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Best Male singer of the 70's

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  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,391
    Noddy Holder . 
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,210
    Bowie & Marley 
  • RedJohn
    RedJohn Posts: 597
    Luther Vandross, i think just sneaks into the seventies as a singer.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    Harry Nilsson
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited May 2020
    Very difficult to say as it depends on genre but I reckon the most powerful was Ronnie James Dio.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Barry White
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Tom Jones sneaks into the seventies don't he?

    Hate these questions...  too many and then someone says another and you go "oh yeh"

    Robert Plant for me.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    fadgadget said:
    Noddy Holder . 
    His singing was out of time, but it made him money.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,680
    Jon Anderson ... although at 5 feet 4 I guess he'd wouldn't pass the height test for some on here.
  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,547
    Marvin Lee Aday - AKA  Meatloaf 
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  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,953
    Have to confess to being an Elvis fan since he started in the 50s,this man could sing anything from wild country rock to soft voiced ballads,his Thats the way it is album remains one of my all time favourites.
    A very close second is Freddie Mercury who could have been a fine opera singer had he not died so early.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    I'd say Rod as he was able to cross most genres 
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Charles Coborn. 































    If it’s the 1870s. 😏
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,258
    McBobbin said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Marvin Gaye
    Certainly not many better. Check this out:

    https://youtu.be/87FjkqtK67o
    As the thread title was male singer of the 70s seems strange that you have chosen a song recorded & released in the 60s.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    charltonbob said:
    McBobbin said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Marvin Gaye
    Certainly not many better. Check this out:

    https://youtu.be/87FjkqtK67o
    As the thread title was male singer of the 70s seems strange that you have chosen a song recorded & released in the 60s.
    If it bothers you that much, I'd say he improved in the 70s

    https://youtu.be/fPkM8F0sjSw
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,677
    lolwray said:
    I'd say Rod as he was able to cross most genres 
    Rod Hull was ok but I wouldn't say he was the best 
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,258
    RedJohn said:
    Luther Vandross, i think just sneaks into the seventies as a singer.
    Well he was singing in the 70s but backing other artists & singing radio jingles. Late 70s he was in a group named Luther but it wasn't "his" group & I don't think he was the lead singer. Certainly the 80s when he burst onto the scene with his solo stuff but all this means nothing as it's just a list of what seems to be peoples favourite singer. My choice ? Little Jimmy Osmond :smiley:
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    Curtis Mayfield
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    blackpool72 said:
    lolwray said:
    I'd say Rod as he was able to cross most genres 
    Rod Hull was ok but I wouldn't say he was the best 

    He had a hit with, Up On The Roof
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,677
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    blackpool72 said:
    lolwray said:
    I'd say Rod as he was able to cross most genres 
    Rod Hull was ok but I wouldn't say he was the best 

    He had a hit with, Up On The Roof
    That hit fell flat 
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    charltonbob said:
    RedJohn said:
    Luther Vandross, i think just sneaks into the seventies as a singer.
    Well he was singing in the 70s but backing other artists & singing radio jingles. Late 70s he was in a group named Luther but it wasn't "his" group & I don't think he was the lead singer. Certainly the 80s when he burst onto the scene with his solo stuff but all this means nothing as it's just a list of what seems to be peoples favourite singer. My choice ? Little Jimmy Osmond :smiley:
    Wasn’t he one of the backing singers on Young American?
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    edited May 2020
    I also agree this is about musical taste. 

    Personally I like distinctive voices that are versatile. 

    Anyone wanting to hear Plant not screaming should listen to his version of the Tim Hardin classic If I Were a Carpenter. In my view he absolutely nails this ballard. 

    Roger Daltrey displays a similar versatlity in some of his solo work. Believe it or not his first album away from the Who was written by Leo Sayer. He also performed the Beggars Opera which involved him technically singing Opera around this time. 

    Other favourites of mine ( which wouldn't be fashionable)  are David Essex and the previously mentioned Leo Sayer. Both of whom are good singers who both wrote much of their own material. 


  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,370
    Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    cafctom said:
    Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.


    No, he really didn't and yes I was there.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,258
    McBobbin said:
    charltonbob said:
    McBobbin said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Marvin Gaye
    Certainly not many better. Check this out:

    https://youtu.be/87FjkqtK67o
    As the thread title was male singer of the 70s seems strange that you have chosen a song recorded & released in the 60s.
    If it bothers you that much, I'd say he improved in the 70s

    https://youtu.be/fPkM8F0sjSw
    Doesn't bother me, I just wondered why you didn't choose a 70s track
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,258
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    blackpool72 said:
    lolwray said:
    I'd say Rod as he was able to cross most genres 
    Rod Hull was ok but I wouldn't say he was the best 

    He had a hit with, Up On The Roof
    Think he had the hit when he fell off the roof 
  • Ted\'s Addicksson
    Ted\'s Addicksson Posts: 555
    edited May 2020
    Joe Strummer
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,258
    edited May 2020
    SuedeAdidas said:
    charltonbob said:
    RedJohn said:
    Luther Vandross, i think just sneaks into the seventies as a singer.
    Well he was singing in the 70s but backing other artists & singing radio jingles. Late 70s he was in a group named Luther but it wasn't "his" group & I don't think he was the lead singer. Certainly the 80s when he burst onto the scene with his solo stuff but all this means nothing as it's just a list of what seems to be peoples favourite singer. My choice ? Little Jimmy Osmond :smiley:
    Wasn’t he one of the backing singers on Young American?
    Little Jimmy Osmond or Luther Vandross ? :smiley:

    If LV I didn't know that but wouldn't surprise me ?
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Meatloaf
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    Either Leo Sayer or Barry White

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