Yeah, I know it's Rolling Stone Mag's list (consider the source, and all), and I know their article clarifies their "methodology" (nominations and votes from other music industry bigwigs who are well-known in the US and the UK at least, then readers voted from a limited list) and their criteria ("from the rock era"), but this list -- touted on the cover as "100 Best Singers Of All Time" -- is a bit ridiculous, both in who's included and in who isn't.

Just check out who's #7!   LOL


The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time

  1 | Aretha Franklin by Mary J. Blige
  2 | Ray Charles by Billy Joel
  3 | Elvis Presley by Robert Plant
  4 | Sam Cooke by Van Morrison
  5 | John Lennon by Jackson Browne
  6 | Marvin Gaye by Alicia Keys
  7 | Bob Dylan by Bono
  8 | Otis Redding by Booker T. Jones
  9 | Stevie Wonder by Cee-Lo
10 | James Brown by Iggy Pop
11 | Paul McCartney
12 | Little Richard
13 | Roy Orbison
14 | Al Green
15 | Robert Plant
16 | Mick Jagger by Lenny Kravitz
17 | Tina Turner
18 | Freddie Mercury
19 | Bob Marley
20 | Smokey Robinson
21 | Johnny Cash
22 | Etta James
23 | David Bowie
24 | Van Morrison
25 | Michael Jackson by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy
26 | Jackie Wilson
27 | Hank Williams
28 | Janis Joplin
29 | Nina Simone
30 | Prince
31 | Howlin' Wolf
32 | Bono by Billie Joe Armstrong
33 | Steve Winwood
34 | Whitney Houston
35 | Dusty Springfield
36 | Bruce Springsteen
37 | Neil Young
38 | Elton John
39 | Jeff Buckley by Chris Cornell
40 | Curtis Mayfield
41 | Chuck Berry
42 | Joni Mitchell
43 | George Jones by James Taylor
44 | Bobby "Blue" Bland
45 | Kurt Cobain
46 | Patsy Cline
47 | Jim Morrison
48 | Buddy Holly
49 | Donny Hathaway
50 | Bonnie Raitt
51 | Gladys Knight
52 | Brian Wilson
53 | Muddy Waters by Ben Harper
54 | Luther Vandross
55 | Paul Rodgers
56 | Mavis Staples
57 | Eric Burdon
58 | Christina Aguilera
59 | Rod Stewart
60 | Björk
61 | Roger Daltrey
62 | Lou Reed
63 | Dion
64 | Axl Rose
65 | David Ruffin
66 | Thom Yorke
67 | Jerry Lee Lewis
68 | Wilson Pickett
69 | Ronnie Spector
70 | Gregg Allman
71 | Toots HIbbert
72 | John Fogerty
73 | Dolly Parton
74 | James Taylor
75 | Iggy Pop
76 | Steve Perry
77 | Merle Haggard
78 | Sly Stone
79 | Mariah Carey
80 | Frankie Valli
81 | John Lee Hooker by Bonnie Raitt
82 | Tom Waits
83 | Patti Smith
84 | Darlene Love
85 | Sam Moore
86 | Art Garfunkel
87 | Don Henley
88 | Willie Nelson
89 | Solomon Burke
90 | The Everly Brothers
91 | Levon Helm by Jim James
92 | Morrissey
93 | Annie Lennox
94 | Karen Carpenter
95 | Patti LaBelle
96 | B.B. King
97 | Joe Cocker
98 | Stevie Nicks
99 | Steven Tyler
100 | Mary J. Blige

Contributors | Brian Braiker, David Browne, Anthony DeCurtis, David Fricke, Brian Hiatt, Ashley Kahn, Mark Kemp, Alan Light, Austin Scaggs, David Wild, Douglas Wolk

Video: 100 Best Singers Of All Time