Your Favorite Singers?

[matt72582]

Jim Morrison
John Lennon
David Gilmour
Catherine Howe
Roberta Flack
Fairuz
Jane Relf
Karen Carpenter
Sonja Kristina
Terry Kath
Roger Daltrey
Eddie Kendricks

My favorite harmony group is easily America.



https://youtu.be/-wbLBZmL43Q

[matt72582]

How could I forget Yoshiko Sai?!


https://youtu.be/X6DFUkb_jsk

[GulfportDoc]

Linda Ronstadt (on her What's New album - 1983)
Nat King Cole (on anything)
Mel Torme (honorable mention)

[Citizen Rules]

In no particular order and I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of the greats.

Elvis
Sinatra
Dean Martin
Bobby Darin
James Darin
Dick Hamas
Michael Bublé
John Denver


Doris Day
Judy Garland
Deanna Dubin (amazing at operatic singing but not my favorite style)
Ella Fitzgerald
Patti Page
Brenda Lee
Karen Carpenter

[beelzebubble]

Karen Carpenter
Annie Haslam
Dorothy Martin
Amy Lee
June Tabor
Frankie Armstrong
Judy Garland
Ofra Haza


Chris Isaak
Frank Sinatra

[John Dumbear]

In no real order and off the top of my head:

Jeff Buckley
Aretha Franklin
Sade
Natalie Merchant
Ian Gilliam
Be Good Tanyas
Roberta Flack
Marvin Gaye

[xSookieStackhouse]

Aaliyah
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/78/e0/d478e01dbfe0e9472fac41d2d1363814.gif

[Prieneus]

Fabio Lione
Alessandro Conti
John West
Bruce Dickinson
Mathias Blad
Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter
Roy Khan
Russell Allen
Jonas Heidgert

And the young prodigy: Dimash Kudaibergen

[Torgo]

Fabio Lione
Alessandro Conti
John West
Bruce Dickinson
Mathias Blad
Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter
Roy Khan
Russell Allen
Jonas Heidgert

And the young prodigy: Dimash KudaibergenBig fan of these as well. I do miss Falconer.

Some of mine:

Damian Wilson
Hansi Kürsch
Jaz Coleman
Nico
Peter Steele
Ronnie James Dio
Tom Waits

[ScarletLion]

Bjork
Daniel Norgren
Thom Yorke
Ben Gibbard

[KeyserCorleone]

Robert Plant
Art Garfunkel
Tarja Turenen
Alice Coltrane
Meat Loaf
Roisin Murphy
Robbie James Dio
Hansi Kursch
Nina Simone
Sade
Nick Cave
Peter Steele
Chris Cornell
Sarah Brightman
Muddy Waters
Layne Staley
Seth Siro Anton :P

[Prieneus]

I do miss Falconer.

Me too. Yet, they left a great legacy cause they ended their career with ZERO weak albums behind IMO.

[mrblond]

David Coverdale
Joe Cocker
Eric Burdon
John Fogerty
Dan McCafferty
Bon Scott
Brian Johnson
Rob Halford
Dio
Dee Snider
Chris Robinson
David Byron
Eric Martin

Tina Turner
Janis Joplin
Annie Lennox

[matt72582]

I forgot a Top 5/10 - Sandy Denny


I get chills before I even listen, knowing ....


https://youtu.be/QHuvX4mE2AU
https://youtu.be/HRhYma1qLpM
She got some shit for this song because it wasn't folk, blues, and a little funky but I like it


https://youtu.be/Zxv-pH1ilew

[Stirchley]

Never heard of Allie Sherlock until this month. Irish girl with a brilliant voice.

https://youtu.be/jqINbUgcszc?si=5tWZF4kbR0-tF1dx

[Galactic Traveler]

If we're talking about voices Janis Joplin takes the cake in my book. Freddie Mercury and Sam Cook are up there too in my rankings among some others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfGSd-tikH4

[Stirchley]

Never heard of Allie Sherlock until this month. Irish girl with a brilliant voice.

https://youtu.be/jqINbUgcszc?si=5tWZF4kbR0-tF1dx

Brilliant singer, but nobody here was interested. :rolleyes:

[gbgoodies]

Neil Diamond
Michael Crawford
Michael Ball
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
Johnny Mathis
Nat King Cole
Michael Bublé
Dean Martin
Dick Van Dyke
Julie Andrews
Judy Garland
Doris Day
Olivia Newton-John

Air Supply
Billy Joel

Don Williams
Ricky Van Shelton
George Strait
Garth Brooks
Randy Travis
John Denver
Kenny Rogers
Conway Twitty
Earl Thomas Conley
Eddy Arnold
Keith Whitley
Wade Hayes
Glen Campbell
Jerry Reed
Dan Seals

Patsy Cline
Reba McEntire
Martina McBride

[Stirchley]

Neil Diamond
Michael Crawford
Michael Ball
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
Johnny Mathis
Nat King Cole
Michael Bublé
Dean Martin
Dick Van Dyke
Julie Andrews
Judy Garland
Doris Day
Olivia Newton-John

Air Supply
Billy Joel

Don Williams
Ricky Van Shelton
George Strait
Garth Brooks
Randy Travis
John Denver
Kenny Rogers
Conway Twitty
Earl Thomas Conley
Eddy Arnold
Keith Whitley
Wade Hayes
Glen Campbell
Jerry Reed
Dan Seals

Patsy Cline
Reba McEntire
Martina McBride

Wow. :D

[gbgoodies]

Wow. :D

Is that a good "Wow. :D" or a bad "Wow. :D"?

[Stirchley]

Is that a good "Wow. :D" or a bad "Wow. :D"?

Good

[Ellie]

Beyonce.
Janet Jackson.
Madonna.
Celine Dion.
Maria Carey.
Whitney Houston.
Usher.
Ne-Yo.
Snoop Dogg.
Eminem.
George Michael.
Boy George.


I love music. 😁

[Galactic Traveler]

Freddie Mercury and Janis Joplin top my list.

[WrinkledMind]

Lata Mangeshkar
Dido (Absolutely love her voice)

I recently discovered Laufey & I can't get enough of her voice.

Not so much a singer, but I could hear Kelly MacDonald talk for hours in her Scottish accent.

[nyctc7]

Karen Carpenter
Shirley Bassey
Gladys Knight
Natalie Merchant
Dale Bozzio

Jim Croce
Christopher Cross
Frank Sinatra
Al Green
Cy Curnin
Benjamin Orr
Greg Lake
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
John Wetton
David Gates
Peter Cetera
Elvis

[hownos]

burton cummings
paul rodgers

[Robert the List]

I did a top 20 greatest singers (excluding opera singers), as follows:

20. Samara Joy
19. Rhianna
18. Patti Labelle
17. Marvin Gaye
16. Ray Charles
15. Jessie J
14. Billy Preston
13. Sade
12. Barbra Streisand
11. Aretha Franklin
10. Myles Kennedy
9. Judy Garland
8. BB King
7. Ella Fitzgerald
6. Chris Stapleton
5. Celine Dion
4. Donny Hathaway
3. George Michael
2. Elvis Presley
1. Whitney Houston

[Robert the List]

Let me tell you something
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/roNjraHfKyU

[Robert the List]

This video starts almost immediately after she'd done a dance routine for 3 songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DESaISVK8l0&t=7s
So many amazing bits of vocalisation in this performance, and surely the greatest ever at 3.23-3.36. Just astonishing that a human voice can do that. Complete control.


This one she follows Pavarotti, walks on stage without a warm up and just knocks this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84VUYynhMo

Ridiculous.



Most of her recordings are lost/unavailable or never even recorded in the first place, but there are still so many that are just astonishing.

Love you Whitney. You were truly the greatest.
RIPx

[LeBoyWondeur]

Kate Bush
Amanda Lear
Demis Roussos
Annie Lennox
Matt Monro
Alison Moyet
Justin Hayward
Neil Diamond
Helen Shapiro

[LeBoyWondeur]

Oops, forgot Charles Aznavour

[Stirchley]

Kate Bush
Amanda Lear
Demis Roussos
Annie Lennox
Matt Monro
Alison Moyet
Justin Hayward
Neil Diamond
Helen Shapiro

Guessing you’re British having liked Alison Moyet & Matt Monro?

[LeBoyWondeur]

Guessing you’re British having liked Alison Moyet & Matt Monro?
I thought both singers had international success?

[Stirchley]

I thought both singers had international success?

Whatever. Just guessing.

[beelzebubble]

Karen Carpenter
Annie Haslam
Dorothy Martin
Amy Lee
June Tabor
Frankie Armstrong
Judy Garland
Ofra Haza


Chris Isaak
Frank Sinatra
I guess I’ll add to this.

Sade
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughn
Diana Krall
Whitney Houston
Taylor Dayne

Eric Burdon
Taj Mahal
Nat King Cole
Judy Collins
Gary Puckett
Seal

[liscarkat]

Just a few favorites, not in order, but as I happened to think of them:

Roy Orbison
Ella Fitzgerald
Bing Crosby
Cass Elliot
Ken Curtis
Johnny Cash
Fred Astaire
Julie Andrews
Judith Durham
Martha Tilton
Andy Williams
Mario Lanza

[matt72582]

Just a few favorites, not in order, but as I happened to think of them:

Roy Orbison



Speaking of Roy, the recently departed JD Souther had a great song in the tradition of Roy Orbison I think with "You're Only Lonely"


https://youtu.be/quglprlSQ8k