oooh, child! Thanks to kennethinthe212 I was alerted to this list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Miss Aretha Franklin was #1, with only one other female in the Top 20 (Tina Turner, #17).
Now, you know the gay boys will be fighting over this list all during Thanksgiving, but did they really need to list Miss Whitney Houston at #34 and Miss Mariah Carey at #79?
Who would you put in your Top 10? This is their list:
1 Aretha Franklin by Mary J. Blige
2 Ray Charles by Billy Joel
3 Elvis Presley by Robert Plant
4 Sam Cooke by Van Morrison
5 John Lennon by Jackson Browne
6 Marvin Gaye by Alicia Keys
7 Bob Dylan by Bono
8 Otis Redding by Booker T. Jones
9 Stevie Wonder by Cee-Lo
10 James Brown by Iggy Pop
I seemed to have stumbled upon your blog via the CA Blogwire on CA Progress Report.
ReplyDeleteAs to this list, much as the case was with Rolling Stone's top guitar player list, it appears that talent and ability are not the determining factors for these rankings (Dylan and Lennon in top 10? Freddie Mercury all the way down at 18 and not top 3? That is insane).
I won't be able to give you a personal ranked top 10. However, I can give you a list of missing names that I would put forth:
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden, solo)
Luke Kelly (the Dubliners)
Donnie Munro (Runrig)
Julie Fowlis (solo)