The greatest singers

Andrzej Zaucha, Przemyslaw Gintrowski,Collin Vearncombe ,Roy Orbison, Freddie Mercury, George Michael,Annie Lennox,

 

Yma Sumac.

 

Phoebe Snow, Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, Dionne Warwick.

 

Roy Orbison

Tony Williams Of the Platters

Elvis

JAckie Wilson

WIlson Pickett

Etta James

ELla Fitzgerald

SArah Vaughn

Dinah Washington

Aretha Franklin

Little Willie John

Little Jimmy Scott

Otis Redding

Solomon Burke

Marvin Gaye

SMokey Robinson

SLy Stone

Percy Sledge

Paul Rodgers

Jim Morrison

Janis Joplin

Sandy Denny

Grace Slick

Roger Daltrey

Robert Plant

Mark Lanegan

 

colin blunstone

 

I like the extra s in the thread title. reminds me of when i'd make mixed tapes of my songs and give them to people...I titled the tape "greatests hits"

 

John Lennon
Colin Blunstone
Paul McCartney
David Bowie
Freddie Mercury
Roy Orbison
George Harrison

 

ROCK VOCALS:

(1) JOHN LENNON

(1 - Female) CHRISSIE HYNDE



POP VOCALS:

(1) ART GARFUNKEL

(1) JAMES TAYLOR

(1) MARK GREANEY ( http://www.jj72.org.uk/ )



VOCALS (MALE):

(1a) JOHN LENNON

(1b) HOWLIN’ WOLF

(1c) NAT “KING” COLE

(1d) BRIAN, DENNIS & CARL WILSON, together


Others, in no particular order:


ELVIS PRESLEY

DEAN MARTIN

BING CROSBY

ROY ORBISON

OTIS REDDING

ISRAEL “IZ” KAMAKAWIWO’OLE

JOHNNY HARTMAN

FRANK SINATRA

ROD STEWART

MARVIN GAYE

LOWELL GEORGE

WAYLON JENNINGS

GEORGE JONES

JIM MORRISON

BOBBY “BLUE” BLAND

JOHNNY McEVOY

STEVE WINWOOD

ERIC BURDON

GARY BROOKER (Procol Harem)

COLIN BLUNSTONE (The Zombies)

RAY CHARLES

MICKEY DOLENZ

JOE COCKER

JOE WILLIAMS

SAM COOKE

CLYDE McPHATTER

THE MILLS BROTHERS (I’m not knowledgeable as to which individual sings which parts)

MUDDY WATERS

ROGER DALTREY

ROBERT PLANT

LOUIS ARMSTONG (in the “Quirky, Acquired Taste” Category)

ELVIS COSTELLO (in the “Quirky, Acquired Taste” Category)

NEIL YOUNG (in the “Quirky, Acquired Taste” Category)

TOM WAITS (in the “Quirky, Acquired Taste” Category)

BOB DYLAN (in the “Quirky, Acquired Taste” Category)

SHANE MacGOWAN (in the “Off-the-Rails, Acquired Taste” Category)




VOCALS (FEMALE):

(1) KAREN CARPENTER

(1) LISA FISCHER (“20 Feet from Stardom” Doc)

(2) ROBERTA FLACK

(3) EVA CASSIDY

(4) LINDA RONSTADT

(5) SARAH VAUGHAN

(6) MAHALIA JACKSON (sadly, sang GOSPEL only)

JANIS JOPLIN

ELLA FITZGERALD

JOAN BAEZ

SINÉAD O’CONNOR

ENYA

KATE BUSH

CASS ELLIOTT

GRACE SLICK

NANCY WILSON

DIONNE WARWICK

FRANÇOISE HARDY

PATTI PAGE

DINAH WASHINGTON


(Not off the top of me head, obviously... I've been building this list for quite some time)

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There have been dozens of Amy Winehouse imitators since she passed away, but none seem nearly as good, so she must have been something really special.
Graham Bonnett did three great singles in a row.
Ryan Adams could sing the phone book and I would still be happy.

 

John Lennon
John Lennon
John Lennon

Robert Plant
Kurt Cobain
Chris Cornell
That my shortlist, but I could make a long one too....

 

lets see if we can name every singer who ever put their voice on a recorded device..........

 

the singing nun

napoleon XIV

allen sherman

 

Great name for a tribute band.

 

Celia Cruz
Betty Carter
Cassandra Wilson

 

Don't know if that was due to "auto-correct" or personal mistake (or personal fantasy ), but I'll take the cowardly way out and blame it on "auto-correct"!

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Yeah, that's the bestest.

 

Paul Rogers

 

Pretty good singers threw here, particularly your females selection . I'm currently looking forward to digging Kate Bush music, I think I can't go wrong with her music.

 

These are my currently favourite singers, with no particular order of preference:

Females:

Sonja Kristina
Clara Nunes
Shania Twain
Olivia Newton-John
Emma Shapplin
Sinnead O'Connor
Enya
Miranda Martino

Males:

Johnny Mathis
Roy Orbison
Greg Lake
Al Jarreau
Jim Croce

 

Cathy Berberian?

 

John Lennon
Kirsty MacColl

 

Howlin' Wolf
James Brown
George Duke
Flo and Eddie
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

 

Linda Maria Ronstadt

 

Ya, and his screaming at the end of Cold Turkey is great too!

 

Sheena Easton also deserves a mention methinks., though pretty forgotten up to these days. I think she's better known for her works on the 007's soundtrack though.