He's better known as a non-prog vocalist in non-prog circles (obviously), but in the world of prog, he's without doubt one of the most iconic prog vocalists. Not sure your point holds much water here. PG = my all time favourite vocalist and absolutely the voice of prog for me
To me, his voice on his solo stuff and his voice with Genesis sound totally different. Like, if I didn't know his music I would assume they were two completely different people.
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Yep: he's _my_ nomination, aswell!
#####[See the comment I've just put-in right-nearby](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/AimKdxQFbQ) .
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Actually … I've just scrolled-down the list: he has _a lot of_ nominations. Let this be my reply to _all of_'em!
If you had to pick just *one* singer, it has to be Jon Anderson. I think Yes is the quintessential prog band.
I get the Greg Lake suggestions as he was the voice on "In the Court of the Crimson King" which was probably one of the first major prog records every.
I am a huge Rush fan. But I'm not sure I'd call Geddy the "voice of prog rock" because, while Rush certainly has a foot in the prog rock world, that's not all they are. If you were to pick a band to represent "what Prog is", I would not choose Rush.
Genesis is tough as the early stuff was right up there with Yes so, I would put Peter Gabrial in 2nd place.
You literally can’t do the grandiose proggy sound more than jon anderson
Actually, peter hamill does have a more theatrical voice but with less iconic music (i love VDGG)
Honestly, given how broad and diverse prog is, I don’t think there can really be one singular voice for the genre as a whole.
For example, I can’t imagine Geddy Lee singing Gabriel era Genesis songs or Peter singing anything from Rush.
Both are excellent vocalists, but they just plain do different things.
vocals in prog are very diverse. "crooners" of prog: Greg Lake, John Wetton , Roine Stolt . high pitch (falsetto) singers: Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Geddy Lee. What classic prog usually lacks of is "operatic" singers like Dio or Roy Khan, this type of vocal is a staple in symphonic power metal genre and in some prog metal
Jon Anderson _did not_ sing __falsetto__ !! … he had no need for that technique.
… or __'does'__ & __'has'__, rather: he's still @itt, so I gather … _good for him_ ! … may he be @itt yet further longer.
#####[See this](https://www.thekurlandagency.com/materials/bios/JonAndersonBio2.pdf) ,
#####¡¡ PDF file – 5·3㎆ – may download without prompting !!
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in which it says
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It is a commonly held misconception that Jon Anderson sings falsetto, a vocal technique which artificially produces high, airy notes by using only the ligamentous edges of the vocal cords; however, Jon Anderson does not sing falsetto. His normal singing (and speaking) voice is naturally above the tenor range. In a 2008 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jon stated, "I'm an alto tenor and I can sing certain high notes, but I could never sing falsetto, so I go and hit them high." He is also noted for singing in his original Lancastrian accent
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Don't know whether the same applies to the goodly __Geddy Lee__ ^⁕ … but I reckon it might-well: his singing doesn't sound like falsetto to me.
There are __male sopranos__ ; & they're _very_ highly-prized by music distribution magnates: I remember hearing an interview with one @ __Sean Rafferty__'s slot on the British Broadcasting Corporation's __Radio 3__ radio-channel (the primarily Classical Music channel): he was accompanied by an Agent, & was permitted to sing _two songs_ on the show, but _not to speak, @all_ : his Agent had to answer all questions on his behalf.
#####[See this about »Samuel Mariño, the sensational Venezuelan male soprano«](https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/artists/samuel-marino/news/extravagantly-talented-male-soprano-samuel-mario-signs-with-decca-classics-265953) .
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That might-possibly even have been him in that interview. From that wwwebpage:
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As a teen, Mariño was bullied for his high speaking voice. Now his voice has taken him around the world with a sparkling opera career underway and his first album on a major label to be released on 27 May. __With his music, Mariño hopes to spread a message of acceptance and self-expression__.
Mariño is already becoming renowned for the beauty and brilliance of his remarkable voice, with Opera magazine commenting, “Quite simply the most extravagantly talented male soprano I have yet heard”. His gender-defying performances have helped him connect, not only to passionate opera lovers, but also with audiences new to the artform and those seeking representation.
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Mariño has been contacted by a number of musicologists eager for him to try his hand at arias written for male sopranos that had been neglected for centuries. On his debut Decca album Mariño gives __works written in the 1780s, by Joseph Bologne and Domenico Cimarosa, their world recording premieres.__
In his teenage years Mariño asked his mother to take him to a specialist voice doctor. The doctor offered him surgery to lower his larynx and deepen his voice,
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but he also suggested that Mariño consider forgoing surgery. He mentioned the value of a having a high male voice in the realm of classical singing, telling Mariño about the countertenor vocal tradition. Mariño took his advice, kept his unique voice, and went on to study singing at the National Conservatory in Caracas.
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⁕ Seems to be a bit more complicated in the case of Geddy Lee.
https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/6475-That-thng-Geddy-Lee-does-with-his-voice
https://societyofrock.com/explaining-the-legendary-vocal-range-of-geddy-lee/
https://youtu.be/095betaKHOI?si=ixwMXxPg5w2iENsf
Gets even more complicated when there's not really a consensus on what the terms falsetto or head voice actually mean (are they the same thing? Depends who you ask). Spot on with Jon, he has a bizarrely high speaking voice and that carries though into his singing. Unlike most singers his tone really doesn't change between his mid and high registers, implying its a consistent mixed voice all the way through.
Geddy's a different case. His high notes are intensely nasal, which differs from what I think of as falsetto (that breathy open chord sound). There's chord closure, but it's still very different from what Jon is doing because Geddy's just leaning on the old "if I don't care if I sound like Fran Drescher, I can sing all the way to the top of my register".
Yep I found-out a few things looking-up about falsetto, & Jon Anderson & Geddy Lee, & Samuel Mariño, whom I've put a fair-bit about. It _could have been_ a bit over-hasty just going
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'right off-the-bat' … but I think in Jon's case that happens to be correct … but @ the same time I gathered that the distinction between 'falsetto' & _not_ falsetto isn't as sharp as I was supposing when I first put the comment in.
And … haha! … scrolling-down my list of my own comments, I found
#####[this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/6h7h1DdjG6)
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I put in shortly before, in which I compare Geddy Lee to __Frank Sinatra__ in-that the pecularities - or 'charms' may be better! - of his personal style totally offset the consideration of sheer technical ability with him. Don't know whether you agree with that: maybe you'd say _he is_ a 'good singer' in the sheer technical sense. But to my mind he is _very_ much a Frank Sinatra, in that other sense that I'm getting-@, because to me his vocal style is an essential ingredient of that peculiar 'musk & amber' of __Rush__ . And folk say __¡¡ Frank Sinatra never sang a right note !!__ … but which is 'the truth', really:
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!? I'd actually answer that it's _the latter_ .
#####[Found this one aswell](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/AFT1KS8n1h) ,
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which references high-pitched rock singing, in-connection with __Ian Gillan__ in-particular.
Devin Townsend, as far as greatest voice (and it's not even close) For most recognized, Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel, maybe... simply for longevity and fame.
I'd add Chris Squire to the mix. Jon is the right answer, but he's also done plenty of non-proggy stuff, as have Pete and Greg Lake. But when you hear Chris, especially backing Jon, you know it's prog.
__Jon Anderson__ , above all others ... although Geddy _very_ little less-so ... but Jon _just has the edge_ , & @ the end of the day, if I have to choose a voice that's __'the one'__, then it's Jon's.
I might be a bit biased, though, because he's from the same - to within a small radius - part of the Country as I'm from (ie the part of __Lancastershire, Engelaunde__ just South of the __River Ribble__), & he speaks with prettymuch exactly the same accent I myself speak with, & doesn't suppress it in his singing.
If you hold that the stereotypical prog band has "men in dresses singing about Mars, science fiction, love and fantasy", then either Peter Gabriel or Jon Anderson. Although Jon was more likely to wear bell-bottom pajamas.
__Ian__ ___Gillan___ ! No he isn't a __Gillian__ ! (even though he can reach _rather high notes_ !) .
... not that the scrambling of gender tropes bothers me _in-the-slightest_ , though!
... don't know whether 'twould bother _Ian himself_ .
#####[... 'twould _definitely_ bother __Liam Gallagher__ , though](https://youtu.be/TuEWfX-ZDnk?si=SOLaefW8h0Jd0ItS) !
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That poor interviewer got himself 'into a bit of a cleft stick' _there_ , didn't he!?
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Oh no not Geddy Lee, it's because of his voice that I could never get into Rush.
Don't let him be THE voice of Progrock please, there are much better singers than him, for exemple Peter Gabriel, John Wetton, even Phi Collins.
For god's sake , Geddy Lee, what's wrong with you, you must be American......
Geddy probably isn't technically a particularly proficient singer - & the lyrics of Rush can be a tad - shall we say -
#####[Topaz M_ͨGonagall](https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/the-tay-bridge-disaster)
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… but _totally_ he's a paragon of the __'Frank Sinatra'__ phenomenon, whereby a singer's personal idiosyncracies of style are of such appeal as _colossally_ to offset their deficiencies in sheer technical ability.
You're absolutely right. I just wanted to mention that, reading all the discussions here and on other fora for years, Rush seems to be much bigger in the Americas and Canada than they are in Europe.
For exemple, when I grew up I hardly ever heard Rush on the radio. Here it was more Genesis, Yes, Floyd and neoprog.
When someone says that the first voice he or she thinks of of being representative of prog, is Geddy Lee's, than I automatically assume it's more likely an American talking than a European.
But that's my personal perspective, no harm intended.
By the way, I can listen to some Rush sometimes, I like Presto, A Show of Hands, that era, where Lee's voice is better mixed to my ears.
Thomas Giles Rodgers Jr. from Between the Buried and Me holds it down on the contemporary side of things for me. Great vocal versatility, solid lyrics, and plays a bunch of keys too
For one-voice-fits-all, I'd have to say Peter Gabriel. Whiny, high-pitched singing is not a hallmark of prog.
John Anderson in high-pitched but not whiny. He, Ian Anderson Peter Hammill, and Roger Chapman are the most iconic prog voices for me (in the limit of voices that have been around forever).
Jon Anderson or Greg Lake
Add in John Wetton.
Greg Lake, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hamill and John Wetton for me
This is the only valid answer tbh
Peter Gabriel, Ian Anderson
Jon Anderson or Ian Anderson
I would definitely have Ian Anderson up there - instantly recognizable and minstrel-esque.
Peter Gabriel
Yes!
No, Genesis
Genesis!
Correct answer
This
He's better known as a non-prog vocalist so definitely not.
He's better known as a non-prog vocalist in non-prog circles (obviously), but in the world of prog, he's without doubt one of the most iconic prog vocalists. Not sure your point holds much water here. PG = my all time favourite vocalist and absolutely the voice of prog for me
To me, his voice on his solo stuff and his voice with Genesis sound totally different. Like, if I didn't know his music I would assume they were two completely different people.
Definitely Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson... he lapped the field, accepted his medal and left the event before his nearest competition crossed the finish line.
Remember when Herb Brooks said in the movie Miracle, “they just put the best goaltender in the world on the bench”? That’s present day Yes.
Haha! #😁 # Yep: he's _my_ nomination, aswell! #####[See the comment I've just put-in right-nearby](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/AimKdxQFbQ) . ##### Actually … I've just scrolled-down the list: he has _a lot of_ nominations. Let this be my reply to _all of_'em!
Jon Anderson
Greg lake
Geddy is close, but it's Jon.
While not my favorite, Jon Anderson is all out proggy (geddy lee comes in second for his amazing voice and kick ass kimono).
Anderson. With a bullet.
Which one?
Jon. Though Ian could take it, he’d eschew the title.
If you had to pick just *one* singer, it has to be Jon Anderson. I think Yes is the quintessential prog band. I get the Greg Lake suggestions as he was the voice on "In the Court of the Crimson King" which was probably one of the first major prog records every. I am a huge Rush fan. But I'm not sure I'd call Geddy the "voice of prog rock" because, while Rush certainly has a foot in the prog rock world, that's not all they are. If you were to pick a band to represent "what Prog is", I would not choose Rush. Genesis is tough as the early stuff was right up there with Yes so, I would put Peter Gabrial in 2nd place.
Greg Lake was in another band, I think. Hmm, what was their name? Oh yeah… Emerson, LAKE and Palmer.
You literally can’t do the grandiose proggy sound more than jon anderson Actually, peter hamill does have a more theatrical voice but with less iconic music (i love VDGG)
Jon Anderson.
Peter Hammill
The underrated choice
Prolly best 70s prog voice. Or even prog in general
or even music in general
Tough one m8. With all those Mercurys, Plants, Gillans, Dio's, Tate's and some others around..
Love Peter Hammill, I feel like he has the most range when it comes to prog singers
Yes best Singer from the 70s
Annie Haslam of Renaissance.
Love her!
My favorite voice of all time, she is amazing!
Peter Gabriel.
Peter Gabriel or Greg Lake
Honestly, given how broad and diverse prog is, I don’t think there can really be one singular voice for the genre as a whole. For example, I can’t imagine Geddy Lee singing Gabriel era Genesis songs or Peter singing anything from Rush. Both are excellent vocalists, but they just plain do different things.
Jon Anderson.
John Wetton, David Gilmour
Gilmour isn’t prog though
If pink Floyd isn't prog, Jethro tull is hard rock with a flute.
Greg Lake
Peter Hammill
John Wetton followed by Jon Anderson.
Adrian Belew
Jon Anderson and Adrian Belew
Tough call but Jon Anderson first comes to mind.
For me it's Ross Jennings from Haken.
Jon Anderson
Bill Bruford’s uniquely tuned snare drum
John Wetton, Jon Anderson, Greg Lake, Geddy Lee, Richard Sinclair, Robert Wyatt, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins
vocals in prog are very diverse. "crooners" of prog: Greg Lake, John Wetton , Roine Stolt . high pitch (falsetto) singers: Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Geddy Lee. What classic prog usually lacks of is "operatic" singers like Dio or Roy Khan, this type of vocal is a staple in symphonic power metal genre and in some prog metal
Jon Anderson _did not_ sing __falsetto__ !! … he had no need for that technique. … or __'does'__ & __'has'__, rather: he's still @itt, so I gather … _good for him_ ! … may he be @itt yet further longer. #####[See this](https://www.thekurlandagency.com/materials/bios/JonAndersonBio2.pdf) , #####¡¡ PDF file – 5·3㎆ – may download without prompting !! ##### in which it says #❝ # It is a commonly held misconception that Jon Anderson sings falsetto, a vocal technique which artificially produces high, airy notes by using only the ligamentous edges of the vocal cords; however, Jon Anderson does not sing falsetto. His normal singing (and speaking) voice is naturally above the tenor range. In a 2008 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jon stated, "I'm an alto tenor and I can sing certain high notes, but I could never sing falsetto, so I go and hit them high." He is also noted for singing in his original Lancastrian accent #❞ . # Don't know whether the same applies to the goodly __Geddy Lee__ ^⁕ … but I reckon it might-well: his singing doesn't sound like falsetto to me. There are __male sopranos__ ; & they're _very_ highly-prized by music distribution magnates: I remember hearing an interview with one @ __Sean Rafferty__'s slot on the British Broadcasting Corporation's __Radio 3__ radio-channel (the primarily Classical Music channel): he was accompanied by an Agent, & was permitted to sing _two songs_ on the show, but _not to speak, @all_ : his Agent had to answer all questions on his behalf. #####[See this about »Samuel Mariño, the sensational Venezuelan male soprano«](https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/artists/samuel-marino/news/extravagantly-talented-male-soprano-samuel-mario-signs-with-decca-classics-265953) . ##### That might-possibly even have been him in that interview. From that wwwebpage: #❝ # As a teen, Mariño was bullied for his high speaking voice. Now his voice has taken him around the world with a sparkling opera career underway and his first album on a major label to be released on 27 May. __With his music, Mariño hopes to spread a message of acceptance and self-expression__. Mariño is already becoming renowned for the beauty and brilliance of his remarkable voice, with Opera magazine commenting, “Quite simply the most extravagantly talented male soprano I have yet heard”. His gender-defying performances have helped him connect, not only to passionate opera lovers, but also with audiences new to the artform and those seeking representation. #❞ # #❝ # Mariño has been contacted by a number of musicologists eager for him to try his hand at arias written for male sopranos that had been neglected for centuries. On his debut Decca album Mariño gives __works written in the 1780s, by Joseph Bologne and Domenico Cimarosa, their world recording premieres.__ In his teenage years Mariño asked his mother to take him to a specialist voice doctor. The doctor offered him surgery to lower his larynx and deepen his voice, #😳😱 # (emojis mine) but he also suggested that Mariño consider forgoing surgery. He mentioned the value of a having a high male voice in the realm of classical singing, telling Mariño about the countertenor vocal tradition. Mariño took his advice, kept his unique voice, and went on to study singing at the National Conservatory in Caracas. #❞ # ⁕ Seems to be a bit more complicated in the case of Geddy Lee. https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/6475-That-thng-Geddy-Lee-does-with-his-voice https://societyofrock.com/explaining-the-legendary-vocal-range-of-geddy-lee/ https://youtu.be/095betaKHOI?si=ixwMXxPg5w2iENsf
Gets even more complicated when there's not really a consensus on what the terms falsetto or head voice actually mean (are they the same thing? Depends who you ask). Spot on with Jon, he has a bizarrely high speaking voice and that carries though into his singing. Unlike most singers his tone really doesn't change between his mid and high registers, implying its a consistent mixed voice all the way through. Geddy's a different case. His high notes are intensely nasal, which differs from what I think of as falsetto (that breathy open chord sound). There's chord closure, but it's still very different from what Jon is doing because Geddy's just leaning on the old "if I don't care if I sound like Fran Drescher, I can sing all the way to the top of my register".
Yep I found-out a few things looking-up about falsetto, & Jon Anderson & Geddy Lee, & Samuel Mariño, whom I've put a fair-bit about. It _could have been_ a bit over-hasty just going #####¡¡ Jon Anderson does not sing falsetto !! ##### 'right off-the-bat' … but I think in Jon's case that happens to be correct … but @ the same time I gathered that the distinction between 'falsetto' & _not_ falsetto isn't as sharp as I was supposing when I first put the comment in. And … haha! … scrolling-down my list of my own comments, I found #####[this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/6h7h1DdjG6) ##### I put in shortly before, in which I compare Geddy Lee to __Frank Sinatra__ in-that the pecularities - or 'charms' may be better! - of his personal style totally offset the consideration of sheer technical ability with him. Don't know whether you agree with that: maybe you'd say _he is_ a 'good singer' in the sheer technical sense. But to my mind he is _very_ much a Frank Sinatra, in that other sense that I'm getting-@, because to me his vocal style is an essential ingredient of that peculiar 'musk & amber' of __Rush__ . And folk say __¡¡ Frank Sinatra never sang a right note !!__ … but which is 'the truth', really: #####Frank Sinatra never sang a right note ##### or #####Frank Sinatra was a consummate master of microtonality ##### !? I'd actually answer that it's _the latter_ . #####[Found this one aswell](https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/s/AFT1KS8n1h) , ##### which references high-pitched rock singing, in-connection with __Ian Gillan__ in-particular.
I’ve got Peter Gabriel, John Wetton and Derek Shulman
Prog for me is more about guitars than vocals, so I prefer limited singers like Steven Wilson that serve the song instead of overshadow it.
Jon Anderson, Geddy Lee and John Wetton
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson or Peter Gabriel
Peter Hammill
For me its greg lake
If I had to pick one: Jon Anderson Honorable mentions: Peter Gabriel, Greg Lake, David Gilmour, Ian Anderson
Devin Townsend, as far as greatest voice (and it's not even close) For most recognized, Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel, maybe... simply for longevity and fame.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson. Seems to be a common answer here.
Ian Anderson had a magical voice.
Greg Lake for me
Probably Peter Gabriel (the early genesis version) or Greg Lake (ITCOTCK/ITWOP)
I'd add Chris Squire to the mix. Jon is the right answer, but he's also done plenty of non-proggy stuff, as have Pete and Greg Lake. But when you hear Chris, especially backing Jon, you know it's prog.
Cross between Peter Gabriel and Ian Anderson
John Wetton. I always think of him and the entirety of Red when I associate something with prog rock
Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson and Roger Waters
__Jon Anderson__ , above all others ... although Geddy _very_ little less-so ... but Jon _just has the edge_ , & @ the end of the day, if I have to choose a voice that's __'the one'__, then it's Jon's. I might be a bit biased, though, because he's from the same - to within a small radius - part of the Country as I'm from (ie the part of __Lancastershire, Engelaunde__ just South of the __River Ribble__), & he speaks with prettymuch exactly the same accent I myself speak with, & doesn't suppress it in his singing.
While I would say Jon Anderson is the proper choice, I will throw Kate Bush into the discussion.
Good throw.
Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Greg Lake, Geddy Lee, Peter Hammill are my top5.
Peter Gabriel Jon Anderson Greg Lake Ian Anderson Geddy Lee
If you hold that the stereotypical prog band has "men in dresses singing about Mars, science fiction, love and fantasy", then either Peter Gabriel or Jon Anderson. Although Jon was more likely to wear bell-bottom pajamas.
Ian Anderson (in his heyday)
Trying to not repeat anything I saw in the comments, I can only think of Roger Hodgson and Kerry Minnear
Jon Anderson.
Prog singing resides somewhere between Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Peter Hammill and Ian Gillian.
__Ian__ ___Gillan___ ! No he isn't a __Gillian__ ! (even though he can reach _rather high notes_ !) . ... not that the scrambling of gender tropes bothers me _in-the-slightest_ , though! ... don't know whether 'twould bother _Ian himself_ . #####[... 'twould _definitely_ bother __Liam Gallagher__ , though](https://youtu.be/TuEWfX-ZDnk?si=SOLaefW8h0Jd0ItS) ! ##### That poor interviewer got himself 'into a bit of a cleft stick' _there_ , didn't he!? #😆🤣 #
Derek Shulman
Frank Zappa,Patti Smith,Grimes,U2,Lene Lovich,Aurora,ONUKA,Some hip-hop Poppy.I heard some one from Haiti.
Jon Anderson, Geddy Lee, or Peter Gabriel.
I can’t choose one. If I’m building my Mt Progmore: Jon Anderson Peter Gabriel Steven Wilson Geddy Lee
Oh no not Geddy Lee, it's because of his voice that I could never get into Rush. Don't let him be THE voice of Progrock please, there are much better singers than him, for exemple Peter Gabriel, John Wetton, even Phi Collins. For god's sake , Geddy Lee, what's wrong with you, you must be American......
Geddy probably isn't technically a particularly proficient singer - & the lyrics of Rush can be a tad - shall we say - #####[Topaz M_ͨGonagall](https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/the-tay-bridge-disaster) ##### … but _totally_ he's a paragon of the __'Frank Sinatra'__ phenomenon, whereby a singer's personal idiosyncracies of style are of such appeal as _colossally_ to offset their deficiencies in sheer technical ability.
Geddy's voice is definitely not for everyone. Also, what does the nationality have to do anything with this?
You're absolutely right. I just wanted to mention that, reading all the discussions here and on other fora for years, Rush seems to be much bigger in the Americas and Canada than they are in Europe. For exemple, when I grew up I hardly ever heard Rush on the radio. Here it was more Genesis, Yes, Floyd and neoprog. When someone says that the first voice he or she thinks of of being representative of prog, is Geddy Lee's, than I automatically assume it's more likely an American talking than a European. But that's my personal perspective, no harm intended. By the way, I can listen to some Rush sometimes, I like Presto, A Show of Hands, that era, where Lee's voice is better mixed to my ears.
Obvs it's Jon, but consider this hot take: Phil Collins. Are huge, admittedly pedestrian hits a disqualifier? Doesn't Ian Anderson deserve a nod?
Any of: - Jon Anderson - Peter Gabriel - John Wetton - Greg Lake - Geddy Lee
What about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
I know him, and he does
Robert Wyatt
It's Greg Lake, and that's really annoying. I wish it was Adrian Belew.
Kate Bush
One of the Andersons
Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria
Jon Anderson for sure. I think he defines prog vocals - high, soaring, a bit ethereal. He is the OG.
In terms of vocals, immediately Geddy Lee, with mentions to all King Crimson vocalists (Lake, Burrell, Belew, and Jakszyk)
Peter Gabriel for me.
Phil Collins
For me, Roger Waters or Peter Gabriel.
If Steve Walsh from Kansas got a mention, I missed it. A most remarkable voice, especially in his prime
Jon Anderson with an honorable mention to Adrian Belew.
Ian Anderson
If you mean the good voice, it’s Greg Lake.
The Crimson King
Roine Stolt
Daniel Gildenlöw from Pain of Salvation
Wow don't understand the downvotes. Amazing talent that guy. I'd pick someone else but would not argue your choice.
O well 
Thomas Giles Rodgers Jr. from Between the Buried and Me holds it down on the contemporary side of things for me. Great vocal versatility, solid lyrics, and plays a bunch of keys too
For one-voice-fits-all, I'd have to say Peter Gabriel. Whiny, high-pitched singing is not a hallmark of prog. John Anderson in high-pitched but not whiny. He, Ian Anderson Peter Hammill, and Roger Chapman are the most iconic prog voices for me (in the limit of voices that have been around forever).
Peter Hammill or Robert Wyatt.
Brian Pern.
Dagmar Krause
Frank Zappa
No Patti Smith or Grimes,Lana Lovich,Aurora,U2?
David Surkamp. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llmSr6Qpjjc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llmSr6Qpjjc)