Two that always come to mind for me are Colm Wilkinsom and Smokey Robinson. Although I don't really care for her music, Whitney Houston was special, too. Throwing in Andrea Bocelli too, not that he is an afterthought of course.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 2:20 am to JumpingTheShark

Sam Cooke - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"

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Posted by river_man

On the banks of the Mississippi

Member since Feb 2015

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 4:09 am to JumpingTheShark

Dax Riggs

Otherworldly Dreamer

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Posted by dukke v

PLUTO

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 6:24 am to river_man

Male:::Freddie Mercury and George Micheal

Female:: Celine Dion and Karen Carpenter

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Posted by catinthedark

Alabama

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 8:10 am to JumpingTheShark

Natalie Merchant
Layne Staley
Cat Stevens
Freddie Mercury
Elliott Smith

(Random I know but I love a variety)

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Posted by Will Munny

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 9:34 am to JumpingTheShark

Alison Krauss

Chris Barnes

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Posted by TigerRanter

Louisiana

Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 9:56 am to JumpingTheShark

Otis Redding
David Bazan
Beth Hart
Fiona Apple
Shara Worden

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Posted by TFTC

Chicago, Il

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 10:29 am to TigerRanter

Johnny Hartman

Ted Hawkins

Patty Griffin

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Posted by MontanaMax

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 10:31 am to JumpingTheShark

I immediately thought of Shannon Hoon. I always loved that raspy/almost falsetto sound. Of course there are many others but that's off the top of my head.

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Posted by tarzana

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 10:34 am to Kafka

Sam Cooke was clearly the best. He wrote all of his songs and no one could interpret them better than he could.

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Posted by WMTigerFAN

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 10:59 am to JumpingTheShark

Linda Ronstadt was always a favorite, Roy Orbison too.

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Posted by LSU alum wannabe

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 11:02 am to WMTigerFAN

In person, Chris Robinson. Dude was effortless when I saw him.

Female version of same style was a young Bonnie Raitt. Never appreciated her until seeing some 70's footage of her.

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Posted by geauxbrown

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 11:24 am to JumpingTheShark

Aretha Franklin
Stevie Wonder
Donnie Hathaway
Michael McDonald
Steve Perry
Sting
Joan Osborne
GG Shin
George Jones
Marc Broussard
BOBBY KIMBALL
Daryl Hall
David Pack
Al Green
Glen Campbell
Freddie Mercury
Prince
Luther Vandross
George Michael
Stevie Winwood
RAY CHARLES
Terry Kath
Oh, and that guy from Milli Vannili.

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Posted by Mars duMorgue

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 12:21 pm to JumpingTheShark

Janis, Judy Collins, James Brown, Marty Balin, Gene Clark, Howlin' Wolf.

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Posted by Pepe Lepew

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 12:26 pm to JumpingTheShark

Male
Frank Sinatra and Gregory Issac

Female
Eva Cassidy

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Posted by ThePTExperience1969

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 2:03 pm to JumpingTheShark

David Ruffin
Little Richard
Otis Redding
Sam Cooke
Joe Cocker
Stevie Wonder
Graham Nash
Roger Daltrey
Wilson Pickett
John Lennon
Aretha Franklin
Janis Joplin

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Posted by DannyB

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 10:54 pm to JumpingTheShark

Alison Kraus
Martina McBride
Vince Gill
Joss Stone
Beth Hart
Freddie Mercury

Just off the top of my head without putting too much thought into it and these are in no particular order.

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Posted by Chitter Chatter

In and Out of Consciousness

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Posted on 6/19/16 at 11:02 pm to JumpingTheShark

Nat 'King' Cole (IMO by far and away the best)
Freddie Mercury
Boy George (call me crazy but the voice not the material always)
Tom Jones
Elvis Presley
Sam Cooke

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Posted by YouAre8Up

in a house

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Posted on 6/20/16 at 7:28 am to geauxbrown