Rate-O-Rama: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)

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Rate-O-Rama : Songmania is a reader participation game.

About once a week I will publish a Rate-O-Rama article which will feature three versions of a popular song.

The object is to listen to each of the music videos provided within the post.

After listening to each video you can rate each song in the comments section below.

(You must be a member to comment. If you are not a member you can join Vocal Media for FREE. You don’t ever have to pay for membership unless you choose to upgrade your membership)

The rating method is easy. Simply give each song a rating of 1 to 100.

(The more you like the song the higher the rating).

If possible, please provide a brief comment explaining the reasoning behind your ratings for each song.

After a week or so I will tally the ratings and in the next Rate-O-Rama post I will announce the winner from the previous post.

The winners will be determined on a scale of averages.

If you wish to receive a notice when the next Rate-O-Rama post is published please mention that you would like a notification in the comments section.

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💕💕💞 NEW on RATE-O-RAMA:

I am taking my Rate-O-Rama series to the next level. At the end of each month I will do a raffle in which the winner will win a $5.00 tip.

To enter all you have to do is participate in playing the Rate-O-Rama game. Since R-O-R is updated every Sunday night in order to qualify you must play the game during it's initial seven day period with Sunday evening being the cutoff period.

For each game you play you will receive a ticket for the raffle. Therefore if you play all four games in the month you will have four chances to win.

The winner will not only win the $5 prize but I will feature you Vocal Profile on Vocal + Assist on both Facebook and Discord and you will be featured in the first R-O-R game of the month after your win.

Note: if you have already participated in September your name will be added retroactively.

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Last week we featured the Beatles classic "Come Together" as recorded by The Beatles (1969), Ike and Tina Turner (1969), and Aerosmith (1978).

The following are the average ratings for each song as resulted from the votes:

The Beatles = 96.5 🥇

Ike and Tina Turner = 80.6 🥉

Aerosmith = 83.5 🥈

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The Sixth Edition of Rate-O-Rama features three renditions of the funk and soul classic: "Signed, sealed, delivered (I'm Yours)."

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Stevie Wonder (1970)

This is one of Stevie Wonder's most famous songs having made it to #3 in the US, #15 in the UK, and #19 in Canada. He co-wrote it with three other people, one being his mom Lula Mae Hardaway, another his then fiancé Syreeta Wright and singer/songwriter Lee Garrett. It was the first single Stevie produced on his own, he was only 19 years old and did a great job at the helm of the song.

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Peter Frampton (1977) Shortly after his major success with his live album Frampton Comes Alive he followed up with another successful album I'm In You of which the title track was a worldwide hit making it to #2 in the US and #1 in Canada. Frampton's cover of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" followed and continued the string of hits for Frampton and made it to #18 in the US and #13 in Canada. Mick Jagger is featured on backing vocals.

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Blue (2003)

The English boy band named Blue included vocals by R&B singer Angie Stone and the legendary Stevie Wonder on their recording of the song. Their rendition was a huge hit all throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The song, however, did not chart in the US.

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My Thoughts

Stevie Wonder: The man is a legend. There's no two ways about it. I love the punchy funk soul energy of this song and that bass line is killer. This one is 100 all the way.

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Blue: I can honestly say that I don't love this rendition but I do like it. Angie Stone and Stevie Wonder both gave stellar vocal performances. While the guys in Blue are all competent singers they just don't do it for me. The musical arrangement is tight but lacks the personality of Stevie's original. I give the song a 65 but because of Angie Stone and Stevie Wonder I will bump it up to 72.

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Peter Frampton: I was a somewhat Peter Frampton fan in the late 1970s. I even had my hair styled like his in '78. But seriously Frampton did a more than reputable job with this song and his guitar work is a highlight. 89

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I will be back next week with the results of this Rate-O-Rama Edition.

Last Week's Rate-O-Rama:

With Love, RHC ❤️