Your favorite vocalist...

[dawind99]

+1 for Tom Waits

Yep, Waltzing Matilda. He sells a song and tells a story.

 

[bearhart74]

Ritchie Kotzen

 

[play4sanity]

Rebecca Lovell

 

[Holdsg]

Yep, I'm old. I like being old. And I can't just go with one or two.

in no apparent order:

Male:
Ian Anderson
John Anderson
Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey
Peter Gabriel
Lionel Richie
Elton John
James Taylor
Ray Charles
Willie
Waylon
Merle
and Hank
John Prine (more for songwriting)
George Strait
George Jones
Jerry Jeff Walker
Townes Van Zandt (more for songwriting)

Female:
Bonnie Raitt (by a landslide)
Gladys Night
Sade
Allison Krauss
Donna Ulisse
Carrie Underwood
Gretchen Wilson
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Emmylou
Susan Tedeschi
Sheryl Crow
Rachael Price
Ann Wilson
Pat Benetar
Kate Bush
Paula Cole
Leigh Nash
Stevie Nicks

 

[darwin-bass]

Bob Dylan

NOT!!!!!


Fot me it is hands down...

Buble

 

[TheDirtyLowDown]

...
#1: James Taylor for being such a fantastic story teller.

Regards
Mark

Same here, plus he got me started playing fingerstyle guitar back in the 70's. He's been a favorite for decades.

A more recent favorite is Gregory Porter, eg:

 

[Billyzoom]

There's Donnie Hathway, and everyone else.

 

[Jokei]

Tom Waits, no one else comes close to doing what his voice does to me.

 

[technocraft]

Current: Conor Mason (Nothing But Thieves)

 

[Mike Sorr]

There are many, but Paul Rodgers is my favorite.

 

[Turbo Sparky]

Punk: Keith Morris
Pop: Adele/Deloris O'Riordan
Alt Rock: Maynard James Keenan
Rock: Chris Cornell/Joan Jett
Country: Hank Williams Sr./Loretta Lynn
Big Band: Frank Sinatra
Rap: Chuck B.

 

[Altitude]

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:

Full credit on Peter Cox, that's a nice obscure one. I really enjoyed Go West; they were one of those sneaky 80s bands trying to get on the radio but really full of heavy cats.

I love Chris Cornell, everything he did.

I love Sarah McLachlan too, but I think her producers have really led her wrong with all the heavy production they use on her voice. I don't think she needs it and she would sound better if they would let us really hear her.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

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:

Barry Manilow....just kidding....

 

[MG Wolf]

11 Pages in and still no:

Micky Dolenz (Porpoise Song)
Sammy BoDean
Jesse Winchester

 

[chuck1073]

KD Lange
Donald Fagan
Richard Page
George Jones
Pam Tillis

 

[Maxime1980]

Off the top of my head right now :

- Jarvis Cocker from Pulp (witty lyrics too !)
- Freddie Mercury
- Stevie Wonder (70's stuff esp.)
- Joey Ramone
- Siouxsie & The Banshees
- Amy Winehouse
- Beth from Portishead
- Leonard Cohen

 

[Dean N]

Two guys, quite different, not yet mentioned:

(And only one person mentioned Robert Plant!)

David Gilmour - emotive, controlled, elegant. Kind of like his guitar work.

Trent Reznor - criminally underrated as a vocalist. He sings with an incredible amount of straight up, raw emotion.

 

[kentiki]

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

Watched this the other night. Very good.

 

[juancaminos]

That would be Ann Wilson of Heart.

Yeah I'm going to edit that

 

[the_home]

male: James Taylor
female: TIE Margo Timmins & Alison Krause