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Old 05-26-02, 12:14 PM
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Marvin Gaye
Prince
Bono
George Michael
Chris Isaak
Barry White
Steve Perry
Sting
David Gahan
the lead singer of New Order, can't think of his name right now
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Giantrobo


Rock- Robert Plant, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate, Paul Stanley,Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford




Awsome rock list!!! I agree!!!
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Originally posted by tommy28
There can only be one

freddy Mercury.........
Is he related to Freddie?
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Marty Robbins
Frankie Lane
John Gary
Tom Jones
Andy Williams
Luther Vandross
Bobby Darin
Perry Como
Jonathan Pierce
Robert Goulet
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Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
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Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
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Thom Yorke
Jeff Buckley
Thom Yorke
Maynard James Keenan
Thom Yorke
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Rob Halford
Bruce Dickinson
Alice Cooper
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Am I seeing correctly!? Did the The Edit King come from out of nowhere and bump a thread from out of nowhere!
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Hank Williams Sr.
Rob Halford
Bruce Dickenson
Bob Dylan
Lennon
Mcartney
Jagger
George Jones
Merle Haggard
Johnny Cash
And so many more.
Some of these people listed may not have the best voices around but when they have something to say they sure know how to deliver it & to me thats what counts.
Dylan can actually make you feel sorry for poor old Hattie carroll,while Johnny will actuall make you think your riding a train around America.
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No one has mentioned Roy Orbison yet???
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The aforementioned Frank Sinatra. And I can't believe that Sting has not been mentioned.
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Gram Parsons
Louis Armstrong
Ben Folds
Rhett Miller (Old 97's)
Frank Sinatra
Prince (I suppose that the "male" aspect is up for debate)
Shawn Smith (Brad/Satchel/Pidgeonhed)
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
John Bell (Widespread Panic...most would disagree, but he's got quite a bit of soul in his voice for some guy in a southern rock/jamband)

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THE TOP:
Freddie Mercury
Geoff Tate
Brian McKnight

NEXT LEVEL:
Sting
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Frank Sinatra
Steve Winwood
Van Morrison

CLOSE:
R. Kelly
Jimi Hendrix
Noah Hunt
Ed Roland
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How about Paul Rodgers from Bad Co.
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In no particular order:

Brian McKnight
Bono
Martin Nievera
Chris Cornell


I don't think Sting is (or one of) the best.
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Originally posted by BuckeyeDawg

NEXT LEVEL:
Frank Sinatra
Are you kidding?
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I love seeing all the votes for billy joel. He needs to get up off his drunken ass and make a new album. Screw retirement. Christie is gone. Move on with your life.

Also like seeing Geoff Tate on here. Gotta add James LaBrie. You have to like soprano though.

Astrid Van DerVeen - Beautiful voice. Voice of an angel.
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Originally posted by Michael Corvin
I love seeing all the votes for billy joel. He needs to get up off his drunken ass and make a new album. Screw retirement. Christie is gone. Move on with your life.
I agree. He needs to do that. I love Billy Joel, a new studio album by him would be great.

My picks for best male singers of all time:

Robert Plant
David Bowie
Billy Joel
Elton John
Ben Harper
Dave Mathews
John Fogerty
Jerry Garcia
Jimi Hendrix
Roger Daltrey
Anthony Keidis
Scott Weiland
Layne Staley
Ed Kowalcyk (of Live)
Adam Duritz (of Couting Crows)
Bono
Ozzy Osbourne
Dave Mustaine (of Megadeth)
Phil Anselmo (of Pantera)
Sully Erna (of Godsmack)
Thom Yorke (of Radiohead)
Maynarnd James Keenan (Of A Perfect Circle/Tool)
James Hetfield


And I can name a whole bunch more.
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Scorpio - um, no I'm not kidding. He a good voice, but what was so grand about it? I guess for his genre of music, sure. But to me he sounded like Dean Martin. And in recent years, we have a very similar sounding Harry Connick Jr. Frankie Boy opened a lot of peoples eyes since his time, to a different style of music. But best voice ever? He is far below the levels of the people I mentioned for the top - Tate and Mercury did opera and both had incredible range. Brian McKnight may have the best R & B voice ever - possibly unmatched range and power. With Freddie, not only could you get Rock, but you got great ballads, unique style, and a lot of emotion.
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Mike Patton
Sting
Chris Cornell
Tony Bennett
Jeff Buckley
David Byrne
Tom Waits
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A couple I haven't seen mentioned:

Johnny Mathis
Nat King Cole
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• Quoth BuckeyeDawg •<HR SIZE=1>Scorpio - um, no I'm not kidding. He a good voice, but what was so grand about it?<HR SIZE=1>


Ouch ... time for me to move to another planet. Have we colonized Mars yet?

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BuckeyeDawg,

While I can totally see Freddie Mercury being up at the top, I'll just have to agree to disagree with you about Frank. He took a song and made it his own, making you believe the story he is telling. He is the very definition of what I think a singer is, and for me, to merely call Frank a singer is akin to blasphemey. Obviously, I am a huge Frank fan and feel called upon to defend his name. As for Geoff Tate, I've not heard him do opera and cannot comment on him, but based soley on Queensryche material, I would not place him there. And while Brian McKnight does indeed have a fine voice, I don't feel he is on par with Frank.

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