Your 5 favorite female vocalists?

If you excuse me...

1. Vanity
2. Lee Aaron
3. Dinah Cancer
4. Pat Benetar
5. Stevie Nicks

How about Ella, Billie, Dinah, Sarah and insert distant 5th place here?

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Patricia Barber or Cassandra Wilson.....Jezuz people, talk about caught in commercialism.....

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Originally Posted by Auricauricle

Annie Haslam, anyone?

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Hear, hear! I saw Renaissance twice live back in the 70s and have most of their albums. That selection is from the 1975 release of Scheherazade (I still have the original MSFL vinyl). I've always been taken with her vocal control, range and distinctive trill. :)

Here's an earlier video.

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Originally Posted by Harry Manzini

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Patricia Barber or Cassandra Wilson.....Jezuz people, talk about caught in commercialism.....

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Hehe. I actually did mention Cassandra way back when, but not in my top 5 list. I mentioned that she could have made my top 5. I also like Patricia Barber but can't put her in that top echelon. As for your jab about 'commercialism', there are always going to be those who name the names (Stevie Nicks? Please.), but there are a plethora of female singers in this thread who are anything but 'commercial'.

So hard to answer this question effectively. There are so many vocalists who sing effectively in certain genres, that the list can be so drawn up:

Popular Music:
Annie Haslam, Diana Krall, Joan Armatrading, Emmylou Harris, Annie Lenox
Classics:
Petula Clarke, Vickie Carr, Dionne Warwick, Carly Simon Linda Ronstadt
Jazz:
Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Astrud Gilberto (nee Weinert), Marlene Dietrich

At the same time, there is one name that, for me, stands out. She has effectively delved into nearly every medium imaginable, with style, ability and aplomb. That would be...

Linda Ronstadt. Whether singing country, rock or light opera or traditional latin music, she has done so better than anyone I can think of.

Here are five of my favorites, when they were with the bands listed at least

1. Annie Haslam - Renaissance
2. Mary Fahl - October Project
3. Magdalena Hagberg - Par Lindh Project
4. Heather Findlay - Mostly Autumn
5. Grace Slick - Jefferson Airplane

Ah, Grace Slick! Of course! She was great!

Patty Smith anyone...? Chrissie Hynde?

Now wait just a minute...slamming Stevie Nicks when Vanity was in that same top 5?

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Originally Posted by Auricauricle

Ah, Grace Slick! Of course! She was great!

Patty Smith anyone...? Chrissie Hynde?

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Ya gotz a greenie for your earlier post but IMHO wouldn't put Patty or Chrissie in the same league as the others.

Rich is gunna flame me for this.

Has anyone mentioned Ricki Lee Jones yet?

Ricky Lee Jones! Yep, you got me there, LD!

Still, with Hynde and Smith...Those girls fit their moulds quite well. Can you imagine Joan Baez (!) singing Brass in Pocket?