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Your favorite vocalists of all time

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  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #7

    Hey sorry to slightly deviate from the OP, but I've broken this down into a couple categories and selected people not only on the basis of whether they are my favorites but for what I see is the actual talent, the chops, the abilities especially in the Rock category. Power, Pitch, range and control.

    These are not necessarily my favorites but many are. I list them because I think they are among the best at what they do.

    Among the guys who really really impress me for technical proficiency:

    Eric Carmen ☆

    Paul McCartney ☆

    Joe Lynn Turner

    Lou Gramm

    Steve Perry

    HM Meatloaf in his prime ☆

    Crooners into which category I add expression and feel

    Frank Sinatra ☆

    Mel Torme

    Jack Jones ☆

    Lesley Gore ☆

    Richard Harris ☆

    HM for the sheer fact he can do so much with his voice, Al Jarreau

    I added a subset of distinctive voices that aren't particularly great but they are memorable

    Mick Jagger

    Tom Waits

    Alex Harvey

    Bruce Springsteen

    Alice Cooper

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid wrote on
    #8

    Well that's cool you can do it any way you want I just want to avoid unnecessary discussion about who fits into what category or who is better than whom

    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
    W 1 Reply
  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid wrote on
    #9

    Each respondant has given at least one name I'm not immediately familiar with and that's great. That gives me some stuff to discover.

    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid

    Well that's cool you can do it any way you want I just want to avoid unnecessary discussion about who fits into what category or who is better than whom

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #10

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Well that's cool you can do it any way you want I just want to avoid unnecessary discussion about who fits into what category or who is better than whom

    I understand. That's just a list of guys I respect for their talent and ability. I put stars beside my very favorites.

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #11

    Elvis

    Freddie Mercury

    Roy Orbison

    Eric Carmen

    Paul McCartney

    Subset:

    Carl Wilson

    Roger Daltry

    Mama Cass Elliot

    Art Garfunkel

    Barry Gibb

    I stuck with the Rock n Roll genre...

  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid wrote on
    #12

    Roy Orbison certainly had a killer voice

    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
  • C Chicopee John wrote on
    #13

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."
    The Cysko KidT C Tour2maT 3 Replies
  • C Chicopee John

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid wrote on
    #14

    @chicopee-john said:

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    Your honest opinion is fine that's what I asked for. On another note you don't have a favorite flavor of ice cream? I like ice cream but I can't go wrong with chocolate peanut butter ribbon

    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #15

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #16

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #17

    To me, I have always felt that this is perhaps THE perfect Rock n Roll song. It has the great Roy Orbison vocals. A really top notch guitar riff, a great, short drum solo, and a perfect subject: Watching Pretty women.....and Daisy Duke counts here for that.

    The only problem is that they made this song the subject of a decidedly mediocre movie with a not very pretty Julia Roberts in the title role.

    But that does not take away from the song.

  • C Chicopee John

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    C Chicopee John wrote on
    #18

    @chicopee-john said:

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    I guess you have to add Patsy Cline and Lou Rawls

    For 'today's version' of Roy Orbison, you have to add Raul Malo of The Mavericks (can't wait to see Raul & the boys in June)

    "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."
    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #19

    I really love the Mavericks!

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    I really love the Mavericks!

    WSS

    C Chicopee John wrote on
    #20

    @westside-steve said:

    I really love the Mavericks!

    WSS

    Have you ever seen them live, Brother Steve? They are fantastic and play a long show to boot.

    "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."
  • Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #21

    Freddy Mercury

    Bruce Dickinson

    Ray Charles

    Bob Marley

    Johnny Cash

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • C Chicopee John

    @chicopee-john said:

    I don't know that I have favorite vocalists - kind of like having a favorite flavor of ice cream I guess - but any list has to include both Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, IMHO

    I guess you have to add Patsy Cline and Lou Rawls

    For 'today's version' of Roy Orbison, you have to add Raul Malo of The Mavericks (can't wait to see Raul & the boys in June)

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #22

    @chicopee-john said:

    I guess you have to add Patsy Cline and Lou Rawls

    For 'today's version' of Roy Orbison, you have to add Raul Malo of The Mavericks (can't wait to see Raul & the boys in June)

    Nice.....he sort of seems like the Country Pavarotti.

  • tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on
    #23

    Freddy

    Perry

    Cornell

    Boyd

    Cash

  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid wrote on
    #24



    There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on
    #25

    Just some of my favorites for vocals listing my absolute favorites for each. I could name several for each, especially Joplin & Cocker:

    Janis Joplin.. Down on Me

    Joe Cocker..Delta Lady

    Larry Gatlin..Broken Lady

    Otis Redding..Dock of the Bay

    Bob Seger..Main Street

    Aretha Franklin..RESPECT.. is also right there.

    I MUST add my single all time favorite...Eric Clapton. I'm not sure he ever did a song I didn't like, whether solo or as part of a number of groups.

    Mike

    IN DORSEY I TRUST
  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #26

    Joe Cocker - "You are so beautiful"

    anything by Garth Brooks.

    http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=220443

    Garfunkel, "so much in love"

    Merle Haggard "That's the way love goes"

    Trisha Yearwood

    Mellissa Lambert

    and my favorite singer of all time....

    Alison Krauss

    and Brad Paisley - together in a Paisley song:

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