Celebs Reveal Singing Voice They'd Like To Have

 By Darlene C. Donloe

It’s Black Music Month!  I asked a number of celebrities the following question and received some very interesting answers. Most of the answers paid homage to Old Skool singers.

If you could have the voice of any singer throughout history, whose would it be?

KERRY WASHINGTON and CRAIG ROBINSON

KERRY WASHINGTON (Scandal) - Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. “I can’t pick just one.”

CRAIG ROBINSON (The Office) – Stevie Wonder

TYLER PERRY – Donnie Hathaway

 DIAHANN CARROLL

DIAHANN CARROLL (Julia/Claudine/Peeples) – Kathleen Battle, she does the classics beautifully.

GLYNN TURMAN (House of Lies/Joe Turners Come and Gone) - Joe Williams

BRIAN CULBERTSON – Nat King Cole. OMG!, that voice. It’s a velvety voice. It’s unbelievable. You can see him smiling while he’s singing. 

BRIAN CULBERTSON

KATT WILLIAMS (comedian) - Al Green. He was in control of making sure his notes and lyrics always felt like they were coming from him and not a conglomerate of other people. You can feel his music.

DAVID ALAN GRIER (Peeples) – Otis Redding

S. EPATHA MERKERSON (Law & Order) Chaka Khan

S. EPATHA MERKERSON and DAVID ALAN GRIER

ELLA JOYCE (Roc) – Randy Crawford

ROBBIE JONES (Temptation) – Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder

TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS (Everybody Hates Chris) – Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake

KALI HAWK (Temptation) – Beyonce

MALCOLM BARRETT

MALCOLM BARRETT (Peeples) – S. Epatha Merkerson. People don’t know it, but she has a great voice.

KEVIN EUBANKS – (musician) Nat King Cole

JERMAINE DUPRI (producer) – Michael Jackson. From age five to 50, his voice was great. 

GREGORY PORTER

GREGORY PORTER (R&B singer) – Donnie Hathaway. It was jazz, soul and gospel. Yeah, I’ll take that one.

KEITH DAVID – (The Bible) Nat King Cole.  His music speaks to my soul. My favorite song is Make Believe You’re Here.

LANCE GROSS (Temptation) – Donnie Hathaway