Mel C is "Sporty Spice" right? I totally agree, she had 95% of the talent in that band.
My favorite vocalist bar-none is: TOM JONES!
For pure pop stylings -- I also swear by Micky Dolenz (though Mike is the Monkee I am probably most like myself, my greatest fear is that I might really be a Peter, and I only *dream* that I could aspire to the coolness of Micky!!! I've not much use for David Jones I'm afraid.)
John Garner & Rob Halford are as good as RAWK singing gets. And I'll take Ian Gillan over Percy Plant in the "technically awesome soul-less robot shrieker" category.
Favorite chick singer is probably Grace Slick. And lately I am in awe of Yoko Ono as well, though she's in a class all by herself! (It's almost not fair to call it "singing", which I don't mean as an insult at all. She's Kerry King without the guitar!)
Not much for subtlety am I? I'm really more into the instrumental bits, so I guess I gravitate to singers whose voices have an overwhelming "instrumental presence"!
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