My current favorites are Eva Cassidy's "The water is wide" and "Autumn Leaves", Kiki Dee's "Take my breath away" and Ella Fitzgerald's "Angel eyes" and "Lush life".
To get off the jazz/pop tangent, the voice of Montserrat Figueras does it for me on any of Savall's recordings of her. In a very odd way Joanna Newsome's high-pitched little girl vocals on her early album, Milk-eyed Mender, is also a standout, though is not for everyone (some may run screaming from the room).
Noosha Fox (70's singer, no finer version of 'love letters') Julianne Regan (All About Eve) Celine Dion Linda Perry, Mariah Carey Christina Aguilera Clare Tori? Bonnie Tyler Alison Moyet Marianne Faithful Melanie Tori Amos Britney Spears (no laughing) Ute Lemper Kathleen Battle All of the Medaeival Baebes Charlotte Church Sarah Brightman Cecilia Bartolli Dolores from the Cranberries......noooooooooooooooooooo Jimmy Somerville (well anyone that can sing that high,lol)
thats all I can think of at oh so early 10.30 in the morning.... lots more.
I heard a cut from Barb Jungr off a Linn Records recording at CES a few days ago that would qualify. Hats off to Duke at Audio Kinesis as it was his speakers bringing her voice to life - they were a standout for me at THE Show...way to go Duke! There's a version of "Angel Eyes" on the compilation album, "Duets" (Rob Wasserman) by Cheryl Bentyne that is astounding in this respect. That's a great compilation BTW. There's way too many to list, many good ones listed here. Those two come to mind right away.
Karen Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, whoever that is on Santana Super Natural album, the gals from the B 52's, and all the fine backround singers in fine print. Does Boy George count ?
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