Robert Plant

An English musician singer and songwriter Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin he has also had a successful solo career spanning more than 40 years and possessing a powerful wide vocal range particularly using his trademark highpitched vocals Plant is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll and he has influenced contemporaries and such later singers as Freddie Mercury Axl Rose and Chris Cornell In 2006 heavy metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time In 2009 Plant was voted the greatest voice in rock in a poll conducted by Planet Rock In 2008 Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time In 2011 readers of Rolling Stone placed Plant in first place of the magazines list of the best lead singers of all time  From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia