Best voice

[tiggerblue10]

Who in your opinion have/had the greatest singing voices ever?

Mine are:
Freddie Mercury
Karen Carpenter

Others I can't think of at the moment.

[Jan1957]

Maria Callas. Tremendous voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxy4qrnKwVo

[tanny22]

i can sit and listen to matt monro jim reeves perry como bobby darin ella fitzgerald sinatra and the man deno everyone has their favorite,mine is dean martin ,but to me the best voice was mario lanza

[Answerprancer]

Have: Lisa Gerrard, Demis Roussos, Jon Anderson, Asha Bhosle, Randy Crawford, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Aretha Franklin.

Had: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Kirsty MacColl, Billy Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Klaus Nomi, Karen Carpenter.

(Non exhaustive - more will probably come to mind).

[Jan1957]

Heather Small (M People) and Judy Tzuke.

[Jan1957]

Yes Tony, I like Neil Diamond too. I like a bit of Love On the Rocks. :-)

[rowanwitch]

k.d lang.
Jose Carreras
Aretha Franklin
Placido Domingo
Monserrat Caballe

[TheOtherHalf]

Eva Cassidy
Don Maclean
Celine Dionne
George Michael
Freddie Mercury

[Answerprancer]

...Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson (just got back from seeing them) :-)

[snags]

Not your typical answer but Chris Cornell, American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist for Soundgarden and Audioslave is known for his wide four-octave vocal range and powerful vocal belting technique....

[mike11111]

I agree with Butch about the Big O. He had a fantastic vocal range, but without his backing group and the sweeping strings of a full orchestra he would not have been the icon he became.

[ELVIS68]

Frank Sinatra, Maria Callas, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, Billy Fury, Bobby Darin

[ELVIS68]

Oh yeh, Elvis