# Singers You Felt Sound Similar but Others May/ May Not Agree With? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428 "2016-04-17T00:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/1 "2016-04-17T00:34:51Z")
I tend to prefer to revive zombie threads when there is already a similar topic, rather than start a new one. But the similar threads dealing with “singers who sound like other singers” subject are old, the most recent one being from 2012. So here is a new thread. So which singers do you think sound like other singers? Rick Astley and Gary Puckett of the Union Gap to me sound similar. The late Robert Palmer and Paul Carrack(Mike & Mechanics, Squeeze, Ace) sound similar to me. Bjork and Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays. And to a lesser extent Suzanne Vega. There is a Swedish singer, Amanda Jenssen, whose vocals remind me of Adele. Example: [Wix.com | All New Advanced Editor Features - YouTube](https://youtu.be/y3Dns8Y-cl0) Also another Adele sound alike is ZZ Ward- [ZZ Ward - Put the Gun Down - YouTube](https://youtu.be/5chkHjTNFgk) On the early 70’s tune “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” by the Fortunes, singer Rod Allen’s high notes are a dead ringer for Frankie Valli. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8vPPoMeF6b4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Fortunes Here comes that rainy day feeling again.1971") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vPPoMeF6b4) I recently discovered an 80’s band named Bronski Beat, whose lead singer oddly reminds me of the disco singer Slyvester. Bronski Beat:[Bronski Beat - Tell Me why (ORIGINAL) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/KzA-V0YN3QA) Slyvester: [Patrick Cowley - Do You Wanna Funk? (feat. Sylvester) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw) Call me crazy. So what are your examples besides the obvious Eddie Vedder and every other alternative 90’s rock singer? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/2 "2016-04-17T00:47:40Z")
Linda Ronstadt and Trisha Yearwood. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/3 "2016-04-17T00:55:16Z")
54-40 and The Tragically Hip. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/4 "2016-04-17T01:45:54Z")
How’s this for odd: K.T. Oslin and Katey Sagal? The source: Barry Manilow’s version of “[Baby, It’s Cold Outside.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3HfTpaSFuc)” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/5 "2016-04-17T10:28:49Z")
Karen Carpenter and Gloria Estefan ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/6 "2016-04-17T11:03:06Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Karen Carpenter and Gloria Estefan Nice. I hear that. Carpenter’s voice was more supple, but yeah, similar timbre. The new UK rock/folkie **Jake Bugg** sounds exactly like Oasis’ **Liam Gallagher.** ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/7 "2016-04-17T11:49:00Z")
The singer for the Mexican pop-rock band Maná – popular in much of Latin America from about 1990 to 2010 – sounds just like Sting to me. It probably helps that Maná songs sometimes resemble certain Police or solo Sting tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/8 "2016-04-17T12:46:33Z")
Obscure Seattle band TKO singer sounds like Roger Daltrey. One time I was playing TKO and my friend said “A new Who album?” TKO had 3 albums but no hits. [TKO - Ain't No Way To Be - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18PJoCdEGM) ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/9 "2016-04-17T13:18:15Z")
Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra. ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/10 "2016-04-17T13:38:47Z")
When I was much younger, I thought Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” was a Rolling Stones tune. Van sounded exactly like a younger Jagger to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![DMGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DMGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/11 "2016-04-17T14:23:43Z")
When Seal released his first album, I thought his voice sounded a lot like Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/12 "2016-04-17T15:48:07Z")
Captain Beefheart and Josh Groban sometimes sounded identical. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/13 "2016-04-18T19:42:05Z")
John Anderson and Carly Simon. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/14 "2016-04-18T19:49:39Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > John Anderson and Carly Simon. ::snort:: Now that you mention it, I always wish **Axl Rose** would cover **Janis’** Another Piece of My Heart. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/15 "2016-04-18T19:53:17Z")
Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel Amy Grant and Sophie B. Hawkins Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak Pink and Kelly Clarkson Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs and Ian Dury ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/16 "2016-04-18T20:08:15Z")
Elvis Presley and early Conway Twitty. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/17 "2016-04-19T01:27:44Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Elvis Presley and early Conway Twitty. Quick sidetrack. The musical _Bye Bye Birdy_ was structured around Elvis Presley being drafted into the army and the teeny bopper kerfuffle that followed. They couldn’t make it about Presley so they made it about a guy who was just like him. Conrad Birdy. Get it? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/18 "2016-04-19T14:49:19Z")
Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/19 "2016-04-19T15:01:04Z")
Bowie and Iggy Pop sound very similar in their lower “crooning” registers. But they worked together so much that I think their voices sorta grew together like when two trees are planted next to each other. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/20 "2016-04-20T13:46:34Z")
Although their voices are quite different, it has always seemed to me that Rod Stewart took a lot of his singing style from Sam Cooke. On his first couple of albums, Joe Cocker sounded a lot like Ray Charles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428.md?page=2)