Australia's Greatest singer + Good singers

On Barnesy
I used to frequent the Largs pier Pub , all those years ago
They used to have many live acts in my younger daze

I recall seeing both Cold Chisel and Scandal at that venue

I remarked that Scandal was a better band than Cold Chisel at the time
Ends up I was the Best Dill In Town

I think that Ian Moss is one of the most under-rated singers Australia has produced, and is probably a better singer than Barnes.

FOOTYfollower wrote:I think that Ian Moss is one of the most under-rated singers Australia has produced, and is probably a better singer than Barnes.

Agreed!!!

Did my apprenticeship at Australian National Railways.....funny thing is Jimmy Barnes was a apprentice there too!!! (A complete nutter at work so I had been told )

(Bit before my time though) .....one day came to work and gave tickets to his shows out to the workers. Good that he did not forget his grassroots.

Scrappy wrote:51-60

51 Tex Perkins
52 Kylie Minogue
53 Peter Allen
54 Dale Ryder
55 Jack Jones
56 Tim Rogers
57 Peter Garrett
58 Jimmy Little
59 Luke Steele
60 Dame Joan Sutherland

Chambo she made it at 60 !

What a joke.

if these are the judges, reckon Barnesy must have been off his face, Tina smelling too many French truffles and Guy, well don't know what his bent is, but some of these placings are just ridiculous.

Please tell me that the list stops now! I can't take any more of this.

61-100 for Chambo !

61 Archie Roach
62 Dougie Mandagi
63 Shirley Straun
64 David McComb
65 Smokey Dawson
66 Chris Cheney
67 Nic Cester
68 Gareth Liddiard
69 Kav Temperly
70 Diesel
71 Lior
72 Glenn Richards
73 Roland S Howard
74 Rick Price
75 Spencer P Jones
76 Phil Jamieson
77 Ian Rilen
78 Mark Seymour
79 Lisa Gerrard
80 Robert Forster
81 Missy Higgins
82 James Reyne
83 John Toogood
84 Anthony Callea
85 Grant McLennan
86 Wendy Stapleton
87 Dave Faulkner
88 Matt Walker
89 Max Merritt
90 Ed Kuepper
91 Quan Yeomans
92 Abby Dobson
93 Sally Seltmann
94 Anthony Warlow
95 Ian Kenny
96 Bertie Blackham
97 Ella Hooper
98 Wendy Stapleton
99 Jeremy Oxley [ He sings ok]
100 Christine Anu

I had thought Ron Shand may have made number 96 at least

That concludes the list of 100 Greatest singers surveyed by a list of peers

Im sure there a few singers that didnt make this 100 according to all of us

I didn't think it was possible, but this list is worse than recent top 50 AFL lists.

Scrappy wrote:21-30

21 Suze De Marchi
22 Daryl Braithwaite [oooooh yyyyeahhhhh]
23 Sarah Blasko
24 Iva Davies
25 Ian Moss
26 Doug Parkinson [whatta legend]
27 Glen Shorrock [could easily have been much much higher]
28 Darren Hayes
29 Colin Hay
30 Gotye

And still no Dame Nellie Melba

Too right he should be. As far as vocal range is concerned, he leaves Iva Davies in his dust for one.

Scrappy wrote:61-100 for Chambo !

That concludes the list of 100 Greatest singers surveyed by a list of peers

Im sure there a few singers that didnt make this 100 according to all of us

.........aaaaaagggggghhhhhhhh!

My 50 greatest Australian Singers

1 J Keays
2 S Wright
3 G Sharrock
4 D Cotton
5 R Morris
6 G Strachan
7 N Rowe
8 D Johns
9 R Wilson
10 F Ifield

My number 1 pick did not make the Australian Greatest Singer list of 100
I had Johhny Farnham about 28th on my favorites

James "I can hold a tune but not sing a single understandable word" Reyne rates 12 spots higher then Anthony Warlow?

Hootchie Gucci Fiorucci to that!

UncleHuey wrote:James "I can hold a tune but not sing a single understandable word" Reyne rates 12 spots higher then Anthony Warlow?

Hootchie Gucci Fiorucci to that!

Thank god for that then.

Some great singers listed here and some I wouldn't walk across the road to listen to, but as with all of these type of lists they are open to plenty of discussion.

Sia Furler at number 8 She has been around for only 5 minutes FFS.

I have gone through the hole five pages of this topic, i agree with Bon Scott being right up there, but there is one name that has not been mentioned and that is, what about Angry Anderson from rose tattoo, didnt even make the top 100.

Guy Sebastian is a fantastic singer, or are we talking purely rock and roll singers.

Tex Perkins at #51???? No Louis Tillett. Is this another crap Triple J list???

The list was one of the more flawed efforts I've seen for some time. Seemed to be a very heavy correlation between popularity and place on the list. The likes of Glenn Shorrock, for one, leave many of these in the dust for pure vocal ability and quality.

what about that duo that was shown on prime time tv the other night ? yeah you know Thiele & redandblack

Thiele would be top 100, but I dragged our average down and we finished at 356,297.

bayman wrote:what about that duo that was shown on prime time tv the other night ? yeah you know Thiele & redandblack

Is that why people at the Crown Casnio were asking for a photo and autograph

Even had a Centrals supporter come up and congratulate us on the win, good of him.

Friends against the common enemy.

Back on topic gents.... LOL....

bigclock wrote:Back on topic gents.... LOL....

Agree... what about this bloke?

Chad Morgan...'The Sheik of Scrubby Creek'.

I've changed the thread heading
From : Australia's greatest singer
To : Australia's Greatest singer + Good singers

This will allow us to incorporate all good Oz singers

ANNE WILLS
Not acknowledged for her singing ability
I think she has a wonderful voice
She has won countless Logies , and still is a funny gal on radio + TV these days
In her hey day she was a stunning women with a lovely bod
She lived a great deal of her childhood on a tropical island and came to Australia when as an 18 year old in 1963

She once made this comment :
" I'm no Barbra Streisland , but whatever the song maybe I'm willing to have a go."

My favorite Anne Wills covers are :
Color My World
Monsieur Dupont

Anne Wills & William Shatner apparently had an 'encounter' in the 1960's   

Was on 5AA
Willsy confirmed :
The 2 stars trekked up to Windy Point.