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Muddy Waters.

MCS

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Johnny Hartman

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Peter Criss

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Not sure if it was mentioned already...

Elvis

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:tpd:

Ronnie James Dio
Axl Roxe
Joe Cocker
Luther Vandross

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Elton John
K.Angylus
Steve Von Till
Michael Gira

I didnt go through the entire thread so the first two on my list might be reposts

I was going to add Leonard Cohen but as a singer alone he isnt great it's everything else about him musically combined that makes him great. I was also going ot add Mick Jagger but some of the tracks he has done dont really impress me.

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I am somewhat surprised that Ray Charles has not yet made the list.

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Really no need for a list, he is one of the BEST ever. He could sing it all.

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That was going to be my answer.

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Did anyone mention Aaron Neville?

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Hank 3

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Good oone-- I had not heard Hank III before.

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glad I could be of some service :)

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Bump :rolleyes:

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:tpd::fu

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George Benson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iHu8TvCV5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNje...x=0&playnext=1

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Art Garfunkel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-s9u...om=PL&index=94

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Billy Eckstine

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Lou Rawls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg04srhlUyA

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David Clayton Thomas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkm79...x=0&playnext=1

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This has to be broken down to genre. To say the greatest in any one genre is totally different than any other. So for the hard rockers out there:

Johnny James Dio
Geoff Tate
Robert Plant

and probably about 2000 more that I can't think of. Did someone mention James Hetfield? He sings and e note and every song they have is in e minor. Blah

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You stole my thunder on that one. For pure vocals he was the first to come to my mind.

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What an incredible voice he has.:tu

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to bring the list to date (and BTW -- thanks for posting links for the vocalists who may not be household names :D and even as a reminder for the better known names :ss ):

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? )
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bruce Dickinson
8. Brian Wilson
9. FREDDY MERCURY
10. Nick Lowe
11. James Alan Hetfield
12. Sam Cooke
13. Jerry Vale
14. Tenor CS
15. Nat King Cole
16. the Mills Brothers
17. Dalles Green
18. Marvin Gaye
19. Josh Groban
20. Phillipe Wynne
21. Stevie Wonder
22. Smokey Robinson
23. Eddie Kendricks
24. Chris Cornell
25. Lyle Lovett
26. Michael Crawford
27. Dean Martin
28. Bing Crosby
29. Perry Como
30. Andrea Boccelli
31. Maynard of Tool
32. Neil Diamond
33. Van Morrison
34. Bob Dylan
35. David Coverdale
36. Roger Daltrey
37. Daryll Hall
38. Levi Stubbs
39. David Ruffin
40. Otis Redding
41. Thom Yorke
42. Adam Duritz
43. Art Alexakis
44. Paul Rodgers
45. George Strait
46. Michael Buble
47. Mel Torme
48. Al Green
49. Barry White
50. Big Al Carlson
51. Michael Jackson
52. Seal
54. Muddy Waters
55. Johnny Hartman
56. Peter Criss
57. Ronnie James Dio
58. Axl Roxe
59. Joe Cocker
60. Luther Vandross
61. Elton John
62. K.Angylus
63. Steve Von Till
64. Michael Gira
65. Ray Charles
66. Aaron Neville
67. Hank (Williams) 3
68. George Benson
69. Art Garfunkel
70. Billy Eckstine
71. Lou Rawls
72. David Clayton Thomas
73. Johnny James Dio
74. Geoff Tate
75. Robert Plant

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77 should be Ronnie James Dio ;)

Some more good ones not on the list:

Carl Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytNoiQ8LkS8

Edwin Starr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg

Ian Gilliam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFLUhSym80

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How can you have a list of great male vocalists and not include Tom "The Voice" Jones?

Or Sammy Davis Jr?

Or Big Joe Turner?

Or Captain Beefheart?

Or Tom Waits?

I'm not really much into gospel but colelctively, The Blind Boys of Alabama also belong (gotta go back a few years though, they had one or two members die in the last few years)

Also Cee-Lo Green when he's not rapping, is like Marvin Gaye, just an octave or so higher.

And of course William Hung.

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*psssst* Tom, 73, not 77...




Oh, and add Sting to the list (as much disdain as I have for him these days, I must admit he is a very good vocalist, and unlike many, he actually can sing)

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A typo typo, Adam? :r
Thanks for the assist.

I have much disdain for Sting still, but I can admit he is a good singer. :)

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Well, if I had't have pointed it out, we would have ended up with "77. Ronnie James Davis, Jr."

One of the things about Sting is that some shows, it just sounds like he just doesn't give a crap - others, he really tries. Runs real hot and cold.

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Wilson Pickett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHg...eature=related

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Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillam
Bob Marley

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The two I would add to the list would be:
Tim Buckley
and his son
Jeff Buckley

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I just assumed that Acarr (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpo...7&postcount=71) was referring to a brother (cousin?). I dunno.

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I'm surprised they slipped they (nearly) through the cracks :rolleyes:

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:tpd: Great picks! :tu

I have to add the 3 tenors...Domingo, Pavarotti and Carreras.

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Robert Merrill

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Johnny Mathis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEH3uqbpsm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3pD...x=0&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLdH...rom=PL&index=2

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Would have to add Danzig to the list of greats.

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Morrissey

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The duet he did with Shakira was just indescribable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0d553Ms228

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I'd have to say that Burton Cummings of The Guess Who had the quintessential rock & roll voice and for country/folk it would have to be Gordon Lightfoot. :2