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    Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Chris Cornell
    Melody Gardot
    Eddie Vedder
    Mark Lanegan
    Till Linderman
    Ben Harper
    Aretha Franklin
    Ella Fitzgerald
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    arqarq Posts: 7,940
    vedder
    cornell
    Stayley
    hetfield
    yorke
    Anselmo (only in his genre)
    cobain (ok kurk wasn't Pavarotti but what the heck)
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    doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,497
    1. Ed Vedder
    2. Cat Power
    3. Neil Finn
    4. Julia Deans
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,947
    Jimi Hendrix
    Neil Young
    Brian Wilson
    Eddie Vedder
    Paul Westerberg
    Michael Stipe
    J Mascis (yes, J Mascis!)
    Grace Slick
    Natalie Merchant
    David Bowie

    What got me to thinking about favorite singers is this  great number the Jimi Hendrix Experience did on BBC.  I've loved Jimi's singing since the first moment I heard it and this is one of my favorites of his singing:

    Lousy sound here but it's the only video I can find.  It sounds great on the vinyl box set LP.

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x548kxk

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    RobZRobZ Park City, Utah Posts: 181
    In no particular order:
    Pete Townshend
    Paul McCartney 
    Johnny Cash
    Ed
    Fee Waybill
    Paul Simon
    Jim Morrison 


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    CJ260717CJ260717 Posts: 414
    Dean Martin
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,389
    CJ260717 said:
    Dean Martin
    Perry Coumo was better...
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    PJWGIIIPJWGIII Chicago, IL Posts: 810
    1. Eddie Vedder
    2. Eddie Vedder
    3. Eddie Vedder

    Let me know if you want to know my top 10!
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    pljampljam Posts: 387
    Ed Ved
    Jay Buchanan (rival sons)
    Paul Rodgers (bad company)
    Kevin Martin(candlebox)
    Layne Stanley(ALC)
    Glenn Mossip)(bonjah)
    Rodger Waters (pink floyd)
    Phil Mogg (ufo)
    John Butler
    Robbie Robbs (three fish)

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    kce8kce8 Posts: 1,636
    Eddie Vedder
    Mark Lanegan
    Glen Hansard 
    Michael Stipe
    Chris Cornell
    Vincent Cavanagh
    Bruce Springsteen
    Maynard James Keenan
    Jack White
    Myles Kennedy
    Serj Tankian

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    OL289189OL289189 Posts: 17
    in no particular order :

    Ed
    Mark Lanegan
    Mike Patton
    Maynard
    Chris Cornell
    Mark Gaffney
    Neil Fallon
    John Garcia


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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,652
    Mike Patton
    Maynard James Keenan
    Thom Yorke 
    Bjork 
    Mark Lanegan
    Rober Plant 
    Chris Cornell 
    Layne Staley
    Ed Vedder 
    (Can you tell I was a 90s teenager?) 
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    riley540riley540 Denver Colorado Posts: 1,128
    Eddie Vedder 
    Dio
    Serj Tankian (90s - 00s) 
    Maynard James Keenan
    Layne Staley 
    Chris Cornell


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    wall232wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    1- Layne Staley
    2- Bruce Dickinson
    3- Maynard
    4- Chris Cornell
    5- Eddie Vedder
    6- Roger Waters
    7- Ozzy
    8- Ann Wilson
    9- James Hetfield
    10- Kurt Cobain 


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    NWOntarioNWOntario Toronto Posts: 824
    1. Chris Cornell
    2. Freddie Mercury

    And then a whole bunch in no particular order. Ed and Daltrey would be near the top of that list, but no one's ever touching 1-2.
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,781
    edited March 2018
    Pete Townshend
    Ed Vedder
    Chester Bennington
    Chris Cornell (I edited my post to add Chris, this refers mostly to his solo stuff) not a Soundgarden fan.  
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,379
    Ella Fitzgerald

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    Everyone else. There's only one Ella.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX_0I-P7Bbg

    Other favorites include (in no particular order):
    Ed
    Benjamin Orr
    Mavis Staples
    Kate Pierson
    Tanya Donelly
    David Bowie
    Richard Thompson
    and Freddie Mercury, of course.
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