Yes, Lucinda. Especially her third album (1988).
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This was very tough. Not because there aren't a lot of great female vocalists. There are. The challenge here was to pick my three best female vocalists, ever! This forced me to consider their vocal talents - and not just the quality of the songs or music, that each particular artist delivers. For example - I simply adore the music of SHERYL CROW. But, would I rate her as one of the three greatest vocalists ever? Probably not. So, included on my short list is: - ALISON GOLDFRAPP [From GOLDFRAPP] ALISON KRAUSS ALLISON DUBIN ANETHA FALTSKOG [The BLONDE from ABBA] ALISON KRAUSS AMANDA MCBROOM ANASTACIA ANGELIQUE KIDJO ANNE MURRAY ANNIE LENNOX ANITA BAKER BARBRA STREISAND BASIA TRZETRZELEWSKA [From MATT BIANCO] BIC RUNGA BRANDY CLARK BROOKE FRASER CARLA BRUNI CAROL KIDD CELINE DION CHINA FORBES [From PINK MARTINI] CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHISTINE MCVIE [ From FLEETWOOD MAC] CILLA BLACK DEE CASTENSEN DIANA KRALL DIONNE WARWICK ELIZABETH FRASER [From COCKTEAU TWINS with MASSIVE ATTACK] ELLA FITZGERALD ENYA EVA CASSIDY FILIPPA GIORDANO FIONA APPLE GRACE JONES HAILEY TUCK HANNAH REID [From LONDON GRAMMAR] HOLLY COLE IMOGEN HEAP [with URBAN SPECIES] JANIS IAN JONI MITCHELL JUDITH DURHAM JULIE ANDREWS KANDACE SPRINGS KAREN CARPENTER KAREN SOUZA KARIN BURGQUIST [From OVER THE RHINE] KATIE MELUA LANA DEL RAY LINDA RONSTADT LISA EKDAHL LIZZ WRIGHT LUCINDA WILLIAMS LULU MADELEINE PEYROUX MARIANNE FAITHFULL MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER MARY HOPKIN MELISSA ETHERIDGE MELODY GARDOT MINDY SMITH MINNIE DRIVER [AND she's a successful MOVIE STAR!!!] NANA MOUSKOURI NATALIE MERCHANT NINA SIMONE [AND one of the greatest JAZZ PIANISTS EVER!] NORA JONES PETULA CLARK POLLY BROWN [From PICKETTYWITCH] RENEE GEYER RICKIE LEE JONES SADE SAM BROWN SANDY SHAW SARAH GROVES SHANA HALLIGAN [From BITER:SWEET] SHARON ROBINSON SHELBY LYNNE SHERYL CROWE SHIRLEY BASSEY SIA [Also with ZERO 7] SINEAD LOHAN SINEAD O'CONNOR SIOBHAN DE MARE [From MONO] SIOBHAN DONAGHY [From the original SUGBABES] SKY EDWARDS [From MORCHEEBA] SOPHIE BARKER [From ZERO 7] STEVIE NICKS [From FLEETWOOD MAC] TAMMY WYNETTE TRACEY THORN [From EBTG with MASSIVE ATTACK] TRACY CHAPMAN So down to my three finalists... This was truly an impossible task, so I simply picked the three that remain in heaviest rotation around our way, at this current time in my life. [It could be a different pick tomorrow...] ALISON KRAUSS, Forget About It (1999) STACEY KENT, Dreamsville (2001) K. D. LANG, Ingenue (1992) I have also noted what I believe to be their finest moments on record One final thought: An honorable mention must go to MIKE MILOSH, lead singer of RHYE. MILOSH is obviously NOT female, but he sounds more female than a lot of the ladies. If you happened to miss the RHYE debut - WOMAN - from 2013, be sure to check it out! |
Opera - Claudia Muzio Rosa Ponselle Roberta Peters Pop - Ruth Etting Ella Fitzgerald Judy Garland @ sondeknz The question was top 3, not a list of 90. I have 42,000 LPs/78s/CDs. I chose my top three from recordings dating back 100 years, of which 20% have female singers. I don't doubt you prefer nearly all contemporary singers but there have been more accomplished singers over the period of recordings (although you mention Fitzgerald and Garland). |
Lorraine Feather - Astonishing voice and writes great lyricsTierney Sutton - A true professionalJane Monheit - Very skilled, great voice I'd put Emmy Rossum on the list if she'd stop recording pop schlock and record some good material (jazz). Outstanding skill, can sing for beauty and power. She's a great actress, but there are other great actresses. She's a top level singer. Some others: Cassandra Wilson, Maureen McGovern, Lena Horne |
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