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Are Barbra Streisand and Bob Dylan the best singers of all time — or the best Jewish singers?

JL;DR SUMMARY Rolling Stone's updated list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time includes a notable presence of Jewish vocalists such as Barbra Streisand, Amy Winehouse, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Leonard Cohen. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityBarbra StreisandBob DylanRolling StoneLeonard CohenAmy WinehouseLou ReedJewish SingersVocal OriginalityMusic Influence

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"This was reflected in songs including Neighborhood Bully and Everything Is Broken and in his frequent appearances in the annual Los Angeles Chabad Telethon."
Israel
"...the magazine cast a wide net that includes vocalists from the jazz era and from India, Africa and the Middle East, which allowed a nod toward Israeli singer Ofra Haza,..."

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