Ever notice how people can sound completely different when they sing?
I was recently doing research on the rock band, Journey. Their current vocalist is a former homeless teenager from the Philippines. I listened to an interview with him and he has a noticeable accent. However, when he sings Journey hits like "Don't Stop Believin'," you get the classic Journey sound. Here's a CBS News Sunday Morning interview <http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1378774/arnel_pineda_cbs_news_sunday_morning_interview/> that mixes an interview with the band and old Journey clips featuring vocalist Steve Perry (in the earlier days) and their new frontman Arnel Pineda. If you watch the entire interview, be prepared for a touching story.
Another voice that surprised me is that of Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and the same character in a spinoff, Gomer Pyle, USMC. Here's an episode if you want to listen to him talk. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9adsI3E-Dk&feature=relmfu>. And here's one of him singing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5KeGccP9Jk>.
Susan Boyle is another wonderful surprise <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk&feature=endscreen&NR=1>. I still get tears in my eyes when I listen to her debut on "Britain's Got Talent." Amazing!
I'm sure you can come up with others, and enjoy the miracle of singing!
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