rolling stone gathers no 80's singers

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Anyone else notice a total lack of 80's singers on rolling stones greatest singers.
Allison Moyet? Rober Smith? Depeche Mode Guy?
I think Morisay and Annie Lenox made the 90's

 

[Anewman]

Anyone else notice a total lack of 80's singers on rolling stones greatest singers.
Allison Moyet? Rober Smith? Depeche Mode Guy?
I think Morisay and Annie Lenox made the 90's

Here is list... not broken down by decade

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby "Blue" Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin' Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

 

[Anewman]

To me BONO is so 80s

 

[moon]

I know this is not a popular thing to say, but I think Paul McCartney was the best singer of the Beatles.

 

[KristaTX]

That list looks totally arbitrary. Surely it wasn't based on reader votes, was it? Or on actual voice quality or skill.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

Here is list... not broken down by decade

100 Mary J. Blige
99 Steven Tyler
98 Stevie Nicks
97 Joe Cocker
96 B.B. King
95 Patti LaBelle
94 Karen Carpenter
93 Annie Lennox
92 Morrissey
91 Levon Helm
90 The Everly Brothers
89 Solomon Burke
88 Willie Nelson
87 Don Henley
86 Art Garfunkel
85 Sam Moore
84 Darlene Love
83 Patti Smith
82 Tom Waits
81 John Lee Hooker
80 Frankie Valli
79 Mariah Carey
78 Sly Stone
77 Merle Haggard
76 Steve Perry
75 Iggy Pop
74 James Taylor
73 Dolly Parton
72 John Fogerty
71 Toots Hibbert
70 Gregg Allman
69 Ronnie Spector
68 Wilson Pickett
67 Jerry Lee Lewis
66 Thom Yorke
65 David Ruffin
64 Axl Rose
63 Dion
62 Lou Reed
61 Roger Daltrey
60 Björk
59 Rod Stewart
58 Christina Aguilera
57 Eric Bourdon
56 Mavis Staples
55 Paul Rodgers
54 Luther Vandross
53 Muddy Waters
52 Brian Wilson
51 Gladys Knight
50 Bonnie Raitt
49 Donny Hathaway
48 Buddy Holly
47 Jim Morrison
46 Patsy Cline
45 Kurt Cobain
44 Bobby "Blue" Bland
43 George Jones
42 Joni Mitchell
41 Chuck Berry
40 Curtis Mayfield
39 Jeff Buckley
38 Elton John
37 Neil Young
36 Bruce Springsteen
35 Dusty Sprinfield
34 Whitney Houston
33 Steve Winwood
32 Bono
31 Howlin' Wolf
30 Prince
29 Nina Simone
28 Janis Joplin
27 Hank Williams
26 Jackie Wilson
25 Michael Jackson
24 Van Morrison
23 David Bowie
22 Etta James
21 Johnny Cash
20 Smokey Robinson
19 Bob Marley
18 Freddie Mercury
17 Tina Turner
16 Mick Jagger
15 Robert Plant
14 Al Green
13 Roy Orbison
12 Little Richard
11 Paul McCartney
10 James Brown
09 Stevie Wonder
08 Otis Redding
07 Bob Dylan
06 Marvin Gaye
05 John Lennon
04 Sam Cooke
03 Elvis Presley
02 Ray Charles
01 Aretha Franklin

so, was this of all time or what? ANd..c'mon..how many 80s singers were truly THAT great?? lol

 

[Anewman]

That list looks totally arbitrary. Surely it wasn't based on reader votes, was it? Or on actual voice quality or skill.

Here is how the list was arrived at...

Voters
Each voter was asked to list his or her 20 favorite vocalists from the rock era, in order of their importance. Those ballots were recorded and weighted according to methodology developed by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, which then tabulated and verified the results for Rolling Stone.

Bill Adler Journalist

Ian Astbury The Cult

Irving Azoff Azoff Music Management

Sebastian Bach

Ginger Baker Cream

James Bernard Co-founder, The Source and XXL

Dickey Betts Dickey Betts and Great Southern

James Blunt

Bob Bogle The Ventures

Steve Boone The Lovin' Spoonful

Nathan Brackett Deputy managing editor, Rolling Stone

Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey Parliament-Funkadelic

Brandy

Eric Burdon The Animals

Clem Burke Blondie

Solomon Burke

Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton Gnarls Barkley

Mike Campbell Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Jon Caramanica Journalist

Felix Cavaliere The Rascals

Rob Cavallo Producer

Martin Chambers The Pretenders

Dave Clark The Dave Clark Five

Lyor Cohen Warner Music Group

Alice Cooper

Chris Cornell

Steve Cropper Booker T. and the MG's

David Crosby

Cameron Crowe Filmmaker-writer

Will Dana Managing editor, Rolling Stone

Clive Davis Chief creative officer, Sony BMG

Anthony DeCurtis Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Reginald C. Dennis Co-founder, XXL

Jimmy Destri Blondie

Dion DiMucci

Ronnie James Dio

Dr. John

Steve Earle

Jenny Eliscu Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Michael Endelman Senior editor, Rolling Stone

Melissa Etheridge

Jason Fine Executive editor, Rolling Stone

Bill Flanagan Editorial director, MTV Networks

Mick Fleetwood

Chris Frantz Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club

David Fricke Senior writer, Rolling Stone

Richie Furay The Buffalo Springfield

Liam Gallagher Oasis

Caryn Ganz Deputy editor, Rollingstone.com

Elysa Gardner USA Today

Art Garfunkel

Gregg Geller Producer

Nelson George Journalist

Beth Gibbons Portishead

Billy Gibbons ZZ Top

Danny Goldberg Gold Village Entertainment

Sam Gooden The Impressions

Andy Greene Assistant editor, Rolling Stone

Sammy Hagar

Merle Haggard

Daryl Hall

Albert Hammond Jr. The Strokes

James Henke VP of exhibitions, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Will Hermes Senior critic, Rolling Stone

James Hetfield Metallica

Brian Hiatt Associate editor, Rolling Stone

Toots Hibbert

Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times

Christian Hoard Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Bruce Hornsby

Ian Hunter Mott the Hoople

James Hunter R&B singer

Tony Iommi Black Sabbath

Jimmy Iovine CEO, Interscope Records

Chris Isaak

Yusuf Islam

Etta James

Jim James My Morning Jacket

Al Jardine The Beach Boys

Chris Jasper The Isley Brothers

Billy Joel

Norah Jones

Rickie Lee Jones

Booker T. Jones Booker T. and the MG's

Craig Kallman Chairman and CEO, Atlantic Records

Lenny Kaye Patti Smith Group

Maynard James Keenan Tool

Brian Keizer Author

Alicia Keys

B.B. King

Ben E. King

Carole King

Howard Kramer Curatorial director, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Lenny Kravitz

Robby Krieger The Doors

Rick Krim Executive VP of music, VH1

Jon Landau Jon Landau Management

Simon Le Bon Duran Duran

Amy Lee Evanescence

Brenda Lee

Geddy Lee Rush

Jerry Leiber Songwriter-producer

Arthur Levy Music historian

Alan Light Journalist

Rob Light Head of music, Creative Artists Agency

Kurt Loder Correspondent, MTV

Courtney Love

Darlene Love

Mike Love The Beach Boys

Stan Lynch Formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Loretta Lynn

Shelby Lynne

Melissa Maerz Senior editor, Rolling Stone

Ray Manzarek The Doors

Chris Martin Coldplay

Dave Mason Traffic

Joe McEwen VP of A&R, Concord Music Group

Paul McGuinness Principle Management

Roger McGuinn The Byrds

John Mellencamp

Peter Mensch Q Prime Management

James Mercer The Shins

Bob Merlis Music publicist

George Michael

Bette Midler

Mike Mills R.E.M.

Tom Moon Journalist

Sam Moore Sam and Dave

Scotty Moore Guitarist for Elvis Presley

James Murphy LCD Soundsystem

Graham Nash

Sinéad O'Connor

Yoko Ono

Ozzy Osbourne

Claudia Perry Journalist

Michelle Phillips The Mamas and the Papas

Iggy Pop

Marky Ramone The Ramones

Martha Reeves Martha and the Vandellas

Keith Richards

Jonathan Ringen Assistant managing editor, Rolling Stone

Robbie Robertson

Chris Robinson The Black Crowes

Mark Ronson Producer

Jody Rosen Senior critic, Rolling Stone

Carlos Santana

Austin Scaggs Associate editor, Rolling Stone

Boz Scaggs

Jill Scott

Bob Seger

Evan Serpick Former editor, Rolling Stone

Paul Shaffer Late Show With David Letterman

Patti Smith

Ronnie Spector The Ronettes

Bruce Springsteen

Mavis Staples

Ringo Starr

Chris Stein Blondie

Seymour Stein Co-founder, Sire Records

Rod Stewart

Terry Stewart President and CEO, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Stephen Stills

John Sykes Co-founder, MTV and VH1

Benmont Tench Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Justin Timberlake

Butch Trucks The Allman Brothers Band

Carrie Underwood

Steven Van Zandt

Roger Waters

Scott Weiland

Mary Weiss The Shangri-Las

Jann S. Wenner Founder and editor, Rolling Stone

Craig Werner Author, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Paul Westerberg The Replacements

Ann Wilson Heart

Brian Wilson

Mary Wilson The Supremes

Nancy Wilson Heart

Peter Wolf

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I thought of an 80s singer I liked ....well..dunno if he's truly 80s...
but Phil Collins was and is still amazing...

 

[Kathi OD]

Is anyone else surprised that Elvis isn't on the list???

ETA: Oh, there he is......all the way near the top at #3.TY ANewman for pointing out what I obviously missed.

 

[TLSnell1981]

What were they smokin'? Elvis #3? I LOVE Aretha, she's an awesome talent and very sweet lady.....but ELVIS #3??? Don't get me wrong, I'm not disrespecting the others. I'm just very, very surprised.

 

[Anewman]

Is anyone else surprised that Elvis isn't on the list???

Number 3

 

[Kathi OD]

Number 3

Whoops......must be the dark glasses....... Let me go edit that post......

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

What were they smokin'? Elvis #3? I LOVE Arthea, she's an awesome talent and very sweet lady.....but ELVIS #3??? Don't get me wrong, I'm not disrespecting the others. I'm just very, very surprised.

I agree. Aside from Ella Fitzgerald I think Elvis was the greatest voice I have ever heard.
And without a doubt miles better with more versatility than Ray Charles.
I am a huge Ray Charles fan, but to me they are not even in the same league.
I really do not know enouugh Aretha Franlin, but the songs I do she is amazying.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Anyone else notice a total lack of 80's singers on rolling stones greatest singers.
Allison Moyet? Rober Smith? Depeche Mode Guy?

Who? Who? And, ah, c'mon - if you don't know his name, how do you know he's not on the list?

 

[bballmom56]

How does Art Garfunkel make the list, but not Paul Simon? (Unless he's on there and I missed it - it's early, but I've looked twice)

And is that the list of people who voted that Anewman posted? Hmmmmm.

 

[sorcerormickey]

Who? Who? And, ah, c'mon - if you don't know his name, how do you know he's not on the list?

DAVID GAHAN!!! I LOVE HIM!!! I am a total DM junkie - have been for about 20 years now!! He has the best voice ever!

 

[*pixie*dust*]

DAVID GAHAN!!! I LOVE HIM!!! I am a total DM junkie - have been for about 20 years now!! He has the best voice ever!

I am so glad that I am not alone! I have been a fan since my early teens.