Yeah, William Hung was just a joke but he did release a CD, didn't he? As I said, the list I slapped together was my based on my personal opinion. Some of the names on the list, Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, sure, they have a couple/few good songs but if you were to judge by their vocal capabilities, neither can hit the highs or lows like Anne Wilson (Heart), Roy Orbison. Or as sexy as Kim Carnes or Nat King Cole.
No doubt many of them have written, composed, produced their own albums but that wasn't my point. As thread titled, "How did they become singers?" Here is an article on "The Worst Rockband Ever", some of the bands I like made the list. Did it upset me? No! Whoever compiled the data is entitled to his/her own opinion. I don't see why some of you got riled up over my list?? Take a look here if you are interested:
http://www.jericsmith.com/worstbands.htm
Now, again, based on my PERSONAL opinion, I think the following CAN sing, you can disgree with me and I am fine with that:
Robert Plant, Brad Delp (Boston), Billy Squire, Dave Bickler (original lead singer: Survivor), Lous Gramm (The Foreigner), Lou Rawls, Peabo Bryson, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Michael......
Ann Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Tyler, Sheena Easton, Annie Lennox, Cher (she may be strange but she can sing), Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, Faith Hill, Shania Twain.......
I sort of gave up on the current crop of singers so I haven't mentioned any. The vocals, lyrics of today's music aren't quite as good as they were 10, 15, 20 years ago.
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