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Kurt Elling

Leonard Cohen! (He was born like this, he had no choice/He was born with the gift of a golden voice/And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond/They tied him to this table right here In the Tower of Song...).

John Lennon, of course.

Ian Gillan

Peter (the angel) Gabriel

Jamie Stewart from Xiu Xiu.

Freddy Mercury

Michael Gira (Swans), David Bowie close second.

Al Jolson. . . after 60 years, no one has yet to surpass him.

Trent Reznor. High. Low. Soft. Scream. The man can do it all.

1) Jim James, 2) Morrissey, 3) James Mercer, 4) Neil Young.

Mike Patton. He is all of the above.

Kurt Cobain was the voice of his generation—figuratively and literally. Cobain was his generation's Dylan and Lennon. His lyrics embodied the angst, boredom, and self-loathing of Generation X, just as Dylan gave voice to counter-culture and the civil rights movement in the '60s, and yet Cobain had the best voice of any white rocker since, well, John Lennon. Listen to Unplugged in New York to experience Cobain's chilling snarl and wails that are often masked by his Beatle-esque talent for pop melodies on Nirvana's "plugged" releases, alas distorted to the nth degree. The now legendary performance of Leadbelly's "In the Pines" (re-titled "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?") on that disc serves as a useful primer for those unfamiliar with Nirvana and Kurt Cobain's vocal prowess.

Al Jarreau—with over 504 songs to his credit, he can't be bad.

Nat King Cole

Frank Sinatra

Paul Rodgers of Free, Bad Company, etc. Best rock singer ever.

Fred Astaire (1930s recordings)

Neil Young

Robert Plant

Johnny Hartman

Morrissey

Mark Lanegan. One of the most distinct, soulful and true voices of our day.

I thinks we should embrace music and its genres. My favorites include Al Jarreau, John Mayer, Nat "King" Cole, Sting, Seal, Kurt Elling, Maxwell, Johnny Hartman, and Will Downing.

Jim Morrison

Harry Nilsson