Favorite male singers...

[Bob Wright]

O.K. we've surveyed the lady (?) singers, now how about the men?

Mine:

Eddy Arnold

Don Edwards

Johnny Cash

Tex Ritter


How about yours?


Bob Wright

 

[Snake45]

Warren Zevon

Tom Petty

Meat Loaf

Toby Keith

Blake Shelton

 

[Bob Wright]

Warren Zevon

Tom Petty

Meat Loaf

Toby Keith

Blake Shelton

Snake,

Generation gap here. Meat Loaf is the only one I've ever heard of!

Bob Wright

 

[don44]

Eddy Arnold
Elvis
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin

 

[Bob Wright]

Maybe the greatest singer of religious music:

George Beverly Shea.

He was soloist with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Team for many, many years. It was said of him that he sang before more people in live campaigns than any other singer today.

Bob Wright

 

[Heliman]

Eddy Arnold
Elvis
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin

^^^^^^^^^

These!

 

[Fox Mike]

Again, I could write a very long list of my favorite male singers. Here are just a few. Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Andy Williams, Simon and Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark.

 

[toysoldier]

Tennessee Ernie Ford, Simon & Garfunkle, Brewer & Shipley, Mike Rowe.

 

[nrobe50]

George Jones and Merle Haggard....don't forget Vern Gosdin (the voice)

 

[Bob Wright]

ARRGH! Tennessee Ernie Ford! How could I have overlooked him? Great voice and great timing.

Bob Wright

 

[bogus bill]

Danny Gaither
Johnny Horton
more later.

 

[Gator89]

George Jones
Conway Twitty
Hank Sr
Hank Jr

Raoul Malo (frontman for The Mavericks)
Tyler Childers
Dee White

Too many more to list.

 

[Cholo]

Oh, so many.

George Harrison

Merle Haggard

Waylon Jennings

Tom Petty

Dwight Yoakam

Jesse Colin Young

 

[muzzleloader]

Let’s not forget to add Marty Robbins to this already fine list. Loved him sense I was a boy listening to dad’s records.

 

[Buckshot Bill]

Roy Orbison. My God, what a voice that man had!
Dean Martin was sure smooth, easy listening- especially at Christmas time.
Gator89 brought up Raul Malo and I'll agree on him, too. A terrific voice . If you listen to him singing Roy Orbison's "crying" it's almost spooky how much he sounds like Roy Orbison.

Buckshot Bill

 

[Acorn]

Vern Gosdin
Don Williams
Marty Robbins

 

[caryc]

Roy Orbison #1 I have a copy of "Roy Orbison, a Black and White Night". It was a taping of him appearing at the Coconut Grove in LA. He had Bruce Springstein with him and a bunch of other well known names. Orbison and Springstein jammed together and Springstein looked like he was completely amazed at being there with Roy Orbison. If you can find that CD, buy it. Orbison had an amazing operatic voice. He could go from a high falsetto down to a deep bass without his voice breaking. There will never be another one like him.

I'm really shocked that no one here mentioned Hank Williams :!: Hey Good Lookin' my absolute favorite.

 

[Snake45]

I'm really shocked that no one here mentioned Hank Williams :!:

Gator89 did--both Senior and Junior. :wink:

 

[375supermag]

Jay Black...

 

[Sagebrush Burns]

Jim Morrison

Roger Daltry

Paul Rodgers

 

[Xsales]

No one said "Slim Whitman" or "Box Car Willie"
Odd

Many mentioned are right up there but I'll go with Tom Petty

 

[jgt]

George Jones
Merle Haggard
George Straight
Vern Gosdin
Alan Jackson
Randy Travis
Don Williams
Marty Robbins
Jim Reeves
Jonny Horton
Don Gibson
Gene Watson
Vince Gill
Lefty Frizzell
Hank Williams

 

[BearBio]

Varies a lot but listening to Hank Snow's "Golden Rocket" right now. Always lifts your mood (Tune, not the lyrics!)

 

[Mike J]

The first name that popped in my head was Johnny Cash. After that Hank Jr. & Sr., George Strait, David Allan Coe (not the politically incorrect song everyone hates), George Jones, and the list could go on & on.

 

[Snake45]

Warren Zevon

Tom Petty

Meat Loaf

Toby Keith

Blake Shelton

Snake,

Generation gap here. Meat Loaf is the only one I've ever heard of!

Bob Wright

Bob, allow me to introduce you to the late great Warren Zevon. I think you'll enjoy this performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZprekC-58

:wink:

 

[Snake45]

And here's a couple songs that feature TWO multi-mentions in this thread, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. You might recognize a couple other familiar faces, too. :wink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM

 

[OVERLOADDED]

Hank Sr
Hank Jr
Wylon Jennings

Bruce Springsteen
Thought he was great until, he declared his support for Obama, just barely can stand his music now!
Overloadded

 

[A.J.]

My favorites:

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
David Bowie
Neil Young
Roy Orbison
Tom Petty
Till Lindeman (Ramstein)

 

[Jeepnik]

Marty
Gene
Roy
And Singing Sandy

 

[Gardner11]

I really liked most of the singers noted , but I totally agree with several of the posters on Roy Orbison, in my opinion NOBODY could sing as well as this man .