Greatest R&B Male Vocalists

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

They dont have the acclaim or the skill.

I love Stevie but he just doesnt quite stack up to these other guys, vocally.

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3789

You know way more about the technical side of singing than I do, but is Wonder really not as skilled as those guys? I'd have thought Stevie is more skilled than the whole lot besides Wilson and Hamilton.

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1694

Jackie Wilson
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Michael Jackson
Otis Redding
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson
Stevie Wonder

These nine - in no order above - to me, are irreplaceable ... would be the last place among the other ... Vandross/Clyde/Hamilton/Green/Richard ...

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Gray wrote:

You know way more about the technical side of singing than I do, but is Wonder really not as skilled as those guys? I'd have thought Stevie is more skilled than the whole lot besides Wilson and Hamilton.

He is actually, I was referring more to Brown.
But yah Wonder is probably the second most skilled r&b vocalist.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Bruno_Antonio wrote:

Jackie Wilson
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Michael Jackson
Otis Redding
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinson
Stevie Wonder

These nine - in no order above - to me, are irreplaceable ... would be the last place among the other ... Vandross/Clyde/Hamilton/Green/Richard ...

All except Brown, he's not top 10.

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3789

He seems very acclaimed too. I think leaving him out was a folly.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Brown or Wonder?

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3789

Wonder. Brown definitely doesn't have the same merits as Stevie.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Who would you put him above in the top 10?

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3789

Is it the same old Influence, Originality, Acclaim, Skill we're using here?

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Yepp.

StuBass · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:06 pm **Posts:** 794

A guy many of you may not be familiar with but a terrific R&B/Doo Wop/ Soulful lead tenor was the late George Williams of The Tymes (So In Love, Wonderful Wonderful, etc). Very smooth and tasteful and well respected in his era. Check out a song called "Somewhere" by The Tymes...George...Whooo...

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Jackie Wilson is the best fucking r&b singer that ever lived.

Nick · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:34 pm

Negative Creep wrote:

Jackie Wilson is the best fucking r&b singer that ever lived.

you've covered a lot of ground since you likened him to Kermit the Frog.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11721

Yeah I did say that a while back, didn't I? :smile:

Thank God I've learned to broaden my horizons....

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