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   6/15/09

   Rory

   If I could have any male signer's voice it would have to be Freddie Mercury followed closely by Billy Joel.

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      6/15/09

      Rebecca7

      I used to be a big Billy Joel fan. Had many of his albums.
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   6/15/09

   acousticguitarist

   It's a hard one because of genres:
   
   In smooth pop - Kenny Rankin (died last week)
   
   In world music - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
   
   Brazilian - Milton Nascimento
   
   Country Folk - Tim O'Brien
   
   Rock - Robert Plant
   
   Blues - Pops Staples
   
   Jazz - Michael Bubble
   
   African - Salif Keita

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   1. 

      6/17/09

      rfburnhertz

      I must protest you choice for the category of Rock, Ian Gillian.
      He has a great voice, but his trump card is his scream.
      He has a literally beautiful scream.
      It's insane.]
      
      I direct you to Deep Purples Sweet Child In Time as exhibit "A".
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      6/18/09

      acousticguitarist

      yes Gillan is good, but Plant in full flight is hard to match
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      6/19/09

      rfburnhertz

      I agree, Plant was and remains great.
      
      Any chance you have given a listen to his album with Alison Krauss, Raising Sand?
      
      I bought it when it first came out and barely a week has gone by that I haven't played it.
      
      I was shocked, pleasantly so, when they took album of the year.
      I knew it was that good, but I had no idea any other person in the world even knew the album existed.
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   6/15/09

   acousticguitarist

   GP and the Union Gap... awesome voice. His songs still run around in my head, actually I have a playlist of about 2000 that repeats
   
   Fogerty was my second choice, because of the texture of his voice

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4. 

   6/15/09

   Sam1982

   Rock - Freddy Mercury
   
   Metal - Dave Draiman

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5. 

   6/15/09

   noetic

   Jeff Buckley
   
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDYQkP1ZUhQ

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   1. 

      6/15/09

      wagerwitch

      WITH YOU right there - TOTALLY...
      
      I love his music... such a dang shame.
      
      So Real... My absolute favorite.
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      6/15/09

      wagerwitch

      And Everybody Here Wants You...
      
      And Oh Gosh - Lilac.. oh and New Years...
      
      And just wow - what a truly sad sad sad ending.
      
      If there was ONE musician that has passed on that I would truly liked to have seen, touched and known - it would be Jeff Buckley.
      
      He and Tori Amos remain my favorites of all time.
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   6/15/09

   nothingprofound

   Jim Morrison

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7. 

   6/15/09

   dbowles1017

   The Joanas Brothers

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      6/15/09

      Sam1982

      Hanson were better
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      6/15/09

      cookingasshole

      Hanson kicks the Joanas' asses
      
      DAMN!
   3. 

      6/15/09

      dbowles1017

      But down the pipe fellows... Hanson were girls!
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      6/16/09

      Rory

      Come on!! Ooom Bop? Pure California rock! ;-)
8. 

   6/15/09

   christibroer

   Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, and John Fogerty! (Oops! That dates me a bit!)

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9. 

   6/15/09

   Rozie818

   I have to go with Elvis and Bobby Darrin

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10. 

    6/15/09

    Selbon

    For all time?....gotta be Elvis Presley..

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11. 

    6/15/09

    amybyrd21

    Ok I agree with George Micheals, and Freddie Murcery. Also the lead singer for Guns and Roses.

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    6/15/09

    Epicharis

    I could never answer this question and be satisfied with the answer I gave!
    
    I have recently discovered a singer whose voice I can't get enough of though...Joe Lynn Turner who was fantastic in Rainbow and is still fantastic today! Stunning voice!

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13. 

    6/15/09

    trailofpen

    Luciano Pavorotti
    James Brown
    Bono

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14. 

    6/15/09

    Selvia

    I love Elvis

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15. 

    6/15/09

    dsriharsha

    SP Balasubramaniam (google him up if you don't know him)
    
    Rock: Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant

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       6/15/09

       Selvia

       Oh yeah he has a good voice but I still love Elvis
    2. 

       6/15/09

       dsriharsha

       I named three.. who are you specifically referring to?
       All 3 have great voices btw.. all 4 rather
    3. 

       6/15/09

       Selvia

       SP Balasubramaniam, sorry for that
    4. 

       6/15/09

       dsriharsha

       can't believe you heard him.. thats nice.. you got any Indian connections?
    5. 

       6/15/09

       Selvia

       Being an Indian of course I have heard of him. I listen to his songs almost everyday. They are simply great
    6. 

       6/15/09

       dsriharsha

       ok.. /me feels stupid
    7. 

       6/15/09

       Selvia

       Oh, why do you say such thing.
    8. 

       6/15/09

       dsriharsha

       just because you are named "Selvia Ryan" I automatically assume you weren't Indian without even asking you..
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       6/15/09

       Selvia

       That doesnt make you to be stupid. Never judge a book by its cover
16. 

    6/15/09

    Rhettlyle12

    me in the shower

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       6/15/09

       Selvia

       Are you sure?
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    6/15/09

    Rhettlyle12

    only in the shower though, if i sing outside, people will suffer brain damage.

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    1. 

       6/15/09

       Selvia

       Pls dont sing we bloggers do want to end up with brain damage. We need to make more money.
    2. 

       6/15/09

       cathy13

       Oh I sooooooo know what you mean!
18. 

    6/15/09

    cathy13

    Yes I forgot about Elvis too...shame on me...how could I...when I cried for days and locked myself in my room when he died (I was very young lol)

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19. 

    6/15/09

    celticmusicfan

    I's say celtic singer Iarla O'Lanaird from Afro Celt Sound System.His voice is the male counterpart of Enya.

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       6/16/09

       cathy13

       I will have to check him out!
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    6/15/09

    daisygray

    Frank Sinatra

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    1. 

       6/15/09

       acousticguitarist

       He wasy good, don't like his phrasing much though.
    2. 

       6/17/09

       omiller

       Second vote for Frank.
21. 

    6/15/09

    LadyHands

    Michael Bolton ^_^

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    1. 

       6/16/09

       cathy13

       Did you ever hear him "sing" opera? OMG
    2. 

       6/16/09

       Rory

       No person should EVERY subject themselves to that type of torture. Hell, there's even a clause in the Geneva Convention against it's use when interrogating POWs - it's considered cruel and unusual punishment.
       
       Please!! For the love of the children!! Don't air that music!!!
       
       Oh, the humanity ...
22. 

    6/15/09

    Rebecca7

    Dan Fogelberg and Bob Seger

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    1. 

       6/16/09

       acousticguitarist

       Oh I like Dan. Wysteria is one of the best acoustic songs ever. In fact the greatest note ever sung was on that song on the word "White" Lips are Lily white
23. 

    6/16/09

    wormcarnevale

    axel rose

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24. 

    6/16/09

    greencurmudgeon

    Luciano Pavarotti - a sample:
    
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaOxn1tT2Oo
    
    Nine High C's in a row.
    
    Rolando Villazon is not far behind, particularly for his stellar portrayal of Hoffman in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
    
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=84YioXjOR9o

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       6/16/09

       SweetViolet

       I am not an opera fan, but I love a good tenor. I was privileged to see Pavarotti live back in the early 90s. I was mesmerized. Truly the greatest voice I have ever heard.
25. 

    6/16/09

    celticmusicfan

    I got a new one Denez Prigent from Brittany.Here's his duet with Lisa Gerrard taken off the soundtrack of Black Hawk Down.
    
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XrW2t02GYE&feature=related

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26. 

    6/16/09

    ThriftShopRomantic

    How 'bout Mel Torme? Funny-looking little man, but boy, could he sing the skat!

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       6/16/09

       christibroer

       You're right on Mel! He was a phenomenal singer and composer!
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    6/16/09

    dcarroll

    Tex Ritter. He doesn't have a real singer voice, but there is a lot of depth in his songs.
    
    "I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle
    As I ride merrily along
    And they say, 'Oh ain't ya glad I'm single'
    And that thought ain't so very far from wrong."
    
    If you've ridden a horse across Montana the song connects to a lot of things, even though I've been married for several decades.

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       6/17/09

       SweetViolet

       Oh, I had such a crush on Tex Ritter when I was a little girl! (A VERY little girl...a loooong time ago...)
28. 

    6/16/09

    DeadRooster

    Steve Winwood. Hard to believe he did the vocals on "Give me some Lovin'" when he was only 15 years old.
    
    And what could be cooler than this:
    
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWptXUblA4E
    
    Roll with it baby!

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29. 

    6/16/09

    tjefferson85

    Little Walter
    Luther Vandross
    Johnny Gill
    There is so many, lol.

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30. 

    6/16/09

    jeremylong

    Definitely George Michael !!
    He's the BEST.
    He is musically talented. No doubt about that!

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31. 

    6/17/09

    Rozie818

    @DR
    Steve Winwood is a great singer
    one of my all time fav's songs
    Dear Mister Fantasy

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    6/17/09

    omega

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned this guy yet www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g

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    1. 

       6/17/09

       cathy13

       ooooooooooook....did he ever sing anything else?
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       6/18/09

       acousticguitarist

       i'm frightened to look
33. 

    6/17/09

    janizarzagon

    Barry Manilow

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34. 

    6/17/09

    cathy13

    oooooooooooooh I love Barry Manilow! Do you remember what commercial jingle he wrote...way back when?????

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35. 

    6/18/09

    calais50

    Frank Sinatra, closely followed by Jim Morrison and Elvis

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36. 

    6/18/09

    FatX

    Michael Jackson

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37. 

    6/18/09

    madijay

    atif aslm

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