![]() ![]() ![]() …….To cite the cliche, if I was to have only one CD on a deserted island, it would definitely be “The Amazing Timi Yuro.” It is an astonishing achievement. Really, she’s the most amazing singer I’ve ever heard…………. Timi really was “soul.” Many of her contemporaries, most notably Barbra Streisand, were much into technique, but Timi specialized in capturing the emotion and soul of a song. I’ve been listening to this album for 23 years now, and I never tire of it. Every song in “The Amazing Timi Yuro” is wonderful. She really puts her all into everything song she sings - and sometimes the strain on her vocal chords does show, as when her voice cracks in “ I Didn’t Know What Time it Was” (I am not sure if her throat cancer was due to her singing, but I assume it was). Timi belts her songs in a lower range, which strongly appeals to me, and she sings with total sincerity and emotion. “The Amazing Timi Yuro” is full of some of the most extraordinary renditions of songs I have ever heard. Why she never reached the top I just don’t know as she certainly deserved to be there…. She is so very sadly missed, not only as a lovely little lady, but also as possibly one of the greatest white soul singers who ever lived. She knew she would never record again due to her wicked cancer, which eventually took her from us. The last one was very sad, as she was telling me that she had just recorded what she called “the last thing I can ever offer to you”, which was her superb album with Willie Nelson. I also have fan club material which I have kept from the sixties, plus a couple of letters she wrote to me. I also now have almost everything she did on cd, which saves me from playing my treasured vinyl which I will never part with. I have every record she made, some are signed by her, which I treasure. I think she suffered from very bad promotion and management, as she should have been a huge star. She was a terrific singer, and to me outshone Streisand and Franklin and all the other female singers. My own personal favourite is “ All I Need Is You“, but they are all gems. Her voice is sheer perfection, and Tim wrings every ounce of emotion she has on each one. This album is the most “adult” set of recordings she ever made, and they will never date. ![]()
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