SoulGirl Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 i agree with alot of what's been posted, simon and garfunkel, the beatles, the beach boys. lisa hannigan and damien rice harmonise really nicely together. tons of motown songs have really intricate harmonies. i backed my best friend in her music recital a few years back and we did 'let's stay together' by al green and 'if i ain't got you' by alicia keys - the harmonies in those songs are fantastic! but those are songs with harmony arrangements and backing singers rather than by a band who harmonise together which sets the like of simon and garfunkel et al apart.
Tenacious_Peaches Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 Well, most of you are probably too young, but I think the Mills Brothers (Paper Doll, Glow Worm, etc) were the greatest 40s/50s harmonisers I've heard. Old Fitty, I bought a compilation of the Mills Brothers for the song "Daddy's Little Girl" (I was making a CD for my daughter ). Even at my tender age, I think they have great harmonies. Good choice!
_Laurie_ Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 My Dad sang Daddy's Little Girl at my wedding....It brought tears to my eyes...it was so sweet.
Steel2Velvet Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 In addition to those previously mentioned - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 Sam and Dave Greenday Neno Tempo and April Stevens The Fleetwoods
Steel2Velvet Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 In addition to those previously mentioned - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 Sam and Dave Greenday Neno Tempo and April Stevens The Fleetwoods
SoulGirl Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 mamas & papas definitely! and queen! when i was in school we studied queen in music. one question in the exam played a clip of bohemian rhapsody and gave a multiple choice question asking if the harmonies were provided by voice or synths or voice & synths - you wouldn't believe how many people wrote synths!!
RonJonSurfer Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 All of Queen's earlier albums had the tagline "No synthesizers" on the back..
daslied Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 Interesting trivia about Queen's harmonies: Typically each harmony note would be sung by a different singer (CSN&Y - Stills/bottom, Crosby/middle, Nash/top - no jokes needed). This way you could make out individual voices. Supposedly what Queen did was have all four members sing each part together, and then overdub the next harmony, etc. So it's hard to decipher an individual voice, and the "big" harmonies ended up sounding like a choir. Well, it was interesting to me, at least...
SoulGirl Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 that's really interesting!! i always wondered how they achieved that blended sound with each vocal line!
OLD 55 Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 Very interesting Das. You know I'm a big fan of Queen, but I didn't include them because so much of their music was overdubbed. What a great sound though.
OLD 55 Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 Old Fitty, I bought a compilation of the Mills Brothers for the song "Daddy's Little Girl" (I was making a CD for my daughter ). Even at my tender age, I think they have great harmonies. Good choice! My Dad sang Daddy's Little Girl at my wedding....It brought tears to my eyes...it was so sweet. Two lovely stories by two lovely people. I think it's great when one generation's music is passed on to the next. My Mother used to play their records a lot and that's how I came to know them. I was only 9 when "Daddy's Little Girl" first came out, although there have been other versions of it since. The Mills Brothers first came to fame with their unusual style of imitating musical instruments. I suppose harmonising came naturally from there.
rtstuff Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 The Tokens are great. I saw them in concert once on the banks of the Ohio River. They did some major Doo Wap that night. rtstuff Home of Thundering Herd and "Thunder Struck"
Shawna Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 Anni-Frid and Agnetha (the A's of ABBA) have a wonderful harmony together.
jman14141414 Posted March 4, 2006 Report Posted March 4, 2006 Already been said but worth saying again, The Beach Boys and Simon and Garfunkel.
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