Top ten male singers (vanity)

7nov10 | Sparky21555

[Sparky21555]

1) Roger Daltry 2) Robert Plant 3) Paul McCartney 4) Frank Sinatra 5) Neil Diamond 6) Dean Martin 7) Roy Orbison 8) David Clayton-Thomas 9) Bing Crosby 10) Otis Redding

Donning my asbestos suit now. Good thing I have a beer in my hand to put out thre flames!

[RegulatorCountry]

... and another “last,” coincidentally. Zevon died after performing that song on David Letterman.

[buccaneer81]

I always loved “Hit Somebody,” “Leave My Monkey Alone” and “Lawyers Guns And Money.”

[dfwgator]

This is why I like Engelbert

Lesbian Seagull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTXVqETBM4

How he could sing this with a straight face is beyond me.

[Liberty Valance]

lol - he was just an excitable boy they all said ...

[RegulatorCountry]

People quote Lawyers, Guns and Money who don’t even know who Warren Zevon is, it slipped into popular vernacular.

[RegulatorCountry]

There was an edge underneath the wackiness of that one. I got the impression he knew that “excitable boy.”

[buccaneer81]

Me, too. “If You Know What I Mean” and “September Morn” got me...well...into teenhood.

[Erasmus]

I first heard Tony singing "Rags to Riches" getting airplay in, IIRC, 1954. I guess he left an impression. Years later he came up with his signature tune about SanFran.

But I think my all-time favorite is this guy (<--youtube link), especially when he met up in the final decade of his career with George Shearing. If you decide to click on it, be sure to listen to both songs in the clip.

And if you can find them together somewhere on the web doing "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," go for it!

[buccaneer81]

I know. Kind of sad. But, if it’s any consolation, people quote Beatles song every day as well.

[Liberty Valance]

"I got the impression he knew that “excitable boy.”

I got the impression we all knew him ... ;o)

[Erasmus]

You could be the ugliest, dorkiest guy on earth. You put Barry on, and woman will be tearing off there clothes and jumping on you.

I was just musing on that very point. I think his voice had a characterstic that resonated with, umm, certain parts of distaff anatomy.

[mountn man]

Saw him on tv a couple of years ago. Voice is a little shaky, but still deep and rich.

Not from 2 years ago, but thought you might like
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWJfkDCB74"

Check out Amazing Grace by Hayley Westenra
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOrlCYp8TgU"

Also Ave Maria by Sarah Brightman
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQQuYhJ_b3w"

[Errant]

I can handle his version of Holly Holy but that's about it. I prefer the energy Neil Dimond projects to Engelbert's style but that's just me.

You can compare both version yourself:

Engelbert Humperdinck - Holly Holy

Neil Diamond - Holly Holy live 1971

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PGQw
Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money

[mountn man]

Mine were Journey, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Olivia Newton-John and Anne Murray

[Errant]

Check out Amazing Grace by Hayley Westenra

Great choice there! Absolutely my favorite rendition.

[sonic109]

Steve Walsh (Kansas)
Robin Zandar ( Cheap Trick )
Jack Bruce ( Cream )
David Bowie
for starters

[mountn man]

Neil Schon was like 15 or 16 when he was with Santana. SERIOUSLY.

[Errant]

To this day, they still get to me and many more.