With the death of Ronnie James Dio this past week, I've been thinking about my favorite singers, and have here compiled a list of the top forty. It's always possible that I'm forgetting someone important, but all of these are singers whose vocals never fail to move me. I've listed them in order of relative preference, though that is daily subject to change. (The omission of Mick Jagger is not an oversight. Likewise, as much as I love Ozzy Osbourne's music and his knack for finding great guitarists, he's not among my favorite singers. Sorry, Oz)
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry)
Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven and Hell)
David Coverdale (Whitensake)
Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
Axl Rose (Guns 'n' Roses)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Amy Lee (Evanescence)
Tim McGraw
Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty)
Pat Benatar
Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
John Waite (The Babys, Bad English)
Ann (& Nancy) Wilson (Heart)
Scott Stapp (Creed)
Jason Aldean
Rod Stewart
Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, Free)
John Cougar Mellencamp
Jackson Browne
Travis Tritt
Trace Adkins
Alison Krauss
John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting)
Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
Eliot Sloan (Blessid Union of Souls)
Brent Smith (Shinedown)
Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
Tracy Lawrence
Steve Perry (Journey)
Rodney Atkins
Toby Keith
Kerry Livgren (Kansas)
Lou Gramm (Foreigner)
Billy Squier
Bob Seger
James Hart (Burn Halo)
Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge)
Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)
Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
Billy Joel
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Chickenfoot)
Bryan Adams
Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple, Rising Force)
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