Best Singers

[Frutos]

OK, here's what I'm getting at. What I'd like people to do is nominate the singers who, in their opinion, have great voices (but maybe that others haven't heard). It's not a case of necessarily nominating people whose music you like, just those you think have the best singing ability whether or not you like what they're singing.

My first nomination would be -

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[Icy Gull]

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[Frutos]

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[Icy Gull]

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[Jam The Man]

Gene Pitney
Roy Orbison

 

[withdeanwombat]

No.

The answer to this question is : Bob Dylan.

 

[Icy Gull]

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[Jake Manthorpe]

Whitney Houston

 

[NMH]

James Dewar

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[NMH]

Quite a smash, back in the day;

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[NMH]

Great blues vocalist ......and guitarist of course

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[NMH]

This lass is up there with the best. She has an inherent timbre in her voice that just bleeds the blues. Here guesting with The Style Council

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[Icy Gull]

Mention of the Style Council reminded me of who Paul Weller would like to be as good as

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[NMH]

One of me fave singers in the 1960's was this bloke Paul Jones.
Not for range or doing anything particularly special as such.

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[NMH]

Bobby 'Blue' Bland

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[1066familyman]

NMH,
I love Tracy Thorn !

The first I ever heard of her was the album...Eden...Everything But The Girl.

Saw them ( her and Ben ?) at Brighton Dome back in the late 80's I think it was. G o r g e o u s.

 

[The Face]

Steve Marriott sets the bar imo.

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As far as females go, my preference would be Martha Reeves.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Leona Lewis has a great singing voice, although I know a fair few on NSC who "hate" her.

 

[steward 433]

Leona Lewis has a great singing voice, although I know a fair few on NSC who "hate" her.

She is far too nasaly and whiney to be "great"

 

[thatguy]

And back to the present day...

Mariah Carey
Leona Lewis

Both have excellent vocal ability and have the LOOKS to match