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the voice
This noodzaak-project gives the human voice a central position.
Because without a voice, there is nothing. An instrumental is nice once in a while, but
one cannot do without the human voice for a long time. Voices exist in all kinds of
variations; from chrystal clear to sandpaper-like.
The excellent English music magazine Mojo published in it's October 1998 issue a
large article, entitled "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". The magazine
invited it's readers to react on this article. In a slightly adapted form we use this
concept for our voice-project.
- Compile a list with your top-10 of best singers of all-time. List as many or as few
singers as you like, but ten entries is the maximum. If possible, write a few lines of
comment to each of "your" singers.
- The Mojo top-100 is listed below. Scan the list and write a short essay (about
250 words) about the singer that you think is sadly missing in this top-100. Write in any
case a few words about the - according to you - Greatest Vocal Moment of that
singer. This may be a (split) second, or an endless aria.
THE 100 GREATEST
SINGERS OF ALL-TIME
according to the English magazine Mojo,
Nr. 59, October, 1998
1 Aretha Franklin 2 Frank Sinatra 3 Ray
Charles 4 John Lennon 5 Billie Holiday 6 Marvin Gaye 7 Elvis Presley 8 Stevie
Wonder 9 Sam Cooke 10 Otis Redding 11
Bob Dylan 12 Nat King Cole 13 Paul
McCartney 14 Ella Fitzgerald 15
Van Morrison 16 Hank Williams 17 Nina
Simone 18 George Jones 19
Joni Mitchell 20 Roy Orbison 21 Little Richard 22 Jackie
Wilson 23 James Brown 24
Al Green 25 Patsy Cline 26 Mick Jagger 27 Dusty
Springfield 28 Everly Brothers 29
Björk 30 Little Willie John 31 Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan 32 Tony Bennett 33
Dinah Washington 34 Jeff Buckley 35 Karen
Carpenter 36 Peggy Lee 37
Sarah Vaughan 38 Tina Turner 39 David Bowie 40 Gladys
Knight 41 Tim Buckley 42
Dionne Warwick 43 Mahalia Jackson 44 Bonnie
Raitt 45 Luciano Pavarotti 46
Iggy Pop 47 Brian Wilson 48 Muddy
Waters 49 Howlin' Wolf 50
Bing Crosby 51 Rod Stewart 52 Johnny Mathis 53 Bobby
'Blue' Bland 54 Chet Baker 55
Carl Wilson 56 Donny Hathaway 57 Bono 58 Paul
Rodgers 59 David Ruffin 60
Elizabeth Fraser 61 Chrissie Hynde 62 John
Lydon 63 Maria Callas 64
Mavis Staples 65 Ray Davies 66 Bob Marley 67 Smokey
Robinson 68 Steve Winwood 69
Thom Yorke 70 Louis Armstrong 71 Robert
Johnson 72 Neil Young 73
Nick Drake 74 Scott Walker 75 Glen
Campbell 76 Janis Joplin 77
Ronnie Spector 78 John Lee Hooker 79 Jim
Morrison 80 Etta James 81
Kate Bush 82 Lefty Frizzell 83 Levi
Stubbs 84 Luther Vandross 85
Merle Haggard 86 Nick Cave 87 the Gibb Brothers 88 Edith
Piaf 89 Dean Martin 90 Jimi Hendrix 91
Judy Garland 92 Tom Jones 93 Liam Gallagher 94 Chuck
Berry 95 Kurt Cobain 96
Robert Plant 97 Steve Marriott 98 Betty
Carter 99 Bruce Springsteen 100
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