Who is your favorite male singer/s. solo or lead singer in a group. Mine is Steve Winwood. I love his voice.and songs.

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John Barleycorn Must Die, is my favorite song and the others include. Neil Young, Bruce, John Mellancamp, early Elton John, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie

[Bluestocking]

1. Jim Morrison

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9. Thank you very much ,Bluestocking. He was my second choice. Neil Young my third.

[surfered]

14. Mine, too. Then Roger Daltrey

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23. Thank you very much surfered.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Great Choice

I don't have A favorite, but here are some at the top of my list:
David Bowie
Ian Gillan
Cy Curnin
Bono
Michael Hutchence
Daryl Hall........

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11. Thank you very much ProfessorGAC.

[YorkRd]

3. Chris Cornell is very special and unique

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Somehow Ty Childers

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24. Thank you very much for sharing with us. YorkRd.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

4. Leon Russell, Lou Rawls

I met Lou Rawls back in my stage managing days. Very nice man.

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25. Thank you very Grumpy Old Man for sharing with us.

[Ocelot II]

5. Martti Talvela, Rene Pape, Peter Mattei, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (opera and classical). Also Elvis.

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26. Thank you very much Ocelot II for sharing your selections with us.

[GiqueCee]

6. Paul Simon...

... and he's also one of the best lyricists that ever lived. Billy Joel is a close second on both counts. Lowell George was right up there, too. And John Lennon. And Paul McCartney. And... this really hard. There are SOOO many really good ones.

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28. I agree. Thank you very much GiqueCree. For all of your suggestions.

[electric_blue68]

42. I remember Pete Townshend saying he wished he could write like Simon

That's saying something!

America - that song reverberated all through 1968 for me

Graceland - while I never had any inclination to visit Graceland it's a great description of traveling with someone to an important destination for that person

[karynnj]

108. For me, in bad political times, it is American Tune.

Now, more than ever it's despairing lyrics resonate.

[303squadron]

7. Neil Finn

Neil could literally sing the phone book….and I’d buy a ticket.

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32. What a great compliment. Thank you very much 303squadron.

[stopdiggin]

8. Aaron Neville, Roy Orbison, Van Morrison, Chris Isaak

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33. Thank you stopdiggio. for sharing your selections. I really liked Moon Dance.by Van Morrison.

[mopinko]

34. aaron-

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56. Thank you mopinko, thank you very much. I agree.

[justaprogressive]

118. Felix Pappalardi and Jack Bruce

next four would be Winwood, Paul Rodgers, Joe Cocker & John Martyn...

[luvallpeeps]

10. Winwood is in my top 3

#1 is probably David Bowie.

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35. Thank you very much. luvallpeeps. David Bowie would be on my list also . but I only included one.

[WheelWalker]

12. Neil Young, Bob Dylan

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36. thank you Wheelwalker., Neil is on my list too. Thank you for your selections.

[Chipper Chat]

13. Perry Como

He had the most wonderful baritone voice. It was hopeful and reassuring. During and after the war his music was calm and peaceful to the ear.

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37. Thank you Chipper Chat. I loved his voice too.. especially," I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Wonderful song.

[maccafan]

15. Paul McCartney

He has always been my guy!

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57. Thank you maccafan. very much. Thank you for sharing with us.

[The Wizard]

16. two

Jim Morrison - Frank Sinatra

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75. Great choices. The Wizard, thank you for sharing with us.

[cloudbase]

17. Johnny Mathis

Roy Orbison
Everly Brothers
Marty Robbins

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76. Very good selecions thank you very much for sharing with us. cloudbase.

[rsdsharp]

18. Jim Croce. Art Garfunkel.

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77. I remember Jim Croce, Loved to sing to his songs. RIP jim. Thank you rsdshard for sharing with us.

[SheltieLover]

19. Josh Groban

Love his voice & music.

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78. Thank you very much SheltieLove. Agree with you. Lovely voice and songs.

[BOSSHOG]

20. Michael McDonald, Paul Rogers

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89. Thank you very much, BOSSHOG. I remember Michael from the Doobie Bros. and Paul Rogers for Pink Floyd. Great voices and

songs.

[TommieMommy]

21. Elton John, Don Henley and John Lennon

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82. Thank you TommieMommy. I liked early Elton john and Henley and Lennon. Add George Harrison tool

[hlthe2b]

22. Steve Winwood made me a good skier--REALLY! I listened to Back in the High Life on a Sony walkman

and every other hit for multiple seasons--my very favorite and it taught me to "feel" rather than "think" when skiing more difficult runs/slopes.

'Love him!

I have a lot of other favorite male lead singers too, but he's definitely on the list.

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83. Thank you very much hlthe2b. I will also add " The Low Spark of High Heeled boys."

[lark]

97. That was my fave album at one time - still love it a lot

Winwood writes and sings beautifully!

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99. Agree. Thank you lark.

[customerserviceguy]

27. I've always liked the music of Gordon Lightfoot

and he cranked out albums for quite some time, even after he stopped making hits that climbed the charts.

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91. Thank you very much . I loved his soft voice and his songs. RIP Gordon.

[choie]

29. Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers)

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple and star of Jesus Christ Superstar) among others.

[applegrove]

66. Michael McDonald's voice I love. Neil Young. David Bowie.

Marvin Gaye.

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103. Thank you very much for all your wonderfulo selections.applegrove.

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96. Thank you for your selections. Both memorable singers. Thank you choi.

[Fichefinder]

30. John Denver. Such a pure, clear voice.

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110. I agree Fichefinder. Loved his songs. RIP John

[Easterncedar]

31. John Gorka. No contest.

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98. I agree , Easterncedar. Loved his voice and songs.

[dickthegrouch]

38. Andy McCluskey (OMD), and Peter Noone

Both have very similar voices to my ear.
Listen to "Joan of Arc", and "Mrs Brown you have a lovely daughter" to hear the similarities.

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100. Thank you very much for your selections. dickthegrouch.

[Unwind Your Mind]

39. Prince

Far and away

I also love Freddie Mercury, Chris Cornell and George Michael

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117. Absolutely , Unwind Your Mind. You have a terrific selection. Thank you.

[Unwind Your Mind]

141. Complaining to a friend while having a bad day

‘…and all of my favorite singers are dead!’

2016 was a rough year and Chris died in May of ‘17

[electric_blue68]

40. Roger Daltrey, Bono... My 2 favorite bands!

The Song Pure and Easy... raw, and powerful; but there's a deep, sweet poignant inflection in Roger's voice "the Note is internal, I hear it, it see's me, forever we blended, forever we die...." That 2nd "forever".

Bono... people usually love him, or hate him. But Wow he really grew as a singer!

And while Roger is the leader singer, Pete Townshend has a very sweet voice at times.

These just jump right out for me.
Maybe a couple of others.
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(I love music and live performance!)

Omg 🫢 Pie92,
How could I forget Bruce!!! Derp! 😜

Third favorite band!

[ILikePie92]

41. My favs are

In no order:

John Cafferty
Bruce Springsteen
Lemmy Kilmister
Bon Scott
Brian Johnson
Mick Jagger
Ralph Stanley
Waylon Jennings
Freddie Mercury
Jim Morrison
Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder
Ryan Adams
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
TERRY REID!
Paul Rodgers
Gregg Allman
George Jones
Hank Williams SR
John Mellencamp
Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson
Little Richard
Layne Staley
David Gilmour
Ray Charles
Son House
Steve Earle
Sting
Steve Mariott
Brian Setzer
Tom Petty
Jim Capaldi

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51. Oh Wow, you have a lot of favorites. thank you very much for your selections, ILikePie92, Love, Debbie

[JMCKUSICK]

43. Andrea Bocelli

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50. Thank you John. I love his voice also. So beautiful.

[Tarzanrock]

44. No mention of Elvis Presley?

Is every one hard of hearing? Even Bob Dylan wanted to be Elvis.

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49. I think I saw one Elvis. Thank you for selecting Elvis. He is here now., thanks to you Tarzanrock

[NCgayguy]

45. Levi Stubbs

Lead singer of the Four Tops.

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48. Thank you very much NCgayguy. Thank you for your selection.

[wishstar]

46. Steve Perry

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47. Thank you very much, wishstar. Great voice and song.

[Bayard]

64. My number one is also Steve Perry

Nobody else has a voice like his. His range is incredible.

Other faves:
Don Henley
Springsteen
Bono
Dave Matthews
Sting
Roy Orbison
Peter Gabriel
Prince

[rso]

52. Male singer

My favorite is British Singer from the 1960s to the 1980’s Matt Monro, described by Frank Sinatra as the best vocalist he’d ever seen. Monro is known for the Bond theme “From Russia with Love”, “The music played”, “Born Free” and many others.

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112. Thank you very much ,rso, for sharing with us.

[Lulu KC]

53. I don't have just one

But i have loved Stevie Winwood through all his many incarnations. He was in the Spencer Davis group, right? Then Traffic, then Blind Faith, then solo? I know I have some of this switched around—brain fog is not good. One of my absolute favorite songs ever is Can’t Find My Way Home and I think that’s his voice. What a guy.
P.S. I just looked it up and he was not even 21 when he wrote that song. There is a later, live version of him singing it with Eric Clapton and it kills me. (Yes, I’m irritated with EC on the vax thing but can still enjoy him if I let that go, for that song.)

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127. Thank you. Same here with Winwood, and his different styles of music. His voice is so distinct. EC was a jerk with the

vax thing. Oh "Lucky Man " was written by Greg Lake when he was 12.

[Lulu KC]

134. 12???

Wow.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

54. Traffic!! What a sound!!

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128. Thank you very much, InAbLuEstate. I could listen to him all day and not get bored.

[OAITW r.2.0]

55. I liked Ron McKernan.

He was the blues-iest white guy I ever heard and the back-up band was pretty darn good as well.

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129. Yes. Thank you very much for sharing that with us. OAITW r.2.0

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136. What did you think of Ron's version of "Lovelight"?

...Ron and Janice Joplin did a heck of a duet.

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138. Very good, thank you OAITW r. 2.0 Love the song and the combination of voices. Also like how he looking at Janis.

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139. Some serious sexual interaction going on between these two.

Musically speaking.

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142. Thank you, That is funny

[fargone]

58. Tom Russell, Stan Rogers

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132. Thank you very much fargone.for sharing your list with us.

[Diamond_Dog]

59. Just about all my faves have been mentioned above already.

I will add one more. - John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls.

Shout out to Bowie, Bono, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Justin Heyward (Moody Blues)

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130. Wow your selections are great.Diamond_Dog. Thank you very much for sharing with us.

[NBachers]

60. *Sigh* I'm still not over Del Shannon. I don't think I'll ever be.

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131. Thank you very much , NBachers, for sharing Del Shannon with us.

[Probatim]

61. Josh Ritter - hands down.

He's super shy and a great songwriter and a fabulous entertainer. I've seen him live about 8-10 times.

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126. Thank you very much , Probatim for sharing Josh Ritter with us.

[DBoon]

62. Jon Anderson - Yes

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88. Thank you very much. I loved their progresssive rock songs. and Jon's voice. Thanks for the memories.DBoon

[MuseRider]

63. Matched up

Other than Neil Young and Bruce (I know this is unpopular but I leave the room when I hear Bruce) I am with you on those. My mind is wilted from working outside in this heat so I cannot think but I like these things you put up for us to play with. Thanks and if I clear up I will try to jump in. We are doing hay for a while right now.

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81. Thank you very much MuseRider. Please be careful and try to stay cool outside.

[Sneederbunk]

65. Gordon Lightfoot.

[subterranean]

67. Since no one has mentioned him yet...Brad Delp (lead singer of Boston)

I tried to hit the notes in the last line of this song while in the shower, and almost succeeded! Almost.

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87. HAHAHAHHAHHA. Thank you very much subterranean. Rich had all their albums. Thank you for sharing.

[LoisB]

68. I could vote for Winwood but Bob Marley is my favorite, followed by Prince, Smokey

Robinson, Bob Seger, Elton John...

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79. Thank you very much LoisB. Your list is great. Love your selections.

[LogDog75]

69. I have a couple of singers

Bobby Goldsboro

Marty Robbins

Roger Whitaker

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74. Thank you very much, retread. I remember them from when i was young. Great selection.

[catbyte]

70. Bob Seger is my sentimental choice, or "Uncle Bob" as he's affectionally known here in Michigan

But I do love Chris Isaak, too.

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73. Oh yes, catabyte, I loved Bob Seger, He had that distinct voice and the songs were great. Thank you for sharing

[retread]

71. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding

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72. I loved them both, thank you retread.for posting about Sam Cooke and Otis Reading.

[Lochloosa]

80. Its hard to believe Robert Plant is not on mentioned more

I love his post Led Zeppelin days, especially The Band of Joy.

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86. Thank you very much for sharing Robert Plant. Lochloosa. He still has it.

[displacedvermoter]

84. Steve Marriott, Terry Reid, Dave Edmunds, Paul Rodgers

and yeah, Mick Jagger.

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85. Great list there, displacedadverymoter. Thank you for sharing.

[Emile]

90. Willie Nelson

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116. Thank you very much, Emile.

[malthaussen]

92. Probably Jim Morrison. But I'll give an honorable mention to Frankie Valli.

One goes low and one high.

-- Ma

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115. Thank you malthussen. I enjoyed both of your selections. Thank you very much.

[Ritabert]

93. Gordon Lightfoot

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95. Thank you Ritabert, I loved his soft voice and his songs. RIP Gordon.

[lark]

94. Freddy Mercury, Bono and Jim Morrison!

All 3 are such originals and have such unique styles! Freddy has the best voice of all, but I love the others too.

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125. Yes to that What wonderful voices. Thank you lark.

[spooky3]

101. So many great ones, but I think my fave is Phil Collins. Nt

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105. I agree with the sexy voice of Phil Collins. Thank you, spooky3 for sharing with us.

[get the red out]

102. Steve Winwood, OH HELL YEA!

That sexy voice!!!! Eric Clapton is right there with him (my dogn's name is Layla).

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104. Thank you very much for your selections. PS I had a dog named Layla.too.

[karynnj]

106. Paul McCartney

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111. Thank you very much, karynnj. for sharing with us

[wcmagumba]

107. Neil Diamond and Annie Haslam

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I always dug his singing and compositions like "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and Annie Haslam of Renaissance was a knockout as a female lead...oops, I broke the rules...

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114. No problem. wcmagumba. I still like Neil Diamond. Great voice and great songs. I especially like "America"

[Trueblue Texan]

109. So many that I love...

Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Mel Torme, Raul Malo, Jon Pardi, Solomon Burke, Luke Combs, Tony Bennett...so, so many. My fave right now, and it changes as I get tired of the music, is probably Luke Combs.

Last night, I got a wild hair and started listening to Ricky Nelson! Don't even ask me what brought that about, but I was shocked at what a beautiful clear voice he had. I was just a little kid when he was popular, but I remember some of his songs...so much like Buddy Holly in style, but his voice was beautiful. And, of course, he was a pretty man, too!

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113. HAHAHAHAH. Thank you very Trueblue Texan much for your selections. I was a kid too, when the Nelson were on. and yes he

was eye candy.

[Dorothy V]

119. Waylon Jennings and Gordon Lightfoot.

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124. Thank you Dorothy V for two great selections. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Mad_Dem_X]

120. Freddie Mercury, Chris Cornell, Billy Joel

Just to name a few.

[mopinko]

121. took 120 replies to get to freddie?

i wasnt a fan, but 1 of the great voices ever.

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122. I agree with you. But I think he was mentioned. Yyou just memtioned him . RIP Freddie.

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123. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X. for a great selection. RIP Freddy

[flvegan]

133. Mike Patton, Ian Astbury, Mike Ness, Frank Sinatra

Jon Bon Jovi (yeah, I know), Tim McIlrath, Axl Rose, Perry Farrell

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140. Thank you very much, fivegan. Your selections are great.

[3catwoman3]

135. Am I the first one to say James Taylor?

I love, love love James.

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137. Yes, you are, 3catwoman3 Thank you for adding,