Best Female singer of all time

I think most people here would!!!!!!

Amber Benson, Under your spell from Once More, With Feeling (soundtrack)Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Toni Childs
• Holly Cole
• The singer for Romeo Void (what the heck was her name)
• Marian Anderson
• Christine McVie

As for Diana Krall, she reminds me of Annie Lennox - technically excellent, but cold. Would she be as popular if she weren't as attractive (noticing that her albums mimic pin-up calendars at times).

Thanks to those that have already mentioned:

• Billie Holiday
• Karen Carpenter
• Eva Cassidy
• Emmylou Harris
• Patsy Cline
• Elizabeth Frazer
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Sinead O'Connor
• Janis Joplin
• k d lang
• Joni Mitchell

In many ways, I would agree that opera singers such as Bartoli and Schwartzkopf (sp?) should be thought of as the finest singers period, but I feel that many of the great singers listed here are great not not for being technically perfect, but rather for adding something to the music that's beyond singing the words perfectly.

Holly Cole and Toni Childs are great examples - listen to Holly's brilliant renditions of Tom Waits' masterpieces in Temptation, and Toni's Voice Of The Mother Earth in House Of Hope.

Cheers

Keith.

Just about to purchase the greatest hits from Lisa Stansfield another one of my al time favorite fe,ale singers.

That northern Accent!!


Regards

NB

Only as long as she will model the new Naim range of underwear for us eh Tom,

oh Britney spears of course-- her Parsifal with Domingo is just stunning. That intonation is flawless.

Emma Kirby is purity, Kylie is pants.

Sarah Vaughn tops them all

Best = Favourite = most playtime

Carly Simon
Linda Ronstadt
Suzy Bogguss

and lots,lots more

Cheers

Don

The tri olivier,newton and john,all have the voice of an angel
Alan

Tom

Good comment and that was why I started this topic. More to find out how people were going to define "best" and "all time".

It struck me that the MTV poll was full of the modern singers who had only been around for a few years. None of them able to sing but all of them able to sell records.

It also strikes me that none of today stars would have sold anything in the sixties, and seventies when there was no technology available to hide the fact that they cannot sing. You literally heard what they sang. Singers of this era recorded time and time again until they got it right. Todays singers sing it once and the rest is done in the studio. I find it interesting that very few of todays star both male or female can actually sing live.

In a way I am dissapointed in the way the music industry is going. Everything now is done to a formula defined by the record companies. There is very little talent out there at the moment.

Regards

NB

Didn't singing take second place to visual appeal about the time the first video was seen on TOTP.

Now we have TaTu at number 1 but who was in the first ever video to be played on TOTP?

Castrati, should Farinelli be on this list?

What about another run of pop idol but this time the winning chap is turned into a castrati on primtime TV? Compulsive viewing and a wicked video

Now there is an idea Roy!

Do we still think everyone would vote for Will again!!

Darius would get my vote - that might wipe that smug grin off his face

Nah my vote would go for G-G-G-G-G-Garath!!

or would it be D-D-D-D-D-Dora??

(sorry been watching too much cartoon network!!)



NB

Getting back to the original question...... Best female singer of all time or should I have asked Favorite female singer of all time??

Regards

NB

Doris Day



Nah!!!

None of the above
no doubt: must have been the sirens!

Christian

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Originally posted by Tom Alves:
Favourite seems more likely. Then are we talking sonically or visually?

Tom

[This message was edited by Tom Alves on TUESDAY 18 February 2003 at 17:30.]

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I had assumed we were talking sonically but either will do!!

If we are talking visually then Shakira comes to mind. Now she knows how to use her body


Regards

NB

But getting back to the music I heard a very good singer on Magic yesterday, Nora Jones.

Her first single is very enjoyable and she seems very talanted. I will go out and buy the album and I am sure it will be very enjoyable.

Regards

NB

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'Dreams' by Stevie is possibly the greatest song ever written

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Ah its nice to see someone else with taste.

Stevie Nicks still has to be up there with the best for me,

Regards

NB

Has anybody else any suggestions on who they would vota as the greatest female singer of all time?

Regards

NB