Ever wondered what the high notes that Mariah Carey uses to shock you half way through a song were called? Well, those octave warbling wails are part of the whistle register and as today’s Way Back Wednesday will demonstrate, Carey isn’t the only vocalist who knows how to sing that high!
The music industry is a cruel field where true talent rarely rises to the top. Many of the most gifted performers struggle to accomplish a major impact and despite their enormous abilities, they often never receive the respect that they deserve.
Did you know that Aretha Franklin’s signature song, ‘Respect’, was originally performed by Otis Redding?
The Holiday season is the time of year when artists from across the industry attempt to capitalise on crazed shoppers’ booming interest in Christmas music. Unfortunately, all singers don’t have the ability to handle the demands to lush vocal arrangements of such classics but Way Back Wednesday has gathered some of the best performances of some from [...]
Did you know that Minnie Riperton was widely regarded as the artist who popularised the use of the whistle register in contemporary music?
The 2011 Soul Train Awards will air on both BET and Centric on November 27th at 9pm ET and the event has inspired a special edition of Way Back Wednesday. Today’s installment of our series features some of the most memorable performances in the history of the iconic ‘Soul Train’ show as it rolled through [...]