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1.25pm
20 January 2012
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I love John more than the other Beatle
But
1.Paul
2.John
3.Freddie Mercury
4.Roy Orbison
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4.34pm
14 November 2010
Offline For favourites not including the Beatles, Florence Welch is amazing. I also love the voices of Norah Jones, Tom Petty, John Mayer, Freddie Mercury (who doesn't?), Paul Simon…. There's probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting. Oh I love Mick Jagger but not because he's the most enjoyable singer to listen to. He just fits the music so perfectly, and that's why he's one of my favourites.
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4.40am
15 October 2011
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My favorites favorites (heart heart) are:
1. Gustavo Cerati, Tom Chaplin, George Harrison and John Lennon .
My favorites (heart) are:
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Brandon Boyd
4. Bono
5. Edith Piaf
6. Ringo
7. Paul
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10.42pm
26 December 2014
Offline To me, Paul is one of my favorite singers of all time, I consider him the best. He has such a range of vocals that can be soothing and gentle, to a real good rock and roll voice. He really kills it in Why Don’t we do it in the Road, Oh Darling!, Blackbird , Maybe I’m Amazed , Hey Jude , I’ve Got A Feeling and Let it Be (to name a few).
What are your thoughts on that/who do you think is up there? Also a huge fan of Stevie Nicks, MJ, Freddie Mercury, and Robert Plant.
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1.50am
18 April 2013
Offline To my ears, Elvis Presley has the best voice.
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2.09am
8 November 2012
Offline Paul’s one of my favorites for sure. To that I’d add Lou Rawls, Stevie Wonder, Karen Carpenter, Jill Scott and India Arie.
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2.14am
14 January 2013
Offline No order:
Freddie Mercury
Elvis
Robert Plant
Stevie Nicks
Elton John
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
2.27am
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4 February 2014
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My favorites (not necessarily the best, although they could be) in the male rock singer category (as I want to be fair and this is what I know) in no particular order:
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Freddie Mercury
Jack Bruce
Sting
Clapton
Robert Plant
(BTW everything before the colon shows I’m PWT.)
2.35am
11 November 2010
Offline Aside from the obvious (John, Paul, George, Ringo) and ones that have been said already (Elvis, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton), I’d add Brian Wilson and Roger Daltrey.
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4.56am
8 February 2014
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If this is specific to Rock/Pop, skip the next line.
If we’re looking specifically for voices, I think about a dozen opera singers come before any popular artists.
If we’re limiting the topic to popular music…
Paul and John had tremendous harmonics in their voices, and all three emoted well. The harmonics are so good, in fact, that sometimes it sounds like a 3rd singer is in the harmony (see my post about the harmonies that had a bunch of 2-parts listed as 3-parts). I think John edges out the other 3 though.
A lot of great singers have been mentioned…who can I add?
Steve Perry (Journey, not my favorite band but a great voice)
Art Garfunkel
Elton John
Whitney Houston (again, not my favorite, but it’s hard to argue with a 3.2* octave range, all in the same register) *from her Wikipedia entry
Aretha
7.15am
5 February 2014
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Hard Rock is my wheelhouse, so I’ll swing from there, minus names already mentioned:
Paul Rodgers
Brad Delp
P!nk (not known for being a hard rock singer, but when she does – she kills)
Robin Zander
Ann Wilson
Phil Mogg
Sammy Hagar
Pat Benatar
12.25pm
2 June 2014
Offline Evry one has different opinions so in no way one can choose the greatest singer of all time.
Mine in no order are (except for Paul & John)
Paul
John
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Axl Rose (I think he was the most entertaining frontman during 80 & 90s)
5.56pm
11 November 2010
Offline Hey Jude ! said
Axl Rose (I think he was the most entertaining frontman during 80 & 90s)
Say what you will about Axl Rose, but he has one hell of a range.
Speaking of, this graphic is pretty relevant to the topic:
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6.33pm
10 December 2014
Offline Leaving the Beatles out of this, I particularly enjoy listening to a couple of female singers: Eva Cassidy and Lara Fabian.
4.02am
8 February 2014
Offline I’d like to add Freddy Mercury…he was on the chart. F2-F5, E6 in falsetto. And he slid between registers unnoticed.
It’s interesting that John and Paul had almost identical ranges.
4.33am
8 February 2014
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11 November 2010
Offline Apparently, what I posted earlier is only a picture of part of the chart. Here is a link to the full chart if anybody’s interested.
I'm Necko. I'm like Ringo except I wear necklaces.
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4.44pm
8 February 2014
Offline I thought I posted this last night, but it’s not here…
It’s interesting that Paul & John had almost identical ranges.
4.49pm
8 February 2014
Offline ryanhall0824 said
To me, Paul is one of my favorite singers of all time, I consider him the best. He has such a range of vocals that can be soothing and gentle, to a real good rock and roll voice. He really kills it in Why Don’t we do it in the Road, Oh Darling!, Blackbird , Maybe I’m Amazed , Hey Jude , I’ve Got A Feeling and Let it Be (to name a few).
What are your thoughts on that/who do you think is up there? Also a huge fan of Stevie Nicks, MJ, Freddie Mercury, and Robert Plant.
I love the way he bites down on the first line of Why Don’t We Do it in the Road, he puts so much into it he even stutters (“Why Don’t We d-do it in the Road”). Very primal and forceful. Perfect for the White Album .
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1 May 2011
Offline As the thread started by @ryanhall0824 fluctuates between best and favourite singers i have merged the thread with an earlier one that covers the same ground and amended the title.
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