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  • 24 Red
    24 Red Posts: 578
    Sandy Denny and Aretha Franklin from the women. Elvis and John Lennon from the men. Denny and Franklin arguably the best ever British and American singers respectively.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,734
    Horsfield9 said:

    DA9 said:

    Matt Monro, best Bond song ever

    Not forgetting The Italian Job, - On Days Like This , simply brilliant, always sends a shiver down my spine.
    Does it for me too but more for the Lamborghini Miura than the song.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,085
    Gladys Knight wasn't too shoddy either
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,595
    Art Garfunkel and Matt Munro for me. I wasn't born 'til the 70's and only recently discovered Matt Monro.........Just wow. Apparently named by Sinatra as one of his favourite singers.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    This is going to be as impossible as the guitar riff thread. It seems that we all love virtually all the riffs, and all of these voices had their moments and are admirable in themselves.
    It is often about those moments that touch a place deep inside, and the time when that happened.
    I wouldn't have any of his stuff as a Desert Island Disc but Elvis Presley's voice had a way (to quote Lou Reed) of getting to the centre of your head.
    Voices are definitely a matter of personal taste in my view.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,454
    CharltonMadrid said:

    Levi Stubbs.

    Great call
    cafctom said:

    Sam Cooke for me. Haven't heard a soul voice come close.

    Even greater call
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Reg King from The Action.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,329
    Everyone mentioned on this list... Billy Fury wasn't bad either.
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,989
    Muma Cass, Karen Carpenter or Dusty Springfield for me had the best female voices.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,187
    Bill (You’ve lost that living feeling) Medley, Righteous Brothers, tall one.

    One of my all time favourite songs ever, that Cilla had the audacity to cover and crucify!

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  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,805
    Marvin & Aretha top my charts.

    But agree that Matt Munro was very special too & taken far too young.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,698
    Paul Jones
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Percy Sledge
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,896
    Terry Reid
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    Henry Irving said:

    Otis, Aretha, Marvin,

    This!
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,432
    Joe Cocker.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,067
    DaveMehmet said:

    Horsfield9 said:

    DA9 said:

    Matt Monro, best Bond song ever

    Not forgetting The Italian Job, - On Days Like This , simply brilliant, always sends a shiver down my spine.
    Does it for me too but more for the Lamborghini Miura than the song.
    I'm with you on that gorgeous Miura - automotive porn.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,264
    Cilla and Lulu...
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,564
    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,085
    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,564
    edited October 2017
    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer
    Well....look at some of the others that have been mentioned, they could also be described as front men/women with distinctive voices but not particularly great singers. In fact most mentioned can arguably come into that category wouldn’t you say?
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,085
    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer
    Well....look at some of the others that have been mentioned, they could also be described as front men/women with distinctive voices but not particularly great singers. In fact most mentioned come into that category wouldn’t you say?
    No, not really.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,564
    edited October 2017
    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer
    Well....look at some of the others that have been mentioned, they could also be described as front men/women with distinctive voices but not particularly great singers. In fact most mentioned come into that category wouldn’t you say?
    No, not really.
    What odd reasoning.......so you have decided that Jagger isn’t a great singer and yet some of the others mentioned above are......that just doesn’t make sense mate.
    Incidently......I’m no great fan of him.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,085
    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer
    Well....look at some of the others that have been mentioned, they could also be described as front men/women with distinctive voices but not particularly great singers. In fact most mentioned come into that category wouldn’t you say?
    No, not really.
    What odd reasoning.......so you have decided that Jagger isn’t a great singer and yet some of the others mentioned above are......that just doesn’t make sense mate.
    Incidently......I’m no great fan of him.
    Well, not all people are great, but the names that pop up like Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Steve Marriott and some of the crooners clearly are great singers, and famed for their voices
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,210
    Roy Orbison by a mile.

    Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Del Shannon.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,564
    edited October 2017
    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    McBobbin said:

    SoundAsa£ said:

    Surprised that no one has mentioned Jagger?

    Really? Great front man with a distinctive voice, but he's far from being a great singer
    Well....look at some of the others that have been mentioned, they could also be described as front men/women with distinctive voices but not particularly great singers. In fact most mentioned come into that category wouldn’t you say?
    No, not really.
    What odd reasoning.......so you have decided that Jagger isn’t a great singer and yet some of the others mentioned above are......that just doesn’t make sense mate.
    Incidently......I’m no great fan of him.
    Well, not all people are great, but the names that pop up like Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Steve Marriott and some of the crooners clearly are great singers, and famed for their voices
    As is Jagger (not by you or I)..... by many millions worldwide Mac and that’s why I’m surprised no one has mentioned him up to now.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    But it's best voice, not best singer, a great tone and great timing sometimes beats a pitch perfect vocalist.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Joe Cocker and Sam Cooke.
    Aretha and Streisand.
  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,262
    bobmunro said:

    DaveMehmet said:

    Macronate said:

    First name that came in to my head was Steve Marriott.

    Same here, my ultimate front man from that era.
    Another vote for Marriott from me. Robert Plant was a bit of a Small Faces groupie and based his delivery on Stevie.
    Another vote for Steve Marriott from me.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,454
    Love the stones excellent band, great songs but Jagger isn't, imho, a great voice.

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