Favourite Vocalists

[smudja]

Aaron Neville and Eddie Reader for me.

 

[mervyn]

Only like a few of his songs, but Elvis Costello hits the spot for me, with a song like Shipbuilding.

 

[Les Minards]

Karen Carpenter beautiful woman and want a voice
Joe Walsh from the eagles
Christine McVie sing Songbird could listen to her signing that all day

 

[GreenArnie]

Didn’t necessarily appreciate it at the time but Matt Munro could hold a tune

 

[GreenArnie]

Preferred Joe cocker at the time!

 

[George Willis]

Nat King Cole
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Dickinson for his unusual vocal range. The grandchildren persuaded me to watch one of his videos.

 

[Larry David]

Nat King Cole
Matt Monroe
Scott Walker
Donald Fagen
Michael McDonald
Alison Moyet
Joey Ramone
Edith Piaf
Paul Stanley
Rumer
Adge Cutler

 

[Lousy Pint]

Forgot the wonderful Maria Callas and Dusty Springfield!!

 

[Frank Butcher]

I see I’m not alone re: Nat King Cole.

Interesting fact - Rolling Stone didn’t include him in their top 200 singers. Ridiculous.

 

[Cynthia Setter]

Didn’t like either Nat King Ole or Ella Fitzgerald as a youngster, but now they’re the bees knees, along with Scott Walker, whose voice sounds remarkably like mine in the shower.

I won't ask about the circumstances in which you heard Scott Walker's voice in the shower!

 

[I Was There]

Paul Heaton (Housemartins and Beautiful South)

 

[Beetle Burger]

Gary Stringer

 

[Hexagon9]

In no particular order -

Billie Holiday
Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins/Massive Attack etc)
Robert Plant
Paul Rodgers
Gwenno
Tony Bennett
Aretha Franklin
Hannah Reid (London Grammar)
Bryan Ferry
John Martyn

 

[Eastbourne Green]

Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington and Freddie Mercury.
When you are doing your level best to sing along to anything they have graced (whether at home, in the Car etc).
You instantly know just how talented they were, how much range they had and how much their performances lift songs to another level.

Others on my list who, while not necessarily the most proficient, have a voice that just marries perfectly with the band they are in, or style of music or it just has a uniqueness that just appeals to me: Michael Stipe, Billy Joe Armstrong, Brandon Boyd, Tom Delonge, Eddie Vedder

 

[Clare Spencer]

Morten Harket who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's
Joan Armatrading
Steve Harley
Errol Brown
Paul Young