Top 20 Rock & Roll Singers

Continuing with the "ranking the top ______" theme... 

A few days ago I happened to come across some YouTube videos by Rick Beato, where he picks the top 20 whatever (singers, songs with drum intro, songs with guitar intro, etc). One in particular was his choice for top 20 greatest rock singers of all time. His premise was "Little Richard started it all, so he is the template. Now who best symbolizes what he did?"

As with any list, there is always disagreement. I disagreed with some of his, such as "How can Freddie Mercury NOT be #1?"

So here is my list of the top 20 rock & roll singers. I didn't try for individual rankings, but have a top 10 and a 2nd 10.
(BTW, I'm not a huge Queen fan, but you have to give Mercury his due.)

 #1 
*Freddie Mercury - Queen

2-10 (alphabetical order)
Pat Benatar
*Roger Daltrey - Who
*Lou Gramm - Foreigner
*Paul McCartney - The Beatles
*Jim Morrison - The Doors
Steve Perry - Journey
*Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin
Paul Rodgers - Bad Company
*Ann Wilson - Heart


11-17 (alphabetical order) 
Colin Blunstone - The Zombies
Jay Black - Jay and the Americans
Peter Cetera - Chicago
Brad Delp - Boston
*Mick Jagger - The Rolling Stones
David Lee Roth - Van Halen
Mike Smith - The Dave Clark Five

To me, these guys are more like screamers than singers, but still in the top 20: 
Geddy Lee - Rush
*Bon Scott/Brian Johnson - AC/DC
*Steven Tyler - Aerosmith


*on Beato's YouTube list


Who's on your list?

1960s' Bond Girls

Last time, we took a stab at the top guitarists of the 1960s to 1980s.

Today we have another ranking post of sorts – this time the Bond Girls. Since this is supposed to be a 1960s blog, I’m limiting this to the 1960s’ Bond movies. This would include the first 5 Sean Connery flicks, but let’s also throw in 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever”. While we’re at it, let’s drop 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, since nobody watched the lone George Lazenby/Bond movie anyway.

So, here is the list of Bond Girls from the Sean Connery/Bond films from 1962-71:

Dr No 
A. Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) – Shell collector who Bond finds on the beach!
B. Miss Taro (Zena Marshall) – Lures Bond to her cottage so that her associates can kill him, but Bond gets the upper hand.
C. Anabelle Chung (Marguerite LeWars) – Feisty paparazzi photographer has a quarrel with Quarrel.

From Russia With Love 
D. Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) – Double agent who falls for Bond.
E. Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) – Bond’s side-girl first met him in Dr No, asking the question which received the famous answer “Bond… James Bond”.

Goldfinger 
F. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) – Goldfinger’s pilot/henchwoman.
G. Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) – Wears gold paint like no other.
H. Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet) – Jill’s sister out for revenge, but has a run-in with Oddjob’s derby.

Thunderball 
I. Domino (Claudine Auger) – The bad guy’s girlfriend switches sides after he killed her brother.
J. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) – While this villainess is in the tub, she asks Bond to hand her something to wear, so he gives her some shoes.
K. Paula (Martine Beswick) – Bond’s assistant was also a fighting gypsy in From Russia With Love.
L. Patricia (Molly Peters) – Bond’s physical therapist ends up on the receiving end of a mink-glove massage.

You Only Live Twice 
M. Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) – Bond’s sidekick is poisoned while she sleeps.
N. Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) – His replacement squeeze marries Bond as part of his “fitting in as a local” ploy.
O. Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) – Blofeld’s #2 fails to kill Bond, then swims with the fishes.

Diamonds Are Forever
P. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) – Tough-chick Bond opponent early in the film, then falls for Bond and unravels.
Q. Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood) – Vegas girl-toy takes a long leap into a short pool.


(You’ll notice I skipped Miss Moneypenny and Rosa Klebb.)

Who were your favorites?