Tom Scholz may be the creative soul of the band, but Delp was the heart, and after he was gone, Boston was, in my mind, gone. And further more who cares? Not everyone listens to music to admire the voice and the vocal range of the leading singer. Freddie is my #1 forever. If you listen to the original album of Jesus Christ Superstar, he completely overshadows the rest of the vocalists. Now I don’t think they have the same singer anymore so maybe the new one is better or maybe the one I saw had a coldJoe Earl Mason out of Bruce MS had a four octave range from Bass to Upper Tenor, many of his admirers say thet have never heard these ranges from a country singer !Michael Sweet of Stryper has an amazing vocal range!you left out Ann Wilson, the greatest rock singer in history. If you listen to the original album of Jesus Christ Superstar, he completely overshadows the rest of the vocalists. He ruined some of these vocal abilities by performing over 200 shows a year. "Ian wasn't very sure-footed either," Iommi writes in his memoir. Ian Gillan’s music was for me, truly the cornerstone of rock and roll. He has a low range that is powerful clear and well articulated and a upper range which sounds truly beautiful and effortless.What about BOWIE?!???? The selection determination process it is just magical when you appreciate their power chords, and all the singers that we enjoy listening to on our daily lives are not just winners but our number one brothers as well. This statement is 100% false! 1990s. He and another great song writer of the early 60’s wrote his biggest hits to demonstrate his wonderful range and smooth delivery.For the record, I totally agree with the sane comments here that ranges of 5 octaves and wider are mistaken. I went with David Coverdale in the last poll, so I'm definitely going with Ian Gillan in this one. Although around the time of “Who do we think we are” you could actually see that he was beginning to wear himself out and on the “Born Again”-album he displays some seriously high notes, however they are aswell in falsetto.King Diamond is another notable singer, who is renowned for his incredibly high notes, however they are always falsetto. What many think of as nasal.I agree with you–Glenn Hughes is THE “Voice of Rock. We all have our favorite singers. Then he twangs the epiglottis. You’re shortening the vocal tract which accentuates the higher frequencies and allows one to sing higher into head voice.
He is considered to be one of the foremost rock vocalists, who introduced into the rock music the vocal belting technique. Basically partially closes the epiglottis so the sound emitted from the vocal folds bounce off that additional reflective surface which gives the voice a brassy tone. Also, Brad had a very uncanny ability to not only imitate voices but to sing them in perfect pitch. F2 to F3 would be 1 octave, right?All of the above mentioned singers are and were AWESOME as well of those many others that are not being mentioned for now (still way to many out there of the same or better caliber) Bottom line is, let’s not forget that we are blessed for being able to appreciate and recognize their singing capability talents and for us to enjoy their singing quality components and styles.
I hope you enjoy it and please make sure to share what you thought made Ian great!Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy – Where The PROOF Is In The Singing!What Makes This Singer Great? And he sings pretty much all melodic in Stone Sour and has a fantastic voice.Peter Steele. They’re all artists.I don’t see why Ville Valo isn’t here either, he can hit 5 octaves as a baritone and even hit a b0.I can’t believe that Frankie Valli, lead singer of The Four Seasons, didn’t make this list.