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2 unusual facts about Falsetto


Falsetto

Some pioneers in vocal pedagogy, like Margaret Green and William Vennard, were quick to adopt current scientific research in the 1950s, and pursued capturing the biological process of female falsetto on film.

In Mexico, one of the greatest singers of falsete was Miguel Aceves Mejía, a singer and actor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known as the "Rey de Falsete", or "Falsetto King".


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1923 in country music

January 20 - Slim Whitman, country artist best known for his high-octave falsetto and yodeling abilities, and songs such as "Indian Love Call" and "Rose Marie" (died 2013).

Conforto

Giovanni Luca Conforti or Conforto (1560–1608), Italian composer and prominent falsetto singer

Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus

She died on 26 December 1416 in the Castle of Falsetto, Barcelona.

John Arch

His style is similar to the quasi-operatic stylings of Geoff Tate of Queensrÿche and Midnight of Crimson Glory in that all three prefer singing in a tenor range appended with a well-developed head voice, not falsetto as is often assumed to be used by these singers.

Neil's Heavy Concept Album

A parody horror movie commercial, which sees vegetarian Neil being turned into a carnivorous monster after accidentally eating a hamburger leads into the original Planer composition "Lentil Nightmare", a dark heavy metal number that quotes briefly from King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King" and features Planer singing in an uncharacteristic wailing, high falsetto.

Nick Pitera

Pitera gained his popularity for his extensive vocal range and his unusual feminine falsetto, as he first demonstrated in his most popular video, a cover of "A Whole New World", from the movie Aladdin where he sings both Aladdin and Jasmine's parts.

Talking System

They invited to the original choir of these projects, Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz and Detlef Wiedeke, for the falsettos, and they recorded some of the most famous Modern Talking and Blue System songs, like Brother Louie, You're My Heart, You're My Soul, Cheri, Cheri Lady, My Bed is Too Big, Ready for the Victory, and others.


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