Best vocals in Rock and Roll?

My favorites are Jerry Garcia for "Casey Jones", "Dire Wolf" (Gotta love "Reckoning") and, "Touch of Grey."

And Neil Young for "Southern Man" and "Old Man."

Who's got your favorite set of pipes?

 

Avoiding metal vocalists...

Ronnie Van Zant - Freebird
Bon Scott - TNT
Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Robert Plant - Stairway to Heaven

Can't think right now, but those would be some of my favorites.

 

robert plant is definitely my favourite singer of all time.

 

Paul Rodgers

Just listen to any Free record.

 

John Bell.

 

Althought he's not my favorite guitarist, I like Syd Barrett's voice.
I like the vocals of Robert Plant in Achilles Last Stand
Oh yeah and there Roger Waters' voice and lyrics I like alot too.

I must say I'm not in love with singing thought, I prefer instrumentals.

 

ian thornley

 

i believe either robert plant, ozzy osbourne, or jim morrison

 

Steven Tyler without a doubt.

 

steven tyler, janis joplin, van morrison and freddie mercury. four of them is the best.

 

Janis Joplin

 

Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)

 

Cool guy..
I'd add:
Chris cornell (soundgarden days)
Travis meeks (days of the new)
Mark Lanegan
Robert Plant
Ozzy

 

definitely oldstyle chris cornell!

i dig Janis' vocals most on "work me, lord" and the live versions of "all is loneliness"

can't beat ian gillan doing "blindman" with Deep Purple and "born again" when he was with Sabbath

s. tyler does some amazing things, particularly on "nobody's fault"

think of Mick Jagger's dreamy sounds on "heaven"

robert plant has a great set of pipes, esp. in his youth - nuff said!

tom jones has got quite the roar himself when he wants to use it, hehe

 

Bad Company too!

 

plant and joplin . .. .(sigh)


with props to csny & clapton

 

may not be the best by standards but i loooove mick jaggers voice. its so distinctive. And he was pretty much the only (lead) singer of the stones. he also had a lot of different styles with his voice. LOVE IT. would have liked to hear him hold some more longer notes, which he doesnt do often, but still hes one of my top faves. I particularly love his voice in lets spend the night together (all those oh my my my my's lol) and wild horses, moonlight mile, as well as angie. all of em, really!!
and def cant forget janis, man!

 

Janis Joplin in Cry Baby

David Bowie in Time

Robert Plant in Kashmir

Freddie Mercury.

 

Lou reed is awesome

 

Roger Daltrey