Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
Minnie Riperton
N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies)
Patsy Cline
Celia Cruz
Aretha Franklin
Abbey Lincoln
Gloria Estefan
India (aka La India)
Tramaine Hawkins

hollywood0024 said:

Madonna number 1

~Barbra Streisand

~Audra McDonald

~Boni Boyer

~Etta James

~Linda Ronstadt

~K.D. Lang- 'Hallelujah'

~Janis Joplin

~Patsy Cline

~Whitney Houston (early)

~Patti LaBelle

JayCrawford said:

Not all my faves, but probably the best singers of all time.

1. Aretha Franklin - Only a moderate fan, but she must be singled out for her raw vocal ability.

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2. Donna Summer - Her voice, I mean just gives me collywobbles. A strong voice, deep full of gravitas and so much more than a disco artist. Her voice has the power to lift and has that strong gospel tradition like Aretha's.

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3. Barbra Streisand - Before you all laugh, I dare you to listen to Woman in Love and Don't rain on my parade - her voice is so strong and powerful and has so much gravitas to it. She could be number one on any given day.

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4. Nina Simone - Again not the biggest fan, but her singing ability is just ..wow!

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5. Celine Dion - Her range and some of her songs, All coming back to me, The Power of Love. Yes she's a bit cheesy and some of her song choices - but again for sheer vocal power.

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6. Mariah Carey - Solely for her pre 1998 output, she can really sing and her range is amazing, I really love all the early albums and stuff up to Butterfly, later she gets too hip hoppy and less vocal stuff.

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7. Cyndi Lauper - Very underrated, True Colours, I drove all night - these are masterpieces. The last song was a case of a Madonna soundalike sounding better than Madonna.

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8. Shirley Bassey - Very underrated and barely known outside the UK and Australia/NZ, she has an amazing voice with bravura vocals and has been singing since 1956 (She is 84 now). Songs like What now my love, I who have nothing, As I love you, Goldfinger, Moonraker, Domage Domage and her version of Something - wow!

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9. Madonna - Great songwriter and presence, but her vocal ability has never been above average and the Minnie Mouse on helium phase can not be forgiven. Great songs - poor voice, plus her post Music output has been awful mostly.

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10. Cher - That throaty voice and some good songs, but not on the league of the others.

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Highly Commended

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Chaka Khan

Martha Reeves

Elkie Brooks (Pearl's a singer)

Renee Geyer (Australian)

Dionne Warwick

Macy Gray (Her 1st 2 albums only)

Amy Winehouse (Not a fan, but even I can admit she had a one of a kind voice)

Billie Holiday

Ella Fitzgerald

Sarah Vaughan

[Edited 1/23/21 17:15pm]

hollywood0024 said:

JayCrawford said:

I know Aretha is talented but I prefer a slightly lower register.

I don't know if these are the tops, but these are 10 of my favorites, and a couple I don't think have yet been mentioned.

Ella Fitzgerald

Aretha Franklin

Billie Holliday

Sade

Sarah Vaughan

Nancy Wilson

Dusty Springfield

Jill Scott

Chaka Khan

Diana Ross

kitbradley said:

I swear I remember this topic from a few weeks ago.
1. Chaka Khan
2. Phyllis Hyman
3. Mariah Carey
4. Tina Turner
5. Vesta Williams
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Deniece Williams
8. Stephanie Mills
9. Nancy Wilson
10. Diana Ross

too hard to rank for me, but my brain said these...today

Sarah Vaughan

Aretha Franklin

Nancy Wilson

Whitney Houston

Yolanda Adams

Cassandra Wilson

Kim Burrell

Ella Fitzgerald

Alison Moyet

Chaka Khan

MickyDolenz said:

Here is my Top 10 Female Vocalists

1. Kate Bush

2. Minnie Ripperton

3. Chaka Khan

4. Peggy Lee

5. Whitney Houston

6. Aretha Franklin

7. Donna Summer

8. Barbra Streisand

9. Sade

10. Tina Turner

RJOrion said:

kitbradley said:

I swear I remember this topic from a few weeks ago. 1. Chaka Khan 2. Phyllis Hyman 3. Mariah Carey 4. Tina Turner 5. Vesta Williams 6. Aretha Franklin 7. Deniece Williams 8. Stephanie Mills 9. Nancy Wilson 10. Diana Ross

i LOVE Vesta Williams.."Special" and "Sweet Sweet Love" are 2 of my favorite songs of all time!..i have amazing sentimental memories connected to those beautiful sexy midtempo joints

Yes. Vesta could really belt out those big ballads. Unfortunately, her signing with A&M was bad timing. Her debut album was released the same year as Janet Jackson's "Control" and we all know which one the label decided to put their promotional dollars behind.