# Can You name Famous lead singers with a deep bass voice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 21, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939 "2018-03-21T02:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/81 "2021-01-31T18:24:54Z")
Lou Rawls, primarily a jazz and R&B singer but he had a big pop hit with **[You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCW1i5HQ0o0)**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/82 "2021-01-31T18:41:21Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Chrissy Hynde. > > I **know** it doesn’t count, okay! But she’s still got the deepest, most resonant and beautiful voice a woman has ever had! > > Leave me alone. Alison Moyet of Yaz. I swear she’s a tenor. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/83 "2021-01-31T18:58:57Z")
Elvis Presley. Not a bass, but he had a wide vocal range and could sing tenor and baritone; “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” has some great deep notes. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/84 "2021-01-31T21:41:44Z")
I was going to say Geoff Tate (formerly of Queensryche), but he’s apparently a baritone with a 4-octave range. I think he can sing down into the bass range but it’s not where he’s naturally comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/85 "2021-02-01T02:13:18Z")
Nick Cave [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sqy2ty-QE40/hqdefault.jpg "Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The kindness of strangers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqy2ty-QE40) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/86 "2021-02-01T04:10:37Z")
Good call on Nick Cave. What would you call this voice: [Udo Dirksnider](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zkjnd0KBNc&ab_channel=UP%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Zkjnd0KBNc/hqdefault.jpg "UDO Doro Pesh Dancing With An Angel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zkjnd0KBNc) ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/87 "2021-02-01T10:23:22Z")
Bev Bevan (of ELO fame) has a pretty bassy voice: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TLmBlLpx1n0/hqdefault.jpg "The Move - Ben Crawley Steel Co. Sung by Bev Bevan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmBlLpx1n0) People have suggested the above Move song vocals were recorded using studio trickery, but there are clips of Bev singing live in the same register. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/88 "2021-02-01T11:15:04Z")
Ha. The Bad Seeds used to have _two_ singers with great range. Although he’s more known for his unearthly high-pitched wail, former Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld can really hit the low notes - check out the cover of _Sand_ by his band Einsturzende Neubauten, for instance: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4BiODjvVEOw/hqdefault.jpg "Einsturzende Neubauten - Sand") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BiODjvVEOw) There’s also Swans’ Michael Gira: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5jpVtYQIols/hqdefault.jpg "SWANS - God damn the Sun [1989]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jpVtYQIols) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/89 "2021-02-01T17:38:53Z")
David Clayton Thomas Jim Peterick Whoever was the singer in The Tee Set ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939/90 "2021-02-01T19:40:34Z")
Country singer Dave Dudley: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6iVDLY7t-uc/hqdefault.jpg "Dave Dudley- Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVDLY7t-uc) ---
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Paul Robeson [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eh9WayN7R-s/hqdefault.jpg "Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936) J.Kern O. Hammerstein II") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939.md?page=4)