Who is the greatest female vocalist of all time?

[NewVicHawkeye]

My favorite is Connie Boswell, even better with her sisters singing harmony.

Best one I know of today is Davina from Davina and the Vagabonds. She’s a modern double Joplin- sings like Janis, plays piano like Scott.

 

[The Tradition]

 

[Gimmered]

 

[ThorneStockton]

Emmylou

 

[goldmom]

Linda Ronstadt could hit a note and was a hottie in the 70s.

She was incredible.

 

[goldmom]

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[MikeyHawk]

 

[ConvenientParking]

This was the first cassette I asked my dad to get:

 

[SeaPA]

Roberta Flack and Donna Summer were also terrific

 

[soybean]

Barbra Streisand and it's not even close. Best of the rest - Karen Carpenter, Katherine Jenkins, and Celine Dion.

I must disagree. I heard Streisand live and she has as good of pipes as any.

 

[SoProudNole]

Having trouble linking it on my phone but check out Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmy Lou Harris covering “After The Goldrush” on Letterman. It’s superb.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Having trouble linking it on my phone but check out Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmy Lou Harris covering “After The Goldrush” on Letterman. It’s superb.

 

[The Tradition]

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Speaking of Emmylou Harris, here's Iris Dement:



Stick with it... it grows on you.

 

[NewVicHawkeye]

Speaking of Emmylou Harris, here's Iris Dement:

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Stick with it... it grows on you.

Acquired taste as a vocalist- a bit non traditional but oooh I love her! Hotter than the Mojave, Mama’s Opry many more.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Speaking of Emmylou Harris, here's Iris Dement:

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Stick with it... it grows on you.

Starts off pretty strong so looking forward if it grows

 

[The Tradition]

Moar Iris....

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

The gold standards have already been mentioned.

Janis, Aretha, stevie nicks ect.


One that has not been mentioned and a different genre.


Reba.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Emmylou did some backup vocals on tracks on my homey Conor Oberst's most famous record and that's how I was introduced. Conor is not a top 100 vocalist born in Omaha in 1980 but is probably the most successful.

 

[NewVicHawkeye]

Moar Iris....

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I was at her show in IC when she played a show with and met Greg Brown. They married not long after.

I told some hippy chick I was looking forward to seeing Brown for the first time. She said, ‘Greg Brown? Pfffft. IRIS DeMENT!’

She was right.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Moar Iris....

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Is that a real movie or a joke?

 

[ConvenientParking]

Is that a real movie or a joke?

How did I miss this movie? Looks like it was a hit

 

[CJBauer]

Lizzy and Myles Kennedy teaming up on watch over you is a great collaboration.

 

[Mike Zierath]

Speaking of Janis, has everyone heard this?

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I have developed a deep appreciation for Pink.

Another one that doesn't get enough deep appreciation is Lady Gaga! She's got a set of pipes!

Z

 

[The Tradition]

Is that a real movie or a joke?

Daddy and Them (2001) - IMDb

Daddy and Them: Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. With Billy Bob Thornton, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Kelly Preston. Dark comedy where a married couple comes to the aid of a jailed uncle.

www.imdb.com

 

[mnole03]

Ain’t no best. This is just who are your favorite vocalists.

Twenty four year-old Julie Andrews was pretty remarkable.

 

[NewVicHawkeye]

Ella Mae Morse is among my favorites. What’s that homey? Yes she really said that in 1946.

 

[NewVicHawkeye]

Ain’t no best. This is just who are your favorite vocalists.

Twenty four year-old Julie Andrews was pretty remarkable.

Agree. I know some are great singers but if it doesn’t move me…

 

[The Tradition]

Ain’t no best. This is just who are your favorite vocalists.

Twenty four year-old Julie Andrews was pretty remarkable.

Scary Poppins, Biden's Minister of Truth, has some pipes, too.

Nina Jankowic, Our Mary Poppins of Disinformation!

Nina Jankowic, our Mary Poppins of disinformation, has became head of the Biden Administration's Ministry of Truth, or the Disinformation Governance Board. T...

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[dgordo]

 

[dgordo]

 

[DBQStarHawk]

How about best female vocalist that had a top song written for her:


And:

 

[pepsicock]

 

[mnole03]

Agree. I know some are great singers but if it doesn’t move me…

And even among the ones who move you, how do you compare Patsy Cline to Karen Carpenter? They’re singular voices.

 

[ConvenientParking]

 

[The Tradition]

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Always late to the party.

 

[ihawk in FWB]

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That was interesting.

 

[hwk23]

I have developed a deep appreciation for Pink.

Another one that doesn't get enough deep appreciation is Lady Gaga! She's got a set of pipes!

Z

 

[pepsicock]

Always late to the party.

Be nice

 

[Accipiter]

I was at her show in IC when she played a show with and met Greg Brown. They married not long after.

I told some hippy chick I was looking forward to seeing Brown for the first time. She said, ‘Greg Brown? Pfffft. IRIS DeMENT!’

She was right.

Iris was always a little nervous performing live; I saw her later at the Englert and she had somebody from the audience run back and buy her a beer to sip onstage. Love Our Town; she supposedly wrote it (her first song) riding a bus across Oklahoma, seeing all the dying little towns.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

All time is impossible to say.

Of the singers out there now, Brandi Carlisle is pretty special.