Who Is Your Favorite Dead Singer?

[arwalden]

Okay... you can name more than one.

-- Allen

[vivalarev]

1. Shannon Hoon

Blind Melon

[CO Liberal]

2. Nat King Cole

[medeak]

89. ditto and add

(who doesn't love "Nature Boy") add Peggy Lee...underappreciated.

[genius]

3. John Lennon

[flamingyouth]

4. Hmmm.... Nina Simone pops into mind

Joey Ramone
Joe Strummer

I could go on all night, I'm sure. Off the top of my head, though, those three.

[AVID]

5. Jerry Garcia

[Doohickie]

18. Jerry Garcia?

That answers the original question on so many different levels when you think about it!

;- D

[sabbat hunter]

32. thief! ;)

you stole my response! ;)

but i will also say that janis joplin is in my top two

david

[Doohickie]

87. What can I say?

You gotta be quick.

[EstimatedProphet]

115. Yup

Jerry gets a bad rap but his voice carried a lot of emotion

[Book Lover]

6. Freddy Mercury

Dean Martin
Joey Ramone

[richmwill]

52. Smart

You named my top 2- Freddie and Joey.

[Chovexani]

76. I cried buckets when Freddie died.

I was a little girl at the time and did not understand anything about AIDS. Heck, neither did most grown folks at the time. I was just so sad and confused. Freddie was just so larger than life and then suddenly he was gone. Of course, looking back now on some of the later Queen music videos, Freddie was clearly ill. But it just seemed so senseless to me.

What a brilliant, shining light. He had such a beautiful voice, and no one worked a stage the way Freddie did. He COMMANDED it.

God I miss that man. :cry:

[kariatari]

81. Definitely.

[MikeG]

90. Freddy Mercury is my choice, too.

[arwalden]

7. Karen Carpenter, Judy Garland

and Dinah Washington.

[Fenris]

15. You're not gay by any chance, are you?

;):D:hi:

[arwalden]

22. Just A Little

Minnie Riperton.

[Chovexani]

54. Hee!

Honey you are the gayest gay on Gay Street. :)

DU would be so boring without you. :hug:

[Quixote1818]

24. I am a straight guy and I like Keren Carpenter

So do a lot of guys who wont admit it.

[arwalden]

29. That's My Most Favorite Christmas Album

I've got many... but the Carpenter's Christmas album is the one I look for first.

[Ghetto_Boy]

25. Can you imagine the fight over the Show tunes in a gay breakup?

[Quixote1818]

31. Who would get the WHAM albums or Bett Midler???

[Ghetto_Boy]

37. That"s MY Barbara S. album Big Boy!!!

[Ghetto_Boy]

41. A REAL hair pulling cat-fight

[Quixote1818]

8. John Denver or Jim Croce

[pagerbear]

50. God, I love Jim Croce!

[pagerbear]

56. Never mind--accidental dupe

[oregonjen]

70. Two thumbs up for John Denver!

[Ghetto_Boy]

9. Sam Cooke

Singer, song writer

[RamblingRose]

10. "Dead Singer" - Jerry Garcia. John Lennon!

[Fenris]

11. Joe F'ing Strummer

RIP

Also Nick Drake, Gene Clark, and George Harrison.

[Ghetto_Boy]

A Strummer Fan... how about the Pogues... Shane. unofficially dead?

[Fenris]

26. He's still kicking. Drunk as fuck, but still alive.

[Ghetto_Boy]

36. Man I LOVED the Pogues...not the same after Shane got booed,

The Popes sucked bad...Met them in Detroit.. came back to my apartment, drank ALL MY BOOZE!!!!

[TaleWgnDg]

12. ah. tis easy . . .

Peggy Lee
Rosemary Clooney
Frank Sinatra
Nat "King" Cole
Elvis (early years)
and most of all --- Ella Fitzgerald

[Ghetto_Boy]

13. Marvin Gaye, singer, song writer

[swag]

14. Ian Curtis

[Fenris]

17. I second that.

[Ghetto_Boy]

16. Etta Jame "At Last"

[NightTrain]

21. Etta James is not dead!

[NightTrain]

23. Marvin Gaye.

He wasn't called "The King of Motown" for nothing! :headbang:

[Ghetto_Boy]

28. he was from my 'hood

[Ghetto_Boy]

30. Really? sorry Etta.. great voice anyway

[NightTrain]

33. You might have been thinking of jazz singer Etta Jones.

I believe Ms. Jones died in 2001.

[Ghetto_Boy]

40. I Think you are right... but you know what? BUSH STILL SUCKS!!!

[PittPoliSci]

19. Joey Ramone

John Lennon is a close second.

do not rank:

Hendrix and Garcia.

[Ghetto_Boy]

43. Joey? C'mon. I Liked the guy but, best singer? C'mon man.......

[PittPoliSci]

44. Yes, the best singer.

Problem?

[Ghetto_Boy]

49. Joey???? c'mon

[PittPoliSci]

65. I fail to see what you're getting at.

Fact: I hate Jerry Garcia, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Billie Holiday, etc.

Fact: I love the Ramones.

Fact: Unique singing style changed with his age, creating two distinctly seperate styles which were both wonderful.

[Spiffarino]

20. Kurt Cobain n/t

[brainshrub]

27. Urg, the flatulent

To bad it would be 300,000 years before recording devices were in vogue.

[DemBones DemBones]

34. Oh, let's see. . . John Lennon, he was my favorite Beatle -- those

who remember 1964 will recall that was a major question "Who's your favorite Beatle?" at the time. The Fab Four had a major influence on our culture.

Elvis Presley, for the huge boost he gave to early rock 'n' roll, and because he had a fantastic voice. By the time he started playing Vegas, I wasn't following him, but he was still a great singer, despite some of the schlock he was doing in his later years.

[Zomby Woof]

35. Ronnie Van Zant

[Ivan Sputnik]

38. Eva Cassidy

and Lennon, of course.

I like plenty of other voices from beyond, too. Most of the best ones are dead, actually.

http://www.evacassidy.org

[johnnie]

39. Elvis Presley

No question

[carpetbagger]

53. Not dead yet.

Try again.

[johnnie]

109. Where is he?

:shrug:

[Quixote1818]

42. I also liked Johnny Cash. Hay what about Elvis? Anyone?

[Jean Louise Finch]

96. Johnny Cash, indeed.

And this is my very first post.

Hello.

[johnnie]

108. Hello

:hi: Welcome to DU

[pagerbear]

45. Maria Callas

[lil-petunia]

106. good one, but Mercury and Sinatra were great, too

[pagerbear]

119. Of course they were--no argument there!

[kodi]

46. bobbie darin

.

[Ghetto_Boy]

47. The best pure singer?.. Patsy Cline

[ronnykmarshall]

48. Florence Ballard

The heart and soul of The Supremes.



I love you "Blondie". Honey, you is terrific!

[flamingyouth]

55. Nice choice

:thumbsup:

[ronnykmarshall]

61. Thanks.

I love Flo so much!

:loveya:

[flamingyouth]

66. That wench Diana dissed her

"Flo, she don't know, 'cos the boy she loves is a Romeo." Harrumph.

[ronnykmarshall]

68. Flo DID know ...

She knew she could sing circles around Diane.

[flamingyouth]

71. No shit!

:D

[ronnykmarshall]

72. Ever hear her sing "People"?

Fantastic!

Also there is a rare version of the Christmas record with Flo singing "Silent Night". Brings tears to yer eyes.

[flamingyouth]

73. Yes, "People" is great!

And no, I am sorry to say that I haven't heard her "Silent Night," although I wish I could. I wonder if it's on any compilations?

[ronnykmarshall]

74. I have it on a CD.

PM me your info and when I can drag it out of my re-model mess, I burn it for you.

[arwalden]

58. Sweet.

[ronnykmarshall]

62. and how sweet she was.

[Nomad559]

51. John Lennon

Jim Croce

Freddy Mercury

Roy Orbison

[eaprez]

57. Billie Holiday

Her voice can move me to tears

[caledesi]

59. Jim Morrison (The Doors). no question nt

[donheld]

99. he's my pick

i am truly sorry he can't keep me up at night reading me poetry amoung other things

:bounce:

[truhavoc]

60. Duce Staley n/t

[TroubleMan]

63. Marvin Gaye with Bob Marley a close second

nt

[JohnOneillsMemory]

64. John Ashcroft-he can't possibly be alive.

"Let the EEEEEEagle SOOOOaaarrrr...."

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

67. BON SCOTT...RASPY,RAUNCHY,RUDE N/T

[AntiCoup2K4]

82. I'll second that!

Bon Scott WAS Ac/Dc! (no disrespect to Angus)

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

86. Great pic...thx n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

69. Darryl Whorley.

Oh wait. He isn't dead.

Boy, he had me fooled. ;-)

[Zero Gravitas]

75. Garcia, Lennon, Marley

[Warren DeMontague]

77. Jerry Garcia.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

80. Its not like Bobby or Brent I mean - Puhleaze!

I know what you're sayin!

[AntiCoup2K4]

83. Bobby's still alive.

Now it could be Brent. Or PigPen. But I'd probably still go with Jerry.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

102. I meant Dead as in - a member of the GD

now what I'm sayin'?

[Warren DeMontague]

93. I Miss Brent.

:(

Didn't appreciate the man as much as, maybe I should have- when he was alive.

Pig had it goin' on, too.

As mentioned elsewhere, yeah, Bob's still alive. And belting them out as great as ever, I might add.

Phil, too.

Only one who shouldn't sing is Mickey. Sorry, but.. it's true.

[guitar man]

78. a toss up

Between Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye, I really can't decide.

[Endangered Specie]

79. John Ashcroft... and his hit"Let the Mighty Eagle Soar"

uh, oops, nevermind. :evilgrin:

[donheld]

98. john ashcroft?

i thought he sang "left the eagles sore"

:toast:

:bounce:

[Algorem]

84. Alex harvey

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

85. Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Marvin

[Lydia Leftcoast]

88. Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison

I heard the Doors live during their first tour after Morrison died, and it really brought home how much his voice "made" their sound.

[ornotna]

91. Nat King Cole, Satchmo, Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee

John Lennon, Marvin Gaye......

[WinterStorm]

92. Janis Joplin

[Bluebear]

94. Minnie Riperton

[Mrs. Overall]

95. Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
and
Patsy Cline

[Feanorcurufinwe]

97. Billie Holliday, Pigpen

[Baja Margie]

100. Frank Sinatra

[YellowRubberDuckie]

117. Frankie was great!

And the whole Rat Pack are just incredible. When I'm up really late, I'm tempted to buy the tape of the show that started it all. Those were great nights and now they're on TAPE!! Damn....I wish I could have been in Las Vegas in the 60s.
Duckie

[scarlet_owl]

101. Big Mama Thornton.

[enigmatic]

103. Chet Baker, Lennon, Phil Ochs, Gram Parsons

Just off the top of my head..

[Matilda]

104. Bobby Darin for me.

n/t

[NashVegas]

105. Louis Armstrong

:)

[Magrittes Pipe]

107. Jim Shepard or Joe Strummer

[ProfessorGAC]

110. Michael Hutchence

The Professor

[laylah]

111. Hmmmmm.....

I would have to say, Patsy Cline, Minnie Ripperton (what a loss...and at such a young age!), and John Denver...(readying for teasing :bounce: )

Jenn

[jonnyblitz]

112. I haven't heard very many dead people sing lately...n/t

[sundog]

113. Mama Cass

--

[arwalden]

118. Ah... Cass Elliott...

It's about time someone mentioned her.

-- Allen

(Dream a little dream of me.)

[non sociopath skin]

114. Don't!! When you get to be fifty-something ...

... seems like most of your favourite singers are dead. Or look and sound as if they are ...

The Skin

[bif]

116. Sarah Vaughan & Johnny Hartman

The album Hartman did with Trane is incredible. Also Satchmo and of course, Ella.