Can you “fall in love” with a voice?

Ronald Colman for me... enough said!

Yes, fell in love over the phone with the chocolate smooth tones of a man I later came to work with. No the looks did not match the voice......much to both his embarrassment and amusement....he was well aware of the effect on women he spoke to!! However his character did, so yes I did fall in love with the person too.

Similar to Bluebell and others the head librarian in the university where I lectured was a lovely lady, very tall nearly 6' in height, slender and very like Joyce Grenfell yet she had this fabulously husky sexy (50 fags a day) voice, every man who spoke to her on the phone was smitten. We were all young and used to wait for their crestfallen look whenever they actually met her face-to-face.

HappyBumbleBee

But read all the comments but has anyone mentioned Morgan Freeman? I could listen to him forever!!!

Oh yes, he has one of the best voices!

Right with you Muse on AR’s voice!

But read all the comments but has anyone mentioned Morgan Freeman? I could listen to him forever!!!

I used to work with somebody that had a wonderful voice but as he rightly described it " the voice of Richard Gere but the looks of Nora Batty".

I have to say that actor Martin Shaw was my downfall in the voice department. I could have listened to him reading a phone book and been happy! My taste now is the dulcet Aussie voice of actor Alex O'Loughlin. He can really make my toes curl (and other parts!)

Andrew Scott...sheer perfection!

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Just remembered - the velvety tones of Gregory Peck. ?

Chestnut

I loved Scott Walker's voice even as a teenager.

Oh yes Chestnut. I saw him live in Glasgow in the mid 60’s. I was 4 rows from the front of the stage and couldn’t really hear him for all the screaming fans!

Love Richard Burton, Alan Rickman, James Nesbitt, Sean Bean and would add Pavarotti to that list. Avoid Jonathon Ross and quite a few others though. Voices are important.

Yet another fan ofAlan Rickman here. Also love James Nesbitt’s Irish drawl but my favourite is the radio sports presenter Matt Williams who features on Simon Mayo’s Drivetime programme, once on Radio 2 but these days can be found on Greatest Hits Radio. His voice is so full of laughter and mischief that I find it irresistible and was so angry at the BBC for mucking about with the Drivetime programme leading to Simon and Matt leaving that I stopped listening to its replacement. Happily now have tracked it down on another station.
Another radio voice I find very comforting is that of Chris Warburton from radio 5live.

David Suchet reading the Bible. He makes even familiar passages so meaningful.
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youtu.be/0qOxYY0dDPQ I heard this for the first time at the weekend. Jeremy Northam singing Ivor Novello. Simply beautiful voice.

Most definitely! Alan Baden and Alan Rickman were my absolute favourites. Can’t think of anyone these days who makes me feel the same.
Must be getting old !!! ?

A long time ago, I know, but Dirk Bogarde's voice did it for me. Alan Badel, Rick Wakeman too and definitely Bill Nighy.

Many years ago, whilst at work, I had to regularly deal with a person with the most beautiful voice. After some months, he invited me to lunch, a blind date..... however, the person who turned up certainly didn't match the voice. I then had to spend quite some time trying to gently extricate myself from the situation.....

Bill Nighy has the most wonderful voice, I love listening to him.

mum in law met dad in law during a blackout raid during WW2 she told me she fell in love with his deep welsh voice although she couldn't see his face but made a date with him nether the less and the rest is history.

MawBe, I watched the proms as well, and then watched it again yesterday. What a treat, and what a voice Clarke Peters had - so easy, with no screeching or face pulling.

I love listening to Liam Neeson’s voice

I think that the simple answer is yes.
Some voices are memorable and some are not - all I really ask is good diction as this really is needed for the hard of hearing like me.
Radio plays in the 50s and 60s were a joy.

I can listen happily to anything Bernard Cribbins narrates.
Dan Maskell’s voice during Wimbledon coverage was a joy too.

Richard Burton