Good Soldier Schweik - talking of British rock singers - said:

"hes behind john lennon, eric burdon,mick jagger,long john baldry, paul maccartney, keith relf"

Not a very stimulating list! To a man, singing in American accents! Or, trying too!

I remember speaking to Eric Burdon, in 1964, and being struck by is rich - and strong - Geordie accent. I was even more struck - an hour or so later - when that accent totally disappeared to be replaced by a voice that sounded somewhere between John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters.

Long John Baldry's singing voice was embarrassingly phoney.

And, Mick Jagger! Dreadful!

If we are going to quote British singers who use American accents - and most of them do! - then Paul Rodgers - to my ears - does it without sounding phoney.( the opposite is Elton John!)

Cliff - as he developed - again to my ears - did adopt more of an English sound and that is to his credit!