Best Ever Singer?

[PennyNotSoWise]

AIBU to be a nosy caah and ask who you think the best singer the world has ever seen is?

Mine is Freddie Mercury. I've just seen the ad for Amazon music (I think that's what it was) where it's just his voice singing Somebody To Love, music drowned out, and Sweet.Baby.Jesus, it gave me goosebumps. If I didn't have alopecia, my hair would be standing on end, I tell you Wow, could that man sing!

I told DP and he said, "meh, he was alright."

Who are your favourites? And any particular song where they're at their best?

Freddie Mercury
Kate Bush (years on, This Woman's Work sends shivers down my spine)
George Michael
Karen Carpenter
Michael Jackson
Stevie Nicks

Sorry, that should read KB - And Dream of Sheep rather than TWW but that's an equally good vocal!

Another vote for Karen Carpenter - a voice straight from heaven.
Freddie Mercury
One of my friends - she’s an opera singer & could have been an international star in my opinion. Her voice is incredible
Billy Eckstein & Sarah Vaughan - if you can listen to their duets, do it! Pure musical magic!

Jessye Norman just died, and if you just YouTube her for five minutes, you might find yourself having an epiphany that pop singers really strain their vocal cords and while super-talented, they aren't super singers. Or google Jamie Barton's last night of proms from this year. Everyone around me in the audience were in tears when she sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Jessie J is massively underrated. I recently heard her singing 'killing me softly' and she has an amazing voice. I never realised before how good she is.

Jessye Norman
Cecilia Bartoli
Jonas Kauffman

Amazing. Jessye Norman had the most spine tingling voice.

Pop wise George Michael is hard to beat.

Whizz to where she sings amazing grace. What a woman.

The best ever single vocal IMO is Grace Slick on the original version of White Rabbit.

Ooh yes, there is an isolated vocal of White Rabbit on YouTube; it’s mind blowing.

So many amazing voices mentioned. My favourite (don’t think he’s been mentioned yet) would have to be Phil Collins, just incredible.

Freddie of course
mario lanzer (40s 50s singer)
the lead singer of disturbed

Jesse J - probably one of the best female singers in the world right now.
Ariana Grande.
Freddie Mercury.

*Jessie fgs.

Luther Vandross

Freddie Mercury
Mama cass
Karen Carpenter
Yes to sinead O’Connor on nothing compares to u
Whitney
Elvis
Michael stipe
And don’t laugh Andy Williams had such a lovely voice it made you think everything was alright with the world when he sang

Oh yes Grace Slick
And maddie Pryor

Don’t laugh again but petula Clark had a lovely voice in her heyday
Judith Durham
Art Garfunkel such a pure voice and so emotional

Neil diamond brilliant and I got to see him live

Freddie Mercury was incredible. I was a teen and huge Queen fan when he died, it's one of those days I will never forget.

Going to see Queen and Adam Lambert next year, so excited. DH not so much.....

I do love Whitney Houston's voice but listening to her now is just sad, to think that both her and her daughter have died is just a tragedy.

Marc Almond has a lovely voice
Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees
Karen Carpenter
Dusty Springfield

Will be back with more.

Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Karen Carpenter
Freddie Mercury
Luciano Pavarotti

A couple of new ones to the thread

Lou Rawls

Alina Baraz

Whitney Houston
Madilyn Bailey
Beyonce
Celine Dion
Billy Joel

And don’t laugh Andy Williams had such a lovely voice it made you think everything was alright with the world when he sang
Agree, got to see him live at the Barbican, i loved his songs still.

I immediately thought of Freddie as soon as I read the title.

the lead singer of disturbed

And yes, yes, yes to this. He has a phenomenal voice. So powerful.

Neil Sedaka could belt out a good tune