Dammit.
Criteria:-
These vocalists are rated by their importance to the realm of rock music and their vocal skill in their primes.
1. Freddie Mercury
2. Jackie Wilson
3. Clyde McPhatter
4. Sam Cooke
5. Roy Orbison
6. Robert Plant
7. Marvin Gaye
8. Jeff Buckley
9. Tim Buckley
10. Chris Cornell
11. Al Green
12. Roy Hamilton
13. Elvis Presley
14. Solomon Burke
15. Little Willie John
16. Rob Halford
17. Curtis Mayfield
18. Bruce Dickinson
19. Geoff Tate
20. Ian Gillan
21. Luther Vandross
22. Steve Perry
23. Mike Patton
24. Ronnie James Dio
25. Stevie Wonder
26. Levi Stubbs
27. Wilson Pickett
28. Joe Coer
29. Little Richard
30. Eddie Kendricks
31. Roy Khan
32. Willie Winfield
33. Roger Daltrey
34. Nate Nelson
35. Frankie Lymon
36. Ray Charles
37. Ben E. King
38. Brad Delp
39. Michael Jackson
40. Van Morrison
41. Paul McCartney
42. James Brown
43. Ronald Isley
44. Philip Bailey
45. Michael Matijevic
46. Johnny Moore
47. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
48. Russell Allen
49. Brian Wilson
50. Elton John
51. Sebastian Bach
52. Pete Cetera
53. Richard Manuel
54. Maynard James Keenan
55. Klaus Meine
56. Rod Stewart
57. Jim Morrison
58. Paul Rodgers
59. Layne Staley
60. Dan McCafferty
61. David Bowie
62. Howard Tate
63. Jerry Lee Lewis
64. Axl Rose
65. Bootsy Collins
66. John Farnham
67. Myles Kennedy
68. Maurice White
69. Glenn Danzig
70. Eric Burdon
71. Barry White
72. Jon Anderson
73. Burton Cummings
74. Jack Bruce
75. Prince
76. Rick Danko
77. Philip Anselmo
78. Gregg Rollie
79. Cedric Bixler
80. Lionel Ritchie
81. Art Garfunkel
82. R. Kelly
83. Steven Tyler
84. Greg Lake
85. Joe Lee Turner
86. Otis Redding
87. Dennis DeYoung
88. David Coverdale
89. Sammy Hagar
90. Tony Kakko
91. David Draiman
92. Scott Weiland
93. David Byron
94. Jimi Jamison
95. John Fogerty
96. Carl Wilson
97. Eddie Vedder
98. Steve Winwood
99. Justin Hayward
100. Mark Lanegan
And the people who edit the list know more than a thing or two about vocals.
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