Top 5 Rock n Roll Vocalists


My 6 year old daughter posed this question. I thought it was great. She also said that she knew her favorites were not the best. Here are my choices, which are not necessarily my favorites:

No particular order:

Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Axl Rose
Janis Joplin
Paul Rodgers
jtinn
Rok2id, if you are going to make such a statement, then examples would be uesful.
The OP's list does not contained any Rock & Roll singers. That's what 'caused' me to comment.

R&R was a genre aimed primarily at young juveniles. It was very good for dancing. It was happy and fun and dealt mostly with young people's notion of love / romance with subtle sexual suggestion.

It did not glorify drugs or violence or hate and certainly was not political in nature. The arists did not have to look, act and dress weird or have prison records.

some R&R singers are:
Elvis --- Chuck berry ---- Fats domino ---- little richard --- jerry lee lewis ---- most, but not all of the motown groups. And many more I am tooo old to remember. The genre did not last long before it was taken over by no talented 'bands' that made a lot of noise and looked strange.
I should have been clearer in my post.
Cheers.
While I did not scan all the responses, did anyone mention Ann Wilson of Heart or Steve Perry? I can't say I much appreciated Steve Perry until I have heard others try to sing Journey songs and miserably fail.
a couple i'll toss in:
steve marriott (small faces, humble pie)--the great white soul shouter
jim james (my morning jacket)--i've got very mixed feelings about their recent records, but the guy has an incredible, hypnotic voice
robin zander (cheap trick)--always though he was the best of the classic rockers. mega lung power.
alex chilton (box tops/big star)--definitely an acquired taste, but a really expressive, unconventional singer
ian curtis (joy division)
david thomas (pere iubu)