Best Female Vocals

[bosoxfan]

Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays

[Quanah Parker]

Robert Plant

technicially may not be a girl, but sure sings like one

[JMP300z]

Although not the best or anything, the Rilo Kiley chick is great...Jenny Lewis.

Shes also the chick from Postal Service in case you havent heard rilo kiley.

-JP

[Shajen]

I really think Christina Aguillera (sp?) has a fantastic voice.

Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries has an awesome voice as well. She could sing me to sleep any time.

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[Tennenbaum]

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Alison Krauss?

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i was thinking the same thing. I love girl singers so here is a short list:

Beth Gibbons - Portishead...i love her voice.
Fiona Apple
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston - crackhead or no...chick's got chops
Sade

I love these women's voices for many different reasons. All of them are awesome.

[Gildwulf]

without reading responses

Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughn
Big Mama Thornton
Mama Cass
Etta James

Good but not in the same league:
Alison Krauss
Diana Krall
Neko Case

[Tennenbaum]

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without reading responses

Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughn
Big Mama Thornton
Mama Cass <font color="blue"> How the hell did I foget Mama cass? </font>
Etta James <font color="blue"> Deffo </font>



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<font color="blue">Also Karen Carpenter. </font>

[turnipmonster]

my favorites are billie holiday and janis joplin. janis because she goes for it every single time. billie is best summed up by this quote:

"when Ella Fitzgerald sang "my man's gone now", it sounded like he stepped out for cigarettes. And when Billie Holiday sang, you knew the cat was never coming back."

[swede123]

Billie Holiday is a great choice. Another favorite of mine is Dinah Washington. Such a distinctive voice, yet so incredibly smooth. In either case it's definitely a jazz singer that gets the honors of best female vocalist.

Swede

[MrWookie]

I'm glad GW finally got here to speak up for Ella. She truly is the queen.

My number 2, I think I'll take Aretha Franklin, but not really for the songs you hear her sing on the oldies stations every now and then. I'm talking about her earlier blues singing. Dr. Feelgood, Today I'm Singing the Blues, Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning -- Those are the songs where she truly shines.

I'll take Billie Holiday at #3. She wasn't the most technical singer, but she was infectious. Nobody could sing One For My Baby (And One More for the Road) like she could.

And the last girl I'll nominate will be Eva Cassidy. It's a shame she died so young and so early in her career. She would have been an absolute monster singing jazz and some pop today. Diana who? She's still got my favorite recording of Honeysuckle Rose.