Some of the PNW group were talking about music this afternoon, and it was clear that it would be easy to list some of the greatest females vocalist [I'll leave that for someone else to start that thread :-) However, we ran out of names at about a half dozen great male vocalists. We're not talking entertainers or musicians -- vocalists. Yeah, MJ was a great entertainer ... but not a great vocalist. One name per post. I'm going with low-hanging fruit:

(1) Frank Sinatra
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When MJ was a kid, his voice was sublime.


1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? :-))
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? :-))
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? :-))
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? :-))
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bruce Dickinson
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I dunno about "great", but my favorite male vocalists are: LEMMY, Tom Waits, and Howlin' Wolf. I wouldn't add them to the list of Greatest male vocalists though. :-)
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? )
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bruce Dickinson
8. Brian Wilson
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Hmmm .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Danzig I'm familiar only with 4, 5, and 6 on your list. We came to the conclusion that Johnny was a great man, great entertainer, but not on the list. Roy Orbison made it. Elvis, interestingly, didn't even come up. The King of Rock, but I suspect it may be analogous to the King of Pop. :-) Other thoughts?
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Great entertainers -- yes; great musicians - yes; cult figures -yes, but not on the list.:-)
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Certainly a musical genius, but not a great vocalist.
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Okay .... here's a little help: Tony Bennett
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Freddy Mercury
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? )
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bruce Dickinson
8. Brian Wilson
9. FREDDY MERCURY
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Robert Plant
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Neil Diamond
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Steve Perry


I will stop there but there are many great Rock (used loosely to include Neil) vocalists, if you mean vocalists period there is a ton of em.

Guys like Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole to go way back
Otis Redding, Bill Medley not as far back, etc etc

Oops that is more than one per post :-)
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I mistakenly thought you were asking for opinions. And well, since this is going to be all about you and your groups opinions this thread is pointless.
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1. Frank Sinatra
2. Glenn Danzig (who did you think I would list first? )
3. Denny Doherty
4. Elvis (especially when singing gospel)
5. Roy Orbison
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bruce Dickinson
8. Brian Wilson
9. FREDDY MERCURY
10. Nick Lowe

~and if we want to go with 'different but great' or something along those lines Neil Young really has a voice
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his music isnt what most would consider beautiful by any means. but the man really can sing.... If he put on a suit and sang crooners, I bet he would have had all the ladies swooning over him.

James Alan Hetfield
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Sam Cooke

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