The greatest female vocalist of all time (pure vocal ability) ?

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  1. White Raven

    White Raven Active Member

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  2. tubesandvinyl

    tubesandvinyl Forum Resident

    Ella

    Aretha


    Dusty, Karen, Sarah....
     
  3. 16hz lover

    16hz lover Forum Resident

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    227 subjective opinions, did I miss the declared winner?
     
  4. Combat Wombat

    Combat Wombat Well-Known Member

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    Dusty or Ella...
     
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  5. Phil12

    Phil12 Radiant Radish

    Today it's 25 years ago that Ella Fitzgerald passed away.
    Sad to say: On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Ella Fitzgerald
    among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
     
  6. Doghouse Riley

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    Fortunately, many of us have all the recordings we need. Those we haven't can be downloaded from YouTube as someone else will have them and have uploaded them. So the fire has a diminishing significance.
     
  7. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura!

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    Elis really breaks this track down, especially at the end. Superb performance!

     
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  8. Professor Batty

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    Aretha would have mentioned Dinah Washington.
     
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  9. Bern

    Bern JC4Me

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    My vote as well...alternate is Karen Carpenter.
     
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  10. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura!

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  11. MortSahlFan

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    Roberta Flack
    Fairuz
    Karen Carpenter
    Catherine Howe
    Sonja Kristina
    Jane Relf
    Sandy Denny
     
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  12. Anthemer1

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    Aretha franklin is probably the best she has the range, soul, agility and musicality. Sarah vaughan exceptional singer, lots of control but not as much range as aretha. Ella fitzgerald has incredible technique, sings with attitude but smooth at the same time. I have to say Whitney houston is pretty fantastic I'm a sucker for a powerhouse, she has great tone and I like the fullness of her voice when she belts.
     
  13. spinyn

    spinyn Senior Member

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    Sarah Vaughan

    Sandy Denny gets an honorable mention, as does Aretha.
     
  14. PDK

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  15. Doghouse Riley

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    Much as I admire many jazz singers, Linda could sing anything, even opera.
     
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  16. Celticray

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    Its Ella or Aretha to me as they satisfy my soul.
    Its pretty sad that this is a music forum and no one yet has mentioned Teena Marie. How underated this multi talented singer is. She is the one with operatic chops and truth and beauty to her voice. Better than most mentioned
     
  17. Classic Car Guy

    Classic Car Guy - Touch the Face of God -

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  18. Brettlowden

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    Patsy
     
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  19. Maxdriver

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  20. ironbutterfly

    ironbutterfly Listening to marky mark in mono

    Courtney Love
    yoko ono
    Wendy O Williams
     
  21. Jim Duckworth

    Jim Duckworth I can't lose with the stuff I use.

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    Bessie Smith.
     
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  22. Crimson Witch

    Crimson Witch Roll across the floor thru the hole & out the door

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    Not a favourite singer but one whose vocal talent I admire is Austrian soprano opera singer Gundula Janowitz.
     
  23. Chemguy

    Chemguy Forum Resident

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    Just listened to Mother Earth’s first, and I’d have to concur. Every time I hear Tracy, I think she’s the best ever. Pipes!
     
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  24. Monosterio

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    The singer from Simply Red...



    Or Aretha. Either one.
     
  25. ALAN SICHERMAN

    ALAN SICHERMAN Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY

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    Ella Fitzgerald would have to be (IMHO) right up there in any discussion of best female vocalist. Sarah Vaughan is right up there as well!
     
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