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Happy Rhodes is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and electronic musician. Her vocal range reaches highs in which she sounds very much like Kate Bush did in many of her early works, and lows in which she has been mistaken for Annie Lennox. Her songs “When the Rain Came Down” on the album “Ecto”, as well as “Tragic” and “Winter” on “Many Worlds Are Born Tonight” exhibit this range.

Born Kimberley Tyler Rhodes but called “Happy” since infancy, she legally changed her name to Happy Tyler Rhodes at the age of 16. The title of her 1987 album has provided a name to what some have begun to call “Ecto” music.

There are several You Tube vids of Happy and, if you want to sample the ‘two-voices-in-one’ phenomenon, then her stunning version of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Here Comes the Flood’ should be a pleasing introduction.

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female vocalists, ecto, singer-songwriter, alternative, female
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1	Ra Is A Busy God full track	33
2	Tragic full track	27
3	Winter full track	18
4	Many Worlds Are Born Tonight full track	17
5	The Chariot full track	16
6	The Wretches Gone Awry full track	15
6	100 Years full track	15
8	Feed the Fire full track	14
9	Ra Is A Busy God [Vocal version] free download	12
10	Looking Over Cliffs full track	11
11	Find Me full track	10
11	Ode full track	10
13	If So full track	9
14	When the rain came down	7
14	She Won't Go full track	7

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blameworthy wrote:
18 days ago

I have to admit - I'm in love. Got chills all over my body, what a voice! What a sound!

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Mozaic wrote:
last month

Let's change the picture. This one has been up for ages!

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ijabbott63 wrote:
September 2008

I first heard Happy Rhodes on Vickie's short-lived "Suspended In Gaffa" podcast (episodes are still available for download, so check them out: http://www.suspended-in-gaffa.com/ ). What a fantastic voice! I haven't got around to buying her CDs yet though.

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0mgz0rz wrote:
September 2008

I just heard Happy Rhodes for the first time like 5 minutes ago - I thought it was some kind of magic trick, that vocal range is amazing...

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fairwesr wrote:
May 2008

Many Worlds Are Born Tonight is such an incredible album!

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Spaceicorn wrote:
February 2008

i do like happy rhodes, but the album cover for find me is awful!

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missplanet wrote:
February 2008

so wonderful! I love Happy :-)

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poor-de-chirico wrote:
February 2008

Her voooooooiiiiice. That range. I'm a Kate loyalist but Jesus, Happy is amazing.

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backi480 wrote:
February 2008

great Music - happy to hear Happy Rhodes

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undrentide72 wrote:
January 2008

Find me is a stunning album

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LilleFluff wrote:
January 2008

I have been trying to get into her before, but it wasn't until right now in this instant I fell in love. It was worth the wait.

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pandaraps wrote:
November 2007

i hate you wonderwaffle...

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wonderwaffe wrote:
November 2007

just bought find me...wow, this album is simply stunning

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vandoe wrote:
October 2007

indeed :)

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wonderwaffe wrote:
October 2007

amazing

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Spaceicorn wrote:
September 2007

oh. and she reminds me of laurie anderson as well too (the early 90s stuff)

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formative wrote:
September 2007

totally unique and fantastic

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Spaceicorn wrote:
July 2007

Ridiculously underrated

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delphia wrote:
May 2007

Words Weren't Made for Cowards has some of the most pleasing vocals I've ever experienced.

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yyniold wrote:
April 2007

This woman is amazing and magical

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