The Belgian station ‘Radio 1’ broadcasted on may 1st the ‘Fab 50’, a list of the 50 best voices from the last 50 years.

The listeners could send in their favorites and our man, The King, made it to the number 1 spot!!!

The top 50 ended with a compilation of the following hits:

Heartbreak Hotel / In The Ghetto / Suspicious Minds / Jailhouse Rock / Blue Suede Shoes / Baby Let’s Play House / Hound Dog.

The complete list:


01 - Elvis Presley

02 - Freddie Mercury

03 - Tom Waits

04 - Jacques Brel

05 - Amy Whinehouse

06 - Aretha Franklin

07 - Arno

08 - Bruce Spingsteen

09 - Johny Cash

10 - Leonard Cohen

11 - Bob Dylan

12 - Edith Piaf

13 - Jeff Buckley

14 - Kate Bush

15 - Janis Joplin

16 - Bono (U2)

17 - Anouk

18 - Roy Orbison

19 - David Bowie

20 - Billie Holiday

21 - Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons)

22 - Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)

23 - Eva De Roovere

24 - Barry White

25 - Nick Cave

26 - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

27 - Bjork

28 - Tina Turner

29 - Dani Klein (Vaya con Dios)

30 - Sinead O'Connor

31 - Norah Jones

32 - Nina Simone

33 - Ella Fitzgerald

34 - Van Morrison

35 - Frank Sinatra

36 - Jim Morrison (The Doors)

37 - Louis Neefs

38 - Joni Mitchell

39 - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

40 - Herman van Veen

41 - Neil Young

42 - Emmylou Harris

43 - Barbra Streisand

44 - Luke Walter Jr. (Blue Blot)

45 - Sarah Bettens (K's Choice)

46 - Art Garfunkel

47 - Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)

48 - Elvis Costello

49 - Patti Smith

50 - Chris Martin (Coldplay)
 

Posted:  2nd. May 2008