Tori Holub - Jim Wilkas - Burt Bacharach/Hal David - Carpenters Medley Cover
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- My incredibly talented new friend Tori Holub sings The Carpenters' Bacharach/David Medley - I wanted to add the dimension of a 'Richard' harmony part to her beautiful 'Karen' vocals! I am so honored to be allowed to join her!
By request, here is the background on how Tori & I began our collaborations!
I’ve been a musician all of my life. Being an instrumental music teacher, I had a background in playing most band/orchestral instruments. I had joined a now-defunct music collaboration website in 2015 called ‘Bandhub’, allowing me to meet and record music with musicians from around the world. Many of those collaborations resulted in life-long friendships. One of the music projects I had hosted was ‘We’ve Only Just Begun’, combining the great talents of trumpeter Gary Badger, from Sydney Australia, Ynping Mak, violinist also from Sydney Australia, bassist Clayton Whisenant from Los Angeles, and Yoann Palacio, a drummer from Quebec, Canada. The original singer for the project was a lovely young lady from the Netherlands, Gea van Veen, who we suddenly lost in 2019. She was one of my favorite backing vocalists for several projects I had recorded over the years, but she never really tried any lead parts until the Carpenters project. Since that time, I had always been on the lookout for a singer who could faithfully capture the ‘Karen ‘ sound.
One night in February 2024, I was reading some comments while listening to some Carpenters covers, and notice someone had mention Tori’s name. My natural curiosity led me to search for her. I came across Tori’s shorts on one of her social media sites, and her full-length Burt Bacharach arrangement on RUclips. I just could NOT stop listening. She did such a beautiful job of the vocal lead and harmonies, and I was beyond impressed. I have a pretty decent ear, so I thought to myself that it would be fun to add a ‘Richard’ part to her ‘Karen’. Knowing that the Carpenters had achieved their signature harmony sound by not only recording the four part harmonies, but also singing each of those parts three times over to thicken the voice sounds into that silky sound we’ve all come to know and love. I proceeded to add the lowest ‘Richard’ part to her glorious Bacharach medley recording, tripling the tracks, and combined it all together including an accompanying video to Tori’s existing one. I wouldn’t put it online unless I contacted Tori for her approval. I sent her a message and to my amazement, she absolutely loved what I did, and the connection was born. I had posted it on Facebook, as she also did, and it began to gain some traction instantly. I then realized that Tori had several one minute recordings she made of several Carpenters songs, but none that were full length. Since I already had recorded the backing tracks for ‘We’ve Only Just Begun’, and had all of the elements saved, I offered to her the opportunity to be the feature in a new recording. This would become her first full-length, full production Carpenters song. I played piano, clarinet, tambourine, and added the male vocal backing tracks while she remotely provided the lead, lead doubles, and all of the other harmony tracks. I then remixed the entire production, reworked the existing videos, and incorporated Tori’s new videos into it. The finished production was posted on RUclips on March 2nd, 2024, which coincided with Karen Carpenter’s birth date.
Since that time, we had accrued several million views and comments between all of the platforms to which it was shared. I am so proud to say I had any part in helping Tori achieve her dreams as a singer. I truly hope she receives all of the accolades of which she is so deserving!
- Jim Wilkas 
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It's now 2024, who's listening to this beautiful voice?
Tori is a reincarmation for sure. Brings back Karen Carpenter's voice and music. How can this be!!
Tori has been blessed with that voice.
My god, close your eyes. Its her
Same as Marc martel
@@scottwallyn3171maybe they use AI technology, it will be known if they sing live and not in the studio. but i like Tori Holub
Tori's voice is certainly a dead-on match for Karen's, but there's a young lady named Harriet who actually LOOKS like Karen as a blonde.
Jim, bug thanks for you getting Tori in the studio and producing these exquisite performances. Just looking at the smile in your face, I know you were delighted doing these videos and know not just how special her voice is but her dedication to put everything into her craft. The world has missed this type of work.
Thank you Greg, but I added my parts after Tori had already recorded hers. I'm just tagging along!! So much fun!!
Boy, what I would give to see Richard Carpenter and Tori Holub to work together to honor his Sister Karen, and continue Karen's legacy for future generations.
me too Richard if just to finish some of the songs Karen didn't finish we don't wont to ever rep[lace Karen but her voice was gifted to Tori let us have a bit of her back
OMG that would be so awesome! Here's to hoping! @@helenwoodcock5140
@@helenwoodcock5140younger Tori did an homage to Something In Your Eyes. The problem is it’s too short. I’ll tell you what was in my eyes hearing Tori sing it. 😭 It’s on her channel here.
i did i loved karen i first heard her in the womb mum played it to me 50 years ago , she just gets better no matter the stories her voice is never-ending or changing Tori has given us a little bit of Karen back thankyou x
@@jbs256
Great idea
I'm seriously choking back tears here. I absolutely LOVED Karen Carpenter. I cried when she left us. GREAT harmonies! Both have great voices. WOW!
Same!
I agree too . Very similar to Karen Carpenter voice.
Each year, on Feb. 4, I play nothing BUT Carpenter's music, in honor of Karen. She was a HUGE influence on my singing, and harmonizing. Tori is bringing that all back. Wow.
Ditto
Same here. Karen was unmatched, 100% perfection. So glad to have found this lovely voice of Tori.
She's so young for her age to do that that's why she's really a miracle singing Carpenters songs! BRAVOOOOO!!!
Remember, Karen was 20 at the huge start. So is Tori, I see it as synergy. ❤💖
I love the carpenters, But I love YOUR voice Tori please do more songs even some of your own!
Remarkable..close your eyes and Karen is still with us.
Amazing!! This is a hard song to sing and she nailed it!!! I am a huge Burt Bacharach and Carpenters fan. Yes she needs an album to honor the Carpenters working with Richard and recording her own originals. She has a pure, beautiful voice, so refreshing. Sing, sing a song….the sky is the limit for you!!!
I came here after watching Fil of Wings of Pegasus doing one of his very in depth analyses of your cover of We’ve Only Just Begun. He was so impressed and really knows his stuff so I came here to watch some more of your videos. I’m loving what I’ve seen so far and am a new subscriber.
Exact same situation here. Love the music theory on Wings of Pegasus too. Can't go wrong with Burt Bacharach compositions either.
Thats how I got here
Count me in!
Same. Jim and Tori are jewels.
Totally the exact same.
She is amazing! I would not have believed this if I hadn't seen it. Her voice has almost the same timbre as Karen's.
If I don't look at the screen all I hear is Karen. I have no words to describe how many memories this brings back. Amazing! Thanks to you tube for sending me to you guys! That finally got 1 thing right,
67 year-old new Yorker her.Lifelong Carpenter/ Bacharach fan. Ilove this work!
The male vocal adds so much to this arrangement. Most people are unaware that it is MUCH harder to sing back up than lead.
I’ve seen a few reaction videos to Tori’s spellbinding cover with the genius production of Jim. Every single reaction video is met with wonder and you can see their smiles grow. This aurally amazing cover has taken listeners back to a beautiful bygone era, brought back beautiful memories. Tori we need you to rise, to succeed and to inspire a disenchanted Gen Z that there’s beauty in this world. Gen Alpha needs to hear these songs play in the background and as they grow up they revisit these songs and hear the beauty in these lyrics.
Her harmonys are great, her solo voice is sublime. 😊
You two could record an album of songs that The Carpenters never did but should have, and the world would be a better place for it and you'd be rich to boot.
I hope this humble lady continues to share her gift with the world! Her gift is monumentous, and has amazing potential!!!
Jim and Tori, I really enjoyed this medley, you both have amazing voices!! I hope you collaborate again soon!!
Tori is great and backgrounds vocalist is equally outstanding. Thanks for posting.
Tori - you have the gift of a lovely and magical voice that is perfect for this genre! Be sure to keep Jim - he sounds great too!
Wow - 2 great vocalists in perfect sync. Nicely produced.
Tori’s voice is honey to the ear
I can not believe what I'm hearing!! Smiling and crying at the same time! Bravo 👏 👏
Goosebumps! I said it before, Tori is spectacular and she's bringing me 50 years back in time!
I can't hear enough of these accurate pitch perfect covers!
Thank you so much, Tori and Jim!
Being a Karen Carpenter fan from too many years ago, I was stunned the first time I heard Tori sing. The more I listened to her, the more I realized how exact her voice compared. She even has the little lisp that Karen had. Fun to listen to.
You haven't just covered Karen as a singer, but The Carpenters as a vocal group. You've mastered the secret to overdubbed choral vocals. Blending with an incomplete "ensemble" that can't respond to each other in real time is damn hard, folks. No amount of Vocalign, Autotune, and digital sorcery can generate the secret sauce. Nice.
After searching around a little, I see Fil/Wings of Pegasus picked up on this too.
Fil is The Ear Apparent. 🏆
Burt Bacharach & Hal David , Roger Nichols & Paul Williams.
Great composers and writers.
Absolutely brilliant, We've waited 40 years for a voice like karen's
I first thought this was a voice over so massive apologies to Tori because she is absolutely incredible. James does such a superb jog on mixing and making these videos.
You guys should a tribute band for Carpenters.. lots of people will watch and look into it..tour the world.❤
A residency in Las Vegas🎉
I am 62 LOVED the Carpenters and would pay top $$$ to see you if you ever performed anywhere near St. Louis. You guys are AMAZING 😉
Would be awesome, but she sings at least three vocal parts on each tune. Tough to pull that off live.
Don’t know about a tour, but I would love it if they would record Karen’s full catalog with todays quality recording equipment I would buy that in a heartbeat
@@bradcrawford1998 100% agree!
Thank you Tori for your voice of Karen is amazing, I grew up with ms Karen & Richard, did not live too far from them in Downey. We lost and Karen too soon RIP.
OMG. From the second Tori started singing - I was covered with goose pimples!! The hair stood up on my arms! Absolutely PERFECT! She NAILS Karens inflections, range, evocativeness! As close as I've ever heard someone capture Karen Carpenter - an UNTOUCHABLE!!
She has a little bit of a lisp that Karen didn’t have but other than that, perfection! 🎉
She doesn't quite have the richness and timbre of Karen's voice, yet, and she misses some of the little in-betweens but she's very close and very pleasant to listen to. Very nice. Not Karen, but a very nice tribute to her legacy. 🙂
Tori Holub is an amazingly talented singer. There are other singers on RUclips who I really like, and think sing great, but Tori is on another level. A Pro-level talent who sings better than most professional singers!
Live out a long life for Karen…. sing and live a happier healthier long life with Karen’s reincarnated voice. I am 100% certain you have worked hard at perfecting this wonderful gift. I hope Richard Carpenter takes comfort in listening to you singing
This is eerie. Saw the carpenters live in Vegas 71 I think when I was 13. She was still behind the drums at the time. This young lady is very close to Karen but I can still hear differences. That being said excellent performance!
I agree. Tori's very good but Karen had more of a warmth to her voice. I saw the Carpenters on that tour too. Great memories.
I'm more impressed with the range of voices Jim can do, does the world know he can sing in harmony with himself at the same time?
I've been watching and listening to this video over and over and over and I can't get over it ... Record companies should be falling over themselves to sign her. She's absolutely amazing
Me too, I think this is an even dozen times now. ❤
Stay away from record companies, they have a bad history of what they do to artists.
That was incredible. Tori is brilliant but let’s hear it for Jim too. Superb!
Wow Tori, I always thought Karen had the most incredible voice and you bring it all back, Thank You
Beautiful magnificent wonderful amazing!
Omg. I’m in shock. This is amazing! Never mind my soul’s remembrance of Karen Carpenter. Tori, you’re own you and I love it!
I can sit & listen to this girl for hours!
Me too!
I have ❤
This is absolutely magic. Simply smiling ear to ear. As I am 64 yrs old, I like so many others commenting, grew up with these songs. Jim, Thank you so much for your amazing efforts bringing this music back to life. Cant imagine laying down each track of the harmonies, singing take after take with subtle variants that combine in perfect tune. Tori... Wow, just wow. No words.... Just admiration and respect for your amazing voice and poise! Just found you guys this evening. Cant wait to spend more time with you both. It's as though I found a treasured scrapbook in the attic, but somehow it has magically come to life. ❤x ♾️
Well said!
@jpmartdog So beautifully said! Just remembering the old days with old friends and loving The Carpenters and Dionne Warwick, etc. All of my friends are gone now 😢 but I'm thrilled to have lived in that Era as a young person. 😊😅
Street dances in San Jose too, yay
I'm also 64 and loved The Carpenters and their music..... wish I had got to meet Karen. Tori is very close to a perfect copyof Karen's voice.... but not quite. Trouble is, she's so good, I don't know who I prefer !
Absolutely! Brings tears to my eyes. I'm 64, too- we lost Karen Carpenter too young!
You perfectly articulated precisely what hearing this felt like!!
WOW! I was a fan of the Carpenters, and never thought I would hear anyone with a voice like Karen again. I am so glad I was wrong! Beautiful voice Tori.
Hearing the Past Memories of Karen Carpenter's Voice was Impossible To Do & Now
it's Priceless Sung By Tori Holub & her fantastic Voice !! Bless You Tori !!!
I'm totally amazed..... Wow!!!!!!
Tori you're absolutely fantastic , hope you achieve all of your dreams
Wow! Karen Carpenter lives on!
Wow. Just, WOW.
I listen to alot iof music, its my safe place , im terminally sick from a punch , its given me extreme depression and anxiety severe night terrors and extreme ptsd with suicidal tendencies, when i clise ny eyes especially when Tori sang weve only just begun , i was litterly in 17th October 1970 watching the ed sullivan show and karen was playing drums in her iconic yellow dress singing this. Time travels really does exist
I now know how Karen would’ve sung, “If you see me walking down the street and I start to cry each time we meet”. Putting a clip of the Carpenters in your video is a nice touch. I’ve got to thank Wings of Pegasus for finding the two of you. When I listened to We’ve Only Just Begun, I was stunned! Tori, it’s like you are channeling Karen Carpenter when you sing. Love it!!
Wings of Pegasus flew me here too.
exactly the same way i found it. i'm now searching itunes
Exactly the same here
Thank you! I want you to notice something it took me many viewings of the original to go OMG! I’ve seen The Ed Sullivan Show original countless times. First Karen’s outfit to Tori’s outfit. Then in the song Walk On By. It’s a duet. In Tori’s original she’s Richard in the backing and here in the main. Right to the camera, Richard/harmony/Karen and repeat. When I figured it out 🤯
Joe (responsible for Wings)
Same here exactly! Amazing! Thanks Fil!
Wow, actual music!
So nice to be reminded there once was good music out there. Thank you both. Please don't stop.
Thanks Tori and Jim. You bring back a lot of memories. Tori, you have a bright future ahead of you, and I look forward to seeing and hearing it. Thanks Jim, and others, for helping her along.
I. Have. No. Words. Period. I am LOST for words.
Absolutely wonderful brilliant, gorgeous
Wow, Tori has all the natural ease and musicality of Karen Carpenter. They are both rare contraltos. Tori's voice is just a tad fuller, which is, if anything, a good quality. Those of us who are old enough to remember real music thirst for more.
I would like to hear Tori sing something original that is composed for her voice.
It doesn't get any better than that!
one of my Bacharach favorites: "what do you get when you fall in love"...Bravo Tori & company! I would gladly give my molar tooth for this!
Tori and Jim ...Fantastic Medley. Tori you are such an amazing talent. Never heard anything like it before.
Your facial expressions are just so relaxed as you LOVE the moment...thank you
Tori's voice is blessed with a range of octaves that will put her up there with the finest vocalists in the 2024-2044 timeframe.I appreciate her for her talent and for her ability to get "inside" the soul of Karen Carpenter,I think that has helped her recreate that distant sadness and despair Karen felt deep down in the inner layers of her psyche when she performed,especially in the last years of her life.
You are gorgeous and sing like an angel thanks for your tribute to our sweet Karen you also do great with Bread's songs. Jim is great as a supporting voice.
Wow, fantastic together. Tori and Jim , I’m amazed ❤️
In tears of joy. What a gift from heaven.
Hearing Tori Holub makes me a 'reincarnation believer'-----Karen Carpenter's clone 4 decades later!
Love, love, love this, what a talent you are tori
Are you kidding me??? Simply amazing!
Wonderful!!!!!
And I've always LOVED Carpenter's Bacharach medley! - Tori - outstanding! Keep the JOY!!!
Thank you for checking this out my friend!! When I first heard Tori's voice, I just felt the NEED to join in! She is a fantastic talent, and a beautiful person as well!
definition is so important with this medley and Tori you hit a home run!
I could only smile hearing Tori just as i did when hearing the original KC voice. Such a smooth and gracious voice! I'm a fan, Tori!!!
This girl should be going straight to the top
Omg! Tori you sound exactly like Karen Carpenter! So beautiful! Wow! ❤❤
This sounds like a hit record Jimmy and Tori, what a performance, love it.
So happy to hear the voice of Tori.❤. I think the combination was awesome.
You both are amazing. I love both of you.singing and your arrangement and the music. I hope Herb Alpert (the A from the A&M record label as well as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass) sees this. He signed both the Carpenters and Burt Bacharach as well as another personal favorite Sergio Mendes and Brasill 66 back in the day.
Thanks so much for sharing and I wish both of you as well as your musician friends much success and happiness.
Tori dear...I am thankful to be alive on this planet, in this vast universe, at the same time as you, to be able to have your amazing voice ring in my ears.
But...I want to hear YOU...not Karen...YOUR MUSIC...I want to hear what sings in your HEART...I can't wait for that time!
Thank you for your gift to the world dear 😍
Just great singers executing great music. No Auto-Tune nonsense. The sonic similarities are simply stunning.
I’m loving your alliteration!
Jimminy Crickets!!! Fantastic!! Tears flowing....
Qué lindo canta, felicidades y, ánimo!❤❤❤
Oh my goodness Jim, what have you here!!! You are both superb. Loving the harmonies and the Karen Carpenter similarities. Utterly brilliant. Don't stop, either of you. So talented.
I close my eyes and she's there
This girl is outstanding - amazing - beautiful;; talented
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Extraordinary;. Most covers I've heard have been pretty average at best. These are just magical. The same warmth and expression in the voice, but still unique.
BOTH of you are AMAZING ... YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
And no pitch correction or auto tune. Thanks so much for sharing.
Effortless? It seemed it, but it simply couldn't be. Such perfection must take enormous effort and talent. Another amazingly accurate cover. What a voice Tori has: one in many millions.
Absolutely jaw dropping performance. A perfect replica of the Carpenters original recording. Karen will be looking down feeling very proud of such a great tribute
Thanks and much appreciated! Tori deserves the most of the credit here as she created the original video featuring her lead and harmony vocals as well as the mix. I only added the lower 'Richard' parts to help fill out the sound. She is an extraordinary talent... thank you for checking it out!
OhMyGosh! The goosebumps are real. I feel so blessed to have found you and your incredible talent (both of you!)!!
Tori you're brilliant. To me, Karen was and is the best female singer of all time. It's wonderful to hear her again through you.
Wow, what a talent, flawless from start to finish
I"m fighting back tears. Karen was one of my fav. singers of all time!! I was crushed when she died!! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful young lady with us.
Wow! You guys! OMG. Thank you. Talent lives in 2024...❤😭
Tori has such a beautiful voice. The background singing and production are also amazing!
👍🏻
Tori!! I'm absolutely stunned. Walk on By was wonderful!
Suddenly you are everywhere. Algorithym hit and hit hard. And Im here for ever song!!!!
🥹 Wow! I’m in almost in a state of shock. Karen has always been one of my favorite female vocalists. She passed away two years after my mom passed away. You have brought them both back for me. A gentle, loving whisper from two ladies that I dearly miss. Thank you! ♥️✨
Effortlessly... WOW!
What a Joy, Brilliant.
Amazing talent. Her singing tone is only shaded by Karen herself. Again, amazing talent.