Not anymore since you mentioned him.  I also thought of another great singer who at one time had his music banned from the radio and that's "Cat Stevens" who now goes by the name Yusef Islam.  I always thought he looked like a Greek God.  He still sounds great.

Janese 

  Why was he banned?  How did I miss that : )

Diane

Well, we can't leave the guys out can
we?  Who are your favorite male singers of any
genre?  I'm not talking bands here but solo artists.  Of
course, if they were in a band and also went solo you can still name
them such as Jon Bon Jovi or Richie Sambora both of whom are members
of the group Bon Jovi but have also gone solo.  Here's some of
mine from times past to the present:

Frank Sinatra,
Perry Como, Dean Martin, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, Conway Twitty,
Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Johnny Tillotson, Donovan,
Eddie Cochran, Gene McDaniels, Glen Yarborough, Neil Young, Bob
Dylan, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Eric Clapton, and so many more.

You may also name
your favorite male singer from a band but not the band itself. 
For instance, we all know that Diane loves the band Aerosmith
but she would say Steven Tyler.  

  Hey

From back in my early teen years;  Ricky Nelson!!!   Boy was he cute!!!

"Travelin' Man" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song in late-May 1961 by Ricky Nelson. It was written by songwriter Jerry Fuller.The short film made to promote the single has been claimed as the first music video.

I loved the TV show too. 

Diane

  Why was he banned?  How did I miss that : )

Diane

It was because he changed his name to Yusuf Islam and started following the teachings of the Quran'.  Some radio stations wouldn't play his music and there were record burnings in some areas. 

  Hey

From back in my early teen years;  Ricky Nelson!!!   Boy was he cute!!!

"Travelin' Man" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song in late-May 1961 by Ricky Nelson. It was written by songwriter Jerry Fuller.The short film made to promote the single has been claimed as the first music video.

I loved the TV show too. 

Diane

Yes, he was definitely a cutie.  I too enjoyed the Ozzie and Harriet show.  He is the only artist in history to have a number one song, tv show and movie all in the same week.  His sons Matthew & Gunnar who are triple platinum recording artists now tour with Ricky's band (The Stone Canyon Band) doing a tribute to their father.  Don't they look like their dad?

Janese

Yes, he was definitely a cutie.  I too enjoyed the Ozzie and Harriet show.  He is the only artist in history to have a number one song, tv show and movie all in the same week.  His sons Matthew & Gunnar who are triple platinum recording artists now tour with Ricky's band (The Stone Canyon Band) doing a tribute to their father.  Don't they look like their dad?

 

 

 

Janese

  Wow, I didn't know Ricky Nelson achieved all those number ones in one week!

CONGRATS  You are the winner of the R n R facts of the day  LOL

I saw the Nelsons here in Cleveland in concert many years ago when they had that long blond hair

Hey  that long blond hair.........Fine Young Cannibals  and they were great!!  but I digress

and I think they look more like him now.  I enjoyed their concert.

I always liked "Garden Party"

Diane

It was because he changed his name to Yusuf Islam and started following the teachings of the Quran'.  Some radio stations wouldn't play his music and there were record burnings in some areas. 

You know, we have a long
way to go with a list of the great male singers

I have to enter the
world of R & B  and there are a ton of wonderful singers
there  : )

I must start with a
giant in the industry.........Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross (


April 20



,


1951



–


July 1



,


2005



) was an


American



R&B



and


soul



singer-songwriter



, and


record producer



. During his career,
Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums







and won eight


Grammy Awards








including


Best Male R&B
Vocal Performance



four times. He won four
Grammy Awards in


2004



including the


Grammy Award for Song
of the Year



for the track
"Dance With My Father",







co-written with


Richard Marx



.

Twenty five million
albums and eight Grammy Awards!!!

Diane

  Wow, I didn't know Ricky Nelson achieved all those number ones in one week!

CONGRATS  You are the winner of the R n R facts of the day  LOL

I saw the Nelsons here in Cleveland in concert many years ago when they had that long blond hair

Hey  that long blond hair.........Fine Young Cannibals  and they were great!!  but I digress

and I think they look more like him now.  I enjoyed their concert.

I always liked "Garden Party"

Diane

I like their look better now.  Yes, they do look more like him with their haircuts.  I liked "Garden Party" too.  By the way, Cleveland was the pick city of the day on the Today show this morning.

Janese 

You know, we have a long
way to go with a list of the great male singers

I have to enter the
world of R & B  and there are a ton of wonderful singers
there  : )

I must start with a
giant in the industry.........Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross (


April 20



,


1951



–


July 1



,


2005



) was an


American



R&B



and


soul



singer-songwriter



, and


record producer



. During his career,
Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums







and won eight


Grammy Awards








including


Best Male R&B
Vocal Performance



four times. He won four
Grammy Awards in


2004



including the


Grammy Award for Song
of the Year



for the track
"Dance With My Father",







co-written with


Richard Marx



.

Twenty five million
albums and eight Grammy Awards!!!

Diane

Luther was definitely a good
one.  How about "Teddy Pendergrass"?

 
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Well, we can't leave the guys out can
we?  Who are your favorite male singers of any
genre?  I'm not talking bands here but solo artists.  Of
course, if they were in a band and also went solo you can still name
them such as Jon Bon Jovi or Richie Sambora both of whom are members
of the group Bon Jovi but have also gone solo.  Here's some of
mine from times past to the present:

Frank Sinatra,
Perry Como, Dean Martin, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, Conway Twitty,
Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Johnny Tillotson, Donovan,
Eddie Cochran, Gene McDaniels, Glen Yarborough, Neil Young, Bob
Dylan, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Eric Clapton, and so many more.

You may also name
your favorite male singer from a band but not the band itself. 
For instance, we all know that Diane loves the band Aerosmith
but she would say Steven Tyler.  

  Hi all

Today's add to this catagory
is from  the legends of soul.  Like so many, he was
lost much too early

http://www.rockhalldding

 

  Hi all

Today's add to this catagory
is from  the legends of soul.  Like so many, he was
lost much too early

Otis Redding

Induction Year: 1989

Induction Category: Performer

Though his career was relatively
brief, cut short by a tragic plane crash, Otis Redding was a
singer of such commanding stature that to this day he embodies the
essence of soul music in its purist form. His name is synonymous
with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience
in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm &
blues into a form of funky, secular testifying. Redding left
behind a legacy of recordings made during the four-year period
from his first sessions for Stax/Volt Records in 1963 until his
death in 1967. Ironically, although he consistently impacted the
R&B charts beginning with the Top Ten appearance of “Mr.
Pitiful” in 1965, none of his singles fared better than #21
on the pop Top Forty until the posthumous release of
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” That
landmark song, recorded just four days before Redding’s
death, went to #1 and stayed there for four weeks in early 1968.
It marked a new direction for the singer toward a soul-folk-pop
synthesis that drew from such influences as
www.rockhall.com/inductee/bob-dylan">Bob Dylan

and the new breed of performers
at the Monterey International Pop Festival, at which Redding had
performed.

Redding’s relatively
unspectacular showing on the pop charts at a time when he was
laying down some of the most titanic soul ever recorded - classics
like “Respect” (a song he wrote, later covered by
www.rockhall.com/inductee/aretha-franklin">Aretha Franklin

), “Try a Little
Tenderness” and his terse, funky deconstruction of the
Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” - may mean that
he was too intensely soulful for the mainstream market at that
time. He was, in many ways, larger than life. Redding, a proudly
self-professed country boy from Macon, Georgia, had it all: a big,
gravely voice, an enormous natural talent for songwriting and
arranging, and a hard-working nature and generous disposition. As
a singer, he styled himself after
www.rockhall.com/inductee/little-richard">Little Richard

(a fellow Macon native) and
www.rockhall.com/inductee/sam-cooke">Sam Cooke

in the early days, but he
gradually acquired his own voice, imparting gruff,
syncopated inflections to ballad and uptempo material.

Redding has his only Number One hit, “Sittin’ On the
Dock of the Bay,” after his death December 10, 1967 in a plane crash.

1989: Otis Redding inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Essential Songs

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of
the Bay
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

Respect
Try a Little Tenderness
I Can’t Turn
You Loose
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Mr. Pitiful

Hard to Handle


These Arms of Mine

Satisfaction

http://www.rockhalldding

Great choice
Diane.  Love Otis.  I’m going to counter with
my choice from the world of blues.   After seeing
Eric Burdon last night he reminded me of the following great blues singer:

JOHN LEE HOOKER

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917
– June 21, 2001)
was an influential Americanpost-warblues
singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. From a musical family, he was a
cousin of Earl Hooker. John was also influenced by
his stepfather, a local blues guitarist, who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues
that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time.
John developed a half-spoken style that was
his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music
was rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his
own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving
rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and
singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and
"Boom Boom" (1962).

Grammy Awards:

• Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom
  Boom" were named to the list of The
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and
  Roll. "Boogie Chillen" was included as one of the Songs of the Century.
  

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JANESE