The greatest vocalist of all-time, according to Paul Simon: "The best voice"
Thu 6 August 2026 16:27, UK
FarOutMagazine
Music has always been subjective. One person might swear by Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water', while another will always reach for The Sound of Silence', and neither is wrong.
Every listener hears something different. Every now and then, though, a song comes along whose brilliance is almost impossible to dispute.
Even Paul Simon himself, who speaks with more authority on the subject than almost anyone still alive, knows that musical taste is never absolute.
Like everyone else, he can only offer his own opinion.
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John Prine and Iris DeMent - In Spite of Ourselves (Live From Sessions at West 54th)
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(maybe not on greatest voice topic, lol)
"Many of his contemporaries shone just as brightly, but few have enjoyed Simon's longevity. More than half a century later, he was still touring in 2026 at the age of 84, a testament to the enduring power of his songwriting, even if others could outsing him.
Aside from the blossoming folk and singer-songwriter movement of the 1960s that made Simon a star, one of the most important genres to rise to the forefront at the time was soul music.
Derived from old-school gospel and capitalised on by record labels like Stax and, of course, Motown, soul music provided a voice for Black artists during a time of widespread discrimination and racism in the United States.
In addition to that, though, soul was a vehicle for many of the world's greatest vocalists to establish themselves on a mainstream stage.
While he knew that being a soul singer was never a possibility, inevitably, Simon found a natural appreciation for the genre, especially Sam Cooke.
For Simon, Cooke, whose career was tragically cut short just as it was getting going when he was killed in 1964, was peerless and the best vocalist of all-time."
Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World (Official Lyric Video)
"Simon elaborated on his love for Cooke, "He could belt too, essentially for me it was the smoothness of his voice. I was a big Sam Cooke fan, still am, even more for his work with the Soul Stirrers (Cooke's pre-solo fame gospel outfit) than for his pop stuff."
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers
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Whatever happened to the best interests of justice, the law, and the People?
Oh, yeah... Trumpism. Nevermind.