JACK WHITE....HANDS DOWN--as well as best guitar player...
JR

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Jagger is the man.....but other than him, how about Chris Robinson?

+1 ...

I tried to think about it quite hard and I always came back to Mick Jagger. Honestly.

Otherwise I really like Bono's voice (when it is not gone) - don't throw stones at me. And who else?

I saw Paul Rogers the last week and he is a great singer, but he can not be compared to Mick as a frontman.

Michael Stipe is a great singer.

Dave Gilmour is also great.

Now Buddy Guy comes to my mind. It is impossible to compare, since they are all so different.

Oh yea and now - Dave Gahan - he is a great singer and also great performer. I think he can be compared to Mick as a frontman - in the way he can treat huge masses at stadiums. I think that Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger and Dave Gahan are/were the best frontmen

But If I had to pick one, it would be Mick of course

Tom Jones - easy!

Mick Jagger Stevie Wonder

mick jagger
brandon boyd (from incubus)

Springsteen is the man regarding both vocals and exciting setlists.

Josh Todd from Buckcherry!

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Well, except for Jagger. If we just exclude Jagger, then
I'd say the dude from the Black Keys is not bad. People here who
say Jack White.. I don't know. I mean Jack White has obviously been smoking
cigarettes which does not do any voice good.
More recent examples are welcome.
I'm always into something new.

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I tried to think about it quite hard and I always came back to Mick Jagger. Honestly. ---

Otherwise I really like Bono's voice (when it is not gone) - don't throw stones at me. And who else?
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I saw Paul Rogers the last week and he is a great singer, but he can not be compared to Mick as a frontman.
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But headline says: Best Current Lead Singer. Not Frontman.
Agree on Bono BTW

Jagger. Mick Jagger.

Amy Winehouse. Overshadowed by her tabloid life nowadays, but once she gets it together.
I like th guy from Scissor Sisters.
Tom Jones.
Caleb Followill
Win Butler
Greg Dulli
Nick Cave

Frank over Elvis? I don' think so.....

Can't forget Bono. The man can sing almost every style.

Since this has morphed to non modern singers,
I would add Paul McCartney, and amazing voicek with incredible range and style. And of course BOWIE, the man has pipes and his vibratto is sublime. Lennon, great vocalist, could shred great rock and sing tender ballads.

Ralph Stanley..........

Caleb Folowill from Kings of Leon
Brian Johnson from ACDC
Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys
James Hetfield from Metallica

Just listen to these songs and you'll see why.
















Some of the greatest songs of the decade.

Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
Mick Jagger (only perfromance wise, dont like his nasal singing he does nowadays)
Lemmy Killmister (Motörhead)

and above all:

AMY WINEHOUSE



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The singer from Snow Patrol

Mick Jagger
Robin Zander
Chris Robinson
Julian Casablancas

I forgot to list one more name earlier: Jim James from My Morning Jacket

Jim James is a good call, he really displayed his range on EVIL URGES.

I'll add that John Doe remains a great singer.

Nick Cave
Iggy F--king Pop!

Best entertainers/front men:

Mick Jagger
Alice Cooper

Love his singing on this one

For Rock Music, Jagger and Springsteen are the ONLY inspirational, singers, because there JUST aren't any "training schools" these days to "teach" or "learn", like there were, when these guys were getting their "bones" in Show Business.

Bono WAS a great singer, now being a Public Figure Who Writes A Newspaper Column, singing is his "backup" gig. What a horse's ASS he has become, believing his own, manufactured press releases !

Springsteen's very public, personal views, are excused by his TALENT and Class, as a human being.

Neil Young, not a SINGER, by ANY measure, is too busy being against Something, and constantly peddling his ARCHIVE bull ! He is reduced to doing Beatle cover of "A Day in the Life" to get attention to his tour. When they pull the Beatle Card, you KNOW it's hard times !



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Steven Tyler... demon of screamin'

I agree with stonesmusicfan about Neil Young. He has done many great songs and albums, and I really WANT to like him more; put him up there with the bigest ones. But for just the reasons listed by stonesmusicfan I don't.