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King Curtis: "Memphis Soul Stew" [Listen]
This ecstatic track from Live at Fillmore West -- released a week before Curtis died in 1971 -- "cuts through L.A. traffic in ten minutes," says Hicks. "Funk was just a blip on the radar at this point, and this dude created that blip."
Anita Baker: "Giving You the Best That I Got" [Listen]
Hicks earned his vocal chops by trying to emulate the Eighties star's silky delivery: "Lyrically and vocally, one of my all-time favorites."
Astrud Gilberto: "The Girl From Ipanema" [Listen]
"The production value is timeless," Hicks says of the 1964 bossa-nova classic. "That song puts you on the beach in Ipanema -- and she sounds like a really hot girl walking on the beach."
John Lennon: "Imagine"
"I remember when I first heard that song on AM Gold in 1979," says Hicks. "The lyrics speak volumes in a way that can be universally understood."
Ray LaMontagne: "Jolene" [Listen]
The heartache-fueled track (not a Dolly Parton cover) is a highlight of the singer-songwriter's 2004 debut, Trouble, which Hicks says "is the closest anyone has come to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks."
Listen to the entire Taylor Hicks My List
King Curtis: "Memphis Soul Stew" [Listen]
This ecstatic track from Live at Fillmore West -- released a week before Curtis died in 1971 -- "cuts through L.A. traffic in ten minutes," says Hicks. "Funk was just a blip on the radar at this point, and this dude created that blip."
Anita Baker: "Giving You the Best That I Got" [Listen]
Hicks earned his vocal chops by trying to emulate the Eighties star's silky delivery: "Lyrically and vocally, one of my all-time favorites."
Astrud Gilberto: "The Girl From Ipanema" [Listen]
"The production value is timeless," Hicks says of the 1964 bossa-nova classic. "That song puts you on the beach in Ipanema -- and she sounds like a really hot girl walking on the beach."
John Lennon: "Imagine"
"I remember when I first heard that song on AM Gold in 1979," says Hicks. "The lyrics speak volumes in a way that can be universally understood."
Ray LaMontagne: "Jolene" [Listen]
The heartache-fueled track (not a Dolly Parton cover) is a highlight of the singer-songwriter's 2004 debut, Trouble, which Hicks says "is the closest anyone has come to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks."
Listen to the entire Taylor Hicks My List
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