The top ten male solo artists EVER

5/02/10 | Phil.K

[Jakarta ex-pat]

OK. So which male artists NOT associated with duo, group etc would make your top 10. Here's mine..in no particular order..Non opera please!

[Lando Lincoln]

Others have pointed it out but oh man... Roy Orbison. And Chris Isaak.

[AFreeBird]

Slow Hand

[william clark]

While there are more that I like, I probably just have three favorites:

Sam Cooke
Nat King Cole
Neil Diamond

I also like Chris Tomlin a lot.

[Liberty Valance]

Johnny Cash
Merle Haggard
Nat King Cole
Roy Orbison
Marty Robbins
Frank Sinatra
Ray Charles
Verne Gosdin
James Taylor
Buddy Holly

just to name a few

[jessduntno]

“You are sooooo right. This guy was stars above Presley!!!”

I heard someone slam him once because his voice was “too operatic for rock and roll” and thought I would laugh my ass off...the sweetest duet ever was that version of Crying” he did with kd lang, too...but is there a more classic song than “Pretty Woman?” The version on Black and White Night is really great;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw0fngpM2GY

The solos half way through are unbelievable, a wholle other thread on rock and roll films like this and Last Waltz; but the song is a classic.

[BlueLancer]

You’d better have your ship rigged and ready in the harbor ...

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Cat Stevens has a tremendous tome...Even as Yusuf Islam!
He would definitely be in my top 20.

[csmusaret]

Sam Cooke and Merle Haggard. My two favorites all time!

[LRS]

Chuck Berry

Hank Williams (sr)

[BlueLancer]

Hurricane Smith ...

[Syntyr]

Have to add:

[Frantzie]

http://www.stevelippia.com/

Steve Lippa who some may say is a Sinatra impersonator but he sounds like Frankie in the 1940s and 1950s when his voice was the best. Night & Day stands out.

[fideist]

Rich Mullins

Keith Green

Steven Curtis Chapman

Randy Stonehill

Steve Taylor

[mkleesma]

Perry Como - Still Alive! :-)

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=48231482989&share_id=239094562396&comments=1

Yes, he truly is “Mr. Relaxation”

Still can’t stop laughing...

[Beckwith]

David Bowie?

Stopped reading right there.

[Krankor]

My cable has a 1940’s music station. I really enjoy hearing him croon with some of the Big Band women singers. I’m a Boomer, but I really do think he is the best male pop singer.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Video from the The Jazz Singer

[boknows]

Probably could consider Elton John and Michael Jackson. While they often did not LOOK like male artists, they might be considered decent musicians with “top ten” credentials.

[Quix]

How about some online links to some favorite songs by favorite singers in such threads?