The greatest vocalist of all-time, according to Paul Simon: “The best voice”Music has always been subjective. While he knew that being a soul singer was never a possibility, inevitably, Simon found a natural appreciation for the genre, especially Sam Cooke. For Simon, Cooke, whose career was tragically cut short just as it was getting going when he was killed in 1964, was peerless and the best vocalist of all-time. As Simon noted, the adaptability of Cooke’s voice was what made it so special. Whether you agree with Simon that Cooke possessed “the best voice” in musical history is a matter of opinion.