirley Bassey got better as she aged, more resonance, more power!!!. That's insane 🤯❤
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I'm a singer now in my mid sixties. When I turned 60 my voice began to loose the range and vocal dexterity. So I very much appreciate these singers of such longevity. Actually what is a stronger superlative than, incredible. The term doesn't quite do them justice!
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Patti labelle is literally my favorite dramatic soprano of all time 🥳 The power, ease, range, and consistency she has is other worldly.
She is NOT a dramatic soprano! Don’t be fooled by the size of her head voice. It is big for pop but quite small compared to a real dramatic soprano.
@@KajiVocals may you pls tell what is Martha wash vocal type .
@@lydob2471 Soprano.
@Adonister87 Patti received brief classical training in the early 1960s as a lyric soprano. She continued that training later on in 1982.
Give Birgit Nilsson and Helen Troubel a try
So glad you included Miss Patti LaBelle.
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R u kidding me.How could they not !!@! She is almost 80 and neva sounded better....ijs
Patti Labelle is such a legend!
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Incredible Video. They are not on the list, but I believe that Rachelle Ferrell and Lisa Fischer also have absurd techniques and preserved their voice very well even at age 60 (57 for Rachelle and 62 for Lisa). For me, they deserved to be on the list for sure. Two vocal beasts. Maybe part 2 :)
Lisa no. her voice is very constricted now
Bud to those of you who think that she can not belt with a free and open throat in her chest voice, I do think there are performances that she’s done in the last decade that you have not seen. She can still do that. Listen to her “that’s just the woman in me album“ “taking chances“ album and era. Particularly her concert in Quebec in 2008 where she sang “un peu plus haut un peu plus loin”.
Rachelle actually turned 60 in May. The last times I heard her, her singing was very unfocused - it was a mess, so I have no idea what shape her voice is in now.
Lisa Fischer is 63 years old today 😊❤️🎂
@@odumosuolusegun2781 Not at all. She only has lost range in high notes.
On the next list, please include Karen Clark Sheard. She has actually gotten better over time, it’s pretty crazy. Shes in her 60’s now, and she’s been performing since the 70’s
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Karen was better in the 80's. She just does more runs now because belting and growling is harder to do. Karen get caught up in trying to sing out of her range and gets messy a lot of times. Over the years she has taken more risk with her runs, but she also gets annoying live. Once she went solo her style and technique change a lot.....Cece winans is a perfect example of longevity and technique. Cece sounds about the same as she did when she was younger. Cece does not attempt some of the higher notes she ise to slay, but she still sounds amazing.
@@ajaycbaby8837 This is exactly why I wanted them to put her in the video, because what you said is simply not true. Karen is still hitting notes in the heavens and growling like no ones business. She simply added echoes, whistle notes, and the craziest runs to her roster.
@@NANA-fh6we thank u for sayin this. I agree with u completely. Saved me a few mins of writing to with this reply.
That's beautiful Vivian got older but her range also grew 🌱 💙👌🏾
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@@KajiVocals thank you 💙💙
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Patti literally a powerhouse! 🔥
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Shirley Bassey is a force of nature
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Queen Linda Hopkins and those dance moves at 72!!😳 Her voice is beautiful!!!
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That ring in Shirley's voice! Listen to those ringing D5s at 80 years old!
Tony Bennett's voice sounds like a fined tuned instrument....just fabulous!😍
this is the first time I heard about Vivian Reed! The woman can sing! even in her senior years! that is some serious skill and discipline!
But really, these men and women have really preserved their voices as if they are still 20s!!!
as a voice teacher, these singers have the same technique and resonance that enabled them to preserve their voices for 50+ years!
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Shirley, Patti Magda and Tom 😍😍. The preservation of their voices is astounding. So many times singers forget their voices are instruments (I’m one of them) and they don’t take care of them. These vocalist did it the right way!!!
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I only know of Vivian because of her Tony-nominated roles in Bubbling Brown Sugar and The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club. Her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" is perfect! I wish she'd had a thriving R&B career during her heyday.
She’s excellent. I’ll have a full video on her soon. Here’s something quite rare. A live album from the 80s. Recently purchased this vinyl - Live At The Espace Cardin (1982) th-cam.com/video/rmphY7In-iw/w-d-xo.html
@@KajiVocals Thank you 🙏🏾
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@@KajiVocals Hello- I have the whole espace Cardin show on video-I showed it to Vivian-nice memories-it was a fantastic show that ran for 3 weeks in Paris at the time.
Vivian reed. Wow! I can tell Whitney studied her.
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They really said "Age is just a number" 👏👏👏
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Can’t nobody outdo Dame Shirley Bassey. The longest career with the best preserved voice 🏴
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OMG....I'm in awe of ALL of them! I knew Patti, Shirley and Tom Jones could 'do the do'...but I'm so surprised at the others in their late 80s and *90s* were still belting out those high notes! My God those folks were AMAZING!!! 😃😃😃
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Vivian Reed holy shit. Thank you for this invaluable resource.
This is a theory of vocal development that I admire and have fought against institutions (classical voice in college) to study. When you develop your vocal muscles chest and head, you’re voice endures well into your 90s and there is evidence of this with so many singers. If your voice goes to shit when you age that means you were abusing your voice box.
Of course people say it’s talent and every body is different. And while that is true, we generally have the same muscles. Like most people with an arm have a bicep and so on. And so this theory simplifies singing in the development of ones voice muscles. Although that’s not the most simple process as I believe it’s not only physical but spiritual, mental, emotional.
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The video starts with a singer I don’t know and yet I’m totally blown away. Thanks for introducing Ms Vivian Reed to me. She’s so amazing!
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Shirley Bassey's voice is really something else🤯 She took amazing care of her instrument.
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Will you include Gladys Knight on the next list? She basically sounds the same as she did in the 60/70's.
Yes!
Yes
Amen I went to see her 2 years her voice has not changed.Still able to hit the notes she's famous for.
A C5 diminuendo by a 91 year old.. I have seen everything now :D
Great concept! :)
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Never heard of Cleo. Definitely going to check her out.
Now was Magda laying on the floor singing? That is impressive at any age. She remained a force into her 90s. Wow.
She was/is an opera singer. If I had to guess she was singing one of the arias from La Triviata in the clip where she was laying down?? I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong on the opera.
@Heather it’s a scene from Mefistofele.
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Shirley Bassely is one of may favourite vocalists ❤❤
Wholeheartedly believe Tony Bennett will be soaring into the heavens singing. Recently discovered Shirley Bassey and she is classic🤩
Patti’s head voice is getting stronger every year😮💨
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The only thing about Shirley Bassey's magnificent voice is she can't really do the quiet stuff anymore. I watched her 80th birthday special with David Walliams, and she doesn't have the control over her vocal fold closure required for slow, quiet ballads anymore, but give her a big, belt-y piece and she's 💯💯💯.
And we love her for it!
I don’t know if Callie Day will be on part 2, but her vocal range is absolutely amazing.
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Cleo Laine has always been one of the pioneers of whistle and a near connected and arguably the most agile singer I have heard
Was she using whistles? It sounded connected
@@takemyhand1988 I think she use dit at her top end notes g6-bb6? she just layered it well with her headvoice
@@takemyhand1988 Yes. She never went above E6 in head voice. She herself said that was her top note. She just had a well-connected whistle.
Linda Hopkins and Vivian Reed wow! What great voices, I never heard of them before.
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Love Shirley, what a voice.
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I've been taking this in two singers a day, lol. That Magda Olivero...wow. The control she still had at 96 on those decrescendos was remarkable.
She was amazing!! I was blown away! Even Joan Sutherland didn’t have that in her 60’s.
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Wow! Patti Labelle still has her head voice at het 70s.
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Did Patti ever get vocal training? She's the litteral definition of pursuing one's voice immaculately as you age
Yes. Briefly trained classically. And had a coach later too.
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She generally claimed up unto 1990s to not have vocal training. Or probably very little where it shouldn't be Co sidereal actually training. She always said everything was natural and learned on the stage. However I'm sure that must have changed as her voice degraded from age
Vivian and Shirley seem to have simar approaches. I was introduced to wonderful singers!
Bassey's Bb4 sound so much fuller and even higher than most. It's so interesting
Because she uses pure chest! Most other singers thin out plenty and/or sing lighter than her.
@@KajiVocals her belt density makes no sense
Just dramatic voice type things.
@@Vi6ration Vocal weight in belt isn’t related to fäch. It’s technique.
This is excellent. It just goes to show if you don't destroy the gift that God put in you it will last. Some people don't even live to be 70 75 years old and these people are belting out these notes
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I'm lo-key shocked that an old-school soul-divaholic like myself has never even hEaRd of Vivian Reed----WOW!!!!!!!
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Vivian Reed, just wow! Thanks for introducing me to this great singer. Was going to mention Tom Jones until I saw him midway into the video. Now, Shirley Bassey is a beast right into her 80s.
Video on her soon!
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Surprised by Tony Bennett. What a voice.
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And THANK YOU for highlighting Linda Hopkins! She's been one of my faves since I was a babe and my parents played "Walk Him Up the Stairs," the opening number from Purlie, and still the best damned opening number ever! NEVER knew she had whistle tone!
She is the first pop singer to use whistle notes! As early as the 1950s!
@@KajiVocals If you haven't already, you should hear Linda Hopkins and the rest of the original cast of Purlie singing Walk Him Up The Stairs on the 1970 Tony Awards. The clip you have is from the 1980s when a TV version was mounted.
A full vocal range video on her soon!
Purlie, Purlie, Purlie,..what a wonderful Muscial. Linda Hopkins held it down with "Walk him up the Stairs". Another Noticable singer with range was also featured in this repertoire. It's Melba Moore. Who had great technic and range. She's worthy of being showcased here as wekk.
@@duragggura3695 She will be in part 2. I also have a long video on Melba on my channel that I uploaded a few months ago.
I never heard of Vivian Reed. But I'M IN LOVE!!!!!!!!!
Make sure to check out her TH-cam channel!
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Linda Hopkins and Dame Cleo Laine hit the perfect notes! Now that's LEGENDARY!
Vivian plays no games!!
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I'm VERY impressed with Magda Olivero.
Vivian Reed- my friend. Giving me plenty of inspiration to keep on keeping on !!!
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I danced onstage as a little girl with Linda Hopkins. She had children from the audience come on stage and I used my dancing school training and jumped in front of the other little girl to work it out! 💃👯♀️#realsinging #talent
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I'm so sad that I only now discovered Vivian Reed through this video but better late than never.🎶All of these artists are fantastico!!💖
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You should add Wanya Morris from Boyz II Men to the next part. He sounds better from age 18 to 48. I just heard him live and its unbelievable how his tone and perfect adlib agility is ageless.
I agree, his voice is incredibleee!
I agree but he's too young. He's only in his late 40s. Most of the singers here are 65+.
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I heard Wanya has to get a shot on his throat to sing due to extreme vocal damage. I do not know if that os longevity.
Shirley’s transformation over the years was so dramatic. In her 20s, she had such a girly feminine tone overall. Then throughout her 30s and early 40s, her voice got MUCH bigger and the tone was much deeper overall. And this seemed to continue gradually from then on throughout the rest of her life. Her later years voice is so different from early career voice, but is still so well preserved.
Vivian Reed has a big voice!!! Incredible technique and vocal longevity! Is she a bigger voice soprano or a middle weight soprano? She sounds like a bigger voice (dramatic) soprano.
She is a dramatic soprano. Trained as one too. She mentions it here blogcritics.org/interview-vivian-reed-sophisticated-fire/ And I agree. She also has an incredible development even in the low range. She can do a big low C3.
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@@KajiVocals Wow! Her voice is incredible! She's belting G5s and hitting C6s well into her 70s!!!
Make sure to check out her channel. She has a fascinating biographical series on there and many videos with tips to singers and tutorials on mic technique etc. She also has a playlist with some of her performances which I recommend you go through.
Fun fact also. The song Lean on Me, which Melba Moore and Aretha covered is originally Vivian’s song from 1972. Melba and Aretha covered it. Vivian later performed with Melba at her 70th birthday.
@@loveyall1910 Please don't troll.
I love how Linda Hopkins goes straight from chest voice to whistle register without breaking a sweat! Damn!
37:48 I collapsed on that G5-D6 transition.
What the......
She can SANGGGGGGG.... Why haven't we heard of her before??? Excellence Personified....Beautiful Voice... Vivian Reed
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Dame Shirley's vocal projection is just unbelievable.
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This video is refreshingly different . I'd wager it'll help people see the reality of singing : that it isn't quick techniques that'll make you last ,but lots of hard work and time .
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I already knew Patti LAbelle was going to be here. Whoo! she eats up them belts.
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great singers with great techniques. wish i could have this kind of techniques.
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Patti was and still is the truth!
Yahweh literally only made one!!! There has been none with a voice like hers in our lifetime. She is 79 and still sounds the same. It’s amazing to see her live.
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Vivian Reed BLEW MY MIND
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She stopped time, seriously
@@KajiVocals thank you
@@TheRetroWoman80 I agree
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Never before heard of Vivian Reed, but she has one of the world's greatest voices. What a sin that someone like Madonna can pass herself off as a singer, and make hundreds of millions of dollars, yet Vivian Reed is largely unknown.
It's obvious that she influence Whitney Houston. I'd never heard of her before tonight.
@@Worme95 there are definite vocal similarities. One thing about Whitney I always loved was how willing she was to acknowledge and celebrate other great female vocalists. She was never threatened by other's talent, and happily shared her spotlight (especially in bringing great Gospel singers to a pop audience)
@@markmywords2840 she was very gracious.
Just because someone sings beautifully, doesn't mean they get to be pop icons. Many people can sing. So what's the criteria?
Madonna reinvented herself, pushed boundaries in music etc. She may not be a great singer, but she's certainly not a bad one.
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First time hearing Linda Hopkins, she is amazing. Patti my all time favorite but she has lost a lot of her full vouce belt, she used to belt the highest notes in full voice. And Magda, amazing she can still do that at that age, must be some kind of record.
Vivian Reed had a great record out in the 60s called "I wanna be free". Her record got a few plays on the radio in England, it wasn't a hit, I bought a copy. The "B" side of the record was agreat Carol King song "Yours until tomorrow " a song in the vein of "Will you still love me tomorrow". Also had aversion of that song by Dee Dee Warwick. Never heard of Vivian Reed again until I came across this post 60yrs later.
Her entire discography is WONDERFUL. There’s many clips of her stuff on TH-cam. I recommend listening to them.
@@KajiVocals Thank you I will. I don't know if any other tracks of hers saw the light of day in the U.K
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Great series! I'm hoping to see John Farnham later on, dude's been performing since like 1967 and still consistently sings high notes. Finding videos of him performing live in the late 60s that hasn't had the audio altered is abit difficult, though videos from the 70s still show his insane vocals even when he was considered a teen pop icon at the time. Even crazier to think that he's never had any formal vocal lessons.
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Enlightening concept, you never miss Kaji
This video compilation is why my old soul still exists😑😑😑 This type of vocal styling always leaps inside my soul and affects me deeply. The dramatics and expression of it all, indeed.
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Donna Summer should also be on here, RIP. But her last performance was still amazing.
Indeed her voice was still intact in her 60's!
Agree!
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Amen her voice was still as good as it were in the 70's RIP Donna Summer
THANK YOU for introducing me to such fabulous women like Vivian and Linda.
wow Tom Jones, what a talent, he goes right up into those C's like nothing
Wow wow wow @ Dame Shirley bassey. A legend. Amazed to discover Vivian Reed! Also the 96 year old opera singer lady is unreal
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omg Madga Olivero is amazing (96 years) shook
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Ibhad no idea Tony Bennett could blow like that! What a talent!
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Vivian reed is a bad ass. I instantly became he stan just bu watching this video. Never heard her before
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