5 most distinctive voice (singers all time)

[low-key]

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

 

[DuskKodesh]

I don't see Tom Waits on there. For shame!

 

[low-key]

I don't see Tom Waits on there. For shame!

make your list, but you have a great argument, I only need a half of note of "I anit missing you" to know who it is

 

[DuskKodesh]

Hmmm, my list eh? Well here we go.

1. Nick Cave (I hear him and I absolutely melt.)
2. Bob Dylan
3. Tom Waits
4. Weird Al Yankovic
5. Brittany Spears (I'm not a fan but she was distinctive.)

 

[Kaleidodad]

I bet a lot of one-hit wonders are that because they had a singer with such a distinctive voice that it just became a total earworm for everyone. I mean, who else could sound like that Crash Test Dummies guy in Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm?

 

[E&Cmom]

Nat King Cole
Freddy Mercury
Louis Armstrong
Aretha Franklin
Bonnie Tyler

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Tiny Tim
Burl Ives
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Cash

 

[Aurora79]

My first thought was Cher. I agree with all of the choices above though.

I’ll throw some country in there too with Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Johnny Cash.

 

[Disneylover99]

Stevie Nicks was my first thought.

 

[Aurora79]

Johnny Mathis

Yessss!!!

 

[Kaleidodad]

But also, Eric Burdon of Eric Burdon & The Animals, and not just because of House of the Rising sun, although of course that one is truly iconic.

 

[disneychrista]

Macy Gray

 

[LSUmiss]

I’ll add Phil Collins & Sting to the above lists.

 

[L&Lfan]

Barbra Streisand
Patsy Cline
Karen Carpenter
Cass Elliot
Judy Garland

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Elvis Presley (so distinct that it's almost too easy to imitate)
Whitney Houston
Grace Slick

Edited to add: Oh Low-Key you already mentioned Elvis! Well, I'll mention him again because I lurves him.

 

[DisneyDebbie]

There are so many that I can pick out instantly!

Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Steven Tyler
Stevie Nicks
Elton John

More recent artists
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Adam Levine
Kelly Clarkson
Post Malone

 

[Kaleidodad]

3 more that occurred to me...

There is literally no mistaking the voice of Yes’s Jon Anderson, who is himself a musical instrument:

Stephen Stills is one of the great harmonists but his solo voice is definitely distinctive:

And Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention, such a hauntingly beautiful voice and she died way too soon:

 

[wenrob]

Van Morrison
Steve Perry
Ann Wilson
Wynona Judd
John Fogerty

 

[usnuzuloose]

Glen Campbell
Willie Nelson
Michael Jackson

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Bob Dylan. Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
Whiny Houston. Self explanatory.
Kim Karnes. Miss Raspy.
The Bee Gees. Tie those draw strings tight boys, you have to hit high A.
Ashley Simpson. She can't even carry a lip synch in a bucket. She was busted lip synching one song while another was playing.
Bjork. A cross between Yoko Ono and a wailing banshee. Ahhh but I digress.