Songs that begin with the vocals alone

Killer Queen - Queen

Freddie sings "She keeps..." before you hear an instrument

Edit: technically, I'm wrong; I forgot about the finger-snapping

 

Coot Marseilles Blues - Tom T. Hall
Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare
Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis
What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana - Merle Haggard
To Beat The Devil - Kris Kristofferson

 

Interpreting the topic to be vocal lead in, not simultaneous drums/instruments:

Extreme - Color Me Blind
Extreme - Peacemaker Die

Tennessee Ernie Ford ( A TEF Chrismas Special album version) - The Virgin's Slumber Song

Chicago - The American Dream although with drums only near simultaneously.

One Week - Barenaked Ladies

Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondels

Not sure about Aerosmith - Dude (looks like a lady) with the electronic accent lead in which is clearly OF vocals, and at least the album track "Falling In Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" has some lead in sounds but on the radio it always lead off vocally.

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

Bon Jovi - You give Love a Bad Name

ABBA - Take a Chance on Me

Technically Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry be Happy, since it's all him, no instruments

C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me

Wow, never realized just how many songs start this way. That's enough for now.

 

Happiness is a warm gun.

 

Keep the Customer Satisfied Simon and Garfunkel (not the quad version of course)

 

Ozzy, Crazy Train.
I Think I Love You by the Partridge Family, if memory serves (and I'm not going to check because it'll get stuck in my head all day).

 

Another Sinatra song from the underrated album Great Songs From Great Britain:

 

"Mystery Dance" - Elvis Costello
"Three of a Perfect Pair" - King Crimson
"Sweet Painted Lady" - Elton John
"I Can't Quit You Babe" - Led Zeppelin

 

some recent faves:

 

barely

 

Voodoo by Godsmack

 

Love and Money - Halleluiah Man

 

Somebody to Love does have that tiny little "Can" from Freddie at the beginning.

 

There really is too many to try to guess. Here's two right off the top of my head:

"HELP" - The Beatles
"I GET AROUND" - The Beach Boys

 

The Residents - On The Way to Oklahoma

 

Some random McCartney songs:
Sweet sweet memories
Uncle Albert
She's my baby
San Ferry Anne
Tug of War
The other me
No more lonely nights
Another day
Spies like us
Run devil run

 

How's this for obscure?

 

Dream On-Depeche Mode

 

Traffic, Coloured Rain:

 

Beach Boys, Heroes and Villains:



Like the above, it cuts it rather close, but still ...

 

Yes, it was mentioned.

But let's include the even better original by Bessie Banks, which also qualifies:

 

The first few lines of Uriah Heep's "Why Did You Go" from the "Return To Fantasy" album is acapella....with the beautiful voice of David Byron.

 

"Hard Headed Woman" by Cat Stevens
"Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" by Bill Lloyd

 

Metallica--Fuel