Well, since we had the female thread, thought it was time for the male side.

For me, Sam Cooke. I can listen to him anytime of the day.

Palama wrote:

In respect to the female thread… that's a broad question. What genre? Define "vocalist".

Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr.

cacman wrote:

Sam Cooke and Roy Orbison




The 2 smoothest voices in R&R. Period. End of story. Plenty of others I love to listen to but those 2 are tops for me.

JadeRose wrote:

Seriously, though...my ears/mind approach them very different for some reason. I will listen to songs I don't necessarily like (or respect) sung by certain women simply out of appreciation of their voices. That is most definitely not the case for men. I do have some preference for some male rock vocalists, like Dio or Cornell. But if the song sucks, I won't listen. But, I will listen to some really bad songs by the likes of Sarah McLachlin...or Simon Simmons

dstieger wrote: