Best replacement singers in rock history?

Phil Anselmo PANTERA !!

Replaced original singer Terry Glaze. PANTERA blew up with Anselmo on "Cowboys From Hell"(debut album),and the rest is history,there was no looking back after that. That qualifies no?

Best replacement singers

Ronnie James Dio of Led Zeppelin

Ian Gillian of Deep Purple

David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple

Joe Lynn Turner of Rainbow

Steve Perry of Journey

Worst replacement singers

Sammy Hagar of Van Halen

Blaze Bayley of Iron Maiden

John Corabi of Motley Crue

Freddie Mercury replaced Tim Staffel.

Tim was the lead singer of the band Smile, with band members Roger Taylor and Brian May. They were better known a couple years later as Queen.

Doogie White : Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

He didn't make them 'more famous', but he should have done, as his vocals worked really well with Ritchie's music...

Sandy Denny : Fairport Convention

{they were fronted by Judy Dyble for their first album}

*Cookie Cutter :

Fleetwood Mac *had* success in America between 1968-1970, with the Peter Green / Jeremy Spencer / Danny Kirwan line-up. Playing as a Blues band, they were huge in the US!

Peter left in 1970 {replaced by Christine McVie}, Jeremy and Danny after a few years, and Bob Welch was only there 1971-74. So yes, Stevie and Lindsey took over from Bob, and were joining Christine.

Dennis Edwards replacing Dave Ruffin in the Temptations was a good move

Pete Shelley replacing Howard DeVoto in the Buzzcocks helped both the Buzzcocks and allowed Devoto to go on to a brilliant career ------

Michael Des Barres replaced Robert Palmer in The Power Station. He was much more of a performer than Robert so he rocked their Live Aid gig in 1985. 👌❤️

Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett was replaced by David Gilmour who is, in my opinion, a better singer and guitarist than Barrett

AC/DC - Bon Scott was replaced by Brian Johnson who is just as good as Scott

Iron Maiden - Paul Di'Anno was replaced by Bruce Dickinson who is a much better singer than Di'Anno (i still think Di'Anno was good but Bruce Dickinson is one of the best singers of all time)

Joey Belladonna replacing Neil Turbin of Anthrax.

I agree with Deke -- John Bush was an amazing replacement for Joey Belladonna in Anthrax -- He gave the band a whole new sound -- Heavy low end rock ! And I listened to Anthrax with Joey forever and when John came in I was just floored !

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd

Brian Johnson of AC/DC

Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon

First to agree with Jimmy Jazz: Steve Perry replaced Greg Rollie. Steve was recently replaced by (i forgot his name) but this new guy is just as good as Perry's voice; maybe even better, i dare say.

Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham replaced Bob Welch (and maybe Pete Greene(?) ) and finally gave Fleetwood Mac their American success.

The orignal lead singer of TOTO (who sang on Hold The Line) was replaced by a guy who drove them to success with 'Africa' 'Rosanna' and so forth.

The original singer of SURVIVOR (who sang their hit 'Eye Of The Tiger') left the band and was replaced by the guy who sang on their 3 mult-platinum follow-up albums.

Bad Company replaced Paul Rodgers with (omg I can't remember his name either...arhg!) but the 'new' Bad Company had a huge comeback when they got the new guy and had many, many early 90s hits. Though the songs weren't as 'good' as the original line-up, they actually sold better as 'singles'.

Tommy Shaw from Styx. I'm not sure who or even 'if' he replaced anyone, but when he joined Styx, his voice complimented Dennis DeYoung's so well that they just blew up the charts. I mean, Tommy comes into the band of talented songwriters with his 'Renegade' and out-writes them all, imho.

That's all I can think of right now though. I'm sure there are many more: some already mentioned.

Special Note: Meat Loaf sang on a few Ted Nugent solo hits, leaving after completing 'Free For All' but then Ted just decided to sing all his songs himself and then he got even MORE popular. That madman, him! LOL!