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Best Female Vocalist

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Rated 10 points - posted 13 years ago by andrewh in category Music.
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Judith Durham Report Abuse
Lead for the folk group The Seekers; popular in the late 60s; her voice was clear, powerful and distinctive.
300 points - added 12 years ago by Javalation - 13 comments
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I didn't remember from back in the '60s, but I heard her a few months ago and can hardly stop listening to her -- definitely up there with Celine Dion and Karen Carpenter, maybe better than either of my 'other' favorites.
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Judith Durham has a perfect voice...period. Could listen to her for hours and hours.
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She is perfect
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Once you hear Judith sing there is no going back. I have spent many evenings to just Judith on you tube. If you have discovered Judith feel fortunate!!
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In a class of her own! Too bad many have never heard of her. Thank God for YouTube and discovering her in 2008. My absolute favorite!
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A very talented singer who could sing pop, jazz, folk & opera. Was lead singer of the Australian group The Seekers in the 60s. Listen to Climb Every Mountain, especially the last note.
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Just discovered some of her songs with the Seekers on youtube. What a beautiful voice...on key...held in pitch and strength..flawless transition from note to note...no attitude....no earthy, growling sound or the sound you get pouring freezing water on sunburned skin...just pure beautiful sound...a real pleasure..
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Absolutely the loveliest voice ever. It thrills be to hear it
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Wonderful singer. Whether jazz, gospel, folk or pop, this diminutive lady is so versitile. Distinctive vocal in The Seekers.
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Perfect pitch.
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No contemporary could have matched Judith in her youth. She was the best the 60s had to offer, bar none. Cute too.
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Unmatched clarity, range and versatility. Whatever the musical genre, she can sing it flawlessly and has for over 50 years. Greatly underrated in the United States, If you have never heard her, do yourself a favor and search you tube for a video.
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Tremendous vocal range and clarity in one of he most versatile and distinctive voices of the last half of the twentieth century. Her beautiful voice was grossly underrated in he United States.
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Dionne Warwick Report Abuse
One off the best R&b and soulsingers
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Ella Fitzgerald Report Abuse
how has she not been included in this list?
192 points - added 13 years ago by thepaulest -

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Sarah Vaughan Report Abuse
The second lady off jazz
177 points - added 11 years ago by guest -

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Karen Carpenter Report Abuse
Amazing Vocals, pure, clear, haunting. gone too soon.
177 points - added 13 years ago by andrewh - 2 comments
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Her voice has one the greatest ranges of all time, singers of today don't come close
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Her voice affects me in a way that no other of these fine singers quite can.
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Patti Austin Report Abuse
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Alison Krauss Report Abuse
27 grammys (most of ANY female and 3rd overall) and the voice of an angel!
115 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 2 comments
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Alison should be at or near the top of today's singer list, compares favorably with Judith Durham for best ever pure singer IMHO. Durham started in the 60s and anyone who listens to her stints with the Seekers will see what I mean
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Can sing in any genre
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Sandy Denny Report Abuse
Lead singer for Fairport Convention and writer of "Who Knows Where The Time Goes". A beautiful voice stilled too young in 1978 by a tragic accident.
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Joan Baez Report Abuse
Her singing voice in the late 60s was a high etheral soprano, that no one could match.
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Linda Ronstadt Report Abuse
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Celine Dion Report Abuse
106 points - added 13 years ago by andrewh - 1 comment
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VOICE OF NATURE
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Olivia Newton John Report Abuse
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Sarah McLachlan Report Abuse
Beautiful voice and she writes wonderful music. Afterglow is one of the best CDs of the past 10 years.
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Reba McIntire Report Abuse
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Barbra Streisand Report Abuse
Incrediable voice, amazing talent.
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Judy Collins Report Abuse
"Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" eclectic tastes in the material she recorded has made her hard to peg. In the '70s her beautiful high soprano voice even made a top 20 hit of the old hymn "Amazing Grace", done a capella.
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Enya Report Abuse
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Bonnie Raitt Report Abuse
Her distinctive voice and style combines elements of blues, rock, pop, folk and country. Nine Grammys in a four decade career.
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LeAnn Rimes Report Abuse
Pure
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Connie Francis Report Abuse
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Aretha Franklin Report Abuse
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Minnie Riperton Report Abuse
Had an incredible vocal range of five-and-a-half octaves, and displayed it in her top selling single "Loving You". Sadly died at age 31 of cancer.
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Whitney Houston Report Abuse
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Dionne Warwick Report Abuse
58 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment
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same as no 1?
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Bette Midler Report Abuse
The divine Miss M, no one but!
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Kelly Clarkson Report Abuse
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Linda Eder Report Abuse
Great Broadway vocalist.
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Anita Baker Report Abuse
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Cass Elliot Report Abuse
Singer from the Mamas and Papas, plus solo work.
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Sarah Brightman Report Abuse
An international star who sings a wide variety of music. A true diva.
42 points - added 12 years ago by Javalation -

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Rosemary Clooney Report Abuse
one of the first ladies of american popular song.
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Mariah Carey Report Abuse
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Diana Ross Report Abuse
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Adele Report Abuse
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Carole King Report Abuse
Unbelivable writing talent,
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CHRISTINA AGUILERA Report Abuse
'THE VOICE OF THE GENERATION"
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Alicia Keys Report Abuse
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Donna Summer Report Abuse
24 points - added 13 years ago by andrewh - 1 comment
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She performed a track called 'If It Hurts Just A Little... which was the sample behind a late 1990s club track 'Cassius - Cassius 1999'.
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Roberta Flack Report Abuse
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Trisha Yearwood Report Abuse
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Jennifer Hudson Report Abuse
True talent
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Susan Boyle Report Abuse
Incrediable voice, unexpected joy
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Mary Travers Report Abuse
A beautiful voice!
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Eva Cassidy Report Abuse
11 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 2 comments
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Beautiful voice, emotional involvement with her musical interpretation. Diverse and eclectic in her presentation. Her death at 33 on the verge of wider recognition was a tremendous loss.
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A voice you could listen to all day without tiring.
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Jewel Report Abuse
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Rita Coolidge Report Abuse
A pop beauty with several hits in the late seventies and early eighties including the theme from Splash "Love Came For Me".
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Kristin Chenoweth Report Abuse
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Sade Report Abuse
Smooth!
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Bernadette Peters Report Abuse
Singer of stage and screen.
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Jo Stafford Report Abuse
GI Jo was also nicknamed, "America's Most Versatile Singer".
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Idina Menzel Report Abuse
Tony Winning singer.
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Cassandra Wilson Report Abuse
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Hayley Westenra Report Abuse
The voice, the range, the tone!
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Doris Day. Report Abuse
One of the finest singers/most expressive voices I've ever heard, with a huge number of recorded songs.
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Sandi Saraya Report Abuse
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Avril Lavigne Report Abuse
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Madonna Report Abuse
alway changing
-24 points - added 13 years ago by andrewh - 1 comment
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madonna is an entertainer, not a vocalist. i love her albums and her stage shows, but a showgirl should not be classed with these women.
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