Posted on 02/02/2010 8:19:32 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
OK. So which female artists NOT associated with duo, group etc would make your top 10. Here's mine..in no particular order
Alison Krauss.
Norah Jones
Aside of her more popular songs, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard is a song named 'One more day' (The funeral song) from the movie soundtrack of 'Veronica Guerin'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KqDmvlSyw
Thanks. Ii can’t believe I forgot Patti Page!
(some people just have no clue)
ML/NJ
Agreed!
Nina Simone is the best of the best of the bset............sir !
Big Mama Thorton
You can find Jane’s recording of the song “Chasing Rainbows” from this album, on YouTube... Here’s the link =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AqZfpQYOCs
Enjoy!
Tina Turner
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
Barbra Streisand
Pink
Alanis
Imogean Heap
Kate Havernik
Liz Phair
Martina McBride
Many will argue with this, but I think Lee-Ann Rimes deserves to be on the list if just for her pipes. “Blue” was a song to remember.
Judith Durham...she had solo career at times but her best work was with the Seekers.
Forgot Karen. Simply natural voice. I know folks will probably spit, but Pink’s natural voice ability reminds me a lot of Karen. Both have voices that just flow.
And he said it with such a straight face.
I've gotta' add Roberta Flack, though (she kills me softly).
I would agree.
Nina Simone ...A Little Sugar In My Bowl
I was no Celine Dion fan until I obliged my wife and got tickets to one of Celine’s last shows at Caesar’s Palace in Vegas. The show choreography was a little weird to me, but her live voice was awesome.
i would certainly add dinah washington, patsy cline, etta james, rosemary clooney, and dinah shore. and...fiona apple that little girl has a great big voice.
Or Elton John?
“...As far as vocals go, Karen Carpenter could out-sing anyone. I defy someone to find a better vocalist....”
You’re right about KC. A close second would be Alison Krauss. Sings like an angel.
BTW, John Wayne wanted her to costar in True Grit. He thought she would have been great in the role that Kim Darby had. He never got along with Darby.
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