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- Aretha Franklin. Pop music, Rock music, Rhythm and blues. A voice that resonates with unbridled power and soulfulness, Aretha Franklin's contribution to the world of music is truly immeasurable.
- Ray Charles. Soul blues, Pop music, Rock music. Inimitable and groundbreaking, Ray Charles' talent as a vocalist and pianist has left an indelible mark on popular music.
- Elvis Presley. Christian music, Pop music, Rock music. The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley's legendary voice and charisma cemented his place in music history.
- Sam Cooke. Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz. With a silky-smooth and effortlessly soulful tenor, Sam Cooke's voice had the power to make you feel every emotion in his songs.
- Rosalía. When Rosalía sings, it feels as if she’s pulling out decades of history from her throat and resurrecting them into thin air. Her vocal tone, the intuitive melismas and rhythmic accents of which were built from training in flamenco for more than a decade, possesses a crystalline nature that in turn awakens emotions deep in the hearts of listeners.
- Glenn Danzig. While his hardcore-punk contemporaries were ranting about alienation and social ills, the Misfits frontman was crooning about Astro Zombies, infanticide, and teenagers from Mars in a rich, defiantly melodic voice that harked back to his heroes Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, and Roy Orbison (one of the legends he would later write for, along with Johnny Cash).
- Billie Eilish. Opting for subtlety instead of force or volume, Billie Eilish’s restraint makes the big emotions in her writing all the more intense. After revealing her soul-inflected tone at 14 with “Ocean Eyes,” she’s since mastered the technical elements that now comprise her signature style: controlled slides, delicate vibrato, and breathy texture that has inspired a new generation of pop singers to emulate.
- Burna Boy. A Nigerian cultural giant, Burna Boy is the ambassador of Afrobeats as a global movement that can feel equally at home climbing the European charts and maintaining a subtle emotional connection with past African genres like highlife.
Dec 3, 2010 · Stevie Nicks, The Who. Rolling Stone ranks the 100 Greatest Singers: Aretha, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bob Dylan and many more.
4 - Sam Cooke. American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, notable contributions to the genre and high significance in popular music. Cooke was born in Mississippi and later ...
- Michael Jackson. Have you ever watched Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker? Odds are if you were born between 1975 and 1985, the VHS tape sat somewhere next to your equally worn copies of Back to the Future, E.T., and Star Wars.
- Billie Holiday. It’s a profound web of seductively calm and spontaneous: Words plunge out of her mouth of an equal kind with the instruments, threading through the trumpet, around the sax, and over the strings.
- Freddie Mercury. Some frontmen had it all. Freddie Mercury rocked the moves, flaunted the outfits, and, above all else, brought a voice too astounding to comprehend as raw talent.
- Aretha Franklin. “Being a singer is a natural gift,” Aretha Franklin once said. That’s easy to say when you have one of the most naturally powerful voices in history, the kind of gift that can change the world.
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Dec 3, 2010 · 100 Greatest Artists. The Beatles, Eminem and more of the best of the best. By Rolling Stone. December 3, 2010. Rolling Stones in London circa 1960s. REX. In 2004 — 50 years after Elvis...
Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Singers" by colm-hearne365 | created - 21 Oct 2013 | updated - 2 months ago | Public. Please leave comments. Sort by: View: 100 names. 1. Aretha Franklin. Actress | The Blues Brothers.
