00:00Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Singers who
00:13look completely different from the way their voice sounds on record.
00:1610. Bjork
00:25Bjork may appear to be relatively unassuming, but over the course of nearly
00:29five decades, she has become one of music's most iconic creative forces.
00:41Her voice is one that can take many forms, from the soft and delicate to the truly manic
00:46and chaotic.
00:47Regarded as one of the premier vocal talents of her generation, Bjork truly decided to flex
00:52her muscles by releasing Medulla, an album that was created entirely with her voice.
00:57Like most of her releases, it was a critical success and earned her two Grammy nominations.
01:11Despite being in the business since 1976, she has shown no signs of slowing down.
01:169. Tom Waits
01:32Tom Waits is a man of many voices, yet he still manages to throw people for a loop every time
01:38a first time listener hears him.
01:40The theatrical side of Waits' performances and even his interviews is designed to draw
01:44people in.
01:45But when he opens his mouth, he is capable of creating sounds that don't even seem human.
01:50From his early days as the wine-addled jazz singer, to the more experimental music of his later
02:03years, Tom Waits is one of the great idiosyncratic artists of the last 50 years.
02:08Need any more proof?
02:09Go listen to his album Bone Machine.
02:158. Jelly Roll
02:20One look at Jelly Roll is enough to make a few assumptions about what you're about to hear,
02:35but most of the time, those predictions will turn out to be totally wrong.
02:399. Jelly Roll
02:47Jelly Roll is a true genre-bending artist, one who seamlessly pivots from country to rap
02:53and rock. He initially tried to make his mark on the music industry as a straight-up rapper,
02:58but eventually found his success when he blurred the lines and dipped into country music.
03:02His voice is one that is unique as can be within the contemporary music world.
03:077. Michael McDonald
03:18Michael McDonald has made his mark on pop music in many different ways. He was a member of
03:31Steely Dan, achieved huge success with the Doobie Brothers, and had a prolific solo career.
03:37The one constant that they all share? McDonald's powerhouse voice.
03:44He might look like a very normal dude who you wouldn't even notice if you passed them on the street,
03:52but he has one of the great soul voices of his era.
03:55McDonald's success wasn't an accident, and though he deserves huge credit as a songwriter,
04:00it's that golden voice that really brought it all home.
04:076. Bob Dylan
04:13Bob Dylan
04:18Bob Dylan may have eventually grown into his voice, but when he first burst onto the scene in his early 20s,
04:24people were genuinely shocked to hear him sing. Forget about the wisdom that comes through in his lyrics,
04:29but he seemed to enter adulthood with the voice of an old man.
04:41People like to rag on Bob for having a voice that's a little rough around the edges,
04:45but he's not trying to be Aretha Franklin. We're sure he left more than a few people's jaws on the floor
04:50when he first arrived in Greenwich Village back in the early 60s.
04:54He has truly maximized his voice's potential in every possible way,
04:58utilizing it to form a sound that is totally his own.
05:015. Kate Bush
05:18Kate Bush, at her core, is all about the performance.
05:21She's a singer who will inhabit different characters if a song calls for it,
05:25putting on accents and changing her entire tone when it's needed.
05:29She wrote some of her biggest hits before she had even turned 20.
05:32After her debut album The Kick Inside was released,
05:35she would continue to shock people with her vocal power one release after another.
05:48If we had to sum Kate Bush's voice up in one word, it would be expressive.
05:52When it comes to Kate Bush, everything from her facial expressions to her physical movement is part of the show.
05:58And when she approaches the mic, you just never can be fully certain of what to expect.
06:104. Tiny Tim
06:12Tiny Tim
06:20Tiny Tim is certainly not as tiny as his name would suggest.
06:24In many ways, he's the gold standard for singers who sound nothing like you'd expect.
06:28He first came up in the same New York scene that brought us Bob Dylan,
06:32and upon achieving a breakthrough hit with his song Tiptoe Through the Tulips,
06:36his place in the history of oddball novelty music was sealed forever.
06:48Tiny Tim has a falsetto that would put most singers to shame.
06:52To this day, the fact that a man who looks like that can produce that sound is one of music's great mysteries.
07:063. Roy Orbison
07:08Roy Orbison truly had rock and roll's golden voice.
07:18Though his pompadoured hair made him look pretty similar to most of the other singers who were making waves in his era,
07:24when Roy opened his mouth, it was different.
07:26While many other performers preferred to make their presence known on stage with theatrical movement,
07:41Orbison would stay unusually still and let his voice do its thing.
07:46There's a reason why he was able to have such a huge success in the early 1960s
07:50and then pull off an all-time great career comeback in the late 80s.
07:54A truly unique presence in music history.
08:092. Bobby Caldwell
08:12Bobby Caldwell is best known for his iconic hit, What You Won't Do For Love,
08:16and for having a voice that has been throwing people for a loop for decades.
08:20People tend to picture someone entirely different when they first hear Caldwell sing,
08:24yet that beautiful voice is coming from the most unlikely of places.
08:35There are YouTube reaction videos where people react to seeing Caldwell for the first time,
08:39and the result is always one of surprise.
08:42There's no denying that he had one of the most perfect soul voices of the late 70s and 80s.
08:53Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
08:56Michael Jackson, a timeless voice that remains entirely unique.
09:09Andrea Bocelli, don't let his everyman appearance fool you.
09:12Barry White, the most impossibly smooth voice in music.
09:24Joe Cocker, emotionally intense singing at its very finest.
09:31Joe Cocker, emotionally intense singing at its very finest.
09:42Teddy Swims, the rich tenor voice we simply did not see coming.
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10:081. Susan Boyle
10:13Susan Boyle managed to capture the imagination of the entire world when she stepped in front of the judges on Britain's Got Talent.
10:20People are often quick to make assumptions when it comes to talent shows,
10:24but little did we know that Boyle was about to blow our minds.
10:27She ended up winning the contest outright, surging through each stage of the show with her perfect operatic voice.
10:47As soon as the public heard her for the first time, the result of that season was a foregone conclusion.
10:52To say that she was a global sensation would be putting it lightly.
11:04Boyle stands as proof that you should never judge a book by its cover.
11:15But which singer left you completely and utterly shocked when you first heard them open their mouths?
11:19Let us know in the comments below.
11:21Let us know in the comments below.
11:23Let us know in the comments below.
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