How about people nominating their top five favourite singers of all time mine are ELVIS PRESLEY. SAM COOKE. BOB MARLEY. DAVID BOWIE. AND THE RECENTLY DEPARTED JOHNNY CASH anyone else got favourites.

Nina Simone (of course)

Beth Gibbons

Thea Gilmore

Dar Williams

Ani Difranco

How many more times do I have to tell you lot!!

The finest singer is here in Sheffield under your noses!!!

Listen to RICHARD HAWLEY and be amazed!! :thumbsup:

Can't think of five right now but Annie Lennox has to be one of them.
Will have a think about this and come back to it

Crooner - Frank Sinatra with Nat King Cole second

Tenor - Franco Corelli

Soprano - Maria Callas

Baritone - Fritz Wunderlich

Female Jazz - Billie Holiday

Male Jazz - Mel Torme

Ask me on another day and it'll possibly be different depending on my mood.
Here goes:
Skin (ex Skunk Anansie) - What an AWESOME voice this woman has.
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Adam Duritz (Counting Crows)
George Michael (ahem)
Aaron Lewis (Staind)
and since I can't keep to just 5:
Pink as well
:thumbsup:

Rick waller does it for me!!:D

Damn, how did I forget Rick? Can I have seven choices? :D

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/temple of the dog/MACC/Audioslave)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Mark Lanegan (Screaming trees/mad season/queens of the stone age)

Like you Lou, I have moods and you can see I'm in a grunge mood!

Chris cornell and eddie vedder would always be on my list though, I have two more...

Sia
Tori Amos


Can I have more choices please??

I,m a Big Elvis fan so
Elvis
John Lennon
Queen
They are My Favs
Anyone been to Memphis? I have been 4time in 3 years.:clap: :D :P

Im a BIG rock music fan, but i love the sound of Dido, her voice is so soft and relaxing, i can listen to her for hours...:love:,
but in a more ROCK music kinda way the voice of Amy Lee, the singer from Evanescence is powerful and full of emotion.... plus it helps that i think shes a MEGGA BABE:nod:

Originally posted by fittdiva
Rick waller does it for me!!:D

WHAT does he do for you?!

The mind boggles!

mine as got to be

pink
gwen stefani- loved her ever since she was in no doubt
andrea corrs- the corrs
robbie williams

just a few i can think off that i like.

1. Guess who? :confused: :D

2. Bono - U2
3. Tupac Shakur
4. John Lennon
5. Travis
6. Mark Knopfler
7. Michael Stipe
8. Madonna
9. Phil Collins
10. Elton John

In no particular order:-

Roy Orbison
John Lennon (early Lennon/Plastic Ono Band)
Karen Carpenter
Agnetha and Frida from Abba
Nat King Cole
Perry Como
Freddie Mercury
Olivia Newton-John
Bono (up to Joshua Tree only)
Dusty Springfield
Eddi Reader (ex Fairground Attraction)
early Bowie/Rod and Elton
Noddy Holder (Every Day for eg - a better singer than he's given credit for)
Barry Gibb
and Milo from the Tweenies

michael jackson
lemar, craig david
lionel richie
ELV!S
nina simone

cant think of anymore.....

prince
george michael
elvis
christina aguilara , dodgy spelling i know
wendy and lisa

mmm...

Judith Durham (The Seekers)
Sarah McLachlan
Bob Marley
Patsy Cline
Dido
Sinead O'Connor
Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel
Crispian Mills (ex Kula Shaker)
Ozzy Osbourne (check out some of his early Sabbath Ballards)

Originally posted by Ousetunes
Milo from the Tweenies

I did some work for this guy in Reading.

What an annoying twerp :gag:

Deloris - Cranberries

Nick Cave - Bad Seeds

Johnny Cash - God

Have to rate quite highly.

Don't like all the music but people I think have voices to die for:

Kate Bush
Karen Carpenter
Mark Lanagan
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
David Gray
Nina Simone
Michael Stripe
Lou Reed
Roisin Murphy
Bono
Barry Manilow ( honestly he's got a good voice - just some dodgy songs)

i am shocked that u cud leave out Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin! Janis Joplin has got a brilliant voice!

also so has joss stone!!!!

Ian Brown

Tracy Chapman

My Aunty sings reet well also :P

Aimee Mann

Nerina Pallot

Beth Gibbons

Louise Rhodes

Jewel

Tori Amos

Sarah McLachlan

Sheryl Crow

Tom Mcrae

Anthony Kiedis

Frank Sinatra

David Gray

Damien Rice

ummmmm loads more but I don't want to write an essay!!!

Donney Hathaway
Tim Buckley
PJ Harvey
Brian Eno!
Al Green
Johnny Cash
Sandy Denny
Nelly Futado
Beverley Knight
Terry Callier
Van Morrison
Nina Simone
Jeff Buckley

It beats me how people enjoy the tinny rasp of John Lennon.

(Not in order):

Paul Carrack (local lad!)

Judith Durham (The Seekers)

Anabel (Portuguese singer)

Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company)

Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)

Sinead O'Connor

little EBONEY JAYNE OBRIEN little girl age ten with a very big voice...

Originally posted by Lou

Skin (ex Skunk Anansie) - What an AWESOME voice this woman has.


Got to agree withyou there, She's absolutely amazing live aswell.

:thumbsup:

Others I can think of are:

Karen Carpenter (already been mentioned aswell but worth saying again)

Eva Cassidy

Smokey Robinson

Annie Lennox

Mick Ronson

Alison Moyet

No-one has mentioned the GOD...

...MORRISSEY!! My hero.

Jeff Buckley.

Doris Day.

Mr Hankey.

The Josh Homme.

Nancy Sinatra.

Etc.

thank,s Ally i will tell her x