The screaming rock and roll singer

Munch's famous scream. Did you know that this figure was actually singing?

Little Richard with his high-pitch screams. He did not actually need a microphone.

Mick Jagger, whose trademark is his wide-open screaming mouth.

It's the singer not the song -- says Mick Jagger in an old song. There are a lot of songs and a lot of singers but people really mostly remember the stars. There are only a handful of well-known songs we cannot associate with a name but there are tons of singers we know relatively well.

And when it comes to rock and roll, the singers tend to project the image of screaming. Just like sugar and salt in junk food, screaming and crying makes the music more appealing. On a very non-intellectual level but still...