Besides Carl & Dennis, what artists do you wish we're still with us?

[lostbeachboy]

At the top I would say Marvin Gaye.

Others would include Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin

Jim Morrison

Bob Marley

Jim Croce

Ronnie Van Zant

[KDS]

John Lennon

Ronnie James Dio

Freddie Mercury

Bon Scott

[filledeplage]

Terry Kath

Perry Como

Ricky Nelson

Lennon/Harrison

Cass Elliot

Winehouse

[Emdeeh]

Janis Joplin

[the captain]

(This will go over well, but) As a singer I don't especially wish Dennis were still with us. As a person, generally, of course. (I don't wish anyone an early demise.) As a writer, yes. As a personality, yes. But I don't much like his voice all that much. I realize a lot of people do. That's fine. Feel free to talk about how evil I am, or how I have no taste, or whatever. Blah blah blah.

Voices I miss and would love to have still around:

Freddie Mercury
Billie Holiday
Gram Parsons
Alex Chilton
Chris Bell
Roy Orbison
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Amy Winehouse
Don Van Vliet
John Lennon
George Harrison
Nico
Jeff Hanson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC7ICWiN6iw

Among the living, I wish we still had the best voices of Brian Wilson.

[lostbeachboy]

(This will go over well, but) As a singer I don't especially wish Dennis were still with us. As a person, generally, of course. (I don't wish anyone an early demise.) As a writer, yes. As a personality, yes. But I don't much like his voice all that much. I realize a lot of people do. That's fine. Feel free to talk about how evil I am, or how I have no taste, or whatever. Blah blah blah.

Voices I miss and would love to have still around:

Freddie Mercury
Billie Holiday
Gram Parsons
Alex Chilton
Chris Bell
Roy Orbison
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Amy Winehouse
Don Van Vliet
John Lennon
George Harrison
Nico
Jeff Hanson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC7ICWiN6iw

Among the living, I wish we still had the best voices of Brian Wilson.

Dennis had a very soulful voice. Bluesy..

[the captain]

(This will go over well, but) As a singer I don't especially wish Dennis were still with us. As a person, generally, of course. (I don't wish anyone an early demise.) As a writer, yes. As a personality, yes. But I don't much like his voice all that much. I realize a lot of people do. That's fine. Feel free to talk about how evil I am, or how I have no taste, or whatever. Blah blah blah.

Voices I miss and would love to have still around:

Freddie Mercury
Billie Holiday
Gram Parsons
Alex Chilton
Chris Bell
Roy Orbison
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Amy Winehouse
Don Van Vliet
John Lennon
George Harrison
Nico
Jeff Hanson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC7ICWiN6iw

Among the living, I wish we still had the best voices of Brian Wilson.

It should be what artists..

Then the list is longer than those who are still alive.

[Smilin Ed H]

Does this thread really belong here?

Frank Sinatra
Billie Holiday
Nat King Cole
Marvin Gaye

[KDS]

Does this thread really belong here?

Frank Sinatra
Billie Holiday
Nat King Cole
Marvin Gaye

Maybe not, but it's better than another extensive thread about the evils of Mike Love.   

While he didn't sing lead too much, Richard Wright of Pink Floyd is missed.  It would've been nice if he'd have been able to add some vocals to The Endless River album. 

[JK]

Ritchie Valens

Jeff Buckley (if he hasn't been mentioned yet)

Levon, Rick and Richard of The Band

Frank Zappa (what he could have achieved in the intervening 22 years!)

Captain Beefheart (even though he quit music in '82)

Kirsty McColl

[Andrew G. Doe]

Cannot believe no-one's mentioned Karen Carpenter yet.

[Niko]

Frank Zappa (what he could have achieved in the intervening 22 years!)

He would have grabbed social media by the horns and been just as prolific.

[halblaineisgood]

Tiny Tim

[dcowboys107]

Jack Rieley. Enough said.

[TonyW]

Janis Joplin

Tim Buckley

Stevie Wright     

[KDS]

For some reason, I thought it was just singers. 

Jimi Hendrix

Jon Lord

John Entwistle & Keith Moon

Randy Rhoads

Brian Jones

Jack Bruce

John Bonham

Phil Lynott

Eric Carr

Cozy Powell

Ben Orr

[Outtasight!]

Ronnie Lane.

[Lonely Summer]

Rick Nelson
Phil Ochs
Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Johnny Cash
Levon Helm
Rick Danko
Richard Manuel
Tom Fogerty
Sam Cooke
John Lennon
George Harrison
Davy Jones
Bo Diddley
Tom Evans
Pete Ham
Mike Gibbins
Paul Revere
Drake Levin
Mike "Smitty" Smith
Mike Smith (DC5)
Marvin Gaye
James Griffin
Larry Knechtel
Mike Botts

[Sandy Baby]

Warren Zevon
Jerry Garcia
Sandy Denny

[bluesno1fann]

Stevie Wright     

 

Though Tony Cahill, who replaced Snowy Fleet in The Easybeats really is dead.

Brian Jones
Syd Barrett (and Richard Wright)
Chas Chandler
Jimi Hendrix (and Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell)
Keith Relf
John Entwistle (and Keith Moon)

[Sheriff John Stone]

- Jim Morrison
- Ray Manzarek
- Lou Reed
- John Lennon
- George Harrison
- Johnny Thunders
- Jerry Nolan
- Arthur "Killer" Kane
- Frank Sinatra
- Andy Williams
- Perry Como
- Mario Lanza
- Henry Mancini
- Michael Meros
- Johnny Cash

[Summertime Blooz]

Laura Nyro
Marc Bolan
Tim Hauser (Manhattan Transfer)

[Jim Rockford]

I really wish Rick Nelson was still with us. It's sad he left this world, but his legacy lives on.

[JK]

Robert Johnson, not least for him to enjoy the influence his music has had in the decades since his death.

Eva Cassidy, who died before her massive breakthrough mainly in Europe.   

And the entire frickin' 27 Club. Twenty-seven's no age to die.

[beatnickle]

Lawrence Welk......... Kate Smith............ Mitch Miller