Top 5 male singing voice ever?
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Marvin Gaye
Steve Perry
Daryl Hall
Freddie Mercury
Robert Plant
Not necessarily in that order.
Marvin Gaye
Steve Perry
Daryl Hall
Freddie Mercury
Robert Plant
Not necessarily in that order.
I can only come up with three of my favorites right now.
Garth Brooks
Michael Jackson
Eddie Vedder
Garth Brooks
Michael Jackson
Eddie Vedder
One from the rock era who rarely gets mentioned is Mickey Thomas. He has some serious pipes.
The only guy I thought of who doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet is ...
Johnny Mathis
Back in my day the question was Frank Sinatra or Johnny Mathis? And the answer was always Mathis.
Johnny Mathis
Back in my day the question was Frank Sinatra or Johnny Mathis? And the answer was always Mathis.
Lionel Richie deserves mention. I had forgotten just what a nice voice he had until I recently watched this Netflix doc on the making of "We Are the World." There's also a brilliant bit with Michael Jackson improvising in that doc that showed me a (good) side of MJ that I didn't know.
www.netflix.com
“We Are the World” Assembled Some of the Most Iconic Moments in Music History
“By 7 o’clock in the morning, we became a family,” says The Greatest Night in Pop producer Lionel Richie.
BTW, everyone should watch this. It's really enjoyable.
I don’t really like MJ’s voice any more than the average professional singer. Maybe excepting the Jackson 5 stuff.
Geoff Tate
David Coverdale
Klaus Meine
Sebastian Bach
Stephen Pearcy
Vince Gill & Keith Whitley for Country
David Coverdale
Klaus Meine
Sebastian Bach
Stephen Pearcy
Vince Gill & Keith Whitley for Country
McCartney is/was a pretty good singer. Not “the best” but great for pop/RnR. I remember listening to the Beatles song “Oh Darling” for the first time and being stunned by his vocals there.
Another often left off name on these lists is Ian Gillan, one of the vocalists for Deep Purple. He literally has a broadway singer caliber voice and range and as such went on to be the lead vocalist in the original Jesus Christ Superstar.
If we're just sticking to rock singers....
Paul Rogers
Robert Plant
Brad Delp
Gregg Allman
Freddie Mercury
Paul Rogers
Robert Plant
Brad Delp
Gregg Allman
Freddie Mercury
Appears to be drunk as a skunk. And is obviously wearing the road on his shoulders. But, he still sounds amazing. Gregg Allman is far and away my favorite singer. He was completely authentic. And he lived the songs he sang.
Jay Black and Roy Orbison HAD TREMENDOUS RANGE! Brad might have, too.
Ignore the out-of-sync video and just listen to to the man sing....
Easter appropriate, too.
Murray Head (sang the part of Judas on Jesus Christ Superstar) is no slouch, either.
Hell yes to Otis Redding. He might be my #1.
Another possibility is Sam Cooke. Damn could they sing.
Paul will always be the King Beatle to me. I love going through the albums and hearing his rock n roll voice develop. First one that I notice when the sweet warble voice gets more forceful but still controlled is Got to Get You Into My Life on Revolver. Then his intro to Sgt. Pepper's. Then Back in the USSR, Why Don't We Do It in the Road, and Helter Skelter. Then his RnR magnum opus vocally with Oh Darling, plus I've Got a Feeling and his lead role on She Came in Through the Bathroom Window. But all the while he turned out softer masterpieces like Eleanor Rigby, When I'm Sixty-Four, Let It Be, and the absolute masterpiece that is the end of Abbey Road.
Damn good voice imo, but an even greater brilliance in just creating incredible music like no one had ever done. I think he is the most important musician of the 20th century.
A genre of music is underrepresented on many of the lists offered.
These men possess exceptional vocal talent, listed in no particular order.
Otis Redding
Ray Charles
Elvis Pressley
Luther Vandross
Al Green
Sam Cooke ( probably the best)
These men possess exceptional vocal talent, listed in no particular order.
Otis Redding
Ray Charles
Elvis Pressley
Luther Vandross
Al Green
Sam Cooke ( probably the best)
Too many that are listed above.
I'll add a couple off the top of my mind.
Mel Torme
Bill Witherspoon
Bing Crosby
Huey Lewis
Brian Wilson
Peter Gabriel
Elton John
Eminem - unique sound and a rythem that can't be matched
I'll add a couple off the top of my mind.
Mel Torme
Bill Witherspoon
Bing Crosby
Huey Lewis
Brian Wilson
Peter Gabriel
Elton John
Eminem - unique sound and a rythem that can't be matched
Yes, McCartney’s song writing was/is magnificent and IMO he was the driving force of the Beatles after 1965. “Prolific” doesn’t quite describe the seemingly never-ending fountain of music flowing from his musical brain the past 70 years.
