Best Female singer of all time

I like Erykah Badu and Susana Baca.

I don't care for the particular style of music, but Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone had nice singing voices.

-Ludwig-

Oh- add Margo Timmins from Cowboy Junkies to the mix.

-Ludwig-

Back to my all time favorite female singer, Stevie Nicks"!

I havn't put one of her CD's on for a while so I thought it was about time I gave her a spin on my new system.

Wow I have never heard Stevie sound this good, from "edge of Seventeen", through "Street Angel", "Two kinds of Love" to "The Highwayman" and "Rose Garden" every track sounds better than I have heard it sound before.

For anyone who wants to hear Stevie at her best then I can recommend her greatest hits "Enchanted" as a starter.

Music at its best!!


Regards

NB

Agree with Sean2: Björk is great. And so is Patti Smith.

Anne Briggs

I don't think anyone mentioned her yet.

I picked up "A Collection" Topic TSCD504 today and burst into tears in the middle of track 20 (Young Tambling).

Jeremy

I wonder what the “wimmin” would vote for? I get so frustrated that my female friends mostly like female artists - apart from other establishment crap like U2 & the like. I know this is a massive generalisation and very, very patronising, which is not intentional (OK …it is, but only to get a reaction….honest), but it would be good to know. I've only ever known two girls that listen to jazz!
Have any of you listened to All Saints – Saints & Sinners? It may be tabloid pop, but this is a seriously great album. Introduced to me by a female friend of course…very sexy vocal performances, classy and naive at the same time. (nowhere near the greatest singers of all time though actually, so I'll get me coat)..

[This message was edited by Rasher on SUNDAY 01 June 2003 at 12:29.]

C'mon Anna...surely you're going to have a pop at me for that last one..

Naim it in three Surely a great singer is all about portraying emotion and technical ability has little to do with it. Just look at Paul Kossoff..(no no..his guitar playing). The original question of course is open to interpretation, but this is how I see it. You wouldn't judge an acting performance by techinque.

My original list of course included the mandatory Aretha. Last night I was listening to her "I've never loved a man..." album. Every song on it is absolute KILLER. And Arethas piano playing of almost equal virtuosity as her singing. This album inspired me to play the soundtrack of 'The Commitments' (probably the finest movie extant), and listened to some Aretha covers by Maria Doyle (Kennedy). I tell you that white girl can SING!. And with far more soul than the vibratoless Dusty Springfield. And although this is OT for a female-vocalist thread, the young voice of Andrew Strong on that same soundtrack has as much soul in it as Wilson Pickett. Great album. Great movie.

Ron
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Ah, couldn't agree more brother Ron. Dublin Soul, now that was poetry.

May I add to the shite list two girls who have something in common. They are both fat, can't hit a note so croon up to it but generally stop a smidgen before it so they are nearly always just that tantalising bit flat.

Neither have any vibrato or any other "ball skills" to speak of and yet both are highly acclaimed by the world (and probably by many of the members of this forum) as "jazz divas". A-ladies and a-gentlement I give you :

Diana Krall and Norma Jones.

If they were pig ugly we would never have heard of them.

Bite me.

Minky,
So, you throw in a deliberately confrontational contentious statement, then sit back and wait for the fireworks.... Are you Stallion in disguise?
Steve D

Gidday Steve,

Short answer YES (except the Stallion part). Hopefully it will encourage a few fans to tell me what they see in said "artists". My personal feeling is that they are talentless bints that have achieved fame via the magic of T&A. If either of them was my guitar it would be at the workshop. Maybe I am wrong ?

Do you have the girls on high-rotate ?

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So, you throw in a deliberately confrontational contentious statement, then sit back and wait for the fireworks.... Are you Stallion in disguise?
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Isn't that Herm's speciality steve?


regards


NB

Chaps,
Diana Krall - Recent TV snippets and her latest "Live in Paris" CD demonstrates that she CAN sing (and play the piano). Whilst her looks are an advantage, it is ludicrous to suggest that her fame is based on this alone.
Nor(m)a Jones - Too early to make a definitive judgement, based on only one CD. BUT the CD has been in the charts for over a year now, and must be the biggest selling album of the last 12 months. It must have something special to achieve this without significant promotional spend, and without appealing to the "younger" market who purchase the majority of CD's these days.
Steve D

Well said Steve. I am glad you like Diana Krall. As for Nora (sorry but she will always be Norma to me), I never said she wasn't popular, just that she was flat.

Minky,

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just that she was flat.

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Just wondered if you were aware there was a typo in your original post.

Jeremy,

There are probably typos in all of my posts. If you mean the "Norma" thing, I did it on purpose as a mark of disrespect for the "artist formerly known as Shankar".

[This message was edited by Minky on THURSDAY 05 June 2003 at 12:02.]

.... Bessie Banks or Mahalia Jackson ?

Loreena McKennitt deserves a metion.

Moves me, anyway.

This topic merits great attention...Why don't we go with a poll by category..

Ex. : maximum of 5 singers by category
Classic
POP
Jazz
Blues
Rock
Country
Folk
Adult contempary

I was going to give a mention for Annie Lenox but after hearing the new album I dont think I will


Regards


NB

I take it all back, having listened to the new album many times in the quest of finding new speakers I have grown quite fond of this CD and it has an awesome bass line!


Regards

NB

For female rock singer my vote would go to Skin (ex Skunk Anansie), she can shatter your eardrums one minute and then raise the hairs on the back of your neck the next.

June Tabor

Steveb