The females dominated in the late 80's and early 90's. Regina Belle did a duet with Peabo Bryson called A Whole New World. Miki Howard had a hit called Love Under New Management.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ahy4W50K8w

http://www.youtube.com/wa...jNynWen6Tc

i vote:

I'm not even going to ask why Regina King's picture is on here .....BUT I also have no business here since I couldn't decide between these two! I do own more music by Regina Belle, but I like them both.

Never was big on Regina Belle, so I'll go w/ Miki...

I love Regina's tone and Miki's phrasing.


Can I split the difference and vote for Lalah Hathaway instead?

They`re both wonderful, but i think Regina Belle has a certain quality about her voice.

Miki Howard is way more personal and she got spunk too,,,and beside, her voice has more edge than Regina. Anybody who could fuck with a standard and hold his/her own ground is good in my book. Another personal reason(to me) is her deep attachment to Billie Holiday's legacy,,,,,I gotta love her for it.

Regina is cool,,,but I couldn't picture her outside the RnB/Smooth jazz area.

@ the lame attempt to put a Regina King pic in this thread.

I'd go with Regina Belle,if only for her song "So Many Tears"

sosgemini said:

That's Regina King.

This is Regina Belle:



Im not a big fan of either, but if I just have 2 choose, I will choose REgina. I do love the song "After The Love Has Lost Its Shine"
[Edited 1/29/08 10:07am]

y'all need to stop dissing my quality joke.

bothare real good singers

sosgemini said:

Wrong Regina.

Regina 4 her entire career but that Miki cd of Billie Holiday is OFF the chain.

sosgemini said:

regina belle...i still listen to baby come to me, and so many tears like they just came out

I'm into my 1989 mix lately, and was just listening to this song when I saw this thread:


Baby Come to Me

Graycap23 said:

No the right regina. I will hump her into the middle of next week.
On the topic at hand, it's a no brainer miki howard.
I never cared for regina belle.

I only recently heard of Miki Howard, I never knew who sang 'Love Under New Management' until now, so I must unfairly sat Regina. Because my Aunt used to play the hell out of her all the time. But I will try and find some of Miki's stuff and give it a listen. That Billie Holiday cover CD sounds worth checking in to.

mrpunkfunk said:

She blew me away with that project. It's really good in my opinion.

Miki Howard