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The top ten male solo artists EVER
5/02/10 | Phil.K

Posted on 02/05/2010 7:55:13 AM PST by 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!


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To: thefactor

Agreed! However, wasn’t he in a group?


82 posted on 02/05/2010 8:24:13 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
No list is legitimate without Roy Orbison.
You won't hear me complain. Even if he wasn't quite among my original choices, the man was nonpareil.

For that matter, so was Les Paul on his own. Not to mention Wes Montgomery, Big Joe Turner, and Sonny Boy Williamson.

83 posted on 02/05/2010 8:24:29 AM PST by BluesDuke (Another brief interlude from the small apartment halfway up in the middle of nowhere in particular)
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To: Psalm 73

For people who forgot about poor white trash, and if you don’t like it you can kiss my ....

Davie Allen Coe


84 posted on 02/05/2010 8:24:38 AM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
30 years in radio (Chicago) and never played one of his songs and never had a request for one.

He was a media-hype creation like Tiny Tim. They believed they could force a moderately talented performer on the public by over-exposure. They made some money, but not like they thought, but he never had a top-selling song...ever.

Even Slim Whitman out-sold him by a mile.

85 posted on 02/05/2010 8:24:45 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: dead

Marvin Gaye, yes...and his name always reminds me of the great tribute song (and another of my alltime favorite groups) “Nightshift” by the Commodores...


86 posted on 02/05/2010 8:25:10 AM PST by jessduntno (If Bawney Fwank talks in his sleep, is it considered wetting the bed?)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
Agreed! However, wasn’t he in a group?

McDonald is a great singer and all that, but he didn't belong in the Doobies.

87 posted on 02/05/2010 8:25:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jakarta ex-pat

Well...that’s your unprofessional opinion.

Did you mean by record sales, what you personally liked/like or actual God-gifted talent? Certainly, from your list, it is not “God-gifted” talent.


89 posted on 02/05/2010 8:26:03 AM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Liberty Valance

K D Lang

Hahahahaha...wicked. She would be on a great singer list, though....


90 posted on 02/05/2010 8:26:13 AM PST by jessduntno (If Bawney Fwank talks in his sleep, is it considered wetting the bed?)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
Dean Martin

Perry Como

Frank Sinatra

Tom Jones

Hector LaVoe

Harry Connick Jr.

Marvin Gaye

Lionel Ritchie

Andrea Bocelli (would he be considered operatic?)

Josh Groban

All the others I can think of are operatic.

91 posted on 02/05/2010 8:26:25 AM PST by constitutiongirl ("Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."---Leo Tolstoy)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
Doobie Brothers, but he has had more than enough of a solo career since then. And he is one of the finest backup singers ever. The stuff he did with Steely Dan is legendary.

More recently he released a bunch of Mo-Town stuff which was pretty good, but his solo stuff is amazing.

92 posted on 02/05/2010 8:26:30 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Baynative

I have always wanted to find the TJ hooker TV program he was in. Absolutely AWESOME.


93 posted on 02/05/2010 8:26:31 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: Baynative

Killer...I dunno...Rock and Roll Showman, for sure...


94 posted on 02/05/2010 8:28:14 AM PST by jessduntno (If Bawney Fwank talks in his sleep, is it considered wetting the bed?)
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To: ßuddaßudd
Does Mr. Jeff Beck count?
Why not? Especially Blow By Blow through Flash, though his last couple of albums were extremely interesting.

And, speaking of former Yardbirds guitarists in solo life, why not Eric Clapton, if you don't count a few clinkers along the way . . .

95 posted on 02/05/2010 8:28:15 AM PST by BluesDuke (Another brief interlude from the small apartment halfway up in the middle of nowhere in particular)
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To: thefactor
Doobie Brothers, but he has had more than enough of a solo career since then. And he is one of the finest backup singers ever. The stuff he did with Steely Dan is legendary.

There was a funny SCTV skit featuring Michael running from studio to studio to sing a few backup lines. He'd go from Christopher Cross then run over to another studio, run back to Christopher Cross, etc.

96 posted on 02/05/2010 8:28:35 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jakarta ex-pat

No Tom Waits?


97 posted on 02/05/2010 8:28:46 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced. (Mencken))
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To: thefactor

I really enjoyed the theme tune he did for a movie. I think it was called “Running Scared”.


98 posted on 02/05/2010 8:28:49 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: Baynative

Great choice!!


99 posted on 02/05/2010 8:29:23 AM PST by constitutiongirl ("Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."---Leo Tolstoy)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat
He's about 80, and a better performer now than at any other point in his career. Breathtaking:

Leonard Cohen - Democracy

100 posted on 02/05/2010 8:29:36 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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