Alright Fine Then... Who is the best vocalist of all time?

[KofC660]

Bob Dylan

 

[PKoucheravy]

I vote for Freddie Mercury from the band Queen. That guy could SANG!!! What a range…

Sad, dissolute life, but quite a gift.

 

[davy39]

I have just one more. Marty Robbins, the star of the Grand Ol Opry. Talk about a range of voice!

 

[jazzbaby1]

Chris Cornell, followed closely by Eddie Vedder.

Yeah, okay, I’m a grunge baby.

 

[ltbpoe43]

I am ---- I can be all these folks in the shower - where no one hears me but me - I’m pretty good.

BTW - no one said Tom Jones.

 

[john_ennis]

Sanjaya

Oh, man! You beat me to it!

But really, c’mon…Mel Torme.

 

[Auntie_A]

How to narrow it down? My grandmother would say: Gallicurci. My mother might say Leontyne Price. I’ll start with:

Marni Nixon, the woman who was the voice in film musicals for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, etc. She would color her beautiful voice to fit the performer but alas, she never got screen credit.

But for strength: Aretha, like a natural woman.

I also think Linda Eder has an incredible voice-listen to her sing The Man of La Mancha and take in her range and her clarity.

Brian Stokes Mitchell…rich, warm, versatile baritone and he can sell a song.

Glenn Yarbrough…I second the motion. Warm spirited honey.

Paul Robeson-Beautiful baritone.

For overall ease, versatility, and productivity: Ella Fitzgerald

 

[Kitty_Chan]

Originally Posted by Kitty Chan
yes he does but in Milan Bono steps in and sings.

i will look at what cd its on, I know it was on my communication cd (which was a fan site gift Im sure it was on another though.

Please tell me what cd that is on. I’d love to hear it!

I have it on the communication but you cant get that, unless your a fansite member, but its on the video Vertigo: Live from Milan

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U218_Singles#Vertigo:_Live_from_Milan_DVD

Let me know what you think, its always great to hear from a fan.

 

[chicago]

Male popular vocalists - Eddy Howard, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, Sinatra

Female popular vocalists - Judy Garland, Ella, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O’Day

 

[STXRCIA]

Roger Whittaker, Doris Day, and William Warfield (singing ‘Ole Man River’ in the movie musical “Showboat”)

 

[Ahimsa]

Milli Vanilli

 

[FCEGM]

Kathleen Battle - opera, female

Willie Nelson - country, male

Johnny Mathis - popular, male

 

[bquinnan]

I would have to put Bing Crosby at the top of my list.

 

[bquinnan]

Sanjaya

lol (Well, chortling out loud, anyway.)

 

[Podo2005]

Sanjaya

lol alright then…your opinion

 

[glimmer]

Freddie Mercury, Nana Mouskouri, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

 

[LumenGentium]

Alrighty then it seems many of you might be having difficulty with my last poll so i’ll leave this one up to you

Who in your opinion is the best vocalist of all time?

elvis has left the building.

he is the king.

what about all the vocalists we have not had the pleasure to hear such as those who sang before 1920. there are 1,920 years of unrecorded vocalists. i bet we are missing a lot in our lineup of great vocalists of all time unaccounted for. our sample size is rather limited, to the past 75 years, so it would be difficult to give a fair answer to this question…but we have many musical saints and heroes in that mix. some still living.

hmmm…sirens… i wonder if they are still around. do you think they would qualify as the first rock musicians? course, homer could have been pulling our leg.

 

[LilyM]

Aaah, have to go for Paul Robeson and Nat King Cole too - two amazing men personally as well as wonderful performers.

Opera? Leontyne Price? Kathleen Battle? Gimme Maria Callas any day, great combination of vocals and dramatic delivery - she could sing the phone book and make it sound thrilling.

 

[Mirdath]

I’m surprised it took four pages before someone remembered Paul Robeson!

I agree with a lot of the names mentioned so far, but here’s a few new ones…

Diamanda Galas. Incredible range, versatile, and one of the most powerful voices I’ve ever heard. Listening to her, you kinda get the feeling that if she truly let loose, the entire building would collapse.

Nick Cave. He has the most delightfully evil-sounding gravelly voice.

Tim Booth. The lead singer of the band James, he’s another with an amazing vocal range and a perfect falsetto. He could probably give Freddie a run for his money.

Shane MacGowan. Singer for the Pogues, proud owner of the worst teeth in music, and an absolutely heartwrenching voice. Their take on ‘The Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ can actually make me cry.

 

[Wolseley]

Bing Crosby—bar none.

Frank Sinatra – the world’s finest song interpreter.

That’s for sure—and this is coming from a Frank fan.

I always recall the story about Frank doing one of Cole Porter’s songs while Porter was accompanying on the piano; Frank was doing his usual thing, improvising----and Porter finally snarled, “Sing it the way it’s written, dammit!”