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DrMaddVibe Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 2:36 AM EST
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Okay...I'll start this one up...

Freddie Mercury
Paul Stanley
Justin Hawkins
Chris Cornell
James Maynard
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
billreif Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 3:04 AM EST
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Jon Anderson of Yes (by far)
Roger Daltry of The Who
Steve Walsh of Kansas

I'm stuck in a 70's mode
cockyhoskins Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:02 AM EST
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I saw a film of Frank and Elvis together doing "My Way". You would think that Frank is the better singer, but Elvis was killing him. His voice was just stronger. So I give one nod to Elvis.

BTW, I love Kiss, but I would be hard pressed to put Paul Stanley in a list of best singers. I guess that means we can add Steven Tyler or Bon Scott, etc. LOL!
plabonte Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:21 AM EST
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Geoff Tate of Queensryche
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden
King Diamond (just for the shear uniqueness)
Michael Sweet of Stryper
Rob Halford of Judas Priest because nobody can scream like him

Sorry I'm stuck in the 80's
RDC Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:30 AM EST
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Tuff catagory with SOOOO many different types of music.

Sammy Hagar
Karen Carpenter
Lionel Richie
George Michael
Elton John
Andy Williams
Steve Perry
Barbra Streisand

Lemme ponder this some more...
Cigarick Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:31 AM EST
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Barbara Steisand
Joni Mitchell
Neil Diamond
Tony Bennet
Cavallo Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:55 AM EST
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sarah mclachlan
lila downs
luciano pavarotti
andrea bocielli (man i suck with spelling today)
mel tormë
etta james
billie holiday
mario lanza
ella fitzgerald
barry white

to name a few.
cockyhoskins Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 5:21 AM EST
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If we are going with rock lead men, what about Diamond Dave?
DrMaddVibe Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 5:33 AM EST
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You can dis Paul Stanley, but how many rock singers have appeared in a starring role in a Broadway production? I was able to catch him in Toronto at the Pantages theater. You know...the one that was built specifically for The Phantom of the Opera. He was spectacular!

Go back and listen to Alive! or his solo work. He's worthy of a 2nd look. Just because he's in a glitzy band called Kiss, most people want to dismiss him.
tailgater Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 6:24 AM EST
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I'm not a big Elvis fan, but to have a list of best singers without him on top is ridiculous.

If we're choosing on style, I offer the following:
Joe Cocker
Frank
Natalie Merchant
Susan Tedeschi (beats Janis at her own game)
Peter Wolf

I'm sure I missed many.
BeatDragon Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 6:43 AM EST
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LICK IT UP, LICK IT UP OOOOH OOOH OOOH...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSH!!!! Another Kiss reference on these lists AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! GET OVER IT my man. THEY ARENT WORTHY!!!

I wont say best, but my favorite ROCK singers.

Robert Plant
Paul Rogers
Freddy Mercury
Rob Halford
Bruce Dickenson
OZZY
Bon Scott
Udo Dirkschneider (Accept)
Chris Cornel

Best Singers all other catagories;

Aretha Franklin
Elvis
Judy Garland


JonR Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 6:46 AM EST
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Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin ( Paint Your Wagon ) and let's not forget William Shatner ( Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ). JonR
cwilhelmi Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 6:49 AM EST
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Marvin Gaye
Elvis
Johnny Cash
Paul Simon
Dave Matthews
Chris Martin
Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Jewel
Norah Jones
penzt8 Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:08 AM EST
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Robert Plant
Annie Lennox
DrMaddVibe Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:15 AM EST
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David Bowie
Ian Anderson
dbguru Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:16 AM EST
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Probably the greatest are Opera stars
(I've sung both popular and classical techniques and
the classical stuff is generally much more demanding)
Luciano Pavarotti,
Placido Domingo
Joan Sutherland,
Beverly Sills

Outside of opera - the singers that impress me most with their vocal technique have been...

Celine Dion,
Mariah Carey,
Jon Anderson,
Elvis Presley,
James Taylor

DB
dbguru Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:18 AM EST
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Oh, and I should also include Streisand
jazzman Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:31 AM EST
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KAREN CARPENTER...
smelly4tay Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 7:46 AM EST
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Stevie Wonder!
Thom Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 8:11 AM EST
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I like Cavallo's list the best so far. You can't miss with The Velvet Fog.
plabonte Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 8:13 AM EST
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UDO "THE TANK" DIRKSCHNEIDER!!!!

I actually thought of putting him on my list. But he is more scream then sing. (not that there is anything wrong with that). If thre was a list of most unique sounding singer I'd rank him very high.
BeatDragon Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 8:17 AM EST
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I was listening to Restless and Wild and on the way to work this morning.
BeatDragon Offline
#23 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 8:22 AM EST
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I must like the word "and"....

I hate when I do that
RDC Offline
#24 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 9:31 AM EST
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Anita Baker
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#25 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 10:15 AM EST
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dbguru

galli-curci
monserrat cabale

if you haven't heard them, email me your address and i will send you some cd's that could bring tears to your eyes.

i also have some well edited caruso. well edited meaning the scratches are gone and the cd is pretty good for having been recorded in the 30's.

RICKAMAVEN
@HOTMAIL.COM
cmuzz Offline
#26 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 12:03 PM EST
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NEIL DIAMOND
CWFoster Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 12:17 PM EST
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The Louisians Gator Boys! hands down!!! If you never heard of them, go rent "Blues Brothers 2000"!
Da-Glyde Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 12:17 PM EST
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STING!!!

GIG'EM,

Dan
nfldraftman Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 12:22 PM EST
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plabonte you are killing me. King Diamond, you stole my thunder there. Udo. Man oh man. Now I love the hard stuff, but there is singing, and there is metal singing.

Charlotte Church (I think that's her name, the Irish teen)
Whitney Houston (pre-drugs)
Elvis Presley
Barry White
always loved Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett and those guys when in the right mood.
Nat King Cole
CWFoster Offline
#30 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:07 PM EST
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oops forgot the point of the post, I was thinking dream bands!
Julie Covington!
Grace Slick!
Neil Diamond
the Chairman of the Board!
Seth Gekko Offline
#31 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:19 PM EST
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Udo Dirkschneider. . . . .

. . . 1 free stick to whomever can ID this little troll.
ducati996 Offline
#32 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:22 PM EST
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My ex-girlfriend.
nfldraftman Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:23 PM EST
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Udo. Accept. Balls to the Wall, men.
Seth Gekko Offline
#34 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:33 PM EST
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You gotta love that high-pitched screeching, from a 4 foot tall troll-thing. . . . A great line: lets plug a bomb up everyones ass.

nfl, send me your snailer
rev440 at rochester dot rr dot com
nfldraftman Offline
#35 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 1:48 PM EST
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woo-hoo! email sent. Man I was a twisted little freak back then.

Iron Maiden
Venom
Mercyful Fate
Slayer
Metallica (pre-gold digger phase)
Judas Priest
Motley Crue (SatD and Louder)

No wonder I grew up to be Greg the Surly IT Tech Support Guy.

Now reboot your damn system and call back in four or five hours.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#36 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 2:31 PM EST
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Dio
Seth Gekko Offline
#37 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 2:45 PM EST
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Jesus, I need to read these threads first!!! Who would have thought UDO was already mentioned (more than once)???? For punishment, I'll have to be locked in a closet with the live version of Fast as a Shark blasting at 150db.
nfldraftman Offline
#38 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 3:17 PM EST
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I thought that was too easy.
Seth Gekko Offline
#39 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 3:24 PM EST
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That's okay, I like to give stuff away.

How about Jack Russell, before that Once Bitten stuff? Did a hell of a Robert Plant imitation.

I also like the guy from Cake.
Tori Amos.
The girl from Evanescence.
nfldraftman Offline
#40 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 3:32 PM EST
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since I am bored at work and have nothing better to do than to Google it...

Cake - John McCrea
Evanescence - Amy Lee
Cavallo Offline
#41 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 4:21 PM EST
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JonR: *LOL* hey, i have one of those tapes -- pat boone singing some heavy metal tune, and let's not forget leonard nimoy rockin' the hizouse!

rick: hadn't heard of them; who dey?

annie lennox... man, how could i leave her off?

and let's not forget harry belafonte!
CanyonDVM Offline
#42 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 5:37 PM EST
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Although there are many I listen to more, Sinatra and Nat King Cole were both about as great technically as any that ever lived. Listen to both of their phrasing. Either would smooth right through place where any mortal human would have taken a breath.
CanyonDVM Offline
#43 Posted: Thu, Mar 4 2004, 5:38 PM EST
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Also, even if you don't listen to classical at all, do yourself a favor and listen to anything, in English or Italian, by Andrea Bocelli
bud451 Offline
#44 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 3:53 AM EST
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William Hung....."she bang"
plabonte Offline
#45 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 4:13 AM EST
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LOL at Bud.

Udo had some cool solo albums after he left Accept. Even sang a ballad.
RDC Offline
#46 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 5:17 AM EST
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Faith Hill
Leanne Rimes
Paul Anka
Englebert Humperkink
Diana Ross
Maureen McGovern
mydsooner Offline
#47 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 7:11 AM EST
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I see some of you are mistaking great singers for just good singers who sing great songs.


Paul Stanley?
Sammy Hagar?
Dio?
Diamond Dave? Come on now!
Elvis? that's right,Big E. Product of times and songs he song.

I just think some of you get caught up in the songs rather then the actual singing part.
smelly4tay Offline
#48 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 7:21 AM EST
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Stevie Wonder!
DrMaddVibe Offline
#49 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 7:38 AM EST
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"I just think some of you get caught up in the songs rather then the actual singing part."

Have you listened to "Phantom of the Opera"? Would you conclude that it's musical numbers are some of the hardest to perform? While Crawford starred in and defined the role for anyone else to follow behind him, Paul Stanley did to his credit and talent a magnificent job during his run in Toronto.

http://www.extreme-online.com/features/26/26a.htm

I'm basing it on talent, not how he looks or acts. He has the hair on the back of your neck raised. If you can find a copy of his performance(usually at Kiss Expos)by all means buy it. You will not be disappointed.

It took a lot of guts to take on the role, but it wasn't just some publicity gimmick to put people in the seats. It's been a passion of Paul's to do opera, but his Kiss commitments take up most of his time, well that and his charity work.

As far as Dio...go back to Rainbow and his early solo material as well as his stint with Black Sabbath...he can wail a tune out there and keep a note for a sustained period.
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#50 Posted: Fri, Mar 5 2004, 7:48 AM EST
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Bette Midler
Annie Lennox

Danny Elfman- Highly underrated. One of the best live voices I have heard. Does a yodel that will knock your socks off.
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