Favourite Singers
by sype | created - 31 Jul 2017 | updated - 31 Jul 2017 | PublicAn alltime hitlist of my favourite vocal performers with god-blessed voices.
1. Colm Wilkinson
Actor | Les Misérables
After playing in several Irish bands (which included The Action), in 1972 Wilkinson was cast as Judas Iscariot in the Dublin production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar; a role he went on to reprise in London and on the British national tour.
In 1976, Wilkinson sang the part of Ché ...
2. Ramin Karimloo
Actor | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Born on September 19, 1978 in Tehran, Iran, Ramin Karimloo is an Iranian-Canadian singer and actor, best known for his work in musicals. When he was 2 months old, his parents were forced to flee Iran because of the Islamic Revolution. After spending two years in Italy, the family moved to ...
3. Jan Ammann
Actor | Unter uns
Jan Ammann is known for Unter uns (1994), Der Cop und der Snob (2012) and Hier und heute (1957).
4. Steve Barton
Actor | Another World
Steve Barton was born on June 26, 1954 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Another World (1964), Tatort (1970) and Tierärztin Christine III: Abenteuer in Südafrika (1998). He was married to Sallie Ann 'Denny' Berry. He died on July 21, 2001 in Bremen, Germany.
5. Brandon Flowers
Soundtrack | Spider-Man 3
Born on June 21, 1981 in Las Vegas, Brandon Richard Flowers is the youngest of six children. Having grown up in the small town of Nephi, Utah, his best chances of getting into music were the cassettes given to him by his older brother, Shane. However, during Brandon's junior year in high school, ...
6. Pia Douwes
Actress | 3 musketiers - De musical
For the Dutch-born Pia Douwes, show business is also "family business". She is the great-niece of none other than Doris Day. Pia began her studies with dance at the Brooking School of Ballet in London, voice in London, Hamburg and in Vienna took part in a musical course directed by Susi Nicoletti ...
7. Alfie Boe
Soundtrack | Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
Born Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe on September 29, 1973 in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, he is an English singer and actor, best known for his work in musical theatre and his musical albums, on which he mixes classical music, show tunes, and popular music. He was born as the youngest of nine children ...
8. Adele
Soundtrack | Skyfall
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. ...
9. Philip Quast
Actor | Hacksaw Ridge
Philip Mark Quast was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia as one of three children to parents living on a farm. He is an actor and singer best known for his work in theatre. He graduated the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979 and went on to work for the State Theatre Company of ...
10. Ryan Tedder
Soundtrack | Sing
Ryan Benjamin Tedder was born on June 26, 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is a self-taught musician, learning to play the piano at age three and spending a minimum of two hours a day on vocals. His family relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado his senior year where he attended Colorado Springs ...
11. Lea Salonga
Actress | Mulan
Lea Salonga began her singing career at the age of ten, when she recorded her first album, Small Voice. She also hosted her own musical TV show, "Love, Lea". She starred in "Miss Saigon" and was then offered the role of the singing voice of Jasmine in the Disney film Aladdin (1992). She has ...
12. Shirley Bassey
Soundtrack | Moonraker
Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. She later helped to support her family by working in an...
13. Michael Crawford
Actor | The Knack ...and How to Get It
His father was a pilot during the second World War and was killed in action before Michael was born resulting in him being brought up by his mother, Doris, and Irish grandmother, Kathleen .His mother married a, Kent grocer when he was 4 but after his mother died when he was 21 he broke off all ...
14. Sierra Boggess
Actress | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Sierra Marjory Boggess was born May 20, 1982. She is best known for her roles as Ariel in the Broadway production of "The Little Mermaid" and Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera". Her career started when she was cast in the Ensemble and as the understudy of Cosette in the US Tour of Les ...
15. Sarah Brightman
Soundtrack | Repo! The Genetic Opera
Sarah Brightman's soprano voice has sold millions of records and been heard in arenas, cathedrals, and Olympic stadiums around the world. Brightman is the winner of more than 180 gold and platinum awards in 40 countries, and is a concert artist who has performed before millions of fans on every ...
16. Gary Lightbody
Soundtrack | Divergent
Gary Lightbody was born on June 15, 1976 in Bangor, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Divergent (2014), Killers (2010) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).
17. Brian Molko
Actor | Velvet Goldmine
Placebo were formed in London 1995. Brian Molko (b.10th December 1972) Stefan Olsdal (b. March 31st 1974) Steve Hewitt (b. March 22nd 1971). Brian and Stef went to the same school during their youth in Luxembourg but never really socialized with each other. Years later, they happened to bump into ...
18. Chester Bennington
Soundtrack | Transformers
Chester Charles Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Susan Elaine (Johnson), a nurse, and Lee Russell Bennington, a police detective. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. He has two half sisters and a half brother. He attended Centennial High School at the beginning of his freshman...
19. Kevin Tarte
Self | Landesschau
Kevin Tarte was born on March 12, 1957 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
20. Mark Seibert
Composer | King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
Mark Seibert was born in 1960. He is a composer, known for King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990), Phantasmagoria (1995) and Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991). He has been married to Debbie Seibert since 1980. They have two children.
21. Gladys Knight
Actress | Hollywood Homicide
Gladys Knight was born on May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), The Butler (2013) and Licence to Kill (1989). She has been married to William McDowell since April 12, 2001. She was previously married to Les Brown, Barry Hankerson...
22. Norm Lewis
Actor | Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
Norm Lewis was born on June 2, 1963 in Eatonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).
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