Anybody got the list from MOJO to share?
The opinions herein are in no way...<g>

> John Lennon Voted The Greatest Pop Singer Ever
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Former Beatle John Lennon Wednesday beat out Elvis Presley and 
>Frank Sinatra to top a list of the
> world's greatest ever pop singers published Wednesday.
>
> Lennon, shot dead by a deranged fan in New York in 1980, received the accolade from 
>British rock music magazine Mojo,
> which compiled a list of the top 100 singers by asking tens of thousands of its 
>readers to vote for their favorite 10 stars.
>
> Fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, who shared singing and songwriting duties with Lennon, 
>came seventh in the list.
>
> ``Lennon recorded a huge variety of songs and in each variety an authentic passion 
>and a need to communicate come shining
> through,'' Mojo editor Matt Snow said.
>
> ``McCartney has a beautiful voice but there's an edge to Lennon's singing that makes 
>the hair at the back of your neck stand on
> end,'' Snow said.
>
> Mojo readers voted Elvis the world's second greatest singer followed respectively by 
>fellow Americans Aretha Franklin, Frank
> Sinatra and Bob Dylan who make up the remainder of the top five.
>
> As if to prove the rock n' roll adage that it's better to ''live fast, die young'', 
>half the stars in the top 10 are dead.
>

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