Billy Gilman - One Voice

While Nashville's "country for kids" campaign has largely been a bust, this 12-year-old plows fearlessly and headlong into anything and everything thrown his way. Tammy Wynette's classic "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" doesn't faze him. Neither do cotton-candy pop oldies ("Little Things" and "Little Bitty Pretty One"), oddball novelties ("The Snake Song"), or inspirational fare ("There's a Hero"). His credible delivery of "Oklahoma," the moving tale of one boy's trip to meet a long-vanished father, is a fine performance that transcends his age. Don't blame him for the weak spots. Credit for the cookie-cutter arrangements and such soggy ballads as the preachy title track goes to multiple producers Don Cook (Music Row's dean of formulaic production), David Malloy, and Blake Chancey. As always, their goals are to satisfy the one-dimensional country-radio consultants who dictate what gets played, nothing more. Long ago, producers Owen Bradley and Billy Sherrill helped Brenda Lee and Tanya Tucker, respectively, build youthful success into enduring adult careers. If only young Gilman had such visionaries enhancing his talent. --Rich Kienzle Amazon.com

No Wonder It Was Double-Platinum!

I don't think we'll ever get tired of listening to this CD. Billy Gilman's voice sounds wonderful and he did a superb job in making the songs his own and adding his own unique, emotional interpretation to all the songs. All the songs are excellent. The songs One Voice, Oklahoma, and What's Forever For are favorites in our home.
February 1, 2008

Hear Billy's Prodigious VOICE!

This album rates 5 stars. Simple as that.
Now with that out of the way, I would like to add this : I have been in vocal music for 40 years and wrote the musical score to one motion picture, but Billy Gilman's voice, as heard in this album is singulary clear among myriads of other voices. It is analogous to the TITLE song and is literally, ONE VOICE among a million!

May I entice the readers with a bit of comedy relief? Buy this CD and find yourself laughing with delight when you listen to the clever chart, "The Snake Song." I am still laughing at how CLEVER this song is. Billy must have had quite a few "hee-hee's" and "ha-ha's" when he recorded it. Wonderful comedy relief.

Overall : this album is a stunning AURAL testament to superb
vocal technique. I have sung with some of the finest OPERA voices and mixed chorals in the world ... but Billy's voice is SO transparent and his vocal technique is so controlled and REALLY even through his ENTIRE range, that I dare say that he exceeds even my former University voice Professor and she was a former Opera diva.

For the record : One voice is worth the price of the CD.
May I add that the chart, "Oklahoma" is an emotionally charged
melody and the listener would do well to SEE the Video which Billy made of this chart. Get your kleen-ex box ready!

A must buy. Incredible!!



September 1, 2006

I Love Billy Gilman!!

I was never able to get this CD but a few days ago I spend about 5 hours on the internet looking up Billy Gilman and i couldn't find anything! When I was little I loved watching the video of One Voice. i almost cried when i first saw the video because of all the meanings of it and his voice! I used to have the biggest crush on him(and i think i still do). His new songs are just as good as the old ones. my fave is "Is Anybody Out There". check out all of his cds.
July 29, 2006

Billy Gilman has conquered my world.

Ever since I heard him for the first time, he has amazed me. Every single day for years. Now that he's 6th album is to be released on July 25, 2006 - I know it will be an amazing album, because that's just what Billy is - AMAZING. Now that he's 18 years old, his voice has grown older too - into a fascinating, matured voice that will live on forever. If you haven't yet heard Billy Gilman sing, you're missing a living legend. June 1, 2006

Makes Bryan White Sound Like Hard Core Country!!!!

Somewhere in heaven, Waylon Jennings, Ernest Tubbs, Bob Wills are all thinking, "Is this some sick joke"? Yeah, I can see Billy lighting up a crowd of real honky tonkers in Oklahoma...
right before the headliner "Barney the Dinosaur" lays it down. Somebody give this boy a box of legos and a diaper change and tell him to call us in about 10 years when he hits puberty!!!

Makes me want to spew September 28, 2005

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