5 most distinctive voice (singers all time)

[porschegrl]

2 pages and no mention of Mick Jagger?

Ha! I was coming to post, "2 pages and no mention of Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)?"

 

[Micca]

Ha! I was coming to post, "2 pages and no mention of Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)?"

Nobody has mentioned the inimitable Yoko Ono

 

[DuskKodesh]

What I've learned from this thread is more people need to listen to Nick Cave <3

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sarah Brightman
Andrea Bocelli

Here are both, a duet.........

 

[snappy]

Billy Holiday
The Everly Brothers
Roy Orbison
Tom Petty
Jim Morrison

 

[georgina]

What I've learned from this thread is more people need to listen to Nick Cave <3

I will admit I've never heard of him.

It's obvious from this thread that there are a lot of distinctive voices. A couple more I thought of that I don't think have been mentioned -

Joni Mitchell
Morrissey
Leonard Cohen
John Prine
Arlo Guthrie - I could go on and on...- Steve Goodman, Enya

 

[ChrisFL]

I feel like some people are using this as a favorites list instead of the question about who has the most unique singing voice.

My picks:

Willie Nelson
Joe Cocker
Janis Joplin
Michael Jackson
John Lee Hooker

 

[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.

Nobody has mentioned the inimitable Yoko Ono

Ahem. Look up.

 

[jimmalru80]

- Robert Plant
- Rob Halford
- Bon Scott
- Freddie Mercury
- Geddy Lee

 

[bcla]

Of course Mick Jagger.

Frank Sinatra
Billie Holiday
Adam Duritz
Blossom Dearie (trust me on this one - you've probably heard her).

Almost anyone of a certain age who grew up in the US would know this:

 

[Toolulu22]

Has anyone mentioned Barry Manilow?

One more is definitely distinctive: David Lee Roth

 

[Floridaman999]

Nobody has mentioned the inimitable Yoko Ono

Can we really call what she does singing? Screaming annoyingly seems like a better way to describe it.

 

[Micca]

Can we really call what she does singing? Screaming annoyingly seems like a better way to describe it.

Well you know right away it's her She sometimes actually sings and again, she's pretty recognizable.

 

[Floridaman999]

Well you know right away it's her She sometimes actually sings and again, she's pretty recognizable.

Very, very true. I can't turn it off fast enough though.

 

[Skywalker]

I think Rod Stewart has a very distinctive voice - although in fairness Bryan Adams can sometimes sound similar!

And, Art Garfunkel...the voice of an angel.

 

[fla4fun]

I don’t know. To me, a distinctive voice will usually do one of two things . . . It will be so great that the person achieves lasting success, someone like a Celine Dion or a Michael Jackson, or a Cher, or a Freddy Mercury. Or, it’s so distinctively bad that they are a one and done but always associated with that specific song. I can picture a few music videos that fit the second category, but struggle to remember the artists names. But their voices were distinctive enough that I would recognize them right away and mute the music.

 

[L&Lfan]

Tiny Tim