CRF's Greatest Singers Voting Thread

[Syd]

1.- Freddie Mercury
2.- Paul McCartney
3.- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
4.- Syd Barrett
5.- Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
6.- Morrisey
7.- Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
8.- Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
9.- Elvis Presley
10.- Kurt Cobain
11.- Lou Reed
12.- Bob Dylan
13.- Jack White
14.- Hayley Williams (Paramore)
15.- Bruce Dickinson

That would be my list so far.

 

[Soot and Stars]

1-Paco Estrada (South FM)
2-Billy Corgan
3-Dallas Green (City and Colour, Alexisonfire)
4-Stephen Christian (Anberlin)
5-J.R. Richards (Dishwalla, solo)
6-Gregg Alexander (New Radicals, solo)
7-Justin Furstenfeld (Blue October)
8-Fiona Apple
9-Nick Thomas (Spill Canvas)
10-Alex Band (The Calling, solo)
11-Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds)
12-Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World)
13-Lisa Hannigan (Damien Rice, solo)
14-Jeremy Hummett (Breaking Benjamin)
15-Brent Smith (Shinedown)

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Really, Sooty? All that playful flack you gave me about not putting Billy in my 50 greatest singers thread and Paco takes the top spot on your list?

 

[Soot and Stars]

Really, Sooty? All that playful flack you gave me about not putting Billy in my 50 greatest singers thread and Paco takes the top spot on your list?

Hey, Paco's got pipes! Billy's distinctive and I love his vocal but Paco edges him by a technical skills! I would love for him to cover any Pumpkins song!

 

[electric funeral]

I personally don't have a favorite singer....

But, here's my list....

No reasoning to my order, really...it just looks nice this way, I guess...

1. Elvis Presley
2. Mick Jagger
3. Roger Daltrey
4. Robert Plant
5. Paul McCartney
6. Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
7. Paul Rodgers
8. Steven Tyler
9. Jim Morrison
10. Bob Dylan (Ha-ha...monkey wrench vote!)
11. Ozzy Osbourne (The Black Sabbath Years 1970 -1978!)
12. Janis Joplin
13. Rod Stewart (60's, 70's)
14. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
15. John Lennon

I would of added some of these great singers, but I don't think they'd do too good in a popularity contest in this forum...

Doug Gray (Marshall Tucker Band)
Steve Walsh (Kansas)
Justin Haywood (Moody Blues)
Jon Anderson (Yes)
Ann Wilson
Mark Farner (Grand Funk)
Burton Cummings (Guess Who)
Jackson Browne
James Taylor
Linda Ronstadt
Billy Joel
Neil Young
David Gilmour
Pete Townshend (The Who)
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
John Kay (Steppenwolf)
Eric Burdon (Animals)

Great list Groovy. I did not know this was a popularity contest????
It's your list so add your real favourites.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Hey, Paco's got pipes! Billy's distinctive and I love his vocal but Paco edges him by a technical skills! I would love for him to cover any Pumpkins song!

Oh I agree that Paco has some lungs on him (it's something that comes with a bigger guy it would seem. ).

 

[CREAM'd]

It's nice to see Bob Dylan getting some love on this thread.

 

[Groovy Man]

It's nice to see Bob Dylan getting some love on this thread.

Suprising for these hills, isn't it?

Zimmy's the man!

Great list Groovy. I did not know this was a popularity contest????
It's your list so add your real favourites.

thanks....and, yeah, it's a CRF popularity contest, I guess...

plus, like I said before, I don't think anyone is the greatest singer...or guitarist, for that matter...especially when there's some many GREAT ones out there in music history!

Maybe, I'll fine tune my list before the deadline.

 

[Aktivator]

I sing in the shower, in the car and anywhere else I can get away with it.
here is who I tend to sing:

1. Peter Gabriel
2. Tori Amos
3. Bob Dylan
4. Jeff Buckley
5. David Bowie
6. Fiona Apple
7. Jon Anderson
8. Bjork
9. Greg Lake
10. Kate Bush
11. PJ Harvey
12. Morrisey
13 Guy Harvey
14 Jimmy Gnecco
15 Eddie Vedder

honorable mentions
Roger Daltry
Grace Slick
Fish
Janis Joplin
Peter Hammill
Gilli Smith
Annie Haslam
Patti Smith
Chris Cornell
Bryan Ferry
Tom Yorke
Matt Bellemy
Bono
Franceso di Giacomo
Dave Cousins
Ian Anderson
Stella Vander
John Lennon
Ella Fitzgerald

 

[LivingDead]

1. Billy Joel
2. Meat Loaf
3. Cat Stevens
4. Billy Gibbons
5. Fiona Apple
6. Neil Diamond
7. Billy Idol
8. Neil Young
9. Devin Townsend
10. Frank Sinatra
11. Little Richard
12. John Fogerty
13. Dean Martin
14. Jerry Vale
15. Danny Joe Brown