Who's Your Favorite Singer ... That's No Longer Alive?

[arwalden]

Karen Carpenter? Cass Elliott? John Denver? Minnie Riperton? John Lennon? Patsy Cline? Johnny Cash? Tammy Wynette? Jim Morrison? Janis Joplin? Curt Cobain? Jerry Garcia?

Those are just a few that come to my mind... which ones do YOU admire and enjoy listening to the most?

[terrya]

1. Patsy Cline, Jim Croce, Cass Elliot.

I miss them.

I hope you don't mind getting in every one of your threads. They're always interesting. :-)

[Catholic Sensation]

2. Freddie Mercury

[aquaman]

3. Nick Drake.....

And about 100 others.

[WCGreen]

4. Depends.... Today Phil Ochs

[Misunderestimator]

5. Awww.... Minnie Ripperton and Patsy Cline...

:cry: And Janis Joplin! :cry:

What is WRONG with you allen!! How depressing...

[arwalden]

10. I'm Celebrating Their Achievements, Their Memory...

and honoring them. I'm not depressed. It's all good! :hug: :loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

12. Oh ok then.

:hug: :)

[Wetzelbill]

76. Patsy Cline!

MisU I could hug the holy living hell out of you! And, I just might. ;-) :hug:

[Old_Fart]

6. Ella Fitzgerald

Janis Joplin

[jobycom]

7. Johnny Van Zandt. Tupac, Hank WIlliams. Just to add to your great list

[Bossy Monkey]

65. Gotta assume you mean Ronnie, unless Johnny died lately and

I didn't hear about it. Ronnie was a great one.

[jobycom]

66. Yeah, thinking in a hurry is not one of my strong points! Ronnie's the one

[MrScorpio]

8. Barry @ # 1

Eddie Jefferson
Marvin Gaye
Dusty Springfield

[Wetzelbill]

78. Damn you got some good taste, my friend nt

[xmas74]

89. good list.

[leftofthedial]

104. great singers all

Marvin Gaye was one of the most exceptional voices ever

[UrbScotty]

9. George Harrison (nt)

[maveric]

43. Another for George!

[henslee]

117. I'll go with George. Boy I dug and still dig that guy. Loved that

tribute concert.

[Stephist]

11. Frank Sinatra is #1!

Also Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Brook Benton, Elvis... The list is endless. A tougher question might be to name singers I like still alive.

[lpbk2713]

13. Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Sinatra

[Stephist]

19. Definitely Add Marty Robbins...

and Hank Williams to my list. I'm telling you it's endless.

[Mz Pip]

14. Minnie Ripperton

Wow, there's a blast from the past. I have all of the Rotary Connection albums. I loved that group, even if it was a fake, put together for its look group. Saw them live in Chicago.

Janis Joplin, saw her live too. She was awesome. I love her rendition of Summertime.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Wickerman]

15. D Boon

Don't know what he would be doing today, but it would be intense.

[flvegan]

16. Frank Sinatra and Bon Scott.

Damn...I'm odd.

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Elliott Smith

[Ladyhawk]

18. Karen Carpenter

*ducks*

[Jade Fox]

110. She was an outstanding vocalist....

She gets my vote too. :)

[CanuckAmok]

20. Freddie Mercury, Kirsty McColl...

Many of the "Old Guard", too, but Freddie and Kirsty were gone long before they were done with life.

[greendog]

21. Rick Danko

"Twilight is the loneliest time of day."

[Parrcrow]

107. Nat King Cole, Mama Cass, Patsy Cline

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

22. Robert Palmer

I just love his voice . I listen to his music all the time .

[Gemini Cat]

23. Dinnah Washington

Billie Holiday
Jimi Hendrix
Minnie Ripperton
Bobbie Darren
Curt Cobain
Nico
The Big Bopper
Marvin Gaye

There are more, but I can't remember everyone.

[Stephist]

24. One Last Name...

I can't believe I forgot Bobby Darin:) Only 37:cry:

[murielm99]

25. Janis Joplin and Phil Ochs.

I saw them both live.

[enigmatic]

54. I forgot about Phil

You saw him live? That must have been incredible; how was it?

[murielm99]

59. In 1968, I was a college student.

Phil was a big Eugene McCarthy supporter.

Phil came to Valparaiso University, in Valparaiso, Indiana, where I was a student. He appeared at the McCarthy headquarters, which was just a storefront with a big attic loft. He sang in the loft, and we all sat on the floor and listened. It was strictly a word of mouth event, and there were fewer than forty people there.

I was a Bobby Kennedy supporter, but who would pass up a chance to hear Phil Ochs in a setting like that? He talked and sang, and told us to vote for McCarthy. Shit, I wasn't even old enough to vote. And Bobby was killed a few weeks later.

It was an amazing evening. I spoke to him, and he spoke to me, but I can't remember what we said.

Do you remember that he was involved in the convention fracas in Chicago in 1968? He testified at the Chicago 7 trial. He and Abbie Hoffman bought a pig from a farmer, and tried to nominate it for president.

I always wished that I could go back in time, to that loft. I would have told him not to kill himself. The war would end, but we would need him at the turn of the century. Worse things were going to happen. Even if his voice was old and whiskey soaked, we would still need him to sing louder than the guns. We would need him here to sing Cops of the World to my kids, because nothing has changed. I cry when I think about it.

I have played his music for my kids. I tell them that I grew up in interesting times so that they would not have to. It sucks that we have to do this all over again. We could sure use Phil.

[leftofthedial]

26. Lowell George

[Tallison]

90. First guy I thought of on spotting this post

Was listening to Waiting for Columbus & Raw Tomatos on the way back from Maryland this morning. What a tragic loss.
:toast:

edit for spell

[leftofthedial]

102. think of how much more music there might have been

he was a leading and musically progressive voice in the community that largely defined popular music well into the early 80's. Perhaps it would have been less insipid had he lived longer.

Great singer and an adventurous musician.

I also thought of Frank Zappa, but I miss him more as a philosopher than as a singer.

[Tallison]

103. Just looked up a bio of George

to find the Arlington hotel in which he died (I'm right outside of DC) and learned he was on the Hot Rats recording. Damn, I'm gonna' have to check that back out. You can sometimes catch Bill Payne playing around DC, although the last time I saw him he was having trouble keeping upright at the piano, swear to God.

[leftofthedial]

105. Billy does get around in places one wouldn't expect these days

I haven't seen him much recently to see him falling down though

they always spent much time in and around baltimore

[Tallison]

124. I have a buddy who saw them at

Lisner Auditorium the night parts of WFC were recorded; he said the energy of the evening was extraordinary.

[mark11727]

27. Ray.

[Zuni]

28. Otis Redding, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf

[jobycom]

67. hey, you've got some taste in music after all!

I guess you can dislike Jimmy Buffet if you like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. I'm still queasy over that Vanilla Ice thing, though.

Jimmy, Muddy and Howlin' are all from Mississippi, of course, like me. And Elvis.

[barb162]

29. who's the guy who sang "Pretty Woman" , he had a huge range

[arwalden]

31. Roy Orbison

[barb162]

40. Thanks, I can never remember his name, I had no appreciation

for him when he was alive but then I saw him in some tapes a few years ago. Very clear voice and a huge effortless range

[Hugin]

91. Seconded!

One of the greats!

[Bluebear]

30. Minnie Riperton, Esther Phillips, Mary Wells, Peggy Lee...

Oh I could go on and on.

[arwalden]

33. Oooo... Peggy Lee!

:thumbsup:

[spacelady]

51. Is that all there is?

[benny05]

74. You can hear plenty of Peggy Lee

on XM Radio Channel 73..Frank's Place...and Peggy Lee!

[benny05]

77. Ella Fitzgerald

especially from her younger days...

[sleipnir]

32. Ruddick the traveling Bard

14th Century! No one would ever be as good as Ruddick, and he knew it.

[Lindsay]

34. Buddy Holly.

And Phil Ochs. And Gene Clark.

All gone far too soon.

[bertha katzenengel]

35. You named three of mine: Patsy Cline - Cass Elliott - John Denver. John

was my distant cousin.

I also miss Ray Charles.

[enigmatic]

36. Johnny Cash and Billie Holliday

Both had more emotion than range, but the grain in their voices was something to behold.

I can't listen to Cash's take on Wil Oldham's "I See A Darkness" or Billie's "Good Morning Heartache" w/o chills going up and down my spine.

[aquaman]

38. Bout time yo ass showed up.......

Johnny and Billie, now THAT is music.

[enigmatic]

41. I'm watching Bukowski tonight!

Born Into This is coming on late tonight, and I can't freakin' wait..

[aquaman]

42. Cool, I would like to see that......

By the way, bought a new digital camera today so will send you pictures of the Son Volt show when I go, I still need to send you a copy of the new Son Volt cd, do you have it yet?

[enigmatic]

44. Ohhh, that's great!

I've got it on order from my local indie store; it was sold out up here if you can believe it. It's a dual disc, so I'll burn it for you for sure. I'll probably get it this week..

[aquaman]

45. Did you ever like Fugazi??

Ian MacKaye just put out a cd with a band called The Evens. It is good, just him and a drummer, much more laid back than anything I have heard him do before(a long way from Minor Threat). If you are interested I will send it to you.

[enigmatic]

50. Kinda

I had a roommate who loved Fugazi, so I know most of their stuff. I always loved Minor Threat, though..

[aquaman]

47. Yea,

I got the dual disc too, I like it.

[Wetzelbill]

79. How about Waylon Jennings?

[Maestro]

37. Freddie Mercury, Michael Hutchence,

Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughn

[shugah]

39. john lennon

i can't stop missing him, and wondering what else he would have done, had he lived.

[Syrinx]

46. me too

I really wonder what he would be saying and doing now, politically, if he was still around.

[spacelady]

48. Freddie Mercury, hands down. Could sing anything & did.

[alarcojon]

49. Freddy Mercury, Tupac, Jimi Hendrix

would be the top three. So many others, though...

[Maddy McCall]

52. Dean Martin.

[Bluebear]

60. The KING of cool!

[progmom]

53. Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan

:cry:

[arwalden]

98. I Really Do Love Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington Too

[hyphenate]

55. John Denver for one

Also miss Jim Reeves. Jim Croce and Harry Chapin.

[Jamastiene]

84. I liked John Denver too.

A lot of people pick on his music, but it was great. He spoke a lot of truths about how we are destroying the environment and need to stop it.

[argyl]

56. Sandy Denny, gone too soon.

[ovidsen]

108. What a voice.

Too many folks think Sandy only sang that one Zep song. But the stuff she did with Fairport Convention still astounds me.

[mockmonkey]

57. Michael Hutchence

I stopped listening to INXS after he died. But I started again a couple of months ago. His voice was incredibly sexy.

[mykpart]

58. Ray Charles. Bobby Darin

[warrens]

61. Roy Orbison

My favorite voice ever.

[Montauk6]

62. You know me, I could never limit it to one ; )

Ray Charles
Sammy, Frank & Dean
Bobby Darin
Marvin Gaye
The Temptations (Otis Williams is the only original member still living)
Edith Piaf
Paul Robeson
Ella Fitzgerald
Barry White
Judy Garland
Nat King Cole

[khashka]

63. Mama Cass, Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin, The Lizard King, and Kurt Cobain

And Patsy Cline. There isn't a gay bar in the world that doesn't have her on the jukebox.

Khash.

[Wetzelbill]

80. man, I might be gay after all, this is getting freaky....

Same taste in women, much the same in music.

I don't even want to ask what your favorite books are.

[khashka]

81. Yeah it could get ugly

We might find out we're soul mates and have to get married and raise kids....

Not exactly a happy ending for either of us, huh?

Khash.

[Wetzelbill]

82. we can pretend this never happened I suppose

:)

[khashka]

85. Well it was one weekend

and we can pretend we were drunk. I won't tell anybody if you don't.

Khash.

[Wetzelbill]

86. hahahaha

well, I have had about a quarter of a guinness so that'll work. :)

[Bossy Monkey]

64. Lennon, Harrison, Chapin, Zevon, Ramone, Strummer... too, too many nt

[jobycom]

68. Zevon and Chapin! How'd they fall so far down the list?

[Bossy Monkey]

70. My list or the thread? If the latter, I have no idea. Probably because

they were more great songwriters than great singers, at least in most people's eyes (ears?).

[Robeson]

69. Marvin Gaye....

...gone too soon.

[Skittles]

71. no contest, Freddy Mercury

I loved him since I was a teenager

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

72. Ella and Walter Hyatt

in addition to others mentiones already

[AntiCoup2K4]

73. Let's see how many I can list on a drunken Saturday night

John Lennon
Bon Scott
Freddie Mercury
Jerry Garcia
Kurt Cobain
Johnny Cash
Ronnie Van Zant
Joey Ramone

[Wetzelbill]

75. Keith Whitley

[Jamastiene]

83. Joey Ramone is definitely the first singer that comes to mind.

Next would be Kurt Cobain. And believe it or not, Sid Vicious was a good singer too. I especially liked his versions of "Something Else" and "Come on Everybody" a lot.

[PittPoliSci]

109. i would say Joey Ramone too.

[Spirochete]

87. Frank Zappa

[SKKY]

88. Freddie Mercury, by a country mile...

[Lumily]

92. John Lennon and Freddy Mercury.

[Cadfael]

93. Harry Nilsson

[Blue Gardener]

94. Eva Cassidy

A voice like an angel.

[ihaveaquestion]

100. She's my favorite too!

I only heard about her after she was gone! And she was from my home town - DC!

[Blue Gardener]

121. She's fantastic

Certainly a voice that was silenced too soon. I only heard of her about a year ago, and I'm hooked.

[Debbi801]

95. Chapin, Lennon, Croce, and Kirsty Maccoll.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

96. Abe Vigoda.

:evilgrin:

[JimmyJazz]

99. HE'S NOT DEAD!

But, I did enjoy the vocal stylings of his first album. :silly:

[solinvictus]

97. Maria Callas n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

101. Florence Ballard

[borlis]

106. Jim Morrison

He had such a soothing voice, especially on songs like Moonlight Drive and People are Strange. He also oozed sexuality. :loveya:

[catzies]

111. Not mentioned yet: Jeff Buckley. Already mentioned: George Harrison.

n/t

[XNASA]

112. Cher

[arwalden]

113. Cold, dude... really cold!

:spray:

[XNASA]

115. I need to get warmed up.....

I'll be seeing Sharon, Susang, Blue-Jay, BatBoy the Professor and his SO a little later today.

And I don't wanna get steamrolled, right off the bat.

[arwalden]

118. Have Fun...

... and tell everyone I said hello!

[I Know How To Do it]

114. Billie Holliday

[Hardrada]

116. Elvis

[arwalden]

129. I'm Surprised Nobody Mentioned Elvis Sooner...

... he was definitely talented!

[MrSlayer]

119. Bon Scott

He had an element of sleaze in his vocals that can never be matched.

[dajoki]

120. jim morrison...

janis, john lennon:hippie:

[WhiteTara]

122. Edith Piaf and Jimmy Hendricks

known as the Little Sparrow. He was the best.

edited for Jimmy.

[auntAgonist]

123. Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams

[Taxloss]

125. Johnny Cash. nt

[welshTerrier2]

126. Kate Wolf

some great names on the list here but Kate was in a class by herself ... most here don't know her ... she was an incredible singer-songwriter or "folkie" if you prefer ...

[Radio_Lady]

127. Frank Sinatra n/t

[I Have A Dream]

128. Gotta go with Nick Drake and John Lennon.

Lennon just had such amazing vision, and the open tunings that Drake used feed my soul.