Best female vocals on CD

One of the advantages of liking who I like, is that they're all dead and you don't have to worry about missing a new album. Well, that's not entirely true, K.D.Lang is stunning and probably the only member of the current generation worth talking about.
My benchmarks, the people I compare the newbie's against are Ella Fitzgerald and Rosemary Clooney. Yeah, Rosemary Clooney, who'd a thunk it but go listen to a couple of her albums. Also, Shirley Bassey can turn in a very electric performance and of course the lady who taught them all how to do it, Billie Holiday.
But if I was being sent to a desert island and was told that I could take the music of only one singer it would be Ella, in my opinion, the best female singer ever. Course it sure would be nice to have a little Sinatra along on that island. The Ella in Berlin album is fantastic and my opinion hasn't changed on that subject in forty years.

Mary Black on "Babes in the woods" cd. Listen to "thorn upon the rose" She is using a stereo mic and on a trully great system, you can tell which way she turns her head after each phrase. Amazing vocalist. Jennifer Warrens is too harsh, a lot like Linda Ronstadt. Barbara Striesand is one of my favorites of all time.

Judy Henske -- Loose in the World -- if you cant find it in a store check out www.judyhenske.com, the emotion packed into her songs is palpable!

Marti Jones-"Live at Spirit Square"

Mrs. Miller