Favorite singers of all time?

Jimmy barnes
Devin townsend
And probably everybody else i saw listed.

 

Maddy Prior
Sandy Denny
Emily Portman
Gillian Welch
Grace Slick
Karen Dalton
Bob Dylan
Gordon Lightfoot
Julie London
Jim Morrison
Roger Chapman
Peter Gabriel
Donovan
Mama Cass Elliot
Son House
Dave Van Ronk

for starters!

 

Maynard
James Murphy
David Byrne
Beck
Michael Jackson
Nick Cave
Donald Fagen.. just because I grew up with him and his style is so unique
Morrissey
Jeff Buckley
Van Morrison
Nina Simone
And always had a thing for Johnny Mathis voice... probably growing up around it

 

I admire your great list here and your very eclectic musical taste. I too truly love Johnny Mathis's velvet like voice as well and my first and longest lasting music memory is listening to his iconic Merry Christmas album growing up as a kid. My oldest daughter now insists that this album is playing before the gift opening ever takes place. I also am a huge fan of Jeff Buckley's amazing voice as well as the great Nina Simone!

 

I almost forgot about her, she makes me melt!

 

I think that my first exposure to the great Nina Simone was in that great thriller Point Of No Return with Bright Fonda. A great film and of course the heroine plays her music several times in that film as played by Ms. Fonda. Ms. Simone of course cut the most famous version of Feeling Good, which Michael Bublé put back into the pop mainstream with his very nice cover. A truly remarkable voice, and I finally purchased one of her CD's about a year ago as her great music was missing in action in my music library for some unknown reason.

 

I’m really glad that you brought that up, oddly enough, I don’t have any of her stuff, a few digital versions but that’s it. I get so caught up with music of today, I sometimes look right passed .. the stuff from the past. Again, glad you commmented on that

 

Jeff Lynne
Robin Zander
Brian Wilson
Karen Carpenter

 

Paul McCartney
Cesar Rosas
Muddy Waters
Otis Redding
Gregg Allman
John Lennon
Son House
Tony Bennett
Johnny Cash
David Clayton-Thomas
Gary Brooker
Stevie Wonder

 

My Pleasure. I see your from Oklahoma. My parents were from Tulsa. I think everyone who loves great music should have a little Nina Simone in their life!

 

without too much thought

Agnetha Faltskog
Patsy Cline
Unknown Hinson
John Doe
Mark Farner
Linda Ronstadt

 

In no order:
1) Ian Gillan
2) Ozzy
3) Ronnie James Dio
4) Robin Zander
5) Rob Halford
6) Bruce Dickinson
7) Freddie Mercury
8) Eric Adams (Manowar, hugely under-rated)
9) Phil Lynott
10) Phil Mogg (UFO)
11) Jeff Lynne
12) Greg Allman
13) Lonesome Dave Peverett (Foghat)
14) Roy Wood
15) Lemmy!

 

In no particular order.
Roy Orbison
Rob Halford
Freddie Mercury
Frank Sinatra
Tom Jones
Shirley Bassey
Tony Bennett
Dean Martin
John Lennon

 

Bruce Dickinson
Ozzy Osbourne
Sandy Denny
Natalie Maines
Robert Smith
Michael Stipe
Freddie Mercury
Lennon & McCartney (& Harrison)
Dusty Springfield
Karen Carpenter
Tori Amos

Plenty more......

 

In no order
Didi Kempot
Chiquita Meidy
Dhea Ananda
Leony Vitria Hartanti
Alfandy Cahyono
All 3 Bee Gees
Dian Piesesha
Hetty Koes Endang
Manthou’s
Cak Diqin
Agnetha Fältskog
Frida Lynnstad (both from ABBA)
Inul Daratista
Jintara Poonlarp
Freddy Mercury
Saskia Anggun Chairunnisa
Angie Antameng
Geofanny Tambunan
Christy Gibson
Bruno Mars
Dieter Bohlen
Neil Tennant
Martin Gore
Alison Moyet
Andy Bell
Barry White
Donna Summer
Prince
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
And more. You can look up the ones you don’t know.

 

Ah, very nice... it’s a small small world in Oklahoma, that’s for sure

 

What a truly magnificent list! Oh man, I should have included Tom Jones and Dean Martin on my list as well. Great picks all around.

 

Totally !

 

Some more of my favorites
Ros Sereysothea - Cambodian 60’s garage rock singer who died during the Khmer Rouge. Fortunately, her music is preserved.

Noraniza Idris - Malaysian traditional pop singer who uses a lot of accordion, caklempong and synths in her music. Her 80’s material is not for people who dislike synthesized horns and accordions.
NORANIZA & ABDULLAH..hidup bersama (1988)
Siti Nurhaliza - a popular Malaysian pop and (mostly) Muslim qasidah religious singer. Similar music to Noraniza Idris with more accordion.
Siti Nurhaliza - Cindai (Official Music Video - HD)
Those are some good artists.

 

Male:
Don Henley
Mel Torme
Paul McCartney
Tom Russell
Levon Helm

Female:
Karen Carpenter
Ella Fitzgerald
Shelby Lynne

 

In no particular order:

Whitney Houston
Roy Orbison
Mario Lanza
kd Lang
Brian Wilson
Peter Catera
Robyn Gibb
Elvis
Andy Williams
Barbara Streisand
Dusty Springfield
Donna Summer
Mariah Carey
Freddy Mercury
Prince
Melissa Manchester
George Michael

 

Roberta Flack

 

Otis Redding
Judy Garland
Eric Burdon
Frank Sinatra
Sam Cooke
Hoyt Axton (early, folk period only)
Roky Erickson
Fred Neil
Roger Daltrey
John Lennon
Jackson C. Frank
Van Morrison (Them period only)

 

Eddie Vedder for me.