Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice?


There have been successful singers in almost any style that realistically did not have a "golden" voice.  Perhaps guilty pleasures.  Who are yours?

jusam

@ticat To my ears, David Bowie possessed one of the finest singing voices ever. Tone. Diction. Range. Emotional expression. To be sure, there were a number of albums where he went to places his voice perhaps should not have gone, but being unafraid of pushing  boundaries was an essential aspect of his genius.

Superlative female vocals:

Lady Gaga

Roxanne Potvin

Marina Celeste

The Buzzhorn, Course of Nature, Pulse Ultra - absolutely stellar alternative rock bands. 

For the record, Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World and Five for Fighting - 100 Years:are atrocious...the vocals.

What a wonderful world the song I’ll play when I’ve got a week to live on my death-bed; and 100 years is the only song that can make a person feel guilty for being alive...reminding them that life is short and we’re all going to die one day.

Ted Hawkins - Great street singer, briefly recorded in the 1990s before dying young.