Best Rock Vocalists of All-Time

[Blaster]

21 Best Rock Male Vocalists of All-Time Who Sang Great!

The title notwithstanding, I readily admit that this is a list of my favorites, most significant influences, and those that I consider the greatest rock singers of our time. Who were the best Rock Male Vocalists of All-Time? The criteria? It’s mostly about range, tone and pitch (RTP), but I’ve also

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[Blaster]

I agree that Steve Perry has the greatest voice of any other singer.

 

[1srelluc]

*** and all Freddy could belt them out.

 

[Oddball]

What, no Anthony Kiedis?....j/k

 

[ReinyDays]

"Awww mom ... not MEATLOAF for dinner again !!!" ...

 

[Zincwarrior]

*** and all Freddy could belt them out.

I would add David Bowie

 

[1srelluc]

I would add David Bowie

He had his moments but he went through a lot of cha-cha-changes.



I loved this movie adaptation of Starman.

 

[the watcher]

It's a tossup between Roy Orbison and Slim Whitman.

 

[1srelluc]

Your title did not say male so:

 

[Zincwarrior]

We are talking rock so female is more limited.
But Dude: Joan Jett!

 

[Woodznutz]

It's a tossup between Roy Orbison and Slim Whitman.

Orbison, hands down. No one could match his soaring high notes that raised the hairs on yer head.

 

[1srelluc]

We are talking rock so female is more limited.
But Dude: Joan Jett!

Her voice ain't all that.

 

[Desperado]

Paul Rodgers,
Linda Ronstadt

 

[DudleySmith]

Okay, so he didn't do much rock, but Sarah did. Jones is also doing new stuff with some rock in his new band.

Freddy? lol no. Perry I could see. Lou Gramm was better, but I hate the band itself.

Elvis is still King, and in three genres no less.

 

[DudleySmith]

It's a tossup between Roy Orbison and Slim Whitman.

Actually I like both. Whitman was huge in England.

 

[ReinyDays]

The woman hasn't been born who can sing with Black Sabbath ...

This list in the OP is heavily biased towards the harder end of the rock spectrum ... I was going to bring up Stephen Stills, but that music is a lot softer than the rock in the list ...

Strong contraltos start with Beverly Sills ... ends around Gracie Slick ... it's an unfair comparison ... in good rock-n-roll, we shouldn't be hearing the men screaming into the microphones, not over the guitars ... Joan Beaz' voice was lost around "lady in red" ...

 

[DudleySmith]

 

[DudleySmith]

The woman hasn't been born who can sing with Black Sabbath ...

Brightman could, easily; she has a 3 octave range and at least 5 different 'voices' and has covered every genre except country.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Her voice ain't all that.

My wife is getting into the car with a baseball bat as we speak. RUN!

 

[Zincwarrior]

We have Osborne, anyone mention Robert Plant?