Do you have a favorite male singer?

[Hi-FiGuy]

Luciano Pavarotti. Hands down.

Honourable mentions go to (in no particular order):

Prince Rogers Nelson
Sufjan Stevens
James Brown
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)
D'Angelo
Johnny Cash
Robert Plant
Terence Trent D'Arby
Richard Ashcroft (The Verve)
Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
Ron Sexsmith
Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
James Brown
Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas)
Isaac Hayes
John Farnham
W. Axl Rose (Guns'n'Roses)
Tom Yorke (Radiohead)
Chuck D (Public Enemy)
Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)
Marvin Gaye
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Shawn Smith (Brad)
Eminem
Chino Moreno (Deftones)
Tom Araya (Slayer)
Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
James Blake

All that and no RJD

 

[DeadWax]

Ray Charles, Junior Wells, Van Morrison, and Thom Yorke

 

[Mikem53]

Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Al Jolson
Ray Charles…. many more, tough question.

 

[Down Under]

In no particular order and to add to the list.
Ryan Adams
Neil Finn
John Fogerty
Neil Young.

 

[Addicted to hifi]

dean Martin is my favourite male singer.

 

[brudge]

Yes I have..

 

[musicfirst1]

Not yet mentioned:

Kurt Elling
Mark Murphy
Corey Taylor
Johnny Hartman

 

[BlueFox]

No favorite singer, male or female. As long as they can sing, and the song/music is good then I am happy.

 

[Argonaut]

 

[Richard Austen]

Jackson Browne

 

[Chop]

Non classical: Tom Waits. I use the term "Singer" loosely.
Classical: Peter Schreier.

 

[Thieliste]

Chris Jones
Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance)
Hans Theessink
Allan Taylor
Fink

 

[DasguteOhr]

Sean Rowe
Jackie Leven r.i.p sad
Alexander Veljanov(Deine Lakaien)
Hans Theessink
Meatloaf r.i.p sad
Udo Dirkschneider(Accept)
Pete Steele( type 0 negative)
Steve Strauss

 

[hopkins]

I'll add Otis Redding, Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner and Joe Williams to the many singers mentioned here.

 

[audioresurgence]

Nick Drake
John Martyn
Freddie.

 

[facten]

Al Green

Luther Vandross

Teddy Pendigrass

Michael McDonald

Kem

Billy Stewart

Andrew Strong

Paul Janeway

 

[emoonie]

Love many mentioned. Glad to see John Fogerty listed. Also John Kay and Burton Cummings from that ilk.

 

[BruceD]

Scott Walker

BD

 

[hopkins]

Not sure Louis Armstrong was mentioned.