Top 10 Songs Not Sung by Lead Singers
These are some songs where the lead singers didn't do lead vocals. However they may have done backing vocals or few vocal parts. But the majority of the song was sung by other member.
Sung by Brian May. I don't know if he ever took vocal lessons, but he does great in this song.
For me, the singing wasn't very good, but it became famous.
Most of their songs were sung by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, or (from 1965-1972) Pigpen. However, the lead vocals are sung by bassist Phil Lesh, who wrote the music. This is unusual for him because, over the next couple of years, he practically shredded his voice by not singing properly.
A very pleasant song from 1979 sung by their guitarist Bernie Marsden - pretty good vocals. I mean, better than some lead singers for other rock bands.
This is the first Queen song that pops into my mind when I think of non-Freddie vocal songs.
A great song of Queen sung by Roger Taylor.
This is one of two songs written and sung by Noel Redding (the bassist) instead of Jimi himself. The other is She's So Fine.
Doug Gray is a very good singer. But unfortunately/fortunately, their biggest hit was sung by their lead guitarist Toy Caldwell.
The beginning of this song is second to none.
The Newcomers
Written and entirely sung by guitarist Jeff Waters. One of their most liked songs of the '90s.
Lead vocals by the bassist Steve Priest. One of my favorite songs by this band. Steve Priest really can sing if you ask me. He sang on many songs and he sounds great even on the live videos I watched.
A song written and sung by drummer Roger Taylor in 1973. He sings it very well - he's even better than some lead singers for other bands in that era. It's a very obscure Queen song on their debut album - a short but very fast song, with pretty heavy sections in the context of the early '70s.
Sung by Richard Wright. Roger, David, and Barrett were their regular singers, but here Richard sings.
Sung by George Harrison. A year and 205 days after this list was created, a song by The Beatles is added.
It was written and entirely sung by guitarist Jeff Waters.
Great song, but I don't know if it counts. Bassist Benjamin Orr sang on this, but he was one of the lead singers. He sang on "Let's Go," "Just What I Needed," and the song of topic here, "Drive," just to name a few.
Not on top, because even though Keith Richards is not a regular vocalist of the band, he did lead vocals on some songs.
Sung by Dave Grohl and the only Nirvana song not sung by Kurt.