Who is Your Favorite Singer, Any Gender, Any Era, Any Genre (You Only Get One)

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Elvis

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Emmylou Harris

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Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters).

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Van Morrison is Fantabulous to me.

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Vac Tubes and Diana are perfect together

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Loreena McKennitt, Sara McLaughlin and what about Frank?

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Incredible intonation.

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David Sylvian.
Bjork.
Today, at least.

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Matt Monro for me.

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The guy from the Blue Nile is no slouch either (I like that we are mostly drifting away from the ā€œyou only get oneā€ rule :wink: sorry OP for that!)

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Mark E. Smith who, oddly enough, canā€™t sing.

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Linda Ronstadt

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James Taylor

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Kathleen Ferrier

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Right now with coffee in hand, Chet Baker.

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Johnny Hartman

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Chris Cornell

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Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Iā€™m going to say the greatest bebop singer of all, the only vocalist Miles Davis ever shared a microphone with, Bob Dorough. Listen to his recordings from the mid-50s first, then his albums from the late 20th. If you have never heard him, listen to ā€œYardbird Suiteā€ and ā€œPolkadots and Moonbeamsā€.

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Very good and worthy of agreement. One of my favourites is John Singer Sergeant.

Orpheus must have had a very good voice, given what he achieved, not least negating the sirens.

Otherwise, Iā€™d go for Tom Waits or Ian Dury.