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We turned it up and danced
Thanks for that one Renee
There are a lot of versions of that song out there and many are recorded by Conway himself. They are all a little bit differently nuanced but that one is pretty good. I have the original 1959 version on an old Ipod somewhere.
Glenn Campbell did a good one back in I think 69-70 as well and believe it or not, Jon Bon Jovi did a decent live rendition in the late 90s.
We both have always loved male singers with strong male voice who know how to build up to a crescendo and have the range to pull it off with exceptionally high notes for a male at the finish. Conway was in that select group and possibly the starter of it all. Van Dyke also comes to mind
Orbison prolly was the ultimate at that .. solid male voice slowly building it up for the kill ending by taking it into higher frequencies than many females can go
This one melts me / takes into lalaland in those high frequency moments no matter how many times I hear it .. He goes places males are not supposed to go
This was from that special night when 6 top stars set up a freebee tribute, accompanying him in a very small dinner club setting "Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night" in the last year of his life (you will see several of them in the background in this one .. notice KD as one of his doo wap girls just before he picked up on her and helped take her to the top )
(Yes, we have the DVD of the entire special night)
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In this one just weeks before he died, class act that he was, he allowed KD to share the magic parts
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KD was also helped by Cohen after Roy died and she is astounding magic on his "Hallelujah" (another of those build up to high frequency crescendo pieces of music)
I've seen The Black and White Night concert. In fact I remember seeing it when it was originally broadcast on HBO. I was probably about 14 and a freshman in HS at the the time. That room had a lot of talent packed into it; The Boss, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and beside K.D. Lang the backup singers included Jackson Brown, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt and I believe Jennifer Warrens. If memory serves I think T Bone Burnnet was in there someplace as well.
Roy Orbison had an amazing voice. He had a 4 octave range and a glass shattering falsetto.
