Your favorite singing voices of all time

[cyfanatic]

The BEST singer of Christmas music.

Bing, Dean, Frank, etc are all great but Nat is the Christmas champion

Christmas...Burl Ives and Gene Autry are my favorites...

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Show some respect to Aretha people.

And a man I heard in person at some ISU commencements, Simon Estes.

And a woman there just for an amazing range, Christina Aguilera.

And a unique sound, Janis Joplin.

Some of my other faves already mentioned: James Taylor, Bing Crosby, Diana Ross, Stevie Nicks, and if I am trying to karaoke, Whitney Houston.

And gee, how could I forget the woman who can sing anything, Kelly Clarkson.

Aretha and Janis had iconic voices. Throw in Etta James, too.

I have so many voices that I love for various reasons. Freddie Mercury, Bobby Blue Bland, Michael Jackson, Adele, Sia, Nora Jones, Joe Cocker, John Fogerty, Sinatra, Aloe Blacc, Dolly Parton. And yeah, Kelly Clarkson has a pretty incredible range.

 

[AgronAlum]

I haven’t read through the thread but my tops are:

Chris Cornell
Dave Grohl
Zac Brown
Amy Lee

One that most people don’t know:
Carey Ann Hurst

 

[Cyismymonkey]

Deloris O’Riordan. She wails.

 

[JP4CY]

Deloris O’Riordan. She wails.

Haunting

 

[madguy30]

I haven’t read through the thread but my tops are:

Chris Cornell
Dave Grohl
Zac Brown
Amy Lee

One that most people don’t know:
Carey Ann Hurst

Love the ruggedness of that performance.

 

[JP4CY]

Seeing some Layne Staley shout outs.
Layne and Jerry could absolutely harmonize perfectly together. Their 2 voices at the same time were as good as it gets.

 

[madguy30]

Seeing some Layne Staley shout outs.
Layne and Jerry could absolutely harmonize perfectly together. Their 2 voices at the same time were as good as it gets.

His entrance here and just getting to it is spooky but perfect.

 

[cyfanatic]

Love the voices of these two guys:

John Lee Hooker:


Howlin Wolf:

 

[JP4CY]

His entrance here and just getting to it is spooky but perfect.

Layne story is just so so so sad. Just so many demons and life problems.
Honestly Jessie from Breaking Bad reminded me of Layne.

 

[madguy30]

Layne story is just so so so sad. Just so many demons and life problems.
Honestly Jessie from Breaking Bad reminded me of Layne.

It's sad how the cycle goes for so many and as time goes on they can't get out of their own way.

 

[cycophagus]

Nat King Cole had a elegant, rich voice that was ...

 

[12191987]

Etta James
Sam Cooke
Elton John
Adele
Ann Wilson

That is such a good list…

Adding to it:

Billie Holiday
Aretha Franklin
Diana Ross
Dusty Springfield
Poly Styrene
Siouxsie Sioux
Patti Smith
Patty Smyth
Annie Lennox
Cyndi Lauper
Eddie Kendricks
Wilson Pickett
Roy Hamilton
Clyde McPhatter
David Ruffin
Ben E. King
Otis Redding
Sam Moore
Dave Prater
Roy Orbison
Elvis Presley
Ronnie Hawkins
Conway Twitty
Peggy Lee
…and so many others. Gotta stop now.

 

[Doug Piranha]

Tom Waits and John Prine are up there for me.

Nobody sounds like Tom. Here's my personal favorite.

 

[12191987]

Tom Waits and John Prine are up there for me.

Nobody sounds like Tom. Here's my personal favorite.

Ooh…nice.

Shane McGowan
Leonard Cohen
Joe Strummer

 

[ketchupnmustard]

Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer) has a very unique voice. Love her sound.

...and then there's (Iron Maiden's) Bruce Dickinson. Dude can just bring it.

 

[Doug Piranha]

Bjork

 

[fcclone]

Bobby Hatfield from Righteous Brothers and Whitney Houston.

 

[20eyes]

I've always found Ozzy to be so distinctive. The early Sabbath with him is just magic.

But I have to echo the females that have been mentioned:

Aimee Mann
Karen Carpenter
Chrissy Hynde

Love all those

Oh, and Glenn Danzig of course...

 

[12191987]

I've always found Ozzy to be so distinctive. The early Sabbath with him is just magic.

But I have to echo the females that have been mentioned:

Aimee Mann
Karen Carpenter
Chrissy Hynde

Love all those

Oh, and Glenn Danzig of course...

Ronnie James Dio!