Ian Gillan

A really beautiful voice, at least until the mid-seventies, but, to be honest, lacking a truly remarkable range. His spine-chilling screams (which were somewhat "in fashion" at the time) may have led to him being slightly overestimated. In Jesus Christ Superstar (where the voice really had to come out), Ted Neeley (Jesus in the film version, Gillan in the theatrical one) outshone him. However, "Child In Time", without him, would not have had reason to exist :-)