Favorite Female vocalists ?

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[Zeneta]

While I have a handful or more favorites, I am curious who my fellow freepers elevate to the top of their list?

My list starts with;

Annie Lennox

Kate Bush

Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)

And oddly enough

Cindi Lauper

There's soo many more.

Dolly Parton is right up there.

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite Dionne Warwick hit is her first:

Don't Make Me Over (1962)

[henkster]

Carole King

[smalltownslick]

Etta James
Anita Carter
Patsy Cline
Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lewis
Gail Davies
Mitty Collier
I will think of the rest later.

[miss marmelstein]

Thank you. Collins does a beautiful job on Suzanne - a song that’s pretty but that I have no clue to its meaning.

[rfreedom4u]

Pat Benatar and Martina McBride!

[miss marmelstein]

Love Grace Slick.

[Zeneta]

I’m surprised that I didn’t see anybody back me up with Cindi Lauper?

I know it’s not classic, but she has a way of expressing raw emotions unlike many others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU

[miss marmelstein]

Edith Piaf.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Cher
Carole King
Carly Simon
Sade
Amy Winehouse
Billie Holiday
Blondie
Dolly
Shakira
Stevie Nicks
Eva Cassidy

[Paladin2]

Signe Anderson too.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Duffy.
Florence and the Machine.
The Bird and The Bee.

[smalltownslick]

But not as good as Bonnie Guitar.

[BeadCounter]

Or the Aussies, singing "I've been everywhere" which is originally written by an Australian though most of us know the Johnny Cash version.

[lilypad]

Dionne Warwick, Streisand (nix on her politics), Ronnie Spector, Dusty Springfield, Karen Carpenter ...good voices. Best music from the 60’s. Ever notice how many young people can sing along with our stuff? Timeless.

[Paladin2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70-1b9SCj0

[quietly desperate]

This one too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIPQVpw-zkk

[henkster]

You may be the only other poster who mentioned Carole King.

Oh, and I can’t forget Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson of the B-52s.

[golux]

Whitest thread ever!

On “favorite female vocalists” Janice Joplin’s up at the top,

Ella the purist makes an appearance

Sarah Vaughans and the like nowhere to be found.

Pass the (spray cheddar,) this is one lonely cracker!

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite Carole King song--and it rocks!

Goin' Wild (1958)

[miss marmelstein]

Whatever happened to Juice? I had her first album.