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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFive favorite rock singers of all time?
Mine:
Stevie Nicks
Jon Bon Jovi
Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Lou Gramm
EDIT: An honorable mention to Canuck Tom Cochrane
DEbluedude
(816 posts)Greg Allman
Tom Petty
Don Henley
Steven Tyler
Vincent Furnier
walkingman
(7,626 posts)Steve Winwood
John Lennon
Robert Plant
Ann Wilson
Annie Lennox
Honorable mention - Grace Slick
TygrBright
(20,760 posts)Paul Rodgers
Annie Wilson
Sam Cooke
Roy Orbison
Freddie Mercury
Runners-up:
Robert Plant
Annie Lennox
Linda Ronstadt
Axl Rose
Elton John
Tough choices!
interestedly,
Bright
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Grace Slick
Roger Daltrey
Levon Helm
Janis Joplin
Bruce Springsteen
KarenS
(4,079 posts)Mick Jagger
Stephen Tyler
Freddie Mercury
Roger Daltry
David Lee Roth
sheesh,,, so many to choose from and so many I don't quite consider rock,,,,
I could easily double this list
Applan
(693 posts)Freddie Mercury (undoubtedly number one)
Paul Weller
David Bowie
Mark Knopfler
Robert Plant
Applan
(693 posts)Nobody else had Bowie on their list?
iemanja
(53,035 posts)Bowie tops my list, but I also love Mark Knopfler.
carpetbagger
(4,391 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)he is certainly an honorable mention.
Mike Nelson
(9,958 posts)GRACE SLICK
JIM MORRISON
LITTLE RICHARD
CONNIE FRANCIS
True Dough
(17,305 posts)love_katz
(2,579 posts)Last edited Tue Oct 18, 2022, 07:16 PM - Edit history (1)
Stevie Nicks. Ann Wilson.
Grace Slick. Robert Plant. Elton John
Edited to add:. Candy Givens of Zephyr.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Sting
Tie for 5th David Bowie/Jon Anderson
Wingus Dingus
(8,054 posts)Not all have classically beautiful voices, but I love them anyway in the context of their music. Oops, someone above mentioned Peter Gabriel, love him too. Edit to add: Left Trent Reznor off--can't do that! Edit again: Bono! Eddie Vedder! Dave Grohl!
highplainsdem
(48,994 posts)After those three, a lot of favorites I'd have trouble listing in any particular order. Including:
Steve Marriott
Steve Winwood
Justin Hayward
Bruce Springsteen
Bono
John Fogerty
John Mellencamp
Eddie Vedder
Rory Gallagher
Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
Campino (aka Andreas Frege, Die Toten Hosen)
Joe Cocker
Rod Stewart
Paul McCartney
Sting
Mick Jagger
Greg Lake
Gregg Allman
Drum
(9,161 posts)Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)Every time I saw him. Which was 3 times. That was enough to convince me that he either needed to find a genre that suited his voice better, or that he was studio magic to keep a pretty boy out front.
Take your pick.
My five would be:
Ann Wilson of Heart
Freddie Mercury of Queen
Pat Benatar
Chris Hall of Stabbing Westward. He's incredible live. Really.
Tie: Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks
Probably in that order.
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)Bryan Ferry
Peter Gabriel
Boy George (in the few rockers the group did, he sounded terrific)
Michael Hutchence
Elton John
Annie Lennox
George Michael
Joni Mitchell
Jim Morrison
Steve Perry
Robert Plant
Linda Ronstadt
Axl Rose
Carly Simon
Rod Stewart
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)And, at the risk of being permanently shunned from The Lounge, I'll add Courtney Love.
Deuxcents
(16,236 posts)Roy Orbison
Linda Ronstadt
Bruce Springsteen
Tina Turner
John Lennon
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Joni Mitchell
David Bowie
Michael McDonald
Linda Ronstadt
Freddie Mercury
Special Mention:
Peter Gabriel
Michael Hutchence
Pat Benetar
The sisters from Heart
That's off the top of my head but I'm sure there are fifteen others I just can't think of right now.
rurallib
(62,420 posts)I think Joan Baez has one of the most beautiful voices ever
Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Grace Slick
Gordon Lightfoot
John Lennon
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Kinda surprising.
Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)Good post. Thanks!
Mine (In no particular order):
John Lennon
Stevie Nicks
Elton John
Prince
Linda Ronstadt
True Dough
(17,305 posts)Always welcome an Upthevibe contribution in any thread! Thanks for your input.
Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)Awwwwwwwww. Thank you
electric_blue68
(14,906 posts)(No order unless a weapon of violence held to my head)
Roger Daltrey
Bono
Pere Townshend
Patti Smith
Kate & Cindy (B-52'S); harmonizing together
Honorable Mentions:
Brooooce
Annie Lenox
Tina Turner (covering Rock)
Seen them all live (except AL) 🧡🥰🧡🥰🧡🥰🧡
(Glad 3 of mine are favorites or HM)
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)In no particular order:
Margo Timmins
Chrissie Hynde
Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie
VGNonly
(7,495 posts)Steve Winwood
Janis Joplin
James Taylor
Greg Allman
Emmylou Harris
Sandy Denny
Neil Young
Patsy Cline
Van Morrison
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Some of them are, though!!
This is in somewhat of an order of favorites:
Belinda Carlisle
Bono Vox
Morrissey (yeah, yeah, I know)
Ian McCulloch
Michael Hutchence (RIP)
Honorable Mention: Michael Stipe
(I would put Madonna on this list, but I don't think she qualifies as rock)
True Dough
(17,305 posts)That brings back memories because high school teenage boy me not only liked her music, but I was absolutely smitten with "Mad About You" era Belinda -- even though she clearly had a man in her video (and I think that guy might have been her real-life husband/boyfriend at the time).
Skittles
(153,164 posts)and
Ronnie James Dio
Steve Perry
Robert Plant
Rob Halford
True Dough
(17,305 posts)likes some HARD rock. That makes sense to me.
Skittles
(153,164 posts)too late
I started with RADIO CAROLINE off the coast of Norolk county, England.....I learned from the BEST
Baggies
(503 posts)Robert Plant
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Roger Waters
iemanja
(53,035 posts)Did I mention David Bowie? Or David Bowie?
Niagara
(7,625 posts)Geoff Tate
Stephen Pearcy
Klaus Meine
Rik Emmett
Honorable Mentions:
Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
Blackie Lawless
LudwigPastorius
(9,150 posts)Janis Joplin
John Lennon
Chris Cornell
Bob Plant
Ann Wilson
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)Bruce Dickinson
Pat Benatar
Roger Waters
Bruce Springsteen
Frank Zappa
If I can have a punk singer, change Bruce Springsteen to Jello Biafra.
Niagara
(7,625 posts)Chester Bennington was an amazing vocalist as well.
I'm sorry, True Dough, I have a difficult time narrowing down my favorites.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)Bennington is worth a mention, Niagara. Gone too soon!