Art Garfunkel on anyone's list?
Art Garfunkel on anyone's list?
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westofyou (08-19-2020)
Some of my personal favorites not listed:
Jeff Buckley
Michael Jackson
Thom Yorke
Jim James
Ray LaMontagne
Bono
Maynard James Keenan
Steve Perry
Marvin Gaye
James Brown
Anthony Green
Bruce Dickinson
Eric Nally
The Weeknd
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Annie Lennox
Joni Miller
James Taylor
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Since this has become a list of all good singers, I thought I'd throw out a few whoI don't think have been mentioned.
Etta James
Lou Gramm
Diana Ross
Delores O'Riordan
Meat Loaf
Neal Diamond
Tony Williams
Perry Como
Bing Crosby
Bobby Darin
Clyde McPhatter
Christine McVie
Dionne Warwick
Cat Stevens
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And here are some unique voices who aren't considered great singers in the technical sense, but are some of the most successful of all time
Mick Jagger
Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Tom Petty
Hank Williams
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Kingspoint (08-19-2020)
Niche singers:
The dulcet tones of Barry White.
The incredible range of Minnie Ripperton.
goreds2 (08-20-2020)
Steve Perry of Journey.
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marcshoe (08-21-2020)
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westofyou (08-21-2020)
Norwood (09-10-2020),redsfanmia (08-22-2020)
On the female side, Aretha and Alison Krauss.
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For me, Sinatra is an easy choice for the males. He's still very prevalent in my music listening. I'd throw Otis Redding out there as #2 and maybe Sam Cooke. And while he's not a big start like everyone else in the conversation, I could listen to Ray LaMontagne sing anything.
I am definitely not on the same page with a lot of people around Elvis. He never translated for me, and he pretty much copied everything he did from black artists of his day.
I'm on board with consensus Aretha, Whitney, and Ella at the top for women. I'm going to throw Bonnie Rait out there as well. I don't think I could make a list like this without Emmylou Harris on it. She's another one I could listen to sing anything.
If we venture outside of popular music, Audra McDonald is probably my favorite female vocalist ever. And Colm Wilkinson was in a class by himself for broadway singers.
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