My TEN Favourite MALE SINGERS
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Andy is a drummer, producer and educator. He has toured the world with rock legend Robert Plant and played on classic prog albums by Frost and IQ.
As a drum clinician he has played with Terry Bozzio, Kenny Aronoff, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman and Mike Portnoy.
He also teaches drums privately and at Kidderminster College
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I like singers that don’t sound like anyone else and immediately resonate with me emotionally. Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson from Sigur Ros had this effect on me. First time I heard, I was certain it was a female. Such a striking countertenor voice like no other; really gets under my skin in a good, hypnotic way.
Great stuff as usual, Andy. Unique, surprising, and deep. Much appreciated. The great filmmaker Fellini said, "When I encounter a problem I can't solve, I incorporate it." Seems like a great way to approach the genius of improvisation within us. Cheers.
Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Ian Gillian, Greg Lake, John Wetton…….Van Morrison….Bono
Trouser work. 🤣 If I had met, let alone played with, Robert Plant I would never stop talking about it. Chris Cornell’s Ticket To Ride is an incredible howl into the darkness moment. For me, he’s the greatest. Difficult to talk about him and Jeff Buckley without tearing up for what might have been. Another excellent, thought provoking list. Thank you.
I would also have Peter Gabriel in my top ten! Though my top tens always have more than ten in them…….
…..and I think most of us worry watching your favourites list. We worry that our favourite won’t be on the list!😊
that killed me
The loss of singing is a terrible thing. I mean singing as a part of living, the way the milk maid in that Wordsworth poem was singing, the way our grandparents would gather round the piano and sing, the way the kids grandparents would sing "all the old songs", while travelling the world, to the extent that it was possible to travel the world on things like mail ships, long ago.
I've worked in rural African areas, and that's something that might still be alive there, even today. People would walk down the road singing - everyone in their own voice, not "putting on a performance"; just singing because a song came out. You'd hear drum thump, and then something like voices, and then harmonies around a single "hand drum" becoming a little moving choir, and there would go some pickup truck with a canopy, with members of the Zion Christian Church visible as patches of white robe through the windows, singing together for the sake of singing, singing in harmony for the sake of being together, and weaving their souls together for a little while, and then down the road, to be replaced with ordinary hiss and rumble again. Maybe a radio playing too loud, sometimes.
There's nothing especially African about this. This is something that happened all over the Earth before we outsourced music to professionals, and got all self conscious (and worse, we "punish" singers with hard stares). Once upon a time there was often a milk maid singing for the sake of singing down some lane in some Lake District - often enough for the occasional poet to chance upon it.
I wonder how much of it there is left in the world, this unselfconscious "singing to breathe". I suppose there is a bit. It's nice that people have given themselves permission to publicly sing the old songs at concerts, for instance. There's less of it on the small scale of the forgotten worlds, but it must be a fairly strong drive to have survived to the extent it has.
And then there's the love-heart-magic of lovely-brilliant Bobby Mc Ferrin. My favourite is his (duet is too formal a word, and it's of too small a scope, too, but I'd better just call it a duet; that'll do) with Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (maybe she's one of your favourite pianists?) ruclips.net/video/pphopoCD4_A/видео.html
otis redding, al green, o.v. wright, bobby blue bland, curtis mayfield, solomon burke,... johnny hartman, chet baker,... ian gillan and ronnie james dio, rob halford, captain beefheart-don van vliet, david thomas, townes van zandt and willie nelson
Captain Beefheart: No 1. True Genius & Visionary.
Willie Nelson has the most amazing phrasing skills, he can stay in a super narrow range of both pitch and dynamics, but as a listener you'll hang on every word/note he sings totally transfixed.
I watched your video on Louis Armstrong! I was very happy see your tribute to Satchmo as a lot of the channels I follow on music do not mention him all that much. He was a phenomenal singer and musician. My top ten singers are Armstrong, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Tony Bennette, Marvin Gaye, Lou Rawls, Chris Cornell and Freddie Mercury.
My parents emigrated from the villages of the former Yugoslavia to Australia in 1963. They have no clue who Bob Dylan is, but they have always known Louis Armstrong. Over the decades of having to endure my record playing my mother has made only one negative comment: "that guy can't sing" (Dylan). That pure objectivity still makes me laugh.
In 1963 I went on holiday to Yugoslavia for the first time. Tito opened the borders to tourists. If your mother is still alive, tell her I heard Ivo Robic singing in Opatjia. He could sing.
@@narosgmbh5916 Thanks I will. They are still both alive and doing well. Cheers.
Here's another great singer, IMO, although I'm not going to say he needs to be in the top-10. He's probably in the top-10 of male singers in my own music collection though, and that's Roy Orbison. Amazing vocal abilities. Lovely voice. Long career.
Yes, his music isn’t my usual preferred genre choice but he has such an amazing unique voice.
Those are all great singers. I would have squeezed Sinatra in there but your list unassailable.
Too many great singers, just by genre my favs would be: (Blues) John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, BB King, Peter Green, (Rock/Pop) Alex Turner, McCartney, Elvis, Bowie, Paolo Nutini, Lennon, (Americana) 1966 Dylan, Willie Nelson, Jason Isbell, (Soul) Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, (Crooner) Sinatra, Tony Bennett, NKC, Dick Haymes, (other Jazz singers) Satchmo, Joao Gilberto, Chet Baker.
'Trouser work' haha... excellent. I agree re R Plant. IMO he has only gotten better. Very few guys (Nick Cave, Jeff Beck e.g) just went on and got better.
Don't ever edit your clips. One of the best parts about your videos is the realness.
I don't quite agree with several choices. But that's half the fun about these lists. In music, and esp. in vocals, so much comes down to how it touches you on a deeper, personal level. E.g Greg Allman to me is one of the greatest singers ever. Then there are those voices that always sound double tracked (even though they aren't), and slightly chorused, like Lennon, Ian Hunter.
I guess a lot also comes down to the material done by a vocalist. You hear Jeff Buckley sing "Lover you should've come over" and it's like the heavens opened up. Then take Tim Buckley, every bit the singer his son was, and it will never transcend like Jeff, because of inferior material.
Great video.
Improvisation - explained and demonstrated superbly.
You may not like Dylan but he sang on pitch and in his earlier years had an excellent range…agree that Mc Ferrin is the most skilled of them all
I'm proud to be 1 of the 200 who saw the Armstrong video. You should've hoodwinked your viewers with a thumbnail of McLaughlin.
A new generation are growing up with Jacob Collier whom I love but lest we forget that Bobby McFerrin was doing audience participation 10/15 yrs before. His "Vocabularies" album is incredibly underrated and years ahead of JC's vocal gymnastics. Great choice.
Thanks Andy.
Thanks again for another fascinating video Andy. Of course this is all subjective, and I'm not going to argue with your choices, I just want to give a shout for my favourite blues singer, Howlin' Wolf.
With such an elegant definition of what singing really is, and having identified the English Aesthetic, how can you not give an honourable mention to John Martyn on this list. A Scottish singer from the English folk scene who sang like a blues saxophone. He left us too soon.
Keep up the good work!
Another totally honest selection of great singers and as always some History from your knowledge base, Keep em coming, P.S you may have some future singers close at hand judging by the lungs on those children of yours. Great video to start the weekend.
Great video Andy, cheers. I doubt that you will read this but I have a suggestion challenge for you for 2023. Search the globe for new ( to you) bands and artists from all over the planet so that at the end of 2023 , you will have a list of your top 10 discoveries in music for 2023. Just a suggestion.
Thanks for the idea!
Ten of my favorites ( A Quick List):
Otis Redding
Al Green
Robert Plant
John Lydon
Bob Dylan
Marvin Gaye
Little Richard
Jackie Wilson
Prince
James Brown
Astounding list - Little Richard from Macon, GA, Ray Charles from Albany, GA, James Brown from Augusta, GA - my homies.... Not to mention Louis Armstrong from New Orleans, LA, Skip James from Mississippi, Robert Johnson from Mississippi, Nat King Cole from Montgomery, Alabama. I would have put Sam Cooke on my list from Mississippi. Elvis from Mississippi, as well.... The influence of black southern American music is just unbelievable.... By the way, the word is "steeped", not "stooped". 😆 I may not always agree with you, Andy, but I enjoy your rambles.
You're fresh air, Andy. Very uplifting!
Epic list and a very entertaining and informative talk, Andy. Who would I substitute, if any? Maybe Sinatra, for control and nuance (though I love Nat even more). For me, Howlin' Wolf is a voice that shoots through directly into my spine. While not a technically 'great' singer, I've come to appreciate all the things Dylan has been able to do with his voice McCartney for his suppleness and sonic creativity while Lennon for channeling raw emotion.
Hmm... I know once I submit this comment, I'll think of a few more (Jack Bruce, Harry Nilsson, ...).
Thanks, Andy!
Top shelf Andy
Only, left me with a very serious question.
If Little Richard had
a favorite biscuit, which one would it be?
Tutti frutti arrowrooty.
Well-done chronicle with well-reasoned personal choices.
Just so they don't go unmentioned in the comment column:
Al Jarreau
Roy Orbison (one of the most magical voices for me)
An impossible task but a great ranking Andy that really opened up the discussion. Really like your picks. Looking forward to a future video on Industrialism, Music and Madness in the West Midlands.
Great list!!! Is Mike Patton numbers 11 through to 20? At least ten of his 78 voices are pretty decent!
Can't believe it! I'm sitting here and thinking...are you going to say Skip James or not? I can't believe you just said that. I'm stunned, man. You nailed it. Skip James is my most favorite of all early blues singers. I even have a really amazing performance of his singing Hard Times Kiiling Floor Blues.
Mike Patton, Peter Gabriel and Bowie are probably my favorites, but there is so many great ones.
Bowie Has great compositions but he wasn't a singer, cmon
I really like the range and variety of Bowie’s voice. Have a listen to Quicksand, Life on Mars, Sweet Thing/Candidate and Wild is the Wind. Just those four tracks one after the other. I promise you will change your mind Dean, unless you are comparing him to Pavarotti or something. Great singer with a distinctive and flexible voice.
thank you Andy, for that entire video i was in fact happy and not worrying.. cheers
Just wanted to add 2 things: one more influence in Plant's arsenal would be the old British Folk/Celtic influence. Something that he seemed to translate, or fuse with Mideastern scales eventually. One could say that 'Friends' to 'Four Sticks' lead inevitably to 'Kashmir'.
The other thing is a question to you, Andy: what exactly is 'Modal'?
You are a very good teacher Andrew.
Fun tidbit: Before they were TV Famous -James Brown did several dates performing as LITTLE RICHARD when LR couldn't make the dates. Man, would LOVE to have seen THAT!
1. Peter Hammill
2. Bryan Ferry
3. David Bowie
4. Morrissey
5. Ian Curtis
6. Robert Wyatt
7. Roger Chapman
8. Hugh Cornwell
9. David Coverdale
10. Mark E. Smith
Bob Dylan is the most underrated singer of them all. His sense of timing is up there with Sinatra. There's such musicallity to his vocals. Great channel, by the way. You can think. Most people are not very good at thinking.
I just noticed that the Audioslave/Chris Cornell song Like a Stone has a billion views on RUclips. That's billion with a WTF!!!!
I thought the list of female singers was very very good. The male singers also a very good list. Here, I think I disagree that Bob Dylan is not a good singer in a technical way. I think some of his phrasing and the emotion packed into it is simply amazing. It’s different, but I think it’s wrong to say it’s not technically good. Others on my list would be Sam Cooke, Oscar Brown Jr., Chet Baker, and Paul McCartney. I also really like Van Morrison, Roy Orbison and Jimmy Scott b/c I find their singing mesmerizing- but am not sure if they belong a list of the best 10 of all time edging out your guys or Billy Eckstein or whatever.
Jimmy Scott's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is incredible.
@@ursula3438 The first jimmy scott I ever heard was his "comeback" album Dream from 1992. It was on a disk a friend gave me with a bunch of mp3s back when ipods first came out in the early 2000s. It was such a great surprise and is still my favorite Jimmy Scott. Glad to find another fan!
Thank you for sharing all that you shared and thank you for "connecting the dots", as you see them, to outline a great and wonderful image that, if honest, we can all relate to.
Glad it was helpful!
The 1st 10 seconds of the Immigrant Song earned Robert his ranking. Genius!
Again a great video Andy, I must say i think Paul Rogers would've been on my list, with Tom Waits, we would all probably have someone we would have liked on this list that what i think makes us music individuals, hearing different things in different voices. Probably talking crap there but there it is.
This was the highlight of my day. All great singers……
Skip James' early work is terrific, but his later recordings after his rediscovery in 1964 are absolutely amazing. Today!, recorded in 1966 and released on Vanguard Records the same year, is probably my favorite blues album of all time. His vocals are stunningly beautiful.
Yes the 60s stuff is stunning
What's even more amazing is that he had to relearn to play after nit having played for nearly 30 years. Same with Son House (who had one of the guys of Canned Heat teach him his old songs).
1. Frank Sinatra
2. Black Guys
3. Rod Stewart (Italian Girls, Lady Day, Scarred and Scared)
4. Robert Plant (Whole Lotta Love - Frankfurt 1980. Carouselambra. Slow Dancer)
5. Rob Halford (Pain & Pleasure, Rapid Fire, Heading Out to the Highway)
6. Ronnie James Dio (Lonely is the Word, Catch the Rainbow - On Stage LP)
7. David Bowie (Wild is the Wind)
8. Phil Lynott - Chatting Today, Brought Down, Wild One, Spirit Slips Away
9. Robin Gibb
10. Bono (Unforgettable Fire album)
I would definitely include Elvis and Johnny Cash as well as Freddie in my top 10. But a really great list. And there is a sound on all the videos. It sounds like a fan in your camera or something from a computer fan. Loved you getting weird towards the end. I can see you doing this surreal great weirdness on Patreon. It was a great one there. Very surreal and really really fantastic.
Great choices! My List and the reason why
Nat King Cole, Andy's take was sport - on. Fun bit-loved him in the movie "Cat Ballou" as part of the "Greek Chorus"
Sam Cooke: Steve Perry's (and others) style totally stolen from SC, ALSO "Change is gonna Come" One of the most important and poignant protest songs to make the charts.
Marvin Gaye: Expanded the vocabulary of the R&B singer. "What's Going On; and "Mercy Mercy Me" are again among the most poignant and socially important songs to hit the charts
Stevie Wonder: Seemingly limitless range and expressiveness to this day.
Steve Marriott: The most forceful robust voice ever in rock. Saw him on TV walk from one mike to the next and you could still hear him halfway 'tween!
Roger Daltrey:Freak of Nature - seemed to IMPROVE over time in spite of his BRUTAL vocal approach. Greatest power screams on record.
Paul Rogers, The man has it all, Range, Feel, Grit, Tenderness, Power and consistency in excellence to this day. . How many people on Earth can sing "Good Loving Gone Bad"?
Al Jarreau: His generation's male equivalent to Ella Fitzgerald. Pioneered modern vocal "instrumentation" no Bobby McFerran without AJ's solo vocal version of "Take 5"
Maynard James Keenan. Not the proto-virtuoso like Chris Cornell, but brings clarity, depth of tone, power, range, and emotion to modern heavy music like no one else.
You're really feelin it today, good stuff!
Check out Oscar Peterson singing. He and Nat King Cole supposedly made an agreement that Nat would stick to singing and Oscar would stick to piano
ruclips.net/video/_b3_oRdUagA/видео.html
Personal favourites, not necessarily the best, though some may lay claim, Tony Bennett, Paul Rodgers, Jim Morrison, Frankie Valli, Bobby Womack, Andrea Bocelli, Steve Perry, Aaron Neville, Justin Hayward and obviously Elvis
Howlin Wolf - Rob Halford - Ronnie James Dio - The Duo of Lennon and McCartney - Ian Gillan and The Great David Ruffin
Play with the echos in the mountains; pick up two sticks in the wood and invite the trees to dance to a rhythm; sing your sorrow and grief to the river. Who cares if no one is listening!
And, Yes, Bobby McFerrin is awesome, as is Louis Armstrong.
Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Elvis...
It's really about what you like. We're the same age. I like every artist you named but my list would be different. If you like Mike Patton, he could be on your list. If you like Layne Staley, he could be on your list. If you like Geoff Tate, he could be on your list. And that's just three singers from a time when rock was pretty much dead.
As always a great selection. To be honest I thought you were going to end with Jónsi Birgisson from Sigur Ros. I’m surprised you didn’t include Jon Anderson. They would be both in my top 10. But again, who do you drop out? And then, Smokey Robison, Aaron Neville, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes would be on my honourably mentions list.
Great video, Andy! Sums up my feelings about great music and great singers. I would probably have Donny Hathaway, Otis Redding (or Sam Cooke? or Wilson Pickett? aaaah damnit), and Paul Rodgers on my list. Oh, btw, I also have a very special connection to Little Richard's appearance in that Hendrix-documentary. Me and my friend used to meet at his place before going to our gig (funk band) and just watch those clips. "Made my toe shoot up in my boot" "WOOOOOH!!!". Amazing. I laughed out loud when you described it as "surreal bonkerness", that is just perfect. :D
Im stunned that even in the comments I almost don’t see suggestions of Al Jarreau, although there would be no Bobby Mcferrin without Al Jarreau.
Also almost no comments had in his list Stevie Wonder. One of the most influential singers in R&B ever.
Also a lesser known master Little Willie John is not mentioned among comments, and what strikes me the most is that nobody mentions the pop giant Michael Jackson.
Also Studio guys like Michael McDonald could have their place too.
Big fan, but I think you dropped the ball on this one.
No inclusion of Frank Sinatra and why he matters as well as no Al Jarreau is criminal. Lol
Frank Sinatra was the master of the use of the microphone. Although, Bing Crosby did bring nuance and subtlety to vocal techniques , Frank took it to a whole other level. Prior to these 2, there was a kind of one dynamic.
Frank used the microphone as an instrument.
Frank also brought the influence of horns, such as trombone to strongly influence his approach.
He would sing a single phrase or vocal line with one breath. Legato. Think Allan Holdsworth.
He also not only brought in the great songs of the 20s and 30s by George Gershwin and Cole Porter , when they had fallen slightly out of favor.
This was the era of novelty tunes.
He also included and carefully picked the best of the songs of 40s , 50s, and 60s that were to become classics.
So, Frank was responsible to some degree for creating the pop standard concept.
Not only did vocalists reap this benefit, but all instrumentalists use this great repertoire, particularly jazz players.
Huge contribution,!
I appreciate Bobby Mc Ferrin, but Al Jarreau was the there before, innovating, and setting the stage for Bobby.
Incidentally. the first time I saw Al perform, his group included Steve Gadd, Icarus Johnson, Nathan East, Neil Larsen.
The stretched out in pure improv, Take Five and ....
And mention should be made of Jimmy Scott and Jack Bruce.
Nice list as usual, but now you have to do a video about Otis Redding…
Top choice with Skip James. Hard Time Killing Floor is just beautiful.
Great video! Interesting picks. I agree on most of them, but I miss Freddie Mercury. He would be in the top three on my list.
Again, great list Andy. I love Joe Cocker's voice, it's just a pity that he was controlled by the labels and was let down by poor songs for much of his career. He was never an innovator either but what a voice.
And I think the word you were looking for was steeped not stooped.
Blind Willie Johnson is such a powerful singer i can only take him in small doses, but he preaches as well as anyone
Plants style was very heavily influenced by Janis Joplin and locally Steve Marriot.
Disagree on your assessment of Buckley as most important post-grunge 90s figure. It was Elliot Smith. And he's the one the kids today are listening to.
I didn*t know you were once such a good lookin' bloke ... you could have joined any boy group in those days ... 😁 and please keep going on about Robert Plant ...
'were'.........................................?
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Oh, I get it .. that's not you at 26:00 min .... 😄
I've never really been into vocals much. But having said that I did like Ronnie James who was my favorite vocalist of all time.
John Bonham channeling Little Richard - brilliant!
Manna for the heart and mind. Andy, you're a ledge.
Wow, thank you!
You should make a video of music of movies and prog rock. Interesting
Thats a great suggestion
Your Louis Armstrong video is my favorite too.
That ticking whirring noise i was hearing. Are you using an old film camera?:)
It's when the desk in my studio is on, it's the fan inside it
no Roy Orbison?
Female singers,Linda ronstate, Eva Cassidy,the best folk and blues singer that ever lived
You gotta check out Blind Blake and Blind Willie Johnson!
I have...Blind Blake was not a singer though
Absolutely loved the video
Surprised no Elvis but I understand your train of thought
So glad you put Jeff Buckley on list
Another great singer deserving of a mention is Scott Walker
No Elvis but. Mcferene come on ,Stevie wonder,Steve perry ,bruce
Those rock n roll singers are steeped in jazz and blues, not stooped 😂
Nat King Cole
Ray Charles
Elvis Presley
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Sam Cooke
Al Green
Otis Redding
Bill Withers
Freddie Mercury
Don't worry Andy, I was happy with your choices.
Fun fun fun! Nice One!😊
Wot no Levi Stubbs or Scott Walker.
Kurt Elling.....
Jeff Buckley, the greatest song writer of last 30 years. Bridging old school with crystallizing innovation. Dream brother. Where are you? ☯️
Brilliant !
Sam Cooke is the King of Soul
Tom Waits? Van Morrison?
Steeped lol
Lou was considered a uncle tom. Generally speaking,
Steeped. You're welcome
TINY TIM
Oh yeah,the best. Marvin gaye
Everytime I think I can sing I listen to this - ruclips.net/video/WIE6U6Lrtrc/видео.html - and I say, to meself, bloody 'ell! Imma singer, like Louis! Pops. Satchmo and many other bizarre nicknames.
dio, Coverdale, Gillan
TOM JONES
Wot... no Ivan Rebroff? Just kidding...
FARNSEY AND BARNSEY..
Do you know who farnsey and barnsey are??
Jimmy barnes. John farnham. Two amazing singers hehe
ROBERT WHO?
Elvis is King. Period.
I agreed with all your choices until Robert Plant but imho he wasn't an inovator he was a follower. Paul Rogers and Jim Morrison in my opinion are far greater rock singers.
Nothing to do with the Rolling Stone list just released?
No not at all...I decided to do this independently but I do talk about it on the video about female singers.
I’m sure you have already shot and edited so Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley to me are astonishing and I hope they make it
Elvis was much better than people now give him credit and last but not least until I see the video : Cutis Mayfield
Who is that in the pic with Robert Plant? Is that you? Looks kinda like a woman with lipstick though. Maybe the lights make the lips look like that. Serious question.
Yes its me. I do not have lipstick on...serious answer