BEST MALE VOCAL EVER


Hi... Looking forward to opinions from all  who enjoy vocals.

MY VOTE is for a man who was a pioneer: creative, articulate, with a suave and sophisticated exterior and a voice unheard again to this day; he died far too young - NAT KING COLE
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Sinatra excluded there is only one Joe Cocker at the Fillmore East.

Someone wants to hear the real pavarotti. Look for la Bohéme with pavarotti and Freni. Decca. Best opera recording ever. Not without faults but the live feeling...and the voices!
While I wouldn’t consider him to be "best ever," IMO Jay Black (often referred to as "The Voice") definitely deserves mention in this conversation.

And that would apply even when he was 72+ years old:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffGjbaAFVpw

Also, the late British singer Matt Monro (sometimes referred to as "the British Frank Sinatra") deserves mention IMO.

In saying all of this, I am assuming the thread is not intended to encompass opera and classical singers.

Regards,
-- Al
Freddie Mercury
Paul Rodgers
Steve Walsh(pre 1982)
Steve Perry
Joe Cocker

Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
Elvis
Bing Crosby