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Rock's All-Time Best Frontmen and Women

Rock's All-Time Best Frontmen and Women

It's the singer not the song -- here's our tribute to 31 of the most electric personalities ever to command center stage, grab the spotlight and the mic, and rock our worlds

By EW Staff

Updated November 14, 2007 at 09:00 PM EST

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Credit: Mick Jagger: Owen Franken/Corbis; Debbie Harry: Andrew Kent/Retna; Freddie Mercury: Denis O'Regan/Corbis

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Credit: Steve Jennings/Corbis

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Credit: Larry Busacca/Retna UK

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Credit: Steve Jennings/Retna Ltd

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Credit: Soren Rud/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Neal Preston/Corbis

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Credit: Martin O'Neill/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Tony Mottram/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Mick Rock/Retna

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Credit: Kevin Estrada/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Richard E. Aaron/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Michael Putland/Retna Ltd.

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Credit: Robert Spencer/Retna Ltd.

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