She described herself as "a white Hungarian Jew from Australia sounding like a 65-year-old black man from Alabama". She spent more than ten years based in the United States but had little chart success there under her own name, yet contributing to releases by Neil Diamond, Men at Work, Sting, Trouble Funk and many others. Geyer returned to Australia in the mid-1990s and her career has continued into the 21st century with her 2003 album, Tenderland, which peaked at #11 on the ARIA albums charts. Renee's music was popular on black American radio station because people thought she was black. Peace out.

Renee passed away today in Melbourne. RIP. My favorite Aus Soul Singer of all time, love you Renee. You left a beautiful legacy and I don't believe anyone in this country has surpassed.😪

Sadly she has passed away. She is from Australia. I grew up listening to her. Very sad. Such a soulful voice. An amazing talented lady. RIP Renee. We love you xxxx

Watching your Channel made me realise the amount of Great singers we have here in Australia. 🇦🇺

Hey! You found Renee! 'Top of the Top Tier' Female Vocalists - of all time. Not just in Australia, but Worldwide and sadly very under appreciated on the international stage. It makes me both sad and glad to see recognition building - via these networks - but not in their prime. Much later when most are pretty much past retirement. Renee was an idol who 'taught me how to sing'. I listened to and copied her songs - over - and over - and over. Inspired to stretch to reach up to her seemingly effortless standard. Just a magnificent and very skilled singer. Enjoy more of Renee.👍👋👋👋

Love Renee Geyer, her voice is pure soul. I loved her sing “Stares and Whispers” ❤️

I’m so late to your channel but Renee is still singing - she’s performing in the next few weeks in a great jazz basement in Melbourne Australia at I’m going to see her! I’ve been to her shows for 30 years - soulful? understatement! She’s a phenomenon.

I first discovered Renee Geyer in the 70's with her song "It's A Man's World" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qp2HfdNom5eXdYk.html - I bought her album almost immediately. She has a lot of soul - born in Melbourne Australia in 1953 😁

Sadly, this legendary and beloved Australian vocalist died this week in the presence of her family and friends. Her loss is being felt acutely by those of us who are utterly transfixed by an utterly indescribably beautiful voice.

Thank you for playing my request 🙏 couldn't let this slip through after you discovered Marcia Hines 😁

I have a vision. Nic comes to live in Australia and has his own TV show like "Countdown" because his knowledge of Aussie (and global) music is becoming phenomenal!

She is so underrated, you should check her out in Cold Chisel’s Last Stand live “River Deep Mountain High”

You must listen to Renee sing "It's a Mans world", you will just fall in love, no ifs buts or maybes, you will just fall for Renees voice, it's that good.

Sad to hear we lost another great Australian singer today RIP Renee

As a Māori from Aotearoa New Zealand Renee's song was a regular and go to song at parties and when we all sang the chorus "Am I heading in the right direction for your loving and affection" you could feel everyone's soul yearning.

17.1.23 - Rest in Peace Renee, another great Aussie artist gone too soon xox

RIP Renee the Queen of Aussie soul 😎😎😎😎🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👸👸👸

Renee Geyer is an Australian singer who was one of the country's finest jazz, soul and r&b musicians. She has released 15 studio albums, as well as an Internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist; her session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Child's, Joe Cocker and Neil Diamond to mention a few. She was born Melbourne in 1953, but unfortunately we lost her in 2023.

R.I.P Renee Geyer. Australia is so proud of you. Will be greatly missed x

Renee Geyer is from Australia but so loved by us in New Zealand. She passed away yesterday and we shall miss her dearly. I grew up listening to her music and im now 61. I still play her music regulary. Beautiful loss to the music world

Fly high Renee Geyer.... RIP 💕

Gosh, it’s been years since I’ve heard this song….. but the words came flooding back. Love it ❤️

I;m watching you and crying like a baby. Renee has been one of My Ladies since the mid-170s. I met Renee in 2004 at a coffee shop in St. Kilda, Melbourne, called Brew-Ha-Ha. I was there doing a tour and promoting my opening that year at the Butterfly Club. She introduced herself, saying "Im a singer too". We had coffee, and became friends. She crashed the stage at some of my performances, and always kept very close since. Her death a few days ago has me undone. i want to thank you for paying such honest tribute to her. She is an icon, known as the Australian Aretha in the day. And thank you for recognizing and elevating Soul. My earliest days at the Sunny Club in Harrisburg, Pa when I was just a teen and hadn't yet learned to bend and blue-up notes. Renee's recordings in those early years taught me so much. Another artist of note, with roots of pure soul is Mary Ann Redmond. I do hope you have covered her. But that is not a request. I know you've got it going on with the donation=request biz, and I totally respect that. We elders on fixed incomes do not have extra cash, but I will leave it to the young ones to unlock the treasure of your expertise my man. Again,thanks for highlighting Renee. She was, is and will always be amazing. Now I have to go wipe the tears from my eyes.

One of our Great Australian singers ..R.I.P we shall miss you and your amazing voice xx

Renee is one of Australia's greatest soul singers. Love this song and "Stares and Whispers" is another favourite.

Renèè has been a respected figure in Australian music since the 70s. "Cry One More Time'' is another excellent Geyer track. It's from 2004, written by the equally legendary Paul Kelly.

Beautiful person with a beautiful soul

*R I P Renee* you will be missed by so many. One of the best. Passed - 🎶🎵17 January 2023 💔

Her version of midnight train to Georgia is actually one of my favourite songs

Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953)] is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and "Say I Love You" in the 1980s. Geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker. Peace out.

So glad someone got round to requesting Renee Geyer! Just possibly Australia’s greatest female soul singer (and we have quite a lot of that genre) She’s on my 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 list. Been around since the early 70’s, Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame 2005.

Renee is from Melbourne, self-described as "a white Hungarian Jew from Australia sounding like a 65-year-old black man from Alabama."

Hey Nick. Renee is alive and well, living in Melbourne, Australia and still doing gigs. She is playing at a great little Jazz club called Bird’s Basement in a few weeks. Her cover of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s World” is legendary.

Renee played at Byron bay blues last week. Crowd was warmed up for her by a great little band called 1920.

RIP Renee 💖was so lucky to hear your beautiful voice many times live. xx

RIP Renée Geyer you left a meaningful mark on Aussie music

#RIP Renee you were the soulful amazing Lady that touched our hearts 🌹 God Bless You 👏👑🩷🤎🩷

So glad you've finally discovered Renee, she is absolutely incredible, I grew up listening to her in the 70's, she was the undisputed Australian Queen of jazz & soul in the 70's & 80's. I actually recommended her when you first discovered Kate Ceberano, her career started in the early 70's, this was her big hit from '75, an original song written by her guitarist Gary Punch and Mark Paige, there's no doubt she would have been a big influence on John Farnham, John actually covered this song on his "Great Australian Songbook" album released in 2005 where he paid homage to the great Australian songwriters whose songs inspired him throughout his career, here's the audio clip kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdyfjK1ixNSodJs.html . Check out "Sweet Love" from her 3rd album "Ready to deal" this is taken from a live TV performance in 1975, she had a fantastic band, awesome jazz/rock/soul fusion kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLWaorOQu8fFpH0.html , enjoy the journey

Just heard that Renee Geyer passed today.... sad day , great voice, great performer probably my favorite Aussie female artist... 🙏 RIP

Ahhhh, you’ve finally arrived at the soul Queen I was named after. She is CRIMINALLY underrated, and doesn’t get the same idol status as her male counterparts - even though her instrument is equal to theirs.

She actually got a record deal offered to her in USA but they wouldn’t go ahead with it unless she lied and said she was a black artist because of her voice. She left and came back to Australia and has been incredible.

I LOVE Renee Geyer! Hey New Zealand Loves Renee Geyer from way back! White Soul, Regaae lady! She's from Aus... but NZ loves her all over! Especially all the Maoris. It's not a party without her!

This was my EXACT reaction!!! Instantly one of my favorite singers of all time off this one song that I heard for the first time 30 minutes ago! Great reaction!

Another great Australian singer.

Thank you for reacting to this. She died today. Vale Renee

She's one of Australia's finest female vocalist.Always.grear to see you uncover new artist to you ... My favourite of hers is ..If loving you is wrong.... Amazing vocals .

She’s one of my favourite all time female singers. ❤️🎼🎤

She is not just from Australia - she is from Melbourne :) and of Hungarian descent as well

she is Australia's most under-rated Queen of soul.

Glad you finally got to discover the wonderful Renee Geyer!

Beautiful voice. Alas, Renee passed away 17th January 2023. Her family said In a statement that Renee passed away from complications following hip surgery. And apparently whilst in hospital it was found she had inoperable lung cancer. (She had breast cancer circa 2009 but recovered from that). RIP Renee :(

This brought back memories flooding back....Renee was big here in Australia at the time, and I always loved her music. 🤗👍

I grew up in Melbourne 70’s listening to Renee. It’s so sad/beautiful watching this weeks after her passing.

Renee is still singing and appeared at the Birds basement on KZfaq earlier in 2022...she is now 69 and excels in jazz vocals with a soul influence. 🤓😎👍🤗...she has since passed away so RIP Renee...you will be missed. 😇😇

Reminds me of watching Countdown & others in the 70s when Renee and Marcia Hines seemed to be the queens.

Well it's about time you saw Renee Geyer, my favourite Aussie female singer. Her and Vanetta Fields often do the back up singing for cold chisel's live performances. She started out in the late 70's doing covers like, it's a man's world, always very soulful, yet a little shy about it in the early days. I love her live performances, although her songs were great on records, you can't beat the live stuff. Check out her version of a Paul Kelly song, careless, I actually like that better than Paul's version. Btw, this song was written for her and first recorded by her.

RIP Renee 😔😥 such a beautiful artist. Thank you for your gorgeous voice. You will be very much missed🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌏🪐🌕🙏🌸🐟🦋🇦🇺🐦🏡❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such sorrow at the passing of this great Australian lady of soul. A woman of fire and passion. I was most privileged to have seen her perform live many years ago.

I love her live version of If loving you is wrong (i dont wanba be right).

RIP Renee 💜

RIP Renee, one of Australia's underrated singers, she was amazing. I saw her many times in the 1980's at the Basement in Sydney.

Renee was a diamond. She was and is still loved back in New Zealand.

My favorite artist of all time...soulful vocals...

I loved watching your reactions to our Renee #the respect she never got RIP Renee ❤

She is still regarded as the Queen of Soul in the hearts and minds those in this part of the world, Australasia/Oceania, particularly across the ditch amongst our Maori people.

Renee Geyer REST IN POWER. I absolutely love that you said she had Glady's Knight nuisances in her voice. Absolutely 💯 agree Glady's is premium quality pure and soulful voices in my lifetime. Renee is astounding one of a kind and truly gifted. ❤️

Lady soul, loved watching her live, brilliant!!!!

A blessed angel

And she's an Aussie. She released an album in the U.S. that was getting airplay on black radio until they saw that she was white. The record company told her not to put her photo on the cover but she insisted. She still regrets the decision.

Renee Geyer -missing you 💯

Sorry to say bud she has passed away today Age 69 lung cancer, she is from Sydney Australia and just a truly great artist very underrated outside of Aussie, love her will miss her

Talking my language now!! Seen her so many times live, she was great!!!!

We just lost her today! 😟RIP Renee … 🇦🇺 icon 😢❤

Pretty sure she still performs mate, I saw her live a few times back in the 80's. She has an incredible voice and right up your alley for sure.

thankyou! I haven't heard her in years, she has an incredible voice . She never reached the heights she deserved, back in the day there was probably too much pop music around . I was only a teen back then, but i loved her style. We have so much talent here that you don't know about! So glad to see you sharing it with the world

Youve got to listen to her singing...It's a Mans World. Its outta this world.

Renee Geyer sadly passed away due to surgery complications on 17th January 2023. Sad loss for Australia. Thanks for the appreciation, loved watching this.

RIP Renee. Lost to us suddenly and unexpectedly this day.

An Aussie gal. We have been so blessed over the years with such talented musician/singers. Yep.

Renee was a constant presence on the radio waves back in the late 70s and early 80s. I love her upbeat numbers "Say I Love You" and her version of "Wind Beneath My Wings".

Sadly Renée passed away suddenly last month. Seeing her live was truly one of the best performances I have ever seen. I don’t think she was ever really appreciated for her immense soulful talent. Thank you for having her on your show. X

I remember reading a article about when she did have a small amount of success in the US, that when people heard her on the radio before knowing who she was, they thought she was a black singer because of her stunning Soul and R&B sound🥰. Good job Michael 👏

Where the hell has this woman been all my life? The runs!! Please don’t take too long to come back to her!

RIP Renee Geyer. (1953 - 2023).

Ah, the Queen of Australian Soul. Going to see her live next week Friday - honestly can't wait!

You sorta did her before - she was singing beside Jimmy Barnes in his Knocking on Heaven's Door reaction you did. And yep, she's pretty darn good - my favourite of hers has always been Stares and Whispers... oh and also Do You Know What I Mean

R.I.P. Renee Geyer, first lady of soul in Australia. Great review, thankyou. Renee passed away this week, from inoperable lung cancer and complications from hip surgery.

She is another underrated Australian Singer, she had so much soul in her voice, she was definitely 1 of kind. As far as I know she’s Australian. Yes this is back in the 80’s, I think we Aussies were at least 20 years in front of the rest of the world when it came to music. There are so many fabulous Australian Singers from back then and still today. The only difference is travel is far easier now than it was back then. Going overseas was a major undertaking and expensive also back then. So a lot of performers honed their skills here before going overseas and I think it has served them well.🎼❤️🇦🇺❤️🇺🇸🕺🏻💃🎸☘️

My fav Renee Geyer song: It only happens when I look at you (cover) soulful as the best, do yourself a favor you will enjoy immensely. Love your channel and get a kick out of your reactions.

Sadly we lost her recently. Beautiful voice. Legend down here. RIP

Our darling Renee Geyer Australian Queen of soul, passed away 19th Jan 2023, her spirit lives on with her incredible voice. RIP Beautiful lady.

She is Australia’s greatest Jazz Soul Singer - Period she sits right next to greats like Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham in terms of vocal prowess and ability….. she is my fav soul singer from this side of the PACIFIC…….no one like her,not even close…… RIP beautiful lady……she gave me chills everytime….what a voice and a lovely lady xo 💯🔥❤️🌹🎼

Unfortunately, we lost Renee in January 2023, at Age 69 she died. ~. R.I.P You beautiful Spirit Renee, and thank you for the countless 'Goose Bumps' you gave me with your wonderful voice. Love from all of us Australian fans. 💘💘💔💔

She was brilliant live, absolutely brilliant ♥️

RIP soulful lady.... Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿🤪✊

There was a tiny bit of Renee harmonising with Jimmy Barnes at the end of a collaborative song that you watched. She is amazing. I worry about her. Her "It's a Man's World" is a revelation.

Renee is from Australia 🇦🇺 💕

my favourite song of Renee Geyer is really really love you live in Melbourne years ago

Vale beautiful Queen.

She was one of the best soul singers . Love love her voice. 💜