"And George Michael could actually sing..."

Hmm, tricky. Depends what is meant by "sing," I suppose. I love Shane McGowan more than almost any other pop/folk (etc.) singer, but I'm not getting into fights as to whether or not he could "sing." Many people revere Bob Dylan (I'm not one of 'em, not by a country mile), but ditto. Sinatra could hold a tune with exquisite timing and imbue songs with a certain character, but I can't be doing with him at all. I admire but do not remotely love those clever jazz singers who do that "scat" thing. In fact, I can't listen to that at all. If you say that "well, at least he could sing..." you're sort of implying that many others are just charlatan pretenders who couldn't, which is a bit of a shame, because the bottom line is that it's all a matter of wot lights yer personal fire...

Anyway, I'm an atheist and I love Hark The Herald and In the Deep Midwinter (the Holst one) and Maddy singing the Holly and the Ivy...