Browsing: vocal performance

Clare Torry’s wordless vocal on “Great Gig” took hours to record, decades to credit, and changed how we value improvised genius.

A stage fall, spinal surgery, a ‘B-side,’ and a one-take vocal. The real story behind disco’s toughest anthem – and why it still hits.

How a Scottish church volunteer turned one quiet audition into a global reckoning with age, image and what real vocal talent sounds like.