Best female singer all time

[SmilinBob]

That Italian lady on Shawshank.

 

[tbonezone]

michael jackson.

(i keed i keed)

 

[Noexcuse]

Thinking about it some and reading other's opinions a couple more that occurred to me that deserve mention I think are Sandy Denny, Sarah Vaughn, Mother Maybelle and Barbra Streisand.

 

[BillJay]

No mention of Kate Bush? Surprising...
Hounds of Love

 

[Noexcuse]

No mention of Kate Bush? Surprising...
Hounds of Love

I swear as I was riding home I thought of Kate Bush and was going to edit my above post and add her.

 

[upperdeck]

really enjoy the stuff Sara Bareilles has put out.. the broadway show has some great tunes, and she has an amazing live voice

 

[JAXCUSE]

Judy Garland, Patsy, Ronstadt and Whitney
Tip of the cap to Nora Jones and Alicia Keyes

 

[bozophobe]

No mention of Kate Bush? Surprising...
Hounds of Love

I've long thought her voice was less her talent than her overall compsitional vision and choices.

 

[bozophobe]

I'm going with Linda Ronstadt

Yeah. And she could do it across different genres.

 

[br801]

Thinking about it some and reading other's opinions a couple more that occurred to me that deserve mention I think are Sandy Denny, Sarah Vaughn, Mother Maybelle and Barbra Streisand.

Just now looking at this thread. Sandy Denny, for sure. She would be near the top of my list.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Need to pick a genre. I’ll take the training wheels off and name 5.

Leontyne Price
Whitney Houston
Maria Callas
Ella
Aretha or Mariah over Linda Ronstadt easily.

 

[tbonezone]

anita baker and sade from the 80's at least deserve a shout out. as does annie lennox. you immediately know the voice when you hear it. it's got it's own unique and special vocal styling. so here's to you chrissy hynde !

 

[Zelda Zonk]

In light of the passing of Aretha, I was curious to who people think is the best ever? Big time hits, transcendent to where young people know some songs, etc. I did a quick search in case this has been a topic before, I didn't find anything.

I’m late to this thread, and the entire Entertainment subforum, but my contribution:
1/ Kate Bush
2/ Sade
3/ Pat Benatar
4/ Esthero*
5/ Ella Fitzgerald
6/ Karen Carpenter
7/ Chaka Khan
8/ PJ Harvey
9/ Billie Ray Martin
10/ Stevie Nicks


*’Only’ 3 albums, but her voice is sublime, and lyrically, she’s brilliant/delicious. Weirdly, I listened to her more than anyone from 1999-2012, saw her perform live twice, and then knew her under her given name for a year before finding out she was Esthero.

 

[Dave]

Ella

 

[Toga]

Gaga