At the beginning of the thread, Jespah posted Robyn Adele Anderson and Postmodern Jukebox. They do a lot of styles--here's their country music entry . . .
Pink Martini is an orchestra sized band which does a wide variety of songs, usually in a salsa style. It was formed by the classically-trained pianist Thomas Lauderdale, who asked a friend from their Harvard days to come out to Portland to be the band's lead singer.
Here China Forbes sings "Una nottre a Napoli" (One Night in Naples) . . .
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Thu 22 May, 2014 06:17 am
Here Pink Martini does "Amado Mio" (Love Me), from the 1946 film Gilda . . .
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Thu 22 May, 2014 06:25 am
Here Pink Martini does a Cuban hit song, "Quizás, quizás, quizás" (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps), with their alternate lead singer, Storm Large, a pop star in her own right . . .
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Thu 22 May, 2014 06:43 am
Here, Storm and friends so a Bruce Springsteen tribute, singing "Fire" and "Born to Run" . . .
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Thu 22 May, 2014 06:59 am
Now another song from Janelle Monáe: she does the 1969 Jackson Five hit "I Want You Back" . . .
Bravo! Annie! What a great live performance.
Speaking of which; All sorts of finagling can be done in the studio with these modern gals.
The proof is in the pudding when viewing these live videos.
I love Blurred Lines.
The test of a great song is if it can be done in an alien style and still keep it's identity.
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Thu 22 May, 2014 10:14 am
@panzade,
Oh yeah . . . for example, there are those who might doubt that Hayley Westenra has perfect pitch. But this live performance, a cappella, puts it beyond doubt . . .
The Relettes started out as the girl group The Cookies and had a hit with Carole King's "Chains" which was later covered by George Harrison and The Beatles.
A later member of the Raelettes was Merry Clayton who sang the iconic part in Gimme Shelter.
Here is a comparison of her version with another great back-up singer, Lisa Fischer.
