Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice?


There have been successful singers in almost any style that realistically did not have a "golden" voice.  Perhaps guilty pleasures.  Who are yours?

jusam

To me, Roy Orbison had one of the greatest voices ever in popular music. Lovely tone. Gorgeous diction. Whether or not it suits traditional operatic requirements, his low register to high register yodeling was masterful. He delivered the lyrics with unerring passion and inevitability.

Almost forgot, Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet). Loved his work (pure excellence) but no Pavarotti.

major "mule" holley, his contrabass grunt of a voice is a perfect complement to his string bass.