Who are your favorite singers?

Clooney George

Hello Guys How Are You.
Who is your favorite Singer.
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Miss_yap_yap

1.Prince
2.Kate Bush
3.Tori Amos
4.Nancy Sinatra

Lemmewinks

1. Donald Fagen
2. Axl Rose
3. Mike Patton
4. Kate Bush
5. Freddie Mercury
6. Chris Cornell

Malice

I might as well change the thread title since everyone has listed more than one singer .
I posted my favourite singers here:

Malice wrote: »

If I had to pick some vocalists whose style I admire, top of the list would be Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, Jon Howard of Threat Signal and Anders Fríden of In Flames for men and Amy Lee of Evanescence and Tarja Turunen (formerly of Nightwish) for women.

Honourable mentions too for Annie Lennox and Kyoko Baertsoen of Lunascape.

AoifeCork

At the moment I'm listening to a lot of deep tones ladies.

Rumer.
Christine McVie.
Sia.

And alot of soulful men.
D'Angelo
John Legend
Jamie Lidell.

Mmmmm, Jamie Lidell.

Fishooks12

Stevie Wonder
Chris Cornell
Michael Ball
Ted Neely
James Mercer

larss

Morrissey!
Nick cave!
Sinéad O'Connor!
Patsy Watchorn!
David Bowie!
Klaus Nomi!
Luke Kelly!
Dolores O'Riórdan!

wet-paint

Paul Robeson and Dietrich Fischer Deskau.

KonFusion

Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen & Tom Waits

sheesh

going along with some of the other replies

Sinead o connor but only in her first couple of albums when she sounded so angry

Morrisey
Chris cornell
Grace Slick
Karen O
Kim Deal

Wurly

I adore Guy Garvey's voice from Elbow. So fantastic.:) Check this out... I mean, come on!! Fablis!;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0B9ZpdZEA

I also love Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday.

sheesh

Wurly wrote: »

I adore Guy Garvey's voice from Elbow. So fantastic.:) Check this out... I mean, come on!! Fablis!;)

how cool would it be to be in that choir!:D savage stuff

Captain Darling

John Grant. His song Outer Space is one of my favourite of all time. Bleedin' rapid.

He has one of the smoothest and sweetest voices i've ever heard. His lyrics are genius.

There's a live version of the Queen of Denmark from the Stoneroom sessions where his voice peaks and its one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard. Brings an old tear to the eye.

I've seen him three times this year, once with a backing band and twice with just himself and a pianist. You couldnt meet a more humble man. He's an absolute 100% gent and a soft endearing soul.

bureau2009

* Tom Jones
* Levi Stubbs (Four Tops lead singer)
* Christina Aguilera
* Joe Dolan
* Theo Peoples (replaced Levi Stubbs as Four Tops lead singer)
* Sinead O'Connor
* Boyz II Men
* Michael McDonald
* Lulu
* Nat 'King' Cole

paddy kerins

Thom Yorke
David Bowie
Tom Waits

bnt

Here's a few that stand out to me:
- Suzanne Vega
- Peter Gabriel
- Kate Bush
- Jon Anderson
- Nanci Griffith
- Bono (when he takes risks e.g. Achtung Baby / Zooropa)
- the girls from ABBA when they were on form (e.g. Super Trouper, One Of Us)

I can't stand any of these current singers who use histrionics to mask the fact that they can't hold a note. Don't get me started on AutoTune™. :mad:

The Volt

Raine Maida and Myles Kennedy with Dave McPherson as my guilty pleasure

G.K.

Alex Chilton
Rob Halford
Gene Clark
Chris Hillman
Roger McGuinn
Mike Mills
Ian Dury
Debbie Harry
Ken Stringfellow
Tony Hawks

boobar

In no particular order;

Leonard Cohen
Morrissey
Richard Hawley
Damien Rice
David Kitt

Iconwine

Not necessarily my favourite artists but some of the best vocalists.....

THEN: Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Karen Carpenter, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon


NOW: Beyonce, John Mayer, Justin Nozuka, Bon Iver, Pink (surprisingly good live)

bureau2009

Iconwine wrote: »

Not necessarily my favourite artists but some of the best vocalists.....

THEN: Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Karen Carpenter, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon


NOW: Beyonce, John Mayer, Justin Nozuka, Bon Iver, Pink (surprisingly good live)

No one will be more delighted than me when the X-Factor or The Voice discovers a "new" Roy Orbison. (Not holding my breath!).

And check out Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach - "This House is Empty Now".

mkdon05

Luke Kelly
Terra Naomi

Fighting Irish

Pink
Garth Brooks
Boyz II Men

Cupcake_Crisis

In no particular order...

Cat Power
Eva Cassidy
Gary Lightbody
Glen Hansard
Adele

Lady Chuckles

A few that springs to mind are (in no particular order):

Arleen Auger
Shane MacGowan
Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald
Dean Martin
Luciano Pavarotti
Topsy Chapman
Tommy Körberg

... and so on...

All I really want is a unique voice singing a piece of music that I enjoy listening to

Kiva.D

Sinead Lohan
Vince Gill
Norah Jones
Keith Urban
Alison Krauss
Marc Cohn
Mads Langer

metaoblivia

Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Edith Piaf
Allison Krauss
Montserrat Caballe
Freddie Mercury
Josh Groban
Maria Callas
Johnny Cash

MrVoracious

Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Jack White
Brett Anderson
Kudrt Kobain
Bruce Sprinsteen
Dolores O'Riórdan
Bob Dylan
Nico
Lou Reed

nfs

Freddie Mercury
Adele
John Lennon
Kelly Jones
Bill Withers

Scorpion Sting

Chester Bennington
Charlie Fink
Brandon Flowers
Noel Gallagher
Guy Garvey
Shakira
Hayley Williams

Jennii.

1.Alaina Beaton
2. Christina Klein (LaFee)
3. Amy Lee
4. Tarja Turuneun.
5. Lacey Mosley
And a hundred more..... axl rose... ville valo... etc

UsedToWait

Thought I'd throw a few more into the mix - my favourite singers are those with unique voices and not necessarily technically great singers - people like

- Bob Dylan - listen to Blind Willie McTell on the Bootleg Series vol 1-3 if you think he can't sing

- Neil Young - amazing feeling in his vocals - check Stringman from the Unplugged album

- James Taylor - his phrasing is unique, and along with his band, it's as much about what's left out as what's put in - like on this one Enough to be on your way

- Suzanne Vega - really evocative voice full of longing and loss, like on Harbor Song

And a million more, like Joni Mitchell, Eddie Vedder, Neil Finn, Bjork, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Thom Yorke, Crosby Stills & Nash, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Beth Orton, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Nicks etc. etc.

Satts

In no particular order.

Lisa Hannigan
Imelda May
Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Van Morrison
Gilbert O' Sullivan
Dean Martin
Paul Brady

cabbage kid

No particular order

Brian Wilson
Bjork
Victoria Legrand
Neil Young
Mike Patton
Freddie Mercury
Imelda May
Matt Bellamy
Josh Homme
Beck

Napper Hawkins

INPO..

Marvin Gaye

Maynard James Keenan (Tool)

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

Jens Kidman (Meshuggah)

Robert Plant (Led Zep)

Ozzy Osbourne

Joe DuPlantier (Gojira)

Gotye (not sure if name of singer or band, not what I'd listen to normally but damn what a voice!)

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave)

Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory)

Troy Sanders (Mastodon)

Tom Araya (Slayer)

Kurt Cobain

Few more I'm sure..

wet-paint

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau too, who's after dying recently.

DavidWills

No one mention Adele???

unreggd

Katherine Jenkins
Carrie Underwood
Imelda May
Kelly Clarkson
Amy Lee
Tarja Turunen
Gavin DeGraw
David Cook
Jennifer Hudson
Chris Daughtry
Hayley Williams
Leona Lewis