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Robert Plant is top seed in rock n' roll poll while Mick Jagger just scrapes the top ten
By CAROLINE GRAHAM
Last updated at 12:44 AM on 02nd January 2009

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He's one of our most beloved rock stars famous for his huge mouth, snake hips and distinctive vocal style.

But Mick Jagger has come only ninth in a poll of the greatest voices in rock.

It was the high-pitched rough-edged wail of Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant that won the title after he came first in a vote organised by digital radio station Planet Rock.


Led ahead: Zeppelin's Robert Plant, left, beat the Stones' Mick Jagger, right

But despite the surprise placing for Jagger, the top ten names in the 40-strong list, unveiled on air yesterday, featured several other British rock heavyweights.

Freddie Mercury came second, Paul Rodgers of Free came next while Who frontman Roger Daltrey came fifth.


Brit rock: Roger Daltrey, left, came fifth, while Freddie Mercury was second

The only female voice on the list was that of Janis Joplin.

The Greatest Voice in Rock Top 40 was compiled by the station's DJs, presenters and listeners, plus musicians, rock critics and experts such Tony Iommi  from Black Sabbath, Phil Manzanera  from Roxy Music, Ian Anderson from Yes and Led Zeppelin biographer Mick Wall.


Legends: David Bowie, left, came eleventh after Axl Rose, right, who was seventh

Planet Rock Programming Director Trevor White said: ‘It’s great to see Britain has produced the top three greatest rock vocalists of all time.'

But despite Plant's enduring popularity with fans and his peers, he refuses to go back on tour with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham for a Zeppelin re-union.


The Top 40 Greatest Voices in Rock


1.    Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2.    Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3.    Paul Rodgers (Free/ Bad Company)
4.    Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
5.    Roger Daltrey (The Who)
6.    David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
7.    Axl Rose (Guns ‘N’ Roses)
8.    Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
9.    Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
10. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
11. David Bowie
12. Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
13. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
14. Jon Anderson (Yes)
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Joe Cocker
17. Ozzy Osbourne
18. Bono (U2)
19. Peter Gabriel
20. James Hetfield (Metallica)
21. Janis Joplin
22. Chris Cornell (Audioslave / Soundgarden)
23. Roger Chapman (Family)
24. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
25. Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple)
26. Steve Perry (Journey)
27. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
28. Alex Harvey (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
29. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
30. Ronnie James Dio (Dio)
31. Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)
32. Meat Loaf
33. Alice Cooper
34. Geddy Lee (Rush)
35. Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
36. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
37. Fish (Marillion)
38. Dave Lee Roth (Van Halen)
39. Biff Byford (Saxon)
40. Neil Young

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i watched the led zep live at the 02 arena last night.  i enjoyed it..could have been a better set list.  plant cannot sing like he used to that for sure.  he sounds very rough

The same durn people must be deciding what's what in ALL of these polls....

No Iggy POP (who has a great voice) or the late great Layne Staley???   BS list.

Look at David Fucking Coverdale's position. Do we really give two craps about the people who voted or the rag that put his name on the list in the first place? 

No way,Plant is better than Dio or Mercury!Plant was awful after 1973.

Sammy Hagar but no David Lee Roth?? I don't go for these polls, I think Jagger should be #1, & no Elvis??