Best singing voices ever?

[Cruyff14]

How has David Bowie not had a mention? Incredible range.

But all the obvious ones in Orbison, Meatloaf, Freddie Mercury have all been mentioned aside from that.

 

[brahj]

Tom Waits and Shane MacGowan have great voices, I like the whiskey and cigarettes tone. There's an aching to Gram Parson's voice that's irresistible and his duets with Emmylou Harris are beautiful, Sinatra deserves an honourable mention too.

Howlin' Wolf and Mark Lanegan are some more whiskey and cigarettes candidates.


Thread needs more Etta James, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Al Green and Hank Williams.

 

[Gough]

Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel from The Band sang beautifully together. Levon's southern drawl, Rick's farm boy bewilderedness and The Beak's falsetto just worked so well in harmony, songs like Ain't No More and The Night the Drove Old Dixie Down are amazing.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Howlin' Wolf and Mark Lanegan are some more whiskey and cigarettes candidates.


Thread needs more Etta James, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Al Green and Hank Williams.

You beat me to the punch.

Blokes:

Sam Cooke - the sweeeeetest voice of ALL time
The Reverand Al Green
Lee Moses
Paul Robeson
Otis Redding
Hank Williams good ol' lovesick blues
Jackie Wilson


Gals:

Bettye LaVette - my queen of soul
Etta James - could sing anything
Candi Staton
Esther Phillips
Mother Maybelle Carter
Aretha
Chrissie Amphlett


Love Chris VCornell's voice, however he owes everything to Ronnie James Dio

 

[BotsMaster]

Susan Boyle

 

[PaddyO]

Crosby Stills and Nash

The dudes from Band of Horses

I love Cindy Lauper's voice

 

[The Passenger]

Roy Orbison.

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Not my favourite singer, but he does have some belters to sing along to. But he was my first thought when i saw the thread. In terms of western contemporary mainstream popular music which is mainly what we get exposed to I reckon he is number one followed by Freddie Mercury.

If you wanna look into classical music having some beers and/or some md and listening to some pavarotti can be pretty uplifting, though you tend to get over it after about 15 minutes. Not really my scene but man he has some serious voice on him.

 

[radiojake]

not me

i'm fairly insanely jealous of those who can sing.. I'm a good musician and solid on a number of instruments, but my voice is very limited... annoys me very much...

 

[BALKAN]

Eminem has the best range of any hip-hop artist.

*puts on hater blockerz*

 

[iluvparis]

No Jim Morrison mentions yet?

Lift.

(+1 for Chris Cornell though)

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Ringo.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Ringo.

He's OK for a cheese-eatin' surrender monkey (prefer Serge gainsbourg myself)

 

[raskolnikov]

John Fogerty

 

[Matera92]

Will cop flak for this but don't care.

Whitney Houston technically blows just about anyone away.

 

[raskolnikov]

not me

i'm fairly insanely jealous of those who can sing.. I'm a good musician and solid on a number of instruments, but my voice is very limited... annoys me very much...

Yep, me too. I'm good on the piano but voice, though I can hold a tune, unfortunately doesn't match.

 

[checkraiseulite]

prefer distinctive voices to those that might be technically great.

neil young, tracey chapman, elliot smith and alex turner spring to mind as distinctive voices i enjoy.

 

[Shane Hird]

John Farnham
Bono
Freddie Mercury
Sebastian Bach
Bonnie Tyler


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Yes I agree...and here is one of his finest vocal moments:

 

[Shane Hird]

Bowie

 

[WA ROO]

Robert Plant
Dio
Rob Halford

 

[edgie]

not me

i'm fairly insanely jealous of those who can sing.. I'm a good musician and solid on a number of instruments, but my voice is very limited... annoys me very much...

Shouldn't stop you from taking up the microphone

 

[radiojake]

Shouldn't stop you from taking up the microphone

haha - it doesn't

in my punk bands it doesn't matter so much and I can get away with it... but just hangin out in a small group with an acoustic guitar or piano it doesn't work so well

 

[iluvparis]

I actaully reckon John Lennon should get a mention too - Hide Your Love Away a perfect example of his voice.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Freddie Mercury

This.

Kurt Cobain was pretty good IMO.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

prefer distinctive voices to those that might be technically great.

neil young, tracey chapman, elliot smith and alex turner spring to mind as distinctive voices i enjoy.

That's the reason that I love Kevin Rowland from Dexy's Midnight Runners. Never afraid to tackle a soul belter despite his obvious restrictions

 

[Quivorir]

Yes I agree...and here is one of his finest vocal moments:

Probably my fav BAch song is this, shows his range quite well and is an all and all ripper song.