Who is the best singer of the world ?

Danny Gatton deserves his own thread! Speaking of singers, Evan Johns was the singer in he and Danny’s combo The Good Humor Band. When I recorded with him he told me Danny was the best musician he’d ever worked with. Evan sings like George Jessel crossed with a 50’s Blues Shouter---once heard, never forgotten. Evan is also a great guitarist, though not at Danny’s level (who is?). He had three albums on the Rykodisc label in the 80’s-90’s. The album I did with him is entitled "Moontan". He played his Telecaster plugged straight into a Fender blackface Super Reverb (65 tube watts, 4-10’s) on 10. It sounded like a jet taking off!

Levon's at the top of my list too tostadosunidos, as well as his great friend and (heh) bandmate, Richard Manuel. Both greatly missed.

Probably the most influential male singer of out lifetimes is Ray Charles. In Country music it's George Jones. The most impossible to imitate is Howlin' Wolf. Wolf makes everyone else sound like 12 year old boys.

Yes! I have a lot of albums on which Emma Kirby sings, and she cavorts with a lot of my favorite period/historically-informed musicians. Such a clear, beautiful voice without all that overdone vibrato of some "serious"/trained singers.