It sometimes seems like everyone in the Aces wishes they were a different voice part. Basses wish they could sing higher; baritones regret the middle parts; you hear tenor 2’s trying so hard to sing a low G; and first tenors…well, no, they’re happy where they are. Until their voices change.
I personally always loved singing the inner lines as a second tenor and baritone, but in the spirit of finding a silver lining, I made a list of well-known singers by estimated voice part. (Obviously this is hypothetical – none of these men have auditioned for me…)
We all have someone to connect to.
TENOR 1
Michael Jackson
Bruno Mars
Paul McCartney
Freddie Mercury
Prince
Justin Timberlake
TENOR 2
Bono
John Lennon
Smokey Robinson
Sting
James Taylor
BARITONE
Michael Bublé
Bing Crosby
Josh Groban
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
Elvis Presley
Otis Redding
Frank Sinatra
BASS
Johnny Cash
Van Morrison
Barry White
You can see the recorded range of many pop singers.