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Her vocal coach, Sally Stevens, commended her dedication: " She was singing these songs in a very exposed way -- no strings or lush orchestrations to hide behind, just a piano.
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He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.
Lansky's 1979 computer music piece " Her Song ", from the Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion ( re-released on the album Fantasies and Tableaux, 1994 ), has also been sampled by Caural for his song " I Won't Race You ", from his 2006 album Mirrors For Eyes, with the main synthesized vocal line of Lansky's piece being used ( and being the basis for the title of the latter ).
Her 1945 scat recording of " Flying Home " arranged by Vic Schoen would later be described by The New York Times as " one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade .... Where other singers, most notably Louis Armstrong, had tried similar improvisation, no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness.
Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized.
Her album Medúlla is composed entirely of processed and acoustic vocal music, including beatboxing, choral arrangements and throat singing.
Her current vocal influences are Sade, Kim Burrell, Boyz II Men, The Clark Sisters, Enya, and her father Willie Norwood.
Her work with Timbaland and other producer / songwriters outside of her usual circle has also often seen Norwood responsible for only vocal arrangements and delivery, rather than actual writing or producing.
There are also some obvious differences: the jug on ' She Lives ( In A Time Of Her Own )' is far more prominent ; ' Levitation ' has a double tracked vocal ; Roky's harmonica solo on ' I Had To Tell You ' is far clearer.
Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R & B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop-and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time.
Her first audition was a failure, partly because of nerves, and partly because The Beatles ( who supported her ) played the songs in their vocal key rather than re-pitching them for Black's voice.
Her left vocal cord, which had been cauterized the year before, required urgent surgery to remove a growth ( non-malignant ) as well as a small part of the cord itself.
Her vocal ability has also brought Rimes to comparisons to past teenage country stars, including 50s country star Brenda Lee and 70s country star Tanya Tucker.
Her vocal emission was of perfect equality and her vocal range was wide, from low C to high F ( C < sub > 4 </ sub >-F < sub > 6 </ sub >).
Her high voice can sound very similar to Kate Bush, and her highest recorded sung vocal phrase is D5, one octave above middle C ( C4 ) in a live performance of the Queen song " Lily of the Valley ".
Her mother then entered her in a Little Miss America Pageant where Chase won the national vocal competition.
Her progressive ideas and the breadth of her range is quite impressive ; from the microtonal, electro-acoustic soundscapes and vocal music, she seems to have explored and expressed previously ignored spaces in modern composition.
" Her output is also unique in that it only contains secular vocal music, with the exception of one volume of sacred songs.
Her vocal style features a frequently recurring, insistent, unusually sustained vibrato, one more prominent than can be found in the music of any other well-known popular music performer.
Her and coach
Her father, John W. Bullock ( born 1925 ), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach from Birmingham, Alabama, and her mother, Helga D. Meyer ( 1942 – 2000 ), was a German opera singer and voice teacher.
Her mother, Jane Elizabeth ( née Novis ), worked as a photographer, and her father, Gordon E. Hunt, is a film director and acting coach.
Her parents divorced when she was three, and in 1962 her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach.
Possibly Wycherley intended this famous song as a glorification of Her Grace and her profession, for he seems to have been more delighted than surprised when, as he passed in his coach through Pall Mall, he heard her address him from her coach window as a " rascal " and a " villain ", and the son of a woman such as that mentioned in the song.
Her father, Burton Eugene Lane, was a Manhattan drama coach who ran an acting workshop with John Cassavetes, worked as a cab driver, and later taught humanities at City College.
Her best friend is her father's assistant, Mi ( Michael ) Taylor, whose father – as Mrs. Brown's swimming coach – helped her cross the channel.
Her style of play is solid, but aggressive and well grounded in classical principles ; it was influenced by Eduard Gufeld, a top Soviet trainer, who was her coach early in her career.
She recalled the decision in a 2009 interview, saying, " I started having some back issues, and honestly, my doctor was like, ‘ Carly, you really need to stop if you want to be able to walk when you get older ’.... So I retired and moved on to singing .” Her coach said in a TV interview, " It's hard to top an all-around gold.
Her coach and husband, Levi Weikel-Magden, is also a law school graduate, earning his degree at the University of Virginia.
Her mother, Mona ( née Raye ) was a nurse, talent manager, gospel singer, and vocal coach, and her father, Clifton Campbell, was a factory worker and singer.
A great dinner was prepared by my Lady Chandos, the Queen's coach ready and all the world expecting Her Majesty's own coming ; when upon a sudden she resolved not to go and send so word.
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