Who are your three favorite female singers?

@dorkwad ,
Thanks for bringing up Rickie Lee Jones. I don't know how I could have forgot to mention her. Saw her live but can't remember if it was Rickie Lee Jones or Pirates, at the Pantages (I think). 

She was still doing heroin back then and mumbled between songs but when the music started, her voice simply drowned out the horn section. My oh my, the pipes on that girl.

All the best,
Nonoise

Elliot, thanks for the Sophie Milman link. 
Just love her voice.

@richopp,
Funny you should mention singers imitating others. That reminded me of Sheryl Crow and how she sometimes used to sing for others who couldn't.

All the best,
Nonoise

@mikelavigne 
Thanks for posting that. It was Flower Song by those two that got me into opera. Once I dialed in my system, it all made sense. I simply melt every time I play it.

I forgot to mention Jacintha,
Shirley Horn, 
Melody Gardot


All the best,
Nonoise

Belle du Berry
Stacy Kent
Azam Ali
Marianne Crebassa

Not the usual suspects.

All the best,
Nonoise