Best Female Singing Voice

[pepj]

On the basis of best voices.
Maria Carey. Might have poor song choices but undeniable range and tone.
Chaka Khan. She wrote the book for todays wannabees and the likes of Whitney Houston.
Celine Deon. total quality.

Can't miss our 'Retha. undefinable.

Then there is the more pure but still emotive like Sarah McLachlan.
Wild card, Shelby Lynne

 

[SLO Surfer]

My vote goes to Karen Carpenter, hands down. If there were a female angel, she would sing like Karen.

Your vote goes to .... ?

That chick from Rush.

 

[40Hz]

Oh Lordy! Far too many to name depending in what.

However,

• Sarah Vaughn
• Dion Warwick
• Janis Joplin
• Joan Armatrading
• Linda Ronstadt
• Karen Carpenter
• Annie Lennox
• Ann Wilson
• and Floor Jansen are all among my “best.”

 

[Jim Nazium]

My current favorite is Sara Bareilles

 

[Relsom]

Another vote for K.D. Lang, but damn, there are so many....

 

[Andy Marshman]

Tina

 

[retslock]

Are we talking about voices or singers? Sometimes the voice is great and the singer is not so great. Sometimes the singer is great and the voice is unremarkable.
Gladys Knight would be a great choice for both plus a wonderful Australian singer, Renee Geyer.

 

[Sparkl]

Beth Hart

So hard to pick one from a vast pool of talented singers but I totally agree Beth Hart is right up there.

 

[Tom Bomb]

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Aussie picks Kiwi

Well I never

 

[Mechanical]

Etta James
Patsy Cline
Ella Fitzgerald
Whitney Houston

 

[Kipp Harrington]

I think it's amusing that Stevie Nick's gets the accolades in Fleetwood Mac when Christine McVie clearly had a better voice.

OK, with that off my chest, I'm going with a couple dark horses; Sara Hickman and Thelma Houston. Although Ann Wilson has always amazed me.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Amy Winehouse.

 

[Plectrum72]

No best but my top 10 favorites:
1. Annie Lennox
2. Nina Simone
3. Sade
4. Cyndi Lauper
5. Tina Turner
6. Stevie Nicks
7. Janis Joplin
8. Melissa Etheridge
9. Alicia Keys
10. Eryka Badu

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Amy Winehouse.

Looking at your avatar name, I thought Sade was a shoe-in!

 

[squarepeg]

Tatiana Shmayluk

 

[jimmydean]

Ally Venable and Bonnie Raitt....they get extra points for their guitar playing .

 

[Slidlow]

Judy Collins.

 

[bassdude51]

Ella Fitzgerald

 

[2F/2F]

Ella Fitzgerald, without a second's hesitation. She's such the obvious choice for me, that she ought to be pulled from the running just to get an answer that might actually say something.

She sings for only about 1/3 of this song, but that's all she needed to forever skew my perception of all other singers, when I first heard this as a young musician...and she was 19 or 20 years old when she sang this. Jesus.

There are lots of great female singers out there, that I love, but none of them that I've ever heard have that certain something that Ella had.

 

[Nebadon2000]

So many; Some of my favorites
Adele, Dusty, Karen, Stevie, Linda, Debbie