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The document provides suggestions for classical, musical theater, jazz, pop, country, R&B, and rock singing styles. It lists specific artists and songs to listen to for each style, such as Mario Lanza and Cecilia Bartoli for classical, Ethel Merman and Idina Menzel for musical theater, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday for jazz, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry for pop, Johnny Cash and Carrie Underwood for country, Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey for R&B, and Queen, Journey, and Green Day for rock. The document aims to educate readers on a variety of vocal styles through recommended listening.

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The document provides suggestions for classical, musical theater, jazz, pop, country, R&B, and rock singing styles. It lists specific artists and songs to listen to for each style, such as Mario Lanza and Cecilia Bartoli for classical, Ethel Merman and Idina Menzel for musical theater, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday for jazz, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry for pop, Johnny Cash and Carrie Underwood for country, Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey for R&B, and Queen, Journey, and Green Day for rock. The document aims to educate readers on a variety of vocal styles through recommended listening.

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CLASSICAL STYLE

Some wonderful singers to listen to are Cecilia Bartoli,


Renee Fleming, Mario Lanza, Thomas Hampson, and Edita
Gruberova. Here are our suggestions for classical listening:

Great Tenors of Our Time

Mario Lanza, “Nessun Dorma”

Operaʼs Greatest Moments (Placido Domingo, Montserrat


Caballe, Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Ben Heppner,
Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill)

Beverly Sills, “Santo di Patria,” and The Art of Beverly Sills

Kiri Te Kanawa, “Les Nuits dʼEte”

Leontyne Price, "Les tringles des sistres tintaient"

Ten Top Sopranos

Mad About Sopranos

Cecilia Bartoli, “Se Tu MʼAmi”

Edita Gruberova, French & Italian Opera Arias and “Der


Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”

Joan Sutherland, “Non mi dir” from The Art of the Prima


Donna

Renee Fleming, “Dove Sono”

For the operetta style,

Sarah Brightman, “Think of Me,” Andrew Lloyd Webber


Collection

Dale Kristian & Michael Crawford, “Point of No Return”

Brian Stokes Mitchell, “The Impossible Dream,” Man of La


Mancha

Audra McDonald, “How Glory Goes”

Essential Operetta - Selections from The Merry Widow,


Kismet, The Opera Ball, Show Boat

MUSICAL THEATER STYLE

Check out the original queen of belting Ethel Merman. Then


listen to a variety of modern musical theater singers such
as Aaron Tvait, Idina Menzel, Stephanie J. Block, Norbert
Leo Butz and Brian DʼArcy James.

Betty Buckley, Live at Carnegie Hall

Linda Eder, “Someone Like You,” And So Much More

Lea Salonga and Jonathon Pryce, “Sun and Moon,” Miss


Saigon

Debbie Gravitte, Part of Your World: The Alan Melken


Album

Robert Cuccioli, “This is the Moment,” Jekyll & Hyde

Joel Gray, “Willkommen” Cabaret

Amy Spanger, “I Hate Men,” Kiss Me Kate - 1999 revival

Julia Murney, “Raise the Roof,” The Wild Party

Eden Espinosa, “Once Upon A Time,” Brooklyn

Idina Menzel, “Defying Gravity” Wicked

Bernadette Peters, “Last Midnight,” Into the Woods

Kristin Chenowith, “Girl in 14G,” “Taylor the Latte Boy”

Norbert Leo Butz, “Dancing Through Life,” Wicked

For the legit style, listen to:

Julie Andrews, “I Could Have Danced All Night,” My Fair


Lady

Kathryn Grayson, “I Hate Men,” Kiss Me Kate– original cast

Marin Mazzie, “Back to Before, Ragtime

Brian Stokes Mitchell, “Aldonza,” Man of La Mancha


Colm Wilkinson, Les Miserables -10th Anniversary Concert

JAZZ STYLE

Some wonderful singers to listen to are Ella Fitzgerald,


Sarah Vaughn, CarmenMcRae, Shirley Horn, Joe Williams,
Mel Torme, Curt Elling, Kenny Washington, Jamie Callum,
George Benson, Nina Simone and Jane Monheit. Here are
our suggestions for jazz listening:

Sarah Vaughn, “Sophisticated Lady,” “Moonglow”

Ella Fitzgerald, “Cottoon Tail,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” The


Best of Ella Fitzgerald: the First Lady of Song

Jane Monheit, “Never Neverland” and “Come Dream with


Me”

Anna Hampton Callaway ,“Easy Living”

Louis Armstrong, “All of Me”

George Benson, “Straight No Chaser”

Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit,” “Iʼll Be Seeing You”

Al Jarreau. “Tomorrow Today”

Jon Hendricks & Friends (Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau,


George Benson)
Michael Feinstein, “Love Walked In,” Romance on Film,
Romance on Broadway

Nina Simone, “I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl”

Joe Williams, “Everyday I Have the Blues”

POP STYLE

Listen to Richard Marx, Alanis Morrissette, Paul McCartney,


Karen Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Kelly Calrkson, and Katy Perry
for great examples of pop singing. Hereʼs some suggested
listening for the pop style:

Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know

Kelly Clarkson, “I Do Not Hook Up"

Katy Perry, “Firework"

Sarah McLachlan, “Angel”

Pink, “Sober”

Sara Bareilles, “Uncharted”

Robbie Williams, “Free”

Richard Marx, “Right Here Waiting”

Ricky Martin, “La Vida Loca”


Madonna, “Like a Virgin”

Carpenters, “Close to You”

Beatles, “Sgt. Pepperʼs Lonely Hearts Club Band” & “Abbey


Road”

Eva Cassidy, “Songbird,” “Time After Time,” “Imagine”

Jewel, “This Way”

Billy Joel, “Piano Man”

Christina Aguilera, “Beautiful”

COUNTRY STYLE

Great country singers to listen to are Carrie


Underwood, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Alabama, Johnny
Cash, and Randy Travis. Here is a list of specific tracks for
listening:

Reba McEntire, “Does He Love You”

Travis Tritt, “Hereʼs a Quarter”

Clint Black, “A Good Run of Bad Luck”

LeAnn Rimes, “Blue"

Alan Jackson, “Country Boy”


Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire,” “Hurt”

Garth Brooks, “The Dance”

Shania Twain, “Come On Over”

Faith Hill, “Breathe”

Carrie Underwood, ”Cowboy Casonova,” “Home Sweet


Home”

Martina McBride, “How far”

Taylor Swift, “Love Story”

Dixie Chicks, “Not Ready to Make Nice”

R&B STYLE

Listen to Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder,


Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson, Little Richard and Mary J.
Blige for examples of great R&B singing. Hereʼs some
specific tracks to check out:

Etta James, “Church Bells”

Maxwellʼs, “Urban Hang Suite”

Aretha Franklin, “Respect,” “The Weight”

Whitney Houston, “Iʼm Your Baby Tonight” or “I Will Always


Love You”

Mariah Carey, “Vision of Love,” “Hero”

Stevie Wonder, “As,” “Superstitious”

JoJo, “Baby Itʼs You”

Beyonce, “Irreplaceable”

Marvin Gaye, “Mercy Mercy Me”

Miracles, “Tracks of My Tears”

Four Tops, “Bernadette”

Patti LaBelle, “Lady Marmalade”

Alicia Keys, “If I Ainʼt Got You”

ROCK STYLE

Check out these iconic rock singers: (Steve


Perry) Journey, Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury (Queen), Jim
Morrison (The Doors), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day),
and Steven Tyler (Aerosmith). Here is a list of specific songs
to listen to:

Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” “Winds of Change”

Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog”


Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”

Journey, “Donʼt Stop Believin”

Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”

Cream, “Sunshine of Your Love”

Pat Benatar, “Hit Me with your Best Shot,” “Love is a


Battlefield”

Melissa Etheridge, “Come to my Window”

Queen, “We Are the Champions”

Goo-Goo Dolls, “Iris”

Creed, “With Arms Wide Opne,” “Higher”

Stone Temple Pilots, “Core”

Avril Lavigne, “What the Hell,” “When Youʼre Gone”

Pink, “Sober”

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