5 most distinctive voice (singers all time)

[tinkerhon]

Freddy Mercury
George Michael
Steve Perry
Klaus Meine
Axl Rose

 

[NYCgrrl]

Aretha
Aretha
Ms. Franklin
The Queen of Soul
and of course, Aretha

All others are pretenders.

 

[robinb]

Enrico Caruso

 

[L&Lfan]

Ella Fitzgerald
Dolly Parton
Olivia Newton-John
Cher
Eydie Gorme

 

[AnnieBearJamboree]

Linda Ronstadt tops my list (among others mentioned here, like Dolly). I played Heart Like a Wheel and Simple Dreams over and over on repeat the first year I lived on my own.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

Randy Travis
Garth Brooks
Travis Tritt
Frank Sinatra
Terri Clark

 

[Toolulu22]

All time- I don’t know. More current artists:

Adele
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
Christina Aguilara

 

[Toolulu22]

Rock/Heavy Metal:
Angus Young
Ric Ocasek
Ozzy
Axl Rose
John Lennon

Edited- at 6 am I put the wrong brother (AC/DC- meant Angus. Bon Scott was also unique, but liked Angus better).

 

[Hikergirl]

There are alot of good singers out there but they sound like everyone else, especially nowadays when everyone can just auto tune themselves.
My list for distinctive singers would include
Steve Nicks
Neil Young
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie
Johnny Cash

For me the real distinctive singers are in the rock- heavy metal bands
Bruce Dickinson
Dio
Ozzy
Lemmy
Nobody else sounds like these guys

 

[Kitty 34]

Freddie Mercury
Elton John
Dierks Bentley
Dolly Parton
Meatloaf
.....to name five

 

[Moliphino]

I'll add:

Eddie Vedder - he sounds like a goat, but it's distinctive
Chris Cornell
John Fogerty

 

[smiths02]

5. Tom Petty
4. Cher
3. Bob Dylan
2. Elvis
1. Janis Joplin

My 7 year old told me this morning that Janis Joplin (singing Mercedes Benz) sounds like Marge [Simpson]

I agree with all of these and most posted in the thread. My list would probably be:
Louis Armstrong
Johnny Cash
Barbara Streisand
Freddie Mercury
Elvis

 

[cabanafrau]

Dusty Springfield
Roberta Flack
Dinah Washington
Gloria Estefan -- It's common for other singers to struggle with her songs.
Aretha

 

[Praying Colonel]

I'm watching the Ken Burns Country Music documentary series on PBS this week, so I'll throw in some country/mountain singers not yet mentioned:

Sara Carter

Roy Acuff

Bill Monroe

Hazel Dickens

Dolly Parton

 

[Kaleidodad]

For me the real distinctive singers are in the rock- heavy metal bands
Bruce Dickinson
Dio
Ozzy
Lemmy
Nobody else sounds like these guys

Gotta also include Geddy Lee for pure distinctiveness. I'm not much of a Rush fan but there's no mistaking that voice.

 

[fly girl]

Whitney Houston (I know that voice instantly)
Michael Jackson (all you need is a hee hee and you know)
Janis Joplin (I cringe when I hear her voice, but I know instantly who it is.)
Bob Dylan (what? what did he just sing?)
Elvis (the King, enough said)

 

[Micca]

2 pages and no mention of Mick Jagger?

 

[C&Jx2]

Reba McEntire(sp?
Justin Timberlake
Snoop Dog

 

[wenrob]

Rock/Heavy Metal:
Malcolm Young
Ric Ocasek
Ozzy
Axl Rose
John Lennon

There are alot of good singers out there but they sound like everyone else, especially nowadays when everyone can just auto tune themselves.
My list for distinctive singers would include
Steve Nicks
Neil Young
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie
Johnny Cash

For me the real distinctive singers are in the rock- heavy metal bands
Bruce Dickinson
Dio
Ozzy
Lemmy
Nobody else sounds like these guys

Let’s not forget Geoff Tate.

Gotta also include Geddy Lee for pure distinctiveness. I'm not much of a Rush fan but there's no mistaking that voice.

Oh yeah, Geddy Lee for sure.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Some good choices here. Really hard to limit it to 5. Adding to the list, in no particular order:

Celine Dion
Carole King
Cyndi Lauper
Julie Andrews
Carol Channing
Ethel Merman

Neil Diamond
Rod Stewart
Robert Plant
Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
Barry White
Joe Cocker
Ray Charles