Top 5 vocals

Mine are:
1- Peter Hammill
2- Francesco Di Giacomo
3- Ian Anderson
4- Peter Gabriel
5- Jon Anderson

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Edited by Horizons - February 05 2012 at 13:35

Pascale Son
Topi Lehtipuu
Vashti Bunyan (now that she is here)
Francesco Di Giacomo
Peter Hammill

And if a tag-team counted, then Paule Kleynnaert  and Amara Tahir of Eskaton.

I may edit my list a bit later, but I love Pascal Son's( of Cos) voice and think Lehtipuu (of Hoyry-Kone) a terrific, well-trained vocalist, though I don't listen to HK much anymore, and Vashti's vocals I find really lovely.


Edited by Logan - February 05 2012 at 13:49

I also will mention Vashti, and add (in no particular order)
Emma Ruth Rundle
Neige
Meg Baird
Aaron Turner

I really love Fred Frith's voice too, when he chooses to sing.  I didn't really put much work into this list, just a few off the top of my head.

Also Peter Blegvad


Edited by Triceratopsoil - February 18 2012 at 23:36

Not sure about the order, but:
- Jon Anderson from Yes.
- Annie Haslam from Renaissance (I'm a bit surprised no one has mentioned her).
- Francesto Di Giacomo from Banco del Mutuo Socorsso.
- Jimmy Spitalleri from Metamorfosi.
and not really sure about the last one, I guess I'd have to choose Gilmour, though he is not so spectacular as the others, he's got a really pleasant singing, and Pink Floyd is my favouirte band. Other options are Freddy Mercury (technically better than Gilmour, I guess, and I like his singing very much too), or perhaps even Tarja Turunen from Nightwish.
I haven't heard much of Peter Hammill or Van Der Graff Generator, but for the few times I've heard them, I believe he could actually have ended up being my 5th choice.

Since people are also mentioning prog related selections...

Annie Haslam
David Gilmour
Roger Daltrey
Ronnie James Dio
Adrian Belew

Also, Ian Gillan, Daniel Gildenlow, Kate Bush, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Shankar Mahadevan (Shakti), Fish, Ian Anderson, Eric Bloom, Freddie Mercury. 


Edited by rogerthat - February 07 2012 at 05:53

Peter Hammill
Annie Haslam
Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Mariusz Duda

Ian Gillan
Peter Gabriel
Thijs van Leer
Jacqui McShee
Jon Anderson
Never really enjoyed Peter Hamill..

1) Tori Amos
2) Ian Anderson
3) John Lawton (with Lucifer's Friend)
4) Ian Gillan
5) Linda Perry

Non of these are Prog. Goes to show that there's a serious shortage of really good vocalists in Prog. One of it's very few failings, I find.


Edited by npjnpj - February 08 2012 at 04:06

Not in any order:

James Hopkins Harrison
Glenn Hughes
Steve Walsh
Jon Anderson
Bobby Kimball

There's far too many!   but i've enjoyed these 5 for many years..........