Who are your Five favorite singing voices? It could be a group or song, where you don't like the music but you love the voice.

Mark Farner: Grand Funk

Roger Daltrey: Who

John Fogerty: Creedence

Levon Helm : The Band

Alvin Lee : Ten Years After

We have to not like the music ?

I have some favs, but I also like the music.

1. Rod Stewart (with faces and early solo stuff)

2. Chris Robinson

3. Jeff Tweedy

4. Paul Westerberg

5. Mick Jagger ( he never really "sings" but his voice is so unique and cool)

Sorry to go so obvious, but I'm powerless when confronted with...

1. Sam Cooke
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Patsy Cline
4. Merle Haggard
5. Louis Armstrong

BTW, Levon Helm is a great choice.

Levon Helm is a good choice, but when talking about the Band Richrad Manuel comes to mind.

Chelsea:

Ever hear a Richard Manuel song entitled "She Knows?" It was recorded not long before his death and released, I think, on the reunion album "Jerhico."

That one slays me.

Also: "Katie's Been Gone" from "The Basement Tapes."

Hey hey what about Morrison; Jimbo that is:
at least he has my favorite scream (listen
to Absolutely live along the intro of Five To One).

Annisette Koppel from Danish Savage Rose
Swedish (not to be confused with 70´s 'actor') John Holm
Nina Simone
Henrik Berggren Broder Daniel
Gyúla Vikidal P. Box, P. Mobil, Dinamit, István A Királi (King Stephen -
the Rock opera).
Janis Joplin
Ian Gillan
Phil Lynott

Plus Jagger & Richards.

Just today´s fav´s

Except Jagger I have these two fave voices: one is the thin fragile elastic voice like Todd Rundgren, Lennon and the master Jef Buckley.
And two is the he-man from the South Greg Allman, John Fogerty.
Best vox performances:
Todd "Initiation"
Buckley "Kanga Roo"
Lennon Anything actually, but I always like "Mind Games" a lot
Fogerty "Born on the Bayou"
Greg Allman "Win Lose or Draw"

Rev I know the Basement Tapes w/ Manuel but have never heard of the other one you mention. Where could I find it? I love that cat's voice.

I forgot James Brown. Another master!

Otis & Gram P.

Chelsea:

Manuel's "She Knows" is worth tracking down. It's on the album "Jerhico" which is an OK reunion album that the surviving Band members put together in, I think, '93.

I think it may also appear on a compilation of things by the reunited Band. Also pretty sure that it was on the "Across The Great Divide" boxed set (now out-of-print).

Amazon.com will have the info. It's a great performance.

1. David Coverdale - not the 80's screaming stuff though
2. Paul Rogers
3. Danny Bowes - From great British rock band Thunder
4. Early Rodders / Spike from the quireboys (sound exctly the same)
5. Ronnie Wood - only joking!

in no particular order, (but alive and kicking today):-

Maria McKee, Aimee Mann, Jeff Tweedy, Mick Jagger, Raul Malo

Mick Jagger
John Lennon
Daryl Hall
Van Morrison
Allan Clarke (The Hollies)

Jagger on Let it bleed and Exile, B&B and maybe even Goats Head soup. Lennon on anything more or less, Dylan on some songs Time out of mind, The freewheelin it depends, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney on the white album and Abbey Road and McCartney, Susanne Vega on 99 degrees, MA Numminen, Larsas ghost song, Gwen Stefani, Laleh, Caetano Veloso, Carl Wilson...

Emmylou Harris

BTW, she makes a deeeee-leeeee-cious job with gram Parsons on the GP/Grevious Angel albums, don't you think??

[There'll be no wedding today...]

Forgot Roger Daltrey

bowie tour 76

And on theee Retuuuurn of the thin white duke.

Otis Redding

Tina Turner

David Bowie

jagger-richards
and bowie in 1976!

Jagger
Macca
Elvis The Pelvis
Freddie Mercury

JumpingKentFlash

Elvis (untouchable - could master ANY singing style)
Al Green
The Temptations (all of 'em!)
Aretha
Sam Cooke
Sinatra
Marvin Gaye

and another vote here for the great Levon Helm.

mick jagger (70s and 1980 1981)

Art(from the band Everclear)

bon scott

brian johnson

joshua todd-buckcherry

ronnie dio

stephan jenkins-third eye blind

gary stringer-reef

billy corgan-smashing pumpkins

jimmy barns -cold chisle

i still don't understand the question -
if it's about singing voices we love, that's easy,
but why do i have to dislike the music??


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

Freddie Mercury
Willie Nelson
Keith Richards
Mick Jagger (doing 'oh what a beuatiful buzz')

André Hazes

Oops, forgot Jacques Brel



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2005-11-11 02:10 by Koen.

Right Gaz; Elvis.
Quite embarassing I forgot ´im.

1. Mick Jagger.
2. Michael Jackson.
3. Aretha Franklin.
4. Keith Richards.

1. Mick Jagger (though his singing is more growling but I like it)
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Tom Waits
4. Lemmy
5. Charlie Watts (one of the very few guys who knows how to keep his mouth shut)

Jagger
Bowie
Morrison
Bon Scott
Barry Gibb - not a big Bee Gees fan but love that guys voice!

Honorable mentions:

Brian Johnson - as far as Back In Black and For Those About To Rock go
Eddie Vedder
Lennon
McCartney
and how could I forget Ringo Starr!! lol

1970s Aretha
1970s Al Green
Mick (of course)
George Jones
Little Jimmy Scott
Bowie
Tracy Nelson
Nico (if I'm in the right mood)
Van Morrison
Merle Haggard
Howlin Wolf
1970s Joni Mitchell

Rod Stewart, but it's going to waste with sub-par material. Obviously, the Songbook songs are great tunes, but he needs to be writing again (and rocking), maybe with Ronnie Wood.