Best female vocals on CD

My votes go to, in no particular order: Mary Balck,Blondie ie Debbie Harry, Pretenders ie Chrissie Hyndes, Fleetwood Mac 2 there, Rebecca Pigeon, Jenifer Warnes, Annabelle from Bow Wow Wow, Dusty Springfield, Enya, Clannad ie Enya's Sister Maria, The Wilson sisters in Heart, Mae Moore, Abba, etc,etc,etc I give up, I have to many that I enjoy, and I have not even started on the Blues singers yet.

LOL if you want but I wanted to marry ( and still do. I am already married with two kids)the lead singer(I have trouble remembering her name!)of Dixie Chicks singing songs from WIDE OPEN SPACES. I kid you not. The sound just explodes! Although the second CD from them was not that impressive. And I do listen and enjoy very much to Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies. Pat Barber sounds great. Valentina Kusarova is very impressive.Janis Ian I like. Sara K I dig.Diana krall I enjoy. BUT I want to marry the Dixie Chick. Could any one explain that?

This may not be your cup of tea, but I find Bright Red/Tightrope by Laurie Anderson a very interesting work. The final cut, "Same Time Tomrrow" is stunning on my system. I know what is coming but I still jump every time. Best enjoyed late at night, listening alone, in the dark.

Sometimes what is most enjoyable about any singer, male or female..is a sence of style. Chet Baker was not a great singer or trumpet player...but he could put emotion and style in a song.....and he became popular. There has been some Diana Krall bashing above....and, I believe her success is great for the world of vocal Jazz. Yes Ella and Sarah.. may have had greater voices..but they are no longer with us. Is it better for Jazz to die in their absence...I think not. There have been many highly trained singers and players..that have failed..because their technical playing was without the emotion and spirit that us humans are drawn to. This is why a June Christy, Rosie Clooney, Nancy Wilson and many more are such a joy to listen to....style and emotion. Perhaps it is much like sports cars....for many years the world has been drawn to sports cars from Italy and England....that are anything but reliable...but they have soul..and you become attached to them. The last sports car I had from Japan was totally reliable, but without soul or style...and I was never attached to it. So it goes with music...without spirit and soul...it might as well be from a computer......actually, I guess much of todays pop/rock is.

As a P.S. to my above...Rosanne Cash was mentioned by a previous person.. An excellent example of a woman putting emotion and her own style into a song...rather than the endless string of manufactured female singers in what has become of Country Music.