Five favorite rock singers of all time?

[True Dough]

Mine:

Stevie Nicks

Jon Bon Jovi

Robert Plant

Freddie Mercury

Lou Gramm

EDIT: An honorable mention to Canuck Tom Cochrane

[DEbluedude]

1. Mine.

Greg Allman

Tom Petty

Don Henley

Steven Tyler

Vincent Furnier

[walkingman]

2. Off the top of my head.....

Steve Winwood

John Lennon

Robert Plant

Ann Wilson

Annie Lennox

Honorable mention - Grace Slick

[TygrBright]

3. I'll take a crack at it...

Paul Rodgers
Annie Wilson
Sam Cooke
Roy Orbison
Freddie Mercury

Runners-up:
Robert Plant
Annie Lennox
Linda Ronstadt
Axl Rose
Elton John

Tough choices!

interestedly,
Bright

[OilemFirchen]

4. OK.

Grace Slick
Roger Daltrey
Levon Helm
Janis Joplin
Bruce Springsteen

[KarenS]

5. mine are,,,,

Mick Jagger
Stephen Tyler
Freddie Mercury
Roger Daltry
David Lee Roth

sheesh,,, so many to choose from and so many I don't quite consider rock,,,,
I could easily double this list

[Applan]

6. Being english

Freddie Mercury (undoubtedly number one)
Paul Weller
David Bowie
Mark Knopfler
Robert Plant

[Applan]

10. ... and really surprised that...

Nobody else had Bowie on their list?

[iemanja]

36. Good choices

Bowie tops my list, but I also love Mark Knopfler.

[carpetbagger]

7. Morrison , Jon Anderson, Greg Lake, Cobain, Mercury.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. I wanted to put Greg on my list

he is certainly an honorable mention.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Any Old Way You Choose It...

ELVIS PRESLEY
GRACE SLICK
JIM MORRISON
LITTLE RICHARD
CONNIE FRANCIS

[True Dough]

17. ALL CAPS

and bold, there can do no doubt that this is definitive!

[love_katz]

9. My faves:

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Stevie Nicks. Ann Wilson.
Grace Slick. Robert Plant. Elton John
Edited to add:. Candy Givens of Zephyr.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Peter Gabriel

Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Sting
Tie for 5th David Bowie/Jon Anderson

[Wingus Dingus]

13. Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Stevie Nicks, Maynard James Keenan, Geddy Lee.

Not all have classically beautiful voices, but I love them anyway in the context of their music. Oops, someone above mentioned Peter Gabriel, love him too. Edit to add: Left Trent Reznor off--can't do that! Edit again: Bono! Eddie Vedder! Dave Grohl!

[highplainsdem]

14. Favorite three are easy to think of: Paul Rodgers, Robert Plant, David Bowie.

After those three, a lot of favorites I'd have trouble listing in any particular order. Including:

Steve Marriott
Steve Winwood
Justin Hayward
Bruce Springsteen
Bono
John Fogerty
John Mellencamp
Eddie Vedder
Rory Gallagher
Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
Campino (aka Andreas Frege, Die Toten Hosen)
Joe Cocker
Rod Stewart
Paul McCartney
Sting
Mick Jagger
Greg Lake
Gregg Allman

[Drum]

15. Ian Gillian, Deep Purple

[Genki Hikari]

16. Jon Bon Jovi sounded awful live

Every time I saw him. Which was 3 times. That was enough to convince me that he either needed to find a genre that suited his voice better, or that he was studio magic to keep a pretty boy out front.

Take your pick.

My five would be:

Ann Wilson of Heart

Freddie Mercury of Queen

Pat Benatar

Chris Hall of Stabbing Westward. He's incredible live. Really.

Tie: Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks

Probably in that order.

[Genki Hikari]

19. Honorable Mentions (alphabetical order)

Bryan Ferry

Peter Gabriel

Boy George (in the few rockers the group did, he sounded terrific)

Michael Hutchence

Elton John

Annie Lennox

George Michael

Joni Mitchell

Jim Morrison

Steve Perry

Robert Plant

Linda Ronstadt

Axl Rose

Carly Simon

Rod Stewart

[OilemFirchen]

22. Gotta agree with Chris Hall.

And, at the risk of being permanently shunned from The Lounge, I'll add Courtney Love.

[Deuxcents]

18. It's difficult but..

Roy Orbison
Linda Ronstadt
Bruce Springsteen
Tina Turner
John Lennon

[2naSalit]

20. Hmmm...

Joni Mitchell
David Bowie
Michael McDonald
Linda Ronstadt
Freddie Mercury

Special Mention:

Peter Gabriel
Michael Hutchence
Pat Benetar
The sisters from Heart

That's off the top of my head but I'm sure there are fifteen others I just can't think of right now.

[rurallib]

21. Is she rock?

I think Joan Baez has one of the most beautiful voices ever

Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Grace Slick
Gordon Lightfoot
John Lennon

[OilemFirchen]

23. No one has mentioned Bon Scott?

Kinda surprising.

[Upthevibe]

24. True Dough............

Good post. Thanks!

Mine (In no particular order):

John Lennon

Stevie Nicks

Elton John

Prince

Linda Ronstadt

[True Dough]

25. Good picks!

Always welcome an Upthevibe contribution in any thread! Thanks for your input.

[Upthevibe]

28. True Dough...........

Awwwwwwwww. Thank you

[electric_blue68]

26. Mine...

(No order unless a weapon of violence held to my head)

Roger Daltrey

Bono

Pere Townshend

Patti Smith

Kate & Cindy (B-52'S); harmonizing together


Honorable Mentions:

Brooooce

Annie Lenox

Tina Turner (covering Rock)



Seen them all live (except AL) 🧡🥰🧡🥰🧡🥰🧡

(Glad 3 of mine are favorites or HM)

[lillypaddle]

27. Hard to pick just 5

In no particular order:

Margo Timmins

Chrissie Hynde

Robert Plant

Freddie Mercury

David Bowie

[VGNonly]

29. Joni Mitchell

Steve Winwood

Janis Joplin

James Taylor

Greg Allman

Emmylou Harris

Sandy Denny

Neil Young

Patsy Cline

Van Morrison

[Coventina]

30. Mine are favorites, not especially great vocalists!

Some of them are, though!!

This is in somewhat of an order of favorites:

Belinda Carlisle

Bono Vox

Morrissey (yeah, yeah, I know)

Ian McCulloch

Michael Hutchence (RIP)

Honorable Mention: Michael Stipe

(I would put Madonna on this list, but I don't think she qualifies as rock)

[True Dough]

33. Belinda Carlisle

That brings back memories because high school teenage boy me not only liked her music, but I was absolutely smitten with "Mad About You" era Belinda -- even though she clearly had a man in her video (and I think that guy might have been her real-life husband/boyfriend at the time).

[Skittles]

31. Freddy number 1, no contest

and
Ronnie James Dio
Steve Perry
Robert Plant
Rob Halford

[True Dough]

32. Skittles, who likes to threaten to kick some ass

likes some HARD rock. That makes sense to me.

[Skittles]

34. omg don't get me started

too late

I started with RADIO CAROLINE off the coast of Norolk county, England.....I learned from the BEST

[Baggies]

35. David Clayton Thomas

Robert Plant

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Roger Waters

[iemanja]

37. Bowie, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Stuart Adamson (Big Country), and Mark Knopfler.

Did I mention David Bowie? Or David Bowie?

[Niagara]

38. In no certain order:

Geoff Tate

Stephen Pearcy

Klaus Meine

Rik Emmett

Honorable Mentions:

Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)

Blackie Lawless

[LudwigPastorius]

39. In no particular order:

Janis Joplin

John Lennon

Chris Cornell

Bob Plant

Ann Wilson

[jmowreader]

40. Okay...

Bruce Dickinson
Pat Benatar
Roger Waters
Bruce Springsteen
Frank Zappa

If I can have a punk singer, change Bruce Springsteen to Jello Biafra.

[Niagara]

41. I woke up this morning and remembered that

Chester Bennington was an amazing vocalist as well.




I'm sorry, True Dough, I have a difficult time narrowing down my favorites.

[True Dough]

42. Fair enough

Bennington is worth a mention, Niagara. Gone too soon!