re: Best vocalist of all time?

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 10:11 am to Tigertown in ATL

Celine Dion????

Posted by AlxTgr

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 11:08 am to RockAndRollDetective

quote:
John Lennon. Maybe Paul Westerberg.

Eeeuw

Posted by KiwiHead

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 2:26 pm to NorthTiger

quote:
Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye

Very worthy picks especially in R & B, but for me, Otis Redding just blows them away when it comes to the passion in his voice

Also, give an honorable mention to Teddy Pendergrass

Posted by VOR

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 2:41 pm to FightinTigersDammit

Paul is terrific, and maybe under-appreciated, but not the best of all time

Posted by 91TIGER

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 3:12 pm to DeadHeadTiger

female

country

female country

This post was edited on 6/5/18 at 3:17 pm

Posted by Duane Dibbley

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 3:15 pm to DeadHeadTiger

I always thought Buffy St.Marie had a great voice.

Buffy St.Marie (1969) Illuminations...psychedelic folk

Posted by VOR

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 5:48 pm to 91TIGER

I'll accept frank and Patsy.

Posted by Cdawg

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:02 pm to VOR

Sam Herring

Posted by Mulat

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:45 pm to DeadHeadTiger

Roy Orbison

Posted by Mr. Misanthrope

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Posted on 6/5/18 at 8:46 pm to DeadHeadTiger

IMO only.
Harry Nilsson
Patsy Cline/Karen Carpenter/Gladys Knight (take your pick)

Edit: Jackie Wilson

This post was edited on 6/5/18 at 9:04 pm

Posted by defreak

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 1:54 am to Bestbank Tiger

Hahahahahahahahahaha!! Good one

Posted by hillrosetiger

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 11:21 am to DeadHeadTiger

Henley, Mercury, Gilmour

Posted by StickyFingaz

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 2:23 pm to Melvin

I was coming to post this mel

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This post was edited on 6/6/18 at 2:24 pm

Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 2:38 pm to DeadHeadTiger

Male: Sam Cooke
Female: (in their prime) either Linda Rondstadt or Emmylou Harris

Posted by TejasHorn

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 3:45 pm to DeadHeadTiger

^
Repeatedly declined surgery to fix a mouth defect... his voice was too good to f with.

This post was edited on 6/6/18 at 3:51 pm

Posted by shmashmortion

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Posted on 6/6/18 at 3:45 pm to madmaxvol

Mercury, Cornell, Weiland, Stanley, Cobain, prime Getty Lee.
Mariah, Whitney Houston, Ariana Grande, Celine

Maybe not the greatest (some) but some greats.

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