Freddy Mercury
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Freddy Mercury
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Chris Cornell
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Since someone already dropped Frankie S' name I'll throw another Italian onto the pile...
Luciano Pavarotti - He really is the greatest male opera singer since the invention of sound recording devices. Simply exceptional.
If you're invoking Frankie, Dean & Nat then don't forget Bing Crosby, baritone crooner extraordinaire.
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Placido Domingo
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here here!!!
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How the heck would you pick a best vocalist? Best voalist for what? Crooner? Probably Sinatra, although I'm not familiar enough with the '30s and '40s jazz singers to be certain.
R&B? Probably Ray Charles. You could argue for Stevie Wonder, too. You could also make a compelling case for Marvin Gaye.
Rock? Take your pick from the usual suspects -- Freddie Mercury certainly taking a very queenly place near the top of the heap. Nobody mentioned Jim Morrison, who crossed the line between crooner and rocker pretty well.
Country? Probably Lyle Lovett, although you could make a seriously twisted case for Willie Nelson.
Opera? Everybody's probably going to say Pavarotti. But I'm sure a real opera buff could reel off five more in the same league.
Okay, so put Luciano, Ray, Frank, Marvin and Lyle in a room, give them all chainsaws. Who's the best vocalist? The one who emerges alive?
This is why I have a hard time with things like the Academy Awards. Genius is singular and unique, impossible to compare. Mediocrity is common and easily measured. It follows that terms like "best" are better applied to the average than the brilliant.
I'm pretty sure it was Mozart who said, "Artists are not horses to be run against each other." Having said that, can well all agree that Wolfgang was the "best" classical composer?
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umm probably the lead singer of Korn although i think there some editing it sounds great!
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James Le brie from dreamtheatre
and then Freddy Mercury
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