I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now but kept forgetting… until today! Without further adieu, here’s the upper echelon of Q’s list.
Top 20:
1. Elvis Presley
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Frank Sinatra
4. Otis Redding
5. John Lennon
6. Marvin Gaye
7. Kurt Cobain
8. Robert Plant
9. Mick Jagger
10. Jeff Buckley
11. Liam Gallagher
12. Billie Holiday
13. Thom Yorke
14. Johnny Cash
15. Sam Cooke
16. John Lydon
17. Janis Joplin
18. Bob Dylan
19. Kate Bush
20. Carl Wilson
Music Slut faves: #30 Morrissey, #35 Bjork, #54 Leonard Cohen, #68 Antony, #70 Beth Gibbons (Portishead), #88 Ian Curtis (Joy Division), #100 Jon Thor Birgisson (Sigur Ros). Full list, as well as countless other Q lists, can be found here.
MP3s: Joy Divison – Ceremony + Sigur Ros – Untitled #4
and wait a minute… what, no bowie, or freddie mercury?
liam gallagher BEFORE john lydon? you gotta be kidding, if they have jazz singers, where’s chet baker or ella fitzgerald? and where elizabeth fraser? I could go on, but whatever, those top ten or twenty or whatever lists always miss the point, there is no “better”, i’d like to hear the dingbat that issues these lists sing himself…
another fave, camarón de la isla, flamenco cantaor extraordinaire!
nice jdivision tune, btw!
Jello Biafra is the best vocalist ever. End of story.
Excellent choice with the Joy Division!
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wait wait wait…Bob Dylan??? #18??? maybe if this was a song writing category, but being ranked that high as a singer? come on now
i have one thing to say:
WHERE IS JAMES BROWN
Where is THE Master called: Freddie Mercury!?
What about Bruce Springsteen or Axl Rose!
This has got to be the stupidest list I’ve ever seen. Bob Dylan has one of the worst voices I’ve ever heard. Musical genius? Absolutely. Singer? Hell no. And also, as it seems to be a trend on this blog (and a perfectly legitimate one I might add), I have complaints about Freddie Mercury not being on the list. Though others may not agree with me, I don’t think Kurt Cobain belongs on any top 100 or even top 1000 lists of anything. The only intelligent thing he ever did was put a gun to his head. Whoever wrote this list should follow suit.
BILLY JOEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
”Vienna” proves all his talent.
I have a problem with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey or Beyonce Knowles not being in the top 20. They kill it on stage and I have a problem with them not making the top 20.
Now…WHY IS FREDDIE MERCURY NOT UP THERE! He has the range not many female singers have and such power, yet I don’t see him the top twenty…WHY?
wait wait wait wait! wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow. bob dylan 18 BULLSHIT! kurt cobain 7 BULLSHIT! this list all together is
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Dude, Michael Jackson should be in the top 10…Michael Jackson is one of the greatest singers to ever live.
Honestly he should be #2.
Freddie?
Those people arent fucking singers!!How about Bon jovi??If that is a list of top singers he should be there!!