Rank: Top 3 Vocalists

[Steels]

Let's hear your top 3 vocalists of all time. It was somewhat painful for me to make this list as I have left out quite a few brilliant vocalists so please respect the thread and give a top 3 in order. If you cannot handle this task then I ask you to please not post. Honorable mentions are always welcomed.

1.) Freddie Mercury
2.) Paul McCartney
3.) Elton John

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[The Chairman]

Wow..next to impossible to name three so I'll categorize:

Personal All Time Favorites:

1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Jeff Buckley
3. Tom Waits

Rock (Male)
1. Paul Rodgers
2. Brian Johnson
3. Robert Plant

Rock (Female)
1. Stevie Nicks
2. Chrissy Hynde
3. Joan Jett

Soul/R&B/Blues (Male)
1. Marvin Gaye
2. Al Green
3. Eric Clapton

Soul/R&B/Blues (Female)
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Janis Joplin
3. Tina Turner

Country (Male)
1. Johnny Cash
2. Willie Nelson
3. Waylon Jennings

Country (Female)
1. Linda Ronstadt
2. Lucinda Williams
3. Emmylou Harris

Disco/Dance/Funk (Male)
1. James Brown
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Lionel Ritchie

Disco/Dance/Funk (Female)
1. Donna Summer
2. Whitney Houston (pre-crack)
3. Missy Elliot

World:
1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Bob Marley
3. Youssou N'Dour

Honorable Mention:
B.B. King (Blues)
Elvis Presley (Rock and Roll)
Juan Luis Guerra (Latin-Dominican)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (Blues)
David Bowie (Rock)
Jim Morrison (Rock)
Shirley Horn (Jazz)
Van Morrison (Rock)

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[Steels]

Wow..next to impossible to name three so I'll categorize:

Please follow Kaga's example (if you need to list more than 3), he started his list with what I asked for...."Personal All Time Favorites".

Honorable Mention:

Frankie Vallie
Whitney Houston
Donna Summers
Elvis Presley
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Dickenson
James Brown
Paul Di'Anno
Robert Daultry
Roger Daltrey
*Crosby Stills & Nash (in unison)
Tony Bennet
John Lennon
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Axl Rose
Stevie Nicks









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[GaryWyze]

<font color=purple>1) Jim Morrison
2) Ozzy Osbourne
3) David Coverdale

And an honorable mention to Axl Rose. Not a great vocalist, per se, but the best frontman I've ever seen.



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[SuperClerk]

1-Paul McCartney
2-Freddie Mercury
3-Paul Stanley

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[AppleBoy]

Rob Halford
Bruce Dickinson
Geoff Tate


Honorable Mention
Ronnie James Dio
Bon Scott
Ozzy
Lemmy Kilmister
Geddy Lee
Sammy Hagar

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[TheMojoPin]

1. Jeff Buckley.
2. Al Green.
3. Thom Yorke.

Honroable mention:

-Marvin Gaye
-Paul Westerberg
-Beth Gibbons
-Paul McCartney
-Elvis Costello
-Frank Sinatra

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[douchebagsean]

1. robert plant
2. chris cornel
3. mick jagger

honerable mention to carl wilson

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[badorties]

1) Jay Farrar
2) PJ Harvey
3) Mark Lanegan

[FUNKMAN]

> Mark Farner
> Bono (back in the day)
> Paul Rodgers

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[A.J.]

Frank Sinatra

Good call -- The Chairman of the Board's phrasing techniques were influential on all forms of popular music.

I can't name Top 3 so I'll do it this way:

Honorable Mention (in no particular order)

Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Levi Stubbs (The Four Tops)
Roy Orbison
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
John Lennon
Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson
Mick Jagger
Roger Daltrey
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
Gregg Allman
Aretha Franklin
Steve Winwood

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[JerryTaker]

Biased toward a particular genre..

1)Peter Steele
2)Burton C. Bell
3)Geoff Tate

Honorable Mention:

Chris Cornell
Mike Patton
Brandon Boyd
Keith Caputo
Maynard James Keenan

off the top of my head, anyway....


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[Wormwood]

- Sting
- Steve Perry
- Bono

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[SuperClerk]

Peter Steele


Good Call Taker!!!! I used to live a block away from him.

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[The Chairman]

1) Jay Farrar

Wow. Son Volt fan in the house. Trace is a monolith, one of my favorite albums....Great call.

3) Mark Lanegan

Superb pick. I forgot about him. Screaming Trees amazing band...His solo stuff is also amazing.

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[jafter]

God this is tough.

1. Sam Cooke
2. Otis Redding
3. Marvin Gaye


Honorable mentions:

Aretha Franklin
Chrissie Hynde
Michael Hutchense
Bono
Van Morrison
Crosby, Stills, and Nash

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This message was edited by jafter on 4-30-03 @ 6:28 PM

[badorties]

now that i had some time to think .....

you'd have to include louis armstrong. he basically 'invented' the phrasing of what is now popular music.

then throw in shane macgowan for pure drunken brilliance