Your favorite vocalist...

[Chad Michael]

I'd go with Peter Cox of Go West.... his voice has stones, pitch, groove, and his ability to go from natural to falsetto is amazing <c:

 

[5StringBlues]

Jon Anderson

BB King

Albert King

Freddie King

Ian Gillian

Waylon



That's a short list.

 

[Chad Michael]

He (Peter Cox) sings with his whole face... plus, I miss the synth pop, and real talent. This seems mixer feed live audio. Sounds good on speakers or headphones.... Park your dime - sized smartphone speaker, it won't get you there.

 

[Stumbo]

Joe Cocker. Sang with his whole body. Lots to love in the gritty voiced limey. RIP.

 

[5StringBlues]

Joe Cocker. Sang with his whole body. Lots to love in the gritty voiced limey. RIP.

If you've not seen this documentary on Joe you MUST.

 

[Hot Rats]

Grace Slick.

 

[Bodeanly]

Freddie Mercury

Sorry, not sorry, for all the Queen posts.

 

[howard in nyc]

Boz
Linda
Emmylou

(Boz Scaggs, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, for you youngsters)

and of the King brothers mentioned above, man Freddie King was smooth.

 

[sissy kathy]

Karen Carpenter
Dean Martin
Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Patsy Cline

Spoiler

They're all dead.

 

[ColonelZulu]

 

[Lesfunk]

Tom Jones

 

[mikewalker]

Roger Daltrey - Roy Orbison - Richard Penniman

( three-way-tie)

 

[FilterFunk]

Stevie Wonder

Honorable mentions (in no particular order):
Chaka Khan
Maurice White
Jeffrey Osborne
Tom Jones
Gladys Knight
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
Donny Hathaway
Sade

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[andawun]

Susan Tedeschi, Danielle Nicole.

 

[btmpancake]

Andy Williams
Sam Cooke
Gary Puckett of the Union Gap
Engelbert Humperdinck
Luther Vandross
Billy Ocean
Julio Iglesia
Pavarotti
Patrice Rushen
Frank Sinatra
Journey--both lead singers were awesome.
Lionel Richie
Barry White
Clyde Mcphatter...

 

[bholder]

Annie Haslam of Renaissance. Closest thing to perfection I've ever heard. So many others too...

 

[bholder]

Male vocalist I'd go with Elvis Costello. What control...

 

[bass12]

George Michael
Seal
Ronald Isley
Smokey Robinson
David Hinds
Khaled
...

 

[James Hart]

Peter Gabriel
John Wetton

Tina Dickow
Sarah McLachlan