Who is the best singer that ever lived?

[DallasEast]

Google Aretha Grammy performance.

She took on an opera aria on two days notice when the scheduled singer got sick.

This is seriously no contest.

:signmast:

I've always wondered how dominant Mahalia Jackson or even Ella Fitzgerald would have been in this day and age. I can remember Fitzgerald performing at the Grammys in her late seventies shortly before her death. Her range and depth of voice even then was mind numbing.

 

[WV Cowboy]

You are never going to get anyone to agree on 1 single singer.

I'm not a huge fan or anything, but nobody has mentioned Elvis, ... his voice just flowed with no effort whatsoever.

Roy Orbison.

Barbara Streisand

Steve Perry

Freddie Mercury

She never really hit it big, and she died too young, but Laura Brannigan had an amazing voice, I loved to hear her sing.

This isn't even the tip of the iceberg.

Like I always say, I don't have to pick just one, and I'm glad.

 

[jimmy40]

Bing Crosby.

without question

 

[Zaxor]

Nat King Cole

 

[jimmy40]

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm inclined to think it's Christina Aguilera. Granted, I don't know much about opera or that sort of singing, but in terms of modern artists, I have never heard anyone do what she does with her voice.

I'm curious as to what other think.

she would be awesome at those pig calling contests

 

[Zaxor]

Karen Carpenter

that is a great choice also

 

[Hostile]

Wow. It is impossible to answer this definitively. There are so many wonderful singers male and female. You can't go wrong with any of these.

Females

Sarah Brightman
Barbra Streisand
Karen Carpenter
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Franklin
Billie Holliday
Patsy Cline

For sheer guts and get me out of my seat power I still love Janis Joplin. Hers was not a technically perfect voice like some, but it was magical.

One I am betting most in here have never heard of is Annette Strean of Venus Hum. Talk about power in a voice, she can blow you out of your chair when she let's loose.



Males

Frank Sinatra
Roy Orbison
Bing Crosby
Art Garfunkel
Freddy Mercury
Steven Perry
Vince Gill

The guy who never ceases to simply move me though is Andrea Bocelli. Perhaps the purest voice I have ever heard.

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[Duane]

K.D. Lang can sing as good as anyone.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Me....in the shower or car :laugh1:

 

[Signals]

William Hung's mother should be along any minute.

 

[zrinkill]

Stevie Nicks

I could listen to her sing the alphabet.

 

[urface59]

Are you all stupid? Taylor Hicks of course

 

[Hostile]

Are you all stupid? Taylor Hicks of course

sbk92, is that you?

 

[Wimbo]

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[Aikmaniac]

Many good listings here. I'll add Josh Groban. The guy gives me goosebumps. Right up there with Andrea Bocelli.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I'll add Josh Groban. The guy gives me goosebumps.

We aren't talking about that, we are talking about how good they sing.

:laugh2:

 

[CATCH17]

This guy

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[WV Cowboy]

If you aren't familar with Laura Brannigan, please take a moment and listen to her sing "The Power of Love."

I'm not suggessting that she is the best ever, but she has a great and powerful voice. I loved her, but she passed away too young.

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[WV Cowboy]

This guy

What a great crowd, they all were either cheering throughout the entire song, or they were singing along, .. which is what I do at games.

It is hard to beat the feeling of patriotism that I feel during the SSB at a football game. That song reminds me that it is all about freedom to be where we are at that moment and doing what we are doing.

Only in America.

 

[Aikmaniac]

We aren't talking about that, we are talking about how good they sing.

:laugh2:

Oh, my bad!