Many perceive Queen's Death on Two Legs as a mere hate song, yet it's far more sophisticated. Freddie Mercury crafted an intricate legal argument, cloaked within a baroque piano arrangement.

A Scottish folk singer put on a kimono and topped the UK charts. That was 1981, and she never used that voice again after the hit faded. An American-Australian guy with a fake Italian accent knocked John Lennon off the number one spot. UK chart history is full of singers who ditched their real voice and tried on someone else's. These are ten times a vocal costume became a commercial shortcut.