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Peter Gabriel, for sure. So maybe he doesn't have the best range but he has the most wonderful texture and he does that great thing where it goes up a little bit at the end of words (I can't think of an example but I think it happens in 'bumper car' on Sledgehammer). Plus he does all the accents like on Get 'Em Out By Friday and the Colony of Slippermen.

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Elvis Presley, he sung the slow ones, he sung the fast ones, and he did them better than anyone else. He invented rock and no-one's done it better since. Download "Trouble", more attitude in that voice than any punk/rock/metal singer ever.

Other than Elvis, by decade I would say.....

60's - Mick Jagger

70's - Marc Bolan

80's - Steven Tyler

90's - James Dean Bradfield

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Is it him on the first album? I really like him too if it is...

Yes' date=' it is him on [i']In the Court of the Crimson King he also sang on a few songs from their second album In the Wake of Poseidon.

I love his vocal on Take A Pebble from ELP's first album... sublime!

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Yes' date=' it is him on [i']In the Court of the Crimson King he also sang on a few songs from their second album In the Wake of Poseidon.

I love his vocal on Take A Pebble from ELP's first album... sublime!

Take a Pebble is gorgeous :) I don't think Greg Lake's voice is that good in all the songs but it seems to fit with the music perfectly anyway, like on the Endless Enigma.

Oh and I love Pete Brown's voice! And Jon Anderson! And the Caravan singer! And .. Steve Howe! Or not. Although I do find it endearing that he tries to sing.

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Even though this will make me sound like a broken record, Tod Ashley of Cop Shoot Cop/Firewater has an amazing voice - like a more melodic Tom Waits.

I have also recently been impressed by the voice of Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls. Her voice can carry a great deal of emotion without any loss of vocal quality.

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