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

[JPWhee]

Elvis

[pippen99]

Emmylou Harris

[spyman007]

Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters).

[claytonpd]

Van Morrison is Fantabulous to me.

[adifferentpaul]

Vac Tubes and Diana are perfect together

[joe-appierto]

Loreena McKennitt, Sara McLaughlin and what about Frank?

[Elk]

Incredible intonation.

[joma0711]

David Sylvian.
Bjork.
Today, at least.

[ryanmohan]

Matt Monro for me.

[joma0711]

The guy from the Blue Nile is no slouch either (I like that we are mostly drifting away from the “you only get one” rule sorry OP for that!)

[aangen]

Mark E. Smith who, oddly enough, can’t sing.

[rajugsw]

Linda Ronstadt

[mdiaz0429]

James Taylor

[chrisj1948]

Kathleen Ferrier

[winston007]

Right now with coffee in hand, Chet Baker.

[straightwire]

Johnny Hartman

[grunge1000]

Chris Cornell

[karl-moller]

Isaac Bashevis Singer

[kwe]

I’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 “Yardbird Suite” and “Polkadots and Moonbeams”.

[stevensegal]

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, I’d go for Tom Waits or Ian Dury.