I can't believe I've been writing this blog for over a year and I haven't yet mentioned Wing. Have you heard of Wing? No, not a bird's wing or an airplane's wing, but Wing as in www.wingtunes.com



Wing is the best karaoke singer I have ever heard. (GTY cruise buddies - she totally would have won!!) She has 14 albums "so far...", such a tease, including:


Wing Sings the Songs You Love


Wing Sings AC/DC


Wing Sings More AC/DC

According to her website, --- "the singer popularly known as Wing, has in a few short years achieved world-wide fame and a cult following that transcends borders and languages. When Wing sings, you cannot miss her sincerity and the pure joy she has for singing. With her unique voice and determined spirit, she has achieved what many singers can only dream of doing...." --- I agree. She has certainly achieved more than I have. When I listen to Wing's CDs I think, "Wow, she really wanted to make that CD."

Wing has been compared to artists such as William Hung and Florence Foster Jenkins and those comparisons are accurate. She belongs in the company of such infamous singers. Some of my favorite Wing selections (which you absolutely MUST listen to) include:

"9-5"
from CD 14: Wing - One Voice

"Dancing Queen"
from CD 9: Dancing Queen by Wing

"Phantom Of the Opera"
from CD 1: MUSICAL MEMORIES OF Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera.

Wing's website regularly features a different set of CD samples so if the song you'd like to hear isn't currently featured, good news - you can hear it on iTunes!! Trust me, it will be worth your time (while you're there, take a quick listen to Florence Foster Jenkins, you won't regret it....well maybe you will, but you'll get a good laugh anyway).

I was delighted to find on my most recent visit to Wing's website that I could hire Wing to "sing just for me, or for a friend on a birthday." Oh. Boy. So to any of my friends out there with birthdays coming up - if you get a call from a New Zealand number, pick up. If after you pick up, you hear a strange sounding, must-be-joking singer, don't hang up - it's Wing wishing you a happy birthday from me.