Rolling Stone selects the 100 greatest singers in history

1. Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) ), an American pop music singer, was born in the pop music holy city of Memphis. The published songs span soul and pop music, and she has the title of "Queen of Soul" or "First Lady of Soul Music".

2. Ray Charles

Ray Charles, an American soul musician and piano player, created rhythm and blues music.

3. Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is the most important figure in world pop music in the 20th century. "Elvis" (The Hillbilly Cat), this nickname was given to him by his fanatical fans in the southern United States. Elvis Presley was not the first white singer to sing rhythm and blues, but he was the first to blend country and blues music into mountain rock.

4. Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke received training in religious music in his early days, and later turned into a secular pop singer. The achievements he made in his short life influenced many successors, including white people of course.

5. John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, a member of the famous British rock band "The Beatles", one of the greatest musicians in the history of rock, the Beatles A soul figure, poet, social activist, and anti-war activist.

6. Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye, a famous singer and songwriter of Motown Records in the United States, is known as the "Prince of Motown" and is influential to many soul singers. With a huge influence, he can be said to be the most respected and loved superstar in the history of black pop music.

7. Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, an influential American singer-songwriter, folk singer, musician, and poet, was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature .

8. Otis Redding

Like many spiritual singers, Otis Redding also received his musical enlightenment education in the church choir.

9. Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder, born on May 13, 1950, is an artist under Motor City Records, an African American singer, composer, music producer, social Activist, blind. He is good at a variety of musical instruments, such as electronic keyboard, piano and other keyboard instruments, harmonica, drums, guitar, etc. He is an all-around artist who is good at both singing and music.

10. James Brown

James Brown is the Godfather of Soul, known as the Godfather and Queen of Soul. JAMES BROWN in 1962 The live version of the album released in 2008 stayed in the SOUL and R&B factions in the United States for 66 consecutive weeks. It was he who integrated these two music forms and formed the cornerstone of modern rock music together with BLUES and JAZZ.

25. Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009), is a very famous person around the world. An influential pop music singer, composer, lyricist, dancer, actor, director, record producer, philanthropist, and fashion leader, he is known as the King of Pop.