Top 10 Side Singers In Rock

The Top Ten
1 Roger Taylor (Queen) Roger Meddows Taylor is an English musician , multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter born on July 26th, 1949 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. He was the drummer of the band Queen and wrote few of many hits such as "Under Pressure", "A Kind Of Magic" and "Radio Ga Ga". Despite being well known in Queen ...read more.

Lovely guy. Anyone fancy a chocolate flake? Much better than George. Compare album sales someone please. One was in one of the best selling bands of all time. Would Queen ever existed? Even Freddie acknowledged a band called the Beatles! Good band though. R.i.p Freddie!

Yes, he has much better voice than Harrison. And I love the Beatles, but Roger Taylor has a 4 octave vocal range, his voice is awesome.

ROGER TAYLOR WAS BORN ON JULY 26th, 1949... which makes him 69. The date given here is incorrect. Check it out yourself if you don't believe me.

He is much better, than George Harrison, He has a very good voice with 4 octave vocal range.

2 George Harrison (The Beatles) George Harrison (1943 - 2001) was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
3 Dave Grohl (Nirvana) David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and film director. He is best known as the former drummer of the hugely popular 90s grunge band Nirvana and the vocalist/guitarist for the alternative rock band Foo Fighters. He has sat behind the drums for many bands and artists, most notably: Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D, Ghost B.C, Them Crooked Vultures, Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Scream, Probot and many, many more.

Well he's not a side singer anymore

4 Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) James Patrick Page is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
5 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) Keith Richards is an English musician—primarily a guitarist—singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist, and founding member of the rock band The Rolling Stones.
6 Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues)

He puts down his flute and moves up front to give Justin Hayward a rest and sings the absolutely beautiful tune, "For My Lady".

Along with frequent backing vocals, harmonies and occasional other leads, including I believe Legend of a Mind

7 Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
8 David Crosby (The Byrds) David Van Cortlandt Crosby was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: the Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; and CPR.
9 Rick Danko (The Band) Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of The Band.
10 Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an English musician, the founder and the original leader of the Rolling Stones.
The Contenders
11 Richard Manuel (The Band) Richard George Manuel was a Canadian composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the pianist, regular lead singer, and occasional drummer of The Band.
12 Izzy Stradlin (Guns N Roses) Jeffrey Dean Isbell, better known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
13 Brian May (Queen) Brian Harold May is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.
14 Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield) Neil Percival Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, producer, director and screenwriter.
15 John Deacon (Queen) John Richard Deacon (born 19th of August 1951) is a retired English musician, who is best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen.
16 John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer.He is best known for his time with the Funk Rock California based band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was also part of the Mars Volta, Swahili Blonde, Ataxia and more.
17 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) John Henry Bonham was born on May 31, 1948 in Redditch, United Kingdom. Bonham (nicknamed Bonzo) was a professional hard rock drummer who was best known for being the drummer in the band Led Zeppelin. Bonham was also one of the background singers in the band. His drumming is mainly displayed on the ...read more.
18 Toy Caldwell (The Marshall Tucker Band)

From the Marshall Tucker Band. Although his brother Tommy was the lead singer, he sang quite a few songs himself, particularly their biggest hit, "Can't You See".

19 Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains.
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