I walked into a record store when I was about 20, and I heard Ella singing Cole Porter. Made me an Ella and Cole Porter fan immediately. Nice choice.

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Still utterly unreadable. I fear I'll always be too much of a cretin to understand the appeal of that book.

Every ring announcer in every place sounds and looks like that guy. His influence can't be denied.

I think that industry needs a massive shakeup. I'm hoping to see blond surfer dude with hillbilly voice one day.

My 2nd round pick:



In my mind, the best rock and roll voice ever. Dirty, screeching, gleeful...Bon Scott had a one-of-a-kind voice.





Just balls to the walls rock and roll. Great stuff.

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Dom's Picks:

TOM JONES
BON SCOTT

So is Mel Blanc picked? He was going to be my pick.

No, Only Foghorm Leghorn has been picked. If people want to pick fictional characters, they are welcome to. Mel Blanc is still on the table.

Then I pick the legend



Team SUB

1. Michael Buffer
2. Mel Blanc

John Cole: check PM before picking if you're open to suggestions. If this person falls out of the top ten I declare the draft to be assnuts

Great picks so far otherwise

I know the obvious choice, but in this restless world when love is ended before it's begun, I just need a little Nat King Cole--and why not?

Howlin Wolf a great pick. I wanted to post a youtube of him doing Killing Floor with Jimi Hendrix, but it seems to have disappeared from youtube.

Have no idea how it is possible to read the first few pages and ever put the book down.

Can I get in this draft late? My top 2 picks are still on the board.

Round Two

Karen Carpenter

When I first heard "voice draft" the 2 names that instantly popped into my head were Frankie Valli and Karen Carpenter. Since I already too Frankie it is Karens turn.

This one goes into the best pure voice category. Maybe the most raw talent of any voice ever. So pure, so clean. so perfect. It is a tragedy that she killed herself on many levels. She never really had much chance to stray away from her syrupy pop music roots and that voice could have evolved into so much more. I for one would have liked to see her tackle the standards of the great American songbook that has made many lessor voices shine.





So far:
Frankie Valli
Karen Carpenter

Round 3

Frank Gorshin

This one goes into my man of many voices category. In addition to reaching fame as The Riddler Frank Gorshin was also a very accomplished impressionist. Impressionists were very popular back in the 60's and Frank was a good one. There were lots of Hollywood types with distinctive voices and he could very comically mimic them.

This is also a sentimental pick. When I was about 14 or so we took a family vacation driving out west to California. We made a stop in Las Vegas and my parents took us to a real Las Vegas show. It was the opening act of Teresa Brewer ( a fine voice in her own right) and Frank Gorshin as the headliner. It was at the now defunct Frontier Hotel. The show was absolutely fabulous and I was a huge Gorshin fan from that point on.





So far:
Frankie Valli
Karen Carpenter
Frank Gorshin

So, after John Cole selects Nat King Cole, he turns to the great Holly Cole, because she's great, and she shares the name of my sister-in-law. First became acquainted with Holly Cole from the old TV show Due South.

Sorry, once we're into the third round, it's probably too late...but feel free to post your choices after we're done drafting

Frank Gorshin is an interesting choice...

Karen Carpenter was on my list...and I would've posted Superstar

Don't forget to update the spreadsheet, Guys!

Oops! Didn't realize there was one Will update from here on out!

I get to inject Captain Beefheart into another thread!

Finally going to get into singing and pick Mariah Carey. On my phone now so no vids.

At one time I thought reading aloud, a fixture of my childhood, was a lost art. The advent of audio books changed all that, with the exception that now listening is a solitary pleasure with the buds jacked in, rather than a communal one.

So my next pick is of the World's Greatest Reader, Nigel Planer. I hope that you all like Terry Pratchett books, for as far as I know, that's all he reads...




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My third round pick:

The most pure voice alive today...






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Dom's Picks:

TOM JONES
BON SCOTT
ALLISON KRAUSS

Mr. Gorshin is more than just an interesting choice, one of the greats in larynx manipulation; he was certainly on my radar screen - or bat screen I should say:

He was always my favorite BATMAN villain