12 Greatest Classic Rock Singers Of All Time
2. Paul McCartney - The Beatles
To say that the Beatles were a shock to the musical system in the 60's would be massively underselling them. From the moment the band played on the Ed Sullivan Show, they started a career run that would turn them into some of the greatest musical minds of the 20th century. While everyone in the band had a fantastic voice, Paul McCartney's throat was one of the most versatile instruments the band had at their disposal.
Based on the diversity of material that the band were drawing from on albums like Revolver and Abbey Road, McCartney's voice truly ran the gamut of everything that the human voice could do in a rock context. One minute he would be raining down fiery musings on "Helter Skelter," and the next minute singing a subdued acoustic ballad in the clouds on "Blackbird."
Even when he ventured out into his solo career, his work with Wings as well as with his wife Linda McCartney saw him taking his voice to different places like the throaty scream of "Maybe I'm Amazed," which felt like Little Richard if he wrote a operatic tune. With new music still coming out as recently as 2018, Paul McCartney has withstood the test of time, as he continues to deliver his old hits with the same vocal fire he did in his prime.