Best Male Voice of All Time (1 Viewer)

[jabarony]

Nearly a week gone by and nobody has mentioned the obvious #1.

Burton Cummings

These Eyes

Stand Tall

Laughing

No Time

Undun

I didn't realize it was the same guy singing all of those terrible, terrible songs.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Ian Gillan

 

[matuski]

He can slam revolving doors.

 

[psychobillies]

Orbison

Jim James

The guy from Cinderella.

Tom Keifer? Kiefer?

I forget. Great pull from obscurity, really. Night Songs accompanied me on a road trip to Florida back as as teen on a family vacation. Not terrible at the time, probably would hear it and cringe now.

Still great. Nobody's Fool is one of my favorite late night, drunk off your ### songs.

 

[kentric]

Ronan Tynan

Art Garfunkel

Lorne Green

Luciano Pavarotti

Ray Charles

Hendrix

B.B. King

John Facenda

and of course, the Big man himself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

Mel Blanc

Rich Little

Came in to post Art Garfunkel. He had/has such a beautiful voice. He's the male Karen Carpenter for me.

 

[E Street Brat]

Non singer

Mike Rowe

 

[kentric]

Honorable Mentions:

Iz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

Geoff Tate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tJaXmXsHc

Frankie (you have to include him)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIltgDzgvk8

 

[rockaction]

Orbison

Jim James

The guy from Cinderella.

Tom Keifer? Kiefer?

I forget. Great pull from obscurity, really. Night Songs accompanied me on a road trip to Florida back as as teen on a family vacation. Not terrible at the time, probably would hear it and cringe now.

Still great. Nobody's Fool is one of my favorite late night, drunk off your ### songs.

I listened to it right after my comment. Nobody's Fool is still awesome and demanded a repeat listen or three. What are the odds that Keifer and company wrote that one?

I know rumors are that Faster #####cat's first legendary slop-rock album was written by Ric Browde, their "producer," so I'm wondering what industry practice was at the time.

 

[rockaction]

Honorable Mentions:

Iz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

Geoff Tate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tJaXmXsHc

Frankie (you have to include him)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIltgDzgvk8

Geoff Tate is also a metal/range guy. Operation: Mindcrime was fantastic.

 

[psychobillies]

Orbison

Jim James

The guy from Cinderella.

Tom Keifer? Kiefer?

I forget. Great pull from obscurity, really. Night Songs accompanied me on a road trip to Florida back as as teen on a family vacation. Not terrible at the time, probably would hear it and cringe now.

Still great. Nobody's Fool is one of my favorite late night, drunk off your ### songs.

I listened to it right after my comment. Nobody's Fool is still awesome and demanded a repeat listen or three. What are the odds that Keifer and company wrote that one?

I know rumors are that Faster #####cat's first legendary slop-rock album was written by Ric Browde, their "producer," so I'm wondering what industry practice was at the time.

That I can't tell you. I would guess that whoever wrote it probably also wrote the equally awesome "Don't Know What You Got, Til It's Gone".

 

[Foosball God]

Nat King Cole

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuF-2y1Vhk

 

[parrot]

Non singer

Mike Rowe

FYI, Mike Rowe was once a professional opera singer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItlvHdoQ-8

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Ian Gillan

Very underrated.

 

[grateful zed]

bob dylan

neil young

ozzie osborne

ringo starr

phil lesh

 

[Jackstraw]

Best voice I ever heard live was John Kay from Steppenwolf. Just has a sledgehammer of a voice.

Honorable mention Chris Cornell.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Orbison

Jim James

The guy from Cinderella.

Tom Keifer? Kiefer?

I forget. Great pull from obscurity, really. Night Songs accompanied me on a road trip to Florida back as as teen on a family vacation. Not terrible at the time, probably would hear it and cringe now.

Still great. Nobody's Fool is one of my favorite late night, drunk off your ### songs.

I listened to it right after my comment. Nobody's Fool is still awesome and demanded a repeat listen or three. What are the odds that Keifer and company wrote that one?

I know rumors are that Faster #####cat's first legendary slop-rock album was written by Ric Browde, their "producer," so I'm wondering what industry practice was at the time.

Cinderella has a number of awesome songs. I see no reason why Night Songs sticks out as something that might have been ghost written.

 

[E Street Brat]

Non singer

Mike Rowe

FYI, Mike Rowe was once a professional opera singer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItlvHdoQ-8

I did not know that

 

[PIK95]

Nearly a week gone by and nobody has mentioned the obvious #1.

Burton Cummings

These Eyes

Stand Tall

Laughing

No Time

Undun

I didn't realize it was the same guy singing all of those terrible, terrible songs.

I love those tunes. The Guess Who was $$$.

 

[PIK95]

I always loved DMC's voice as a kid. Too bad he lost it

 

[kentric]

bob dylan

neil young

ozzie osborne

ringo starr

phil lesh

I guess the subjective nature of the question provides for any voice, but Ringo Starr??? Dylan and Young may be good song writers but from a vocal perspective, eeccckkkkk...

 

[Leroy Hoard]

bob dylan

neil young

ozzie osborne

ringo starr

phil lesh

I guess the subjective nature of the question provides for any voice, but Ringo Starr??? Dylan and Young may be good song writers but from a vocal perspective, eeccckkkkk...

:whoosh:

 

[Mr. Mojo]

bob dylan

neil young

ozzie osborne

ringo starr

phil lesh

I guess the subjective nature of the question provides for any voice, but Ringo Starr??? Dylan and Young may be good song writers but from a vocal perspective, eeccckkkkk...

Bob Dylan can sing?

Must be a

 

[Cunk]

Brad Delp

In his prime there was never a better singer. It's not even the way he could hit those high notes. There is just something about his tone that resonated with me more than any other singer.

 

[satch]

Brad Delp

In his prime there was never a better singer. It's not even the way he could hit those high notes. There is just something about his tone that resonated with me more than any other singer.

I started this thread in an oldies/soul kinda mood. I think a topic like this really needs to be broken down into genres. As far as classic rock goes, hard to beat Brad Delp. Although, Paul Rodgers ways resonated with me in a similar way. Like he was born with rock n' roll in his soul.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm sure (hoping) he's been mentioned, but Otis Redding did everything I want a singer to do.

 

[Buttonhook]

No mention of Michael McDonald? Arguably one of the most unique voices in rock history and heard he still sounds great live.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Luther Vandross

Pretty sure he also won the very first star search, which set off all these talent tv shows. (Unless you count the awesome gong show.)

If we are going for Rock, I'll throw in Ed Kowalcyzk

 

[Kevrunner]

David Hasselhoff

 

[elguapo07]

Lionel Richie

Michael Jackson (yes I said it but he was awesome before he went nuts)

Al Stewart

Gerry Rafferty

Bryan Ferry

 

[Jayrok]

David Phelps

Guy Penrod

 

[JohnnyU]

As for narrators I believe John Facenda and Morgan Freeman are the best. As for singers I think Freddy Mercury was the best.

 

[Jayrok]

Dennis DeYoung has/had a great male voice.

 

[Johnny Bing]

4 pages in and no one has said James Taylor.

 

[Apple Jack]

bob dylan

neil young

ozzie osborne

ringo starr

phil lesh

I guess the subjective nature of the question provides for any voice, but Ringo Starr??? Dylan and Young may be good song writers but from a vocal perspective, eeccckkkkk...

Bob Dylan can sing?

Must be a

He was kidding, but yes, Dylan can sing and might be the most misread by the masses and underrated singer there has ever been. A lot of his greatness as a singer happens in the writing, but his phrasing and utilization of the phonetic properties of words was truly revolutionary in the art world. A Rolling Stone writer once used a good Yeats quote in trying to explain what Dylan brings as a vocalist, "when the dancer becomes the dance."

And sometimes, he is just the author of a beautiful song.

https://www.facebook.com/LegacyRecordings/videos/10153558808057996/

 

[John Bender]

Brad Delp in a runaway for me.

 

[kentric]

David Hasselhoff

The German contingent weighs in.