Top 1o Favorite Voices

[David]

We made a list of favorite pop/rock singers awhile back. I remember a few:

1. Peter Gabriel
2. Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer
3. Sting
4. Christine McVie
5. Brian Setzer

[Sarah]

I don't have ten at the moment, but in addition to some of the people you guys mentioned, I'll add:

Debbie Harry
Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson
Dave Gahan
Beth Gibbons
Annie Lennox
Karen Carpenter
Cyndi Lauper
Dusty Springfield

[gretchen]

Okay, I have way more than ten:

Male:
Lindsey Buckingham
Mark King - Level 42 & solo work
Peter Murphy - Bauhaus & solo work
Paul Weller - The Style Council & solo work
Justin Currie - Del Amitri
Steve Perry
Peter Gabriel
David Bowie


Female:
Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl
Diana Krall
Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Cance
Stevie Nicks
Joni Mitchell
Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde
Chaka Khan
Annie Lennox


and there are probably so many more....

[petep9000]

Let's see:

(in varying order)

Stevie Nicks
Sarah Mclachlan
Dame Shirley Bassey
Ann Wilson
Steve Perry
Linda Eder
Sting
Annie Lennox
Pat Benatar
Ronnie Milsap

[jannieC]

In no order:

Stevie Nicks
Ann Wilson
Annie Lennox
Pat Benatar
Freddie Mercury
Steve Perry
Geddy Lee

That's all I can come up with right now, though there's surely more than that.

[Stew_Matthews]

Difficult to choose really but in the mainstream rock/pop genre-

My three absolute favourites (though I probably admire their songwriting more than their voices) are -

Donald Fagan (Steely Dan)
Bruce Springsteen
Lindsey

Other male singers include -

Stevie Wonder
Al Green
Smokey Robinson
Ben Folds
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Paul Weller
The Finn Brothers (Crowded House)
Carl/Dennis Wilson
Jimmy Barnes
Brian Johnson/Bon Scott (and I can't wait to hear what Brendan O'Brien has done with the new ACDC album)

And the women

Cassandra Wilson
Chrissie Hynde
Joni
Kd Lang
Mindy Smith

[LiamMcConville]

Female

1. Stevie Nicks
2. Diana Krall
3. Kate Bush
4. Carly Simon
5. Patti LaBelle
6. Shania Twain
7. Blake Hazard
8. Carole King
9. Sandy Stewart
10. Celine Dion

Male

1. Michael McDonald
2. Lindsey Buckingham
3. Dave Matthews
4. Marvin Gaye
5. Peter Gabriel
6. Stevie Wonder
7. Jackson Browne
8. Steve Perry
9. Sting
10. Seal

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Let's see:

(in varying order)

Stevie Nicks
Sarah Mclachlan
Dame Shirley Bassey
Ann Wilson
Steve Perry
Linda Eder
Sting
Annie Lennox
Pat Benatar
Ronnie Milsap

I forgot Whitney Houston! Kate Bush! Judy Garland!!!

[TrueFaith77]

Kinda off the top of my head (and it's 11... er 14!. . . ):

Billy Mackenzie (my personal favorite SINGER of all time)
Green Gartside (probably the most sublime VOICE in all of music)(!)
Morrissey
Michael Jackson
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson
Ron Isley(!)
Cory Daye(!)
John Lydon
Neil Tennant
Bryan Ferry
Kate Bush
Iris Dement
Chuck D

(p.s. - this was a fun list idea!)

[DashingDan]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

Kinda off the top of my head (and it's 11... er 14!. . . ):

Billy Mackenzie (my personal favorite SINGER of all time)
Green Gartside (probably the most sublime VOICE in all of music)(!)
Morrissey
Michael Jackson
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson
Ron Isley(!)
Cory Daye(!)
John Lydon
Neil Tennant
Bryan Ferry
Kate Bush
Iris Dement
Chuck D

(p.s. - this was a fun list idea!)

I saw Scritti Politti in Nov. 2006 and it was truly amazing. Hearing THAT voice come out of a very tall, lean, bearded, youthful 56 year-old was a real treat.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by David

We made a list of favorite pop/rock singers awhile back. I remember a few:

1. Peter Gabriel
2. Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer
3. Sting
4. Christine McVie
5. Brian Setzer

Would that be Holly Johnson or that dude with the proclivity for leather?