Your top 5 female singers

[Hardline]

Doesn't matter the genre of music.
I'll give my top 5 tomorrow.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Don't have a top 5. But Eva Cassidy has to be in the top 5.

 

[haleyrules]

Linda Ronstadt
Norah Jones
Billy Holiday
Whitney Houston
Joan Baez
Bonnie Raitt
Carly Simon

 

[big dog cowboy]

Gaga
Carey
Houston
Franklin
Rihanna

 

[Tabascocat]

Reba
Katy Perry-before this last trainwreck of an album
Houston
Sugarland-forgot her name
Etta James

 

[TX_Yid]

Karen Carpenter
Joni Mitchell
Nina Simone
Amy Winehouse
Aretha Franklin

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

No love for Joplin, Dion, Parton, Turner or Nicks.

Something about Stevie Nicks never really worked for me but she is normally up there with female voices. Same for Celine Dion... Not my thing but many consider her as great.

 

[Melonfeud]

Wendy O Willams/Courtney Luv,,,
,,,Just mucking it up with total B.S.

Debra Harry
Crissy Hind
Patsy Cline
June Carter-Cash
Ella Fitzgerald

( I've 'placed' 5 female vocalists not in a structured order of rank, but 5 of my preferred in no order,,,as this is purely subjective to the personal likes,,, Tracy Chapman and Stevie Nicks could have very easily been in the above mentioned '5')

 

[haleyrules]

Wendy O Willams/Courtney Luv,,,
,,,Just mucking it up with total B.S.

Debra Harry
Crissy Hind
Patsy Cline
June Carter-Cash
Ella Fitzgerald

( I've 'placed' 5 female vocalists not in a structured order of rank, but 5 of my preferred in no order,,,as this is purely subjective to the personal likes,,, Tracy Chapman and Stevie Nicks could have very easily been in the above mentioned '5')

Patsy Cline..I almost picked her and yeah Chapman was a favourite too. Carter had a strong voice as well.

 

[Melonfeud]

No love for Joplin, Dion, Parton, Turner or Nicks.

Something about Stevie Nicks never really worked for me but she is normally up there with female voices. Same for Celine Dion... Not my thing but many consider her as great.

Ya, Janice and Tina could get with it and squall,,, Dolly Parton can, Too!

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin
Patsy Cline
Karen Carpenter
Tracy Chapman

 

[Melonfeud]

Linda Ronstadt
Norah Jones
Billy Holiday
Whitney Houston
Joan Baez
Bonnie Raitt
Carly Simon

Oh,man! I forgot all about Bonnie Raitt, she did a song with John Prine
" Angel from Montgomery",,,
That's just frickin' awesome.

 

[haleyrules]

Oh,man! I forgot all about Bonnie Raitt, she did a song with John Prine
" Angel from Montgomery",,,
That's just frickin' awesome.

yeah, Bonnie had/has a very strong,sweet voice. You ever listen to any of the old,old Billy Holiday noise? Sweet voice, but largely forgotten.

 

[Melonfeud]

yeah, Bonnie had/has a very strong,sweet voice. You ever listen to any of the old,old Billy Holiday noise? Sweet voice, but largely forgotten.

Only what I've caught on T.V. ( from movies) as I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened, knowing its her singing,,,, Ella Fitzgerald isn't hard to pick up on and identify with it being her, if you know what I'm getting at?

 

[haleyrules]

Only what I've caught on T.V. ( from movies) as I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened, knowing its her singing,,,, Ella Fitzgerald isn't hard to pick up on and identify with it being her, if you know what I'm getting at?

Yeah!!

 

[diefree666]

Performers or singers? See that is the difference. Singers - its about the voice. Performers- its about the song.

 

[Melonfeud]

Performers or singers? See that is the difference. Singers - its about the voice. Performers- its about the song.

But when a 'singer' is 'performing' a ' song' thusly showcasing their pipes is where the mustard gets cut!,,,

I kinda' see where you're coming from 666 but the O.P. significantly says 'singers' ,,, kinda' tough to 'sing' without 'performing',,, maybe TRACY CHAPMAN is the clear cut #1

 

[big dog cowboy]

Karen Carpenter

Very underrated.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Some good lists there...

Here are some of my fav's that haven't been posted:

-Bonnie Tyler
-Judith Durham ("The Seekers")
-Skeeter Davis
-Lynn Anderson
-Connie Francis

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Listen to some Carolyn Wonderland if you get a chance. I doubt many here have heard of her because she's a local Texas musician. To me she's a mix of Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt. She's definitely about blues and has the big voice of Janis, and might be a better blues guitarist than Bonnie. She'd have been in my top 5 but I doubted anybody had ever heard of her. I've seen her live about 4 times now and I'm blown away each time.