Best Male Singers of the 20th Century

Some favorites:

Frank Sinatra
Placido Domingo
Jimmy Scott
Little Willie John
Greg Allman
Joe Williams
Mel Torme
Roger Daltrey
Tony Bennett
Magic Sam
Big Bill Broonzy
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Elvis Presley
Johnny Hartman
Enrico Caruso
Stevie Wonder
Oscar Brown Jr.

WHAT?? Bob Dylan best singer? You MUST be joking! That spoiled, middle-class, New York city boy (old man, now)over-the-hill hippie (life is tough - the butler treats me mean and the cook won't make me no lunch)doesn't even have the least little bit of a singing voice.

Gino Vannelli ranks with the best ever. His early jazz-fusion(1969-1978)will really suprise you

John Lennon. Freddie Mercury ain't too shabby, either. When he goes into that scat duirng "Another One Bites The Dust," it's one of the best moments in R&R, to me, anyway.

This is the description of a CD available from acousticsounds.com

It was Irving Berlin, perhaps the greatest American composer, who observed, "It's nothing new to say that Fred Astaire is a great dancer... what is even more important to those of us who ever wrote songs for him was that he was also a great singer. Fred introduced and was responsible for more hit songs than many of the top singers. He knew the value of a song and his heart was in it before his feet took over."

A sample...

1. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
2. The Way You Look Tonight
3. Fascinating Rhythm
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
5. Funny Face
6. Top Hat, White Time and Tails
7. Night And Day
8. Let Yourself Go
9. Easter Parade
10. Cheek To Cheek
11. Puttin' on the Ritz
12. Let's Face the Music and Dance
13. Foggy Day
14. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
15. Nice Work If You can Get It