[Music] Best female vocalist ever

[pasty]

Another favourite of mine is Beth Hart. Here with another NSC favourite, Joe Banamassa

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

MARIAH

Dolores O'Riordan (maybe not the biggest range but a voice that I always just think "wow")

 

[stewart12]

Ann Wilson
Whitney
Martha Reeves
Sinead O'Connor
Tammi Terrell
Amy Winehouse

 

[BadFish]

Cerys Matthews from catatonia.

 

[Driver8]

Sandy Denny for me. I also like a bit of Lana Del Rey.

 

[maltaseagull]

This is a bit off-piste for the music crowd on this board,... but Lady Ga Ga.... gasp!!!

I never realised how powerful her voice was until I heard this track some years back.... live acoustic version of Joanne.

Listen to her on the Stones track.

 

[Swegulls]

Not my cup of tea, but Celine Dion is a decent singer.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Natalie Merchant
Joan Shelley
Janis Joplin
Sarah Jane Morris

 

[shingle]

Karen Carpenter
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion

any of the above three imo

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I don't know if she's the best ever, but I like Hannah Reid of London Grammar.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sheena Easton

Kelly Marie

 

[Superphil]

Janis Joplin does it for me.

For a modern twist I’ll add Taylor Swift.

There are a lot of others who are good/great too, impossible to be definitive.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Ann Wilson

 

[Mustafa II]

Enya
Bjork

 

[Boys 9d]

Billie Holiday

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Beverly Knight for her vocal range.

Agreed, her vocal on Twist And Shout during the BBC Please Please Me recording was great

As for Lady GaGa, Tony Bennett said she was one the best modern day jazz singers around.

 

[Jackthelad]

Dolores O'Riordan for me. Kate Bush was fantastic also.

 

[Half Time Pies]

Agreed, her vocal on Twist And Shout during the BBC Please Please Me recording was great

As for Lady GaGa, Tony Bennett said she was one the best modern day jazz singers around.

Funnily enough it was watching her record twist and shout that made me realise what an incredible singer she is!

 

[lawros left foot]

I saw Sam Brown doing the vocal solo for the great gig in the sky, hands down the best vocal performance I have ever seen.

I saw Sam Brown in Antalya, Turkey singing with the National Jazz Youth Orchestra in 1981, before anyone had heard of her.

She was the standout performer even then.

 

[lawros left foot]

Not the best ever, I do find ‘Best ever ‘ lists very subjective, but, a mention for Joan Osbourne of One of us, fame.

The album that the single was taken from , Relish, is one of my favourites by a female singer.