Jim, I am only giving an opinion,I am not trying to impose my views, any more than you are when you give an opinion.
neither am I comparing singers in a competitive way, I am in effect saying who i prefer to listen to, that is personal taste.
I agree that competitions are affected by pesonal taste.
neither did sam make the song , and actually I have been part of its transmission i hve been singning it for 40 years.