Singers who can sing.

[Reciprocity]

Anne Lennox, Tracy Chapman, Carly Simon, Sam Cooke, Steve Perry (Journey) just to name a few.

[XNASA]

1. David Bowie

[realisticphish]

2. Trey Anistasio

[MN ChimpH8R]

3. A few more

Sandy Denny
Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
Jacqui McShee (Pentangle)
Diana Krall
Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention)
Jon Anderson
Karen Carpenter
Greg Lake (back in the old days)

[Reciprocity]

7. OMG how could I forget Karen Carpenter.

I saw her in concert, she sat on a stool and just belted it out, with no effort.

[mvd]

8. In a topic like this, I won't worry about forgetting

Karen's great. I could also add The Bangles, Andrea Corr, David Gray, Anna Nalick, George Strait, Aimee Mann, The Temptations, Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, Sting, Eddie Vedder, Billie Joe Armstrong....

[MN ChimpH8R]

9. Hers was a pure gift

No one can be taught to sing the way she did. You either can or you can't. The melancholy was genuine from what I've read of her life.

[Shell Beau]

12. Karen Carpenter had an angelic voice!

[kwassa]

4. Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion,

Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston

all major voices, whether or not I like the style of the music

Jim Morrison, Bono, Howling Wolf, Tom Jones, and many more than I can't think of in my brain-dead condition.

[Shell Beau]

13. I still love Whitney! I have to say that she may have

gone wacko, but her voice is undeniably beautiful!

[mvd]

27. Ella Fitzgerald, too

Sometimes she's overlooked.

[Rob H.]

5. The late Jeff Buckley

Voice like an angel--his name was the first that sprang to mind.

[mvd]

6. I love Annie, Carly, and Sam

As for singers who can/could sing, it's hard to know where to stop. Elvis, Patsy Cline, Billy Holiday, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Kristi McClave from Hope 7 (new one I love,) those singers I listed in my "underrated singers (vocally)" board, Sarah McLachlan, Michelle Branch, Natalie Maines, Patty Loveless, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Simon And Garfunkel, Brian Wilson (especially in the past,) Janis Joplin, Brice Springsteen, Bono, etc.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Matthew Bellamy (Muse), Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta)...

Elliott Smith, Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Stephanie Pakrul, Dallas Green (Alexisonfire), Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars).

[Fox Mulder]

11. Anyone not listed in the "Singers who can't sing" thread.

:D

[Dukkha]

14. Sinead O'Connor, Soiuxie Sioux, Peter Murphy

oh and every woman that's sang for Delerium.

[Scoots]

15. Frank, Dean, and Sammy.

'Nuff said.

[Shell Beau]

16. Okay, flame me but I just heard Kelly Clarkson on the radio.

She is a great singer whether you like her or not. She has a powerful voice.

[mvd]

23. Agreed

She's the only American Idol singer who made an album that I liked enough to buy.

[Shell Beau]

24. Yeah, me too!

I rooted for Ruben, but his album didn't seem all that.

[tjwmason]

17. James Bowman, Andreas Scholl n/t

[RayOfHope]

18. Sting. He is fabulous live. Also Bonnie Raitt

and (duck) George Michael post-Wham.

[Shell Beau]

20. Bonnie Rait!! Yep, I've heard her live and she is great.

[Shell Beau]

19. Patsy Cline!!

She could sing!! Wonderful! The best!!!

[grace0418]

21. Neil Finn, Neil Finn, Neil Finn.

And Neil Finn.

[Shell Beau]

22. But what about Neil Finn?

:silly:

[grace0418]

29. I've heard him sing the following lyrics live at least three times:

"...read me like a book
that's fallen down between your knees
please
let me have my way with you..."

And I turned to mush every single time. His voice....mmmm...

*grace goes off to her happy place*

[mvd]

25. Yes!

Very good choice. Sinead, Dean, and Frank are also great choices. DUers have good taste in this thread.

[Rob H.]

32. Dang. Forgot about him.

He has a great voice.

[grace0418]

38. I was just going to second your Jeff Buckley vote! I forgot about him

and he even named a song after me! ;)

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. Elizabeth Fraser (formerly of Cocteau Twins).

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Natalie Merchant.
Margo Timmins (of Cowboy Junkies).
Alicia Keys.

Many more I can't think of at the moment.

[Shell Beau]

30. I love Alicia Keys and also Norah Jones

[Left Is Write]

28. Raul Malo and Chris Isaak.

[undeterred]

31. Mariah Carey

[lse7581011]

33. John Denver n/t

[Reciprocity]

37. I wanted to name John as well.

However I'm such a fan and he was so (pardon the pun) instrumental in my life with his views on the environment, love, and peace that I can't be objective. The first concert I ever went to was his. I became a National Park Ranger because of his influence on me as a young person. I wish I could have told him in person, but alas it was not meant to be.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

34. Vanessa Williams. I was shocked when I heard her sing The National

Anthem on TV at I think a Superbowl. She had *prefect pitch*. Blew me away with her voice too!

[Rob H.]

35. From the metal end of the spectrum: Geoff Tate of Queensrhyche

Specifically on Operation: Mindcrime. Just an awesome album all the way around.

[Shell Beau]

36. The girl who sang as Eponine in Les Miserables

"On My Own" Such a beautiful song and a beautiful voice. And the song she sang with Marius "A Little Fall of Rain"

[Beaverhausen]

39. Ann Wilson from Heart

and she still has it!