100 Greatest Singers of All Time

[Pogo]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

Eric Clapton? David Gilmour? As singers?
I get it -- irony.

There's no way I'm going to page through 100 web pages to see the whole list. Is it collected somewhere?

Is Yma Sumac on it? Or Ellen McIlwaine? Nat King Cole?

 

[Alfalfa]

Had? did he die or something?

No but his vocals are shot. He no longer has much range.

Same for Meat Loaf, sadly...and I wonder if he has early-stage Parkinsons.

Saw ML a year or so ago. Voice is gone, almost asked for my money back.

 

[Alfalfa]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

I thought I saw Roy Orbison, but no Amy Lee, no Rhiannon Giddens.

Whoops, my bad. Didn't see Roy, but he's there at #13. Still lots of notable absences on the list. Didn't see Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas, Frank Sinatra, or Enya Brennan either. I suppose any list will be very subjective. My favorite singer is Ann Wilson of Heart.

Saw her a month ago...the pipes are as good as new.

 

[BDBoop]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

I thought I saw Roy Orbison, but no Amy Lee, no Rhiannon Giddens.

Whoops, my bad. Didn't see Roy, but he's there at #13. Still lots of notable absences on the list. Didn't see Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas, Frank Sinatra, or Enya Brennan either. I suppose any list will be very subjective. My favorite singer is Ann Wilson of Heart.

I only have a favorite until I hear another song by another favorite.

Annie Lennox - did she make the list?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y7_ToXSXjk]Annie Lennox - Into The West (LOTR) (Lyrics) (HQ) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[P F Tinmore]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

And who the hell is Bjork #59?

I think the number was 59, may have been 60.

Immie

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3biZkA-TNvs]Björk - Army of Me (HQ) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Borillar]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

Eric Clapton? David Gilmour? As singers?
I get it -- irony.

There's no way I'm going to page through 100 web pages to see the whole list. Is it collected somewhere?

Is Yma Sumac on it? Or Ellen McIlwaine? Nat King Cole?

Hey, I'd put both Clapton and Gilmour above lots of the folks on the list.

 

[BDBoop]

Doesn't look like the same list to me, but here;

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby “Blue” Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin’ Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

Rolling Stone?s 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time - Stereogum

 

[Immanuel]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

And who the hell is Bjork #59?

I think the number was 59, may have been 60.

Immie

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3biZkA-TNvs]Björk - Army of Me (HQ) - YouTube[/ame]

Not bad, but definitely not in the top 100.

Immie

 

[Pogo]

Doesn't look like the same list to me, but here;

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby “Blue” Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin’ Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

Rolling Stone?s 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time - Stereogum

Thanks. I just knew it wouldn't be worth scrolling through 100 web pages.

Lamer than lame. Looks like basically a list of "the top 100 singers we've heard of".
Aretha Franklin number one? Really?
Bruce Springstein? The man sounds like a slow-motion recording of a cat having hot tar poured on its back...

Oh well, let's get 'em edumacated...

Check out this range...

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Karen Carpenter? Karen Freaking Carpenter? Really?

 

[Pogo]

Then again, how ya gonna keep 'em on the farm once they hear Darlene...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8do_Vsc4Frw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8do_Vsc4Frw[/ame]

 

[Mr. H.]

Burton Cummings.

He da man.

 

[BDBoop]

There are some decent singers that don't need any cover or games played with their singing.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i1mr9amqeg]Kimbra - "Plain Gold Ring" (Live at Sing Sing Studios) - YouTube[/ame]

Adele, for another.

 

[Borillar]

Doesn't look like the same list to me, but here;

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby “Blue” Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin’ Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

Rolling Stone?s 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time - Stereogum

Thanks. I just knew it wouldn't be worth scrolling through 100 web pages.

Lamer than lame. Looks like basically a list of "the top 100 singers we've heard of".
Aretha Franklin number one? Really?
Bruce Springstein? The man sounds like a slow-motion recording of a cat having hot tar poured on its back...

Oh well, let's get 'em edumacated...

Check out this range...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWxNqyIRtk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWxNqyIRtk[/ame]


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Karen Carpenter? Karen Freaking Carpenter? Really?

I don't have a problem with Karen being on the list. At least she could sing, which is more than I can say for Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.

 

[Pogo]

Doesn't look like the same list to me, but here;

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby “Blue” Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin’ Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

Rolling Stone?s 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time - Stereogum

Thanks. I just knew it wouldn't be worth scrolling through 100 web pages.

Lamer than lame. Looks like basically a list of "the top 100 singers we've heard of".
Aretha Franklin number one? Really?
Bruce Springstein? The man sounds like a slow-motion recording of a cat having hot tar poured on its back...

Oh well, let's get 'em edumacated...

Check out this range...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWxNqyIRtk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWxNqyIRtk[/ame]


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVg4m0qpTI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVg4m0qpTI[/ame]


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUlKtLG7rGY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUlKtLG7rGY[/ame]

Karen Carpenter? Karen Freaking Carpenter? Really?

I don't have a problem with Karen being on the list. At least she could sing, which is more than I can say for Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.

I dunno -- if Karen could sing, maybe she should have put it on a record at some point...

I can sorta see the inclusion of the idiosyncratic (Dylan, Joe Cocker, Tom Waits) in lieu of actual singing ability. But where then is Leon Russell?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Bob Dylan at 7 means the list is useless political bullshit

again

And Aretha Franklin at #1?

 

[Borillar]

Thanks. I just knew it wouldn't be worth scrolling through 100 web pages.

Lamer than lame. Looks like basically a list of "the top 100 singers we've heard of".
Aretha Franklin number one? Really?
Bruce Springstein? The man sounds like a slow-motion recording of a cat having hot tar poured on its back...

Oh well, let's get 'em edumacated...

Check out this range...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWxNqyIRtk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVg4m0qpTI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUlKtLG7rGY

Karen Carpenter? Karen Freaking Carpenter? Really?

I don't have a problem with Karen being on the list. At least she could sing, which is more than I can say for Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.

I dunno -- if Karen could sing, maybe she should have put it on a record at some point...

I can sorta see the inclusion of the idiosyncratic (Dylan, Joe Cocker, Tom Waits) in lieu of actual singing ability. But where then is Leon Russell?

Well, I realize it's just my humble opinion. I think Karen had a lovely singing voice albeit within a limited range. I'd rather listen to her than several of the divas on the list, mainly because she didn't do all the constant annoying vocal acrobatics and warbling so common today. Probably doesn't belong on a top 100 list though.

Dylan flat out sucks as a singer. Great songwriter, but couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

Interesting that no opera singers are listed. No Pavarotti, Enrico Caruso, Placido Domingo, etc. Guess they just meant pop singers.

 

[Billo_Really]

The guy from Rush sucks. Dylan, Cocker and Steve Tyler suck. Freddy Mercury definately sucks. That's probably what got him killed. Sly Stone? Did he even show up to sing? Lou Reed doesn't even sing, he talks. Bono, fuckin' give me a break.

If you want to talk about good singers, here's who I'd put before anyone on that list (except for maybe Aretha, or Otis, or Gregg)

Greg Lake

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxHGxQw9ws]Greg Lake - Still You Turn Me On - YouTube[/ame]



Ian Gillan

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQySVJlskPE]Deep Purple video Made in Japan 1972 Rare (part 3) Strange Kind Of Woman - YouTube[/ame]



Ian Anderson

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWubhw8SoBE]Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Pogo]

I don't have a problem with Karen being on the list. At least she could sing, which is more than I can say for Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.

I dunno -- if Karen could sing, maybe she should have put it on a record at some point...

I can sorta see the inclusion of the idiosyncratic (Dylan, Joe Cocker, Tom Waits) in lieu of actual singing ability. But where then is Leon Russell?

Well, I realize it's just my humble opinion. I think Karen had a lovely singing voice albeit within a limited range. I'd rather listen to her than several of the divas on the list, mainly because she didn't do all the constant annoying vocal acrobatics and warbling so common today. Probably doesn't belong on a top 100 list though.

Dylan flat out sucks as a singer. Great songwriter, but couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

Interesting that no opera singers are listed. No Pavarotti, Enrico Caruso, Placido Domingo, etc. Guess they just meant pop singers.

Yeah the list kind of implies that, except that they've got Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Bobby Blue Bland (snort), Mavis Staples and so forth. Which leads me to think it has far less to do with who's a deserving singer and far more to do with selling magazines.

 

[Borillar]

The guy from Rush sucks. Dylan, Cocker and Steve Tyler suck. Freddy Mercury definately sucks. That's probably what got him killed. Sly Stone? Did he even show up to sing? Lou Reed doesn't even sing, he talks. Bono, fuckin' give me a break.

If you want to talk about good singers, here's who I'd put before anyone on that list (except for maybe Aretha, or Otis, or Gregg)

Greg Lake

Greg Lake - Still You Turn Me On - YouTube


Ian Gillan

Deep Purple video Made in Japan 1972 Rare (part 3) Strange Kind Of Woman - YouTube



Ian Anderson

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath - YouTube

Didn't see Geddy Lee from Rush on the list. Agree regarding Dylan. Cocker is OK, although has that weird spastic act. Tyler pretty good IMHO. Totally disagree about Freddie Mercury sucking at singing. Dude could flat out sing.

Greg Lake? Not a bad choice. Dude could sing and chew gum at the same time.

Ian Gillan? Terrific at scream rock.

Ian Anderson? Voice has an annoying nasal quality. Better at playing flute while hopping around on one foot than anybody else though.

 

[Derideo_Te]

No Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, David Gilmour, Kelly Sweet, Roy Orbison, Mama Cass? Eric Clapton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, Boz Scaggs? No James Freakin Otto? WTF kind of list is this?

They have Bob Dylan at #7 and Jim Morrison at #47. They must have been playing a drinking game in a Greenwich pub to come up with this list.