Greatest male singers of all time

1. Pavarotti
2. Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers)
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Robert Plant
5. Bono

I'm partial to rock singers, but since no genre restrictions are listed, I think you have to include the greatest male opera singer of the past century so I have to put Pavarotti at the top. But I don't know that there is a smoother male vocal performance with this kind of range in the history of music than Bobby Hatfield in this clip:

 
Mystery Train said:
1. Pavarotti
2. Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers)
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Robert Plant
5. Bono

I'm partial to rock singers, but since no genre restrictions are listed, I think you have to include the greatest male opera singer of the past century so I have to put Pavarotti at the top. But I don't know that there is a smoother male vocal performance with this kind of range in the history of music than Bobby Hatfield in this clip:

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That's awesome... but he's using Trump's tanning cream.

... that song is much better when I'm watching Demi Moore get groped.
 
John Doe
Joey Ramone
Joe Strummer
Iggy Pop
Bob Mould

If Bono 🤮 and Geddy Lee 😱can be on the list, so can these chaps. Seriously though, Mike Patton probably needs to be on the list. 6 octave range (2 better than Mercury) and perfect pitch.
 
watfly said:
John Doe
Joey Ramone
Joe Strummer
Iggy Pop
Bob Mould

If Bono 🤮 and Geddy Lee 😱can be on the list, so can these chaps. Seriously though, Mike Patton probably needs to be on the list. 6 octave range (2 better than Mercury) and perfect pitch.
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Duuuuude.....2112....I listened to it two more times today after this discussion. No love for Geddy. Early U2 was amazing stuff.

That's a good list though. Just had to go back and listen to The Passenger and Bang Bang. Iggy was the best.
 
NorCalDad said:
Duuuuude.....2112....I listened to it two more times today after this discussion. No love for Geddy. Early U2 was amazing stuff.

That's a good list though. Just had to go back and listen to The Passenger and Bang Bang. Iggy was the best.
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First off, I'm probably the last person anyone should listen to for greatest singers. I'm probably tone deaf.

I've never been able to get my ears around Prog Rock. I don't doubt that Rush has great musicians but it just sounds too clinical to me.

I wasn't a huge Iggy/Stooges fan, but I saw Iggy at a festival this past summer. He shuffled out on stage bent over at the hip, shirtless with his skin literally hanging of his bones. I thought "oh crap, this is going to be bad". Then he just preceded to rip it. He sounded amazing.
 
watfly said:
John Doe
Joey Ramone
Joe Strummer
Iggy Pop
Bob Mould

If Bono 🤮 and Geddy Lee 😱can be on the list, so can these chaps. Seriously though, Mike Patton probably needs to be on the list. 6 octave range (2 better than Mercury) and perfect pitch.
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Wow... you picked the one guy worse than Joey Ramone... John Doe. I'm starting a Worst Male Singers thread if you're gonna stoop this low.
 
NorCalDad said:
I suppose Lee is an acquired taste, but 2112 was one of the best albums ever made -- I think if Plant is on the list, so is Lee. Ozzy from Black Sabbath to solo stuff was amazing. Roth was friggin legit. Maybe Morrison comes off the list -- I think I like the influence he had more than anything else.
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Slobodan said:
Wow... you picked the one guy worse than Joey Ramone... John Doe. I'm starting a Worst Male Singers thread if you're gonna stoop this low.
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I'll give you Joey Ramone, but John Doe has a great voice. Listen to his solo stuff which is just OK musically but showcases his voice.
 
CleatSniffer said:
1. Chris Cornell
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Scott Wieland
4, Jeff Buckley
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Good call on Scott Weiland. Dude had such range in terms of the style he'd sing. I'd hear all these cool songs, and I'm pretty much an 80's rocker, but never know it was him until much later. Almost like he sounded different in each one.
 
I'm mostly into rock, but I thinks Willie Nelson is a great singer.

As far as front men go, they don't get any better than Angelo Moore. Fishbone is red hot!
 
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