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07-01-2009, 11:30 PM | #1 |
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Greatest male vocalists
Some of the PNW group were talking about music this afternoon, and it was clear that it would be easy to list some of the greatest females vocalist [I'll leave that for someone else to start that thread However, we ran out of names at about a half dozen great male vocalists. We're not talking entertainers or musicians -- vocalists. Yeah, MJ was a great entertainer ... but not a great vocalist. One name per post. I'm going with low-hanging fruit:
(1) Frank Sinatra
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07-02-2009, 12:06 AM | #2 |
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When MJ was a kid, his voice was sublime.
1. Frank Sinatra 2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? )
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? ) 3. Denny Doherty 4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
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07-02-2009, 12:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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
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07-02-2009, 12:10 AM | #5 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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
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07-02-2009, 12:34 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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07-02-2009, 12:11 AM | #7 |
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I dunno about "great", but my favorite male vocalists are: LEMMY, Tom Waits, and Howlin' Wolf. I wouldn't add them to the list of Greatest male vocalists though.
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07-02-2009, 12:25 AM | #8 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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 |
07-02-2009, 12:36 AM | #9 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
Great entertainers -- yes; great musicians - yes; cult figures -yes, but not on the list.
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07-02-2009, 10:32 AM | #10 |
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07-02-2009, 01:32 PM | #11 |
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I've gotta throw the name Lyle Lovett into this ring. Man can sing!
Also, Michael Crawford (original Phantom of the Opera on Broadway) - he's got a set of pipes!
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07-02-2009, 01:39 PM | #12 |
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Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Perry Como- but I'd say "Ole Blue Eyes" takes the prize!
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07-02-2009, 12:56 AM | #13 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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 ~and if we want to go with 'different but great' or something along those lines Neil Young really has a voice |
07-02-2009, 12:57 AM | #14 |
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his music isnt what most would consider beautiful by any means. but the man really can sing.... If he put on a suit and sang crooners, I bet he would have had all the ladies swooning over him.
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07-02-2009, 01:08 AM | #15 |
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07-02-2009, 01:09 AM | #16 |
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12-17-2009, 11:07 PM | #17 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
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 |
12-19-2009, 01:48 AM | #18 |
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Re: Greatest male vocalists
to bring the list to date (and BTW -- thanks for posting links for the vocalists who may not be household names and even as a reminder for the better known names ):
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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07-02-2009, 01:12 AM | #19 |
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Tenor CS
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07-02-2009, 01:13 AM | #20 |
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I'll toss in Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, and the Mills Brothers...
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