100 Greatest Singers of All Time

Foster said:
My list would include:
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane
Levi Stubbs of the 4 tops
Cory Wells and Chuck Negron of 3 Dog Night
Donnie Joe Brown of Molly Hatchett
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It's Danny Joe Brown, but kudos for knowing who he was. MH put on a good show back in the day.
 
Zunardo said:
Phillip Wynne of The Spinners is missing; validity quickly dismissed.

Who the heck are Jeff Buckley, David Ruffin, Thom Yorke, and Toots Hibbert?
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You know who Philip Wynne is but not David Ruffin?!? Ruffin was the lead tenor voice of the early Temps hits and should be on this list>

Jeff Buckley & Thom Yorke are hipsters. Yorke in particular is only on this list because the Rolling Stone guys think he is cool, not deserving in my book. Buckley was a solid singer and at the top of the critics pyramid in the '90s, He was Tim Buckley's kid who had a career building when he died tragically going for a swim in the Mississippi while recording his follow up to the break through album. His version of Hallelujah is considered the definitive version>

Toots Hibbert was the singer for the ska/reggae group the Toots & the Maytalls. One of the pioneering voices in the development of reggae that predates Bob Marley. You hear more James Brown style R&B in his singing than island breezy, very important and deserves to be on the list>
 
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Auggie said:
You know who Philip Wynne is but not David Ruffin?!? Ruffin was the lead tenor voice of the early Temps hits and should be on this list>
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I know, I know - I'm a tweener when it comes to the '60's groups - I knew them more by their 1970's material. No, never heard of David Ruffin, but I'd have recognized Levi Stubbs. And the only Temps' tenor vocalist I knew was Eddie Kendricks.

I locked onto Wynne's voice early on, was always captivated by his vocal "soloing" at the end of songs - not only for the notes but the phrases as well.. The man had a knack for it, always interesting and musical, without unnecessary vocal gymastics just to show off.

Definitely not a hipster. Heck, I never heard of Tim Buckley, let alone Jeff. I was familiar with the name Toots and the Maytals, but I thought they had something to do with John Mayal or something. I did know the name Radiohead, but couldn't name one of their songs or hum one of their tunes. Oh well, that's how you learn things.

A big Thanksgiving thank-you to Foster, BlueJayFan, and Auggie for filling in the gaps.
 
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