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time for a fresh, new thread on something different. what are the top 10 favorite vocalists in your opinion male or female, any era, any type of music.
Mine are:
1. Steve Perry
2. Andrea Bocelli
3. Karen Carpenter
4. Elton John
5. Pat Benatar
6. Diana Ross
7. Neil Diamond
8. Stevie Wonder
9. Josh Groban
10. Celine Dion

1. steve perry
2. dennis deyoung
3. peter cetera
4. leanne rimes
5. brad delp
6. ann wilson
7. jim morrison
8. stevie nicks
9. martina mcbride
10. amy lee

lidobar wrote:time for a fresh, new thread on something different. what are the top 10 favorite vocalists in your opinion male or female, any era, any type of music.
Mine are:
1. Steve Perry
2. Andrea Bocelli
3. Karen Carpenter
4. Elton John
5. Pat Benatar
6. Diana Ross
7. Neil Diamond
8. Stevie Wonder
9. Josh Groban
10. Celine Dion

Great list!

Here's mine, in no particular order - For any genre or musical style...

Steve Perry
Rob Halford
Tony Lewis
Bobby Hatfield
Art Garfunkel
Michael Crawford
Terrence Trent D'arby
Roland Orzabal
Oleta Adams
Sammy Davis Jr

Just favorites, not saying anyone's the best...My list could go on...

Damn Jeremey, how could I forget Tony Lewis?? Absolutely one of the most unique voices in rock!!! I love The Outfield. Did you catch the last CD, Anytime now? Decent CD!

ScarabGator wrote:Damn Jeremey, how could I forget Tony Lewis?? Absolutely one of the most unique voices in rock!!! I love The Outfield. Did you catch the last CD, Anytime now? Decent CD!

Yes, it was a good CD, glad to have gotten some new material out of the guys. I'm hoping we hear more from them in the next year now that John Spinks is in good health again!

Glad to hear Spinks is doing better as well. I heard he was doing pretty rough there for a while. I dont know if you know a rock band based in Atlanta named "5 Star Iris" but the lead vocalist, Alan Schaefer knows him and gave me the scoop at one of their gigs in Auburn, Alabama a short time back. I know now why they didnt/couldnt tour to support the CD.

Steve Perry
Lou Gramm
John Schlitt
Geoff Tate
Rob Halford
Ray Alder
JSS
Brad Delp
Dennis DeYoung
Steve Walsh
David Coverdale
Sammy Hagar
Andy Denton
Tony Martin
RJD
Jimi Jamison
Zachary Stevens

A quick stab, in no order:

1. Steve Perry

2. Jeff Scott Soto

3. Geoff Tate

4. Jack Russell (Great White)

5. Don Dokken

6. Tony Harnell (TNT)

7. Steven Patrick (Holy Soldier)

8. Kelly Hanson (Hurricane, Foreigner)

9. C.J. Snare (Firehouse)

10. Michael Sweet (Stryper)

Oops... left out John Schlitt (Petra)!!!

RipRokken wrote:7. Steven Patrick (Holy Soldier)

Ooh...Forgot about that guy. Great singer. I used to have all three of their studio albums. The debut and "Last Train" were great but I didn't care much for "Promise Man". Seemed to be too much of an attempt to capitalize on the grunge movement. Unfortunately, I don't have those albums any longer. Great stuff, though, for the most part.

conversationpc wrote:

RipRokken wrote:7. Steven Patrick (Holy Soldier)

Ooh...Forgot about that guy. Great singer. I used to have all three of their studio albums. The debut and "Last Train" were great but I didn't care much for "Promise Man". Seemed to be too much of an attempt to capitalize on the grunge movement. Unfortunately, I don't have those albums any longer. Great stuff, though, for the most part.

Did you ever get "H5 Encore", the live disc featuring both Steve and Eric Wayne? It's well worth having.

Any type of music? Okay you asked for it.
In no certain order...

Steve Perry
Freddie Mercury
Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey
Rosemary Clooney
Frankie Valli
DDY
Phil Collins
Dean Martin
Peter Gabriel

lidobar wrote:time for a fresh, new thread on something different. what are the top 10 favorite vocalists in your opinion male or female, any era, any type of music.

1. Glenn Hughes (Unique power & feel - The God of Rock)
2. Steve Perry (Superb tone, original sound, emotion)
3. Ann Wilson (Female power)
4. Rob Halford (Cos there is no-one like Rob)
5. Ian Gillan (DP Circa Made In Japan)
6. Dan Huff (For first Giant CD)
7. Brad Delp (Silky smooth, awesome range)
8. Marc Bolan (Nothing technical here, just defined an age over here)
9. Ronnie James Dio (power and longevity)
10. David Lee Roth (Very original in his own way - sounded like no-one else)

Difficult to leave so many great singers out tho...

i dig many vocalist, but only these few stand out to me...

steve perry

freddie mercury

andrea bocelli

luciano pavarotti

stevie wonder

brad delp

anne wilson

Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

Rockindeano wrote:Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

I notice someone forgot to put their favorite Canadian in there... erm, well Canadian dude... shit... still an even split. Where's Bryan?? That's what I mean!

Rockindeano wrote:Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

No Bryan Adams?

Rockindeano wrote:Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

Yeah, I guess one assumes the 'rock' genre was intended but the overall talent net is huge - The King indeed was something special. I'd have to stick Lennon & McCartney in there, a) for such a prolific high standard of writing and b) their vocals always complimented each other so well, particularly on the earlier stuff and have a very distinctive sound to them.

Well sticking just with Rock and the first 10 that come to mind quickly:

Steve Perry
Geoff Tate
Ronnie Dio
Don Dokken
Dave Meneketti
David Coverdale
Bruce Dickenson
Sammy Hagar
Jeff Keith
Eric Martin

Blue Radio Girl wrote:

Rockindeano wrote:Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

I notice someone forgot to put their favorite Canadian in there... erm, well Canadian dude... shit... still an even split. Where's Bryan?? That's what I mean!

BA is a phenominal singer, but he doesn't have a voice like those I listed. Singing and voice is different, right? You should make a list of entertainers...now that would be a cool list.

1 Ronnie James Dio
2 Geoff Tate
3 Stevie Nicks
4 Steve Perry
5 Danny Joe Brown
6 John Farnham
7 Steve Augeri
8 Jeff Scott Soto
9 Joe Lynn Turner
10 Sass Jordan

Blue Radio Girl wrote:I notice someone forgot to put their favorite Canadian in there... erm, well Canadian dude...

Umm... Mike Reno? I was just marveling at how excellent he sounds on the new Loverboy disc, and he hits some killer notes on a few songs!

RipRokken wrote:

Blue Radio Girl wrote:I notice someone forgot to put their favorite Canadian in there... erm, well Canadian dude...

Umm... Mike Reno? I was just marveling at how excellent he sounds on the new Loverboy disc, and he hits some killer notes on a few songs!

I noticed when I heard the latest CD, he sounds almost identical to the vocals on 'Wildside' almost 20 years ago - no mean feat

Paul Stanley
Ronnie James Dio
Geoff Tate
Glenn Hughes
Derek St. Holmes
Sammy Hagar
Rob Halford
Bruce Dickenson
Geddy Lee (just the old stuff, sorry)
Phil Lynott

Steve Perry*
Lou Gramm
Brad Delp
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Bryan Adams
Freddy Mercury
Conway Twitty
Jimi Jamison
Peter Cetera

* Denotes far and away #1.

Another few Yngwie-related vocalists I've always really liked are Joe Lynn Turner, Mike Vescera, and Goran Edman.

Saint John wrote:Steve Perry*
Lou Gramm
Brad Delp
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Bryan Adams
Freddy Mercury
Conway Twitty
Jimi Jamison
Peter Cetera

* Denotes far and away #1.

I was planning to say that, but I didn't because you can't be a female Perry fan and say that without people rolling their eyes at you and thinking/saying you only like it because Perry does. I knew who Sam Cooke was before I knew jack shit about Perry, though, that's for sure.

Here's one to add...mostly due to his unique vocal style and INCREDIBLE stage presence!

Peter Garret (Midnight Oil)

RipRokken wrote:Another few Yngwie-related vocalists I've always really liked are Joe Lynn Turner, Mike Vescera, and Goran Edman.

What? No Mark Boals mention?

Rockindeano wrote:Pretty good lists, however, I notice no one put the King in..

Steve Perry
Elvis Presley
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Leanne Rymes
Smokey Robinson
Frank Sinatra

WTF?? Tell me you don't listen to these two...

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
I was planning to say that, but I didn't because you can't be a female Perry fan and say that without people rolling their eyes at you and thinking/saying you only like it because Perry does. I knew who Sam Cooke was before I knew jack shit about Perry, though, that's for sure.

Before I knew who Sam Cooke OR Steve Perry was, I first heard that material from The Spinner's version of Cupid. Absolutely amazing! Yeah, it was dated and a little disco sounding, but Jonathan Edwards nailed that song dead on, and the last notes on that refrain were amazing. Speaking of The Spinnners....What a great vocal band!! Damn, now I want to hear some more Spinners.