Best Female Vocalist?

Rock N' Roll Clown · 09-15-2012, 03:23 PM

I count her as pop, so:

Ruth brown - - - - - Teardrops From My Eyes - YouTube

Trollheart · 09-15-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle

You are right but if you ask most people, more will tell you that they know the Whitney much more than Dolly version. Plus Dolly did not have the strong voice that Whitney had. Although the Dolly version is great but Whitney's version is three times better than Dolly.

Sorry, but there's only one possible response to a claim like that!

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Dolly knows it too.

Please explain how you know this??

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Whitney redid the song and made it her own. That is the truth.

She also killed it, made it a roarfest in the same way Carey murdered Nilsson's "Without you": took all the gentle heart and soul out of it and just threw in tons of bombast. Like Neapolitan says, style over substance. Thats the benchmark now, and it's sadly the way most if not all female singers are going.

LillyW · 09-16-2012, 05:18 PM

Billy Holiday - a hundred times

LillyW · 09-16-2012, 05:18 PM

... oh and Dolly Parton

Trollheart · 09-17-2012, 05:50 AM

Yeah... since we're in the "pop" section, I'm assuming you are expected to restrict your choices to POP female singers?

~~Soulflower~~ · 09-21-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Sorry, Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You," it came from her mind and it will always be her song.

A lot of female singer have very good voices, not only Whitney. You think she is the all time best, I don't see the point arguing that. (I think Karen Carpenter had a more of an aesthetic sound to her voice and she seem to conveyed more real emotion.)
Whitney may have been influential, but was it for better or worse? Ever since she became popular it became more about style over substance. After she set the bench and since every other singer wanted out do the next - hit the highest note or bend a note up and down the scale to the point of ad nauseum. Just because a singer has the pipes doesn't make the song any much better.

I consider Karen Carpenter BEYOND POP and she is no doubt one of the greatest female vocalist but I dont think she really fits in the POP star category.

It doesnt matter if Dolly wrote the song. This thread isnt about that, its solely on singing and singers but I do see your point

JessicaW · 10-13-2012, 10:12 AM

Whitney Houston, definitely! <3

FRED HALE SR. · 10-19-2012, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Sorry, Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You," it came from her mind and it will always be her song.

A lot of female singer have very good voices, not only Whitney. You think she is the all time best, I don't see the point arguing that. (I think Karen Carpenter had a more of an aesthetic sound to her voice and she seem to conveyed more real emotion.)
Whitney may have been influential, but was it for better or worse? Ever since she became popular it became more about style over substance. After she set the bench and since every other singer wanted out do the next - hit the highest note or bend a note up and down the scale to the point of ad nauseum. Just because a singer has the pipes doesn't make the song any much better.

I miss the days of simply singing a great melody. Give me Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon and Crystal Gayle anyday over the new breed of easy listening.

Psy-Fi · 10-19-2012, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I miss the days of simply singing a great melody. Give me Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon and Crystal Gayle anyday over the new breed of easy listening.

I agree 100%
I could listen to the three you mentioned for hours on end.
Don't think I could listen to much of the new breed for more than a few minutes.

Big Ears · 10-20-2012, 07:31 AM

I like Maggie Reilly, who worked with Mike Oldfield, successfully, and Chris Thompson & Night, less successfully - although Thompson is a great singer.

Judy Tzuke and Catherine Howe have lovely voices in my opinion. I read that Catherine had studied for an Open University degree, so she may not be singing much these days. Her albums are as scarce as hens' teeth.

I much prefer Rumer to any of the new batch of female singers. The fact that she is plain and has a subtle Karen Carpenter-style endears me to her. This has prompted me to remember that Toni Tennille was compared unfavourably to Karen Carpenter, but I prefer Toni.

Elkie Brooks with Vinegar Joe was quite raunchy in those days. Maggie Bell had a punchy voice too.

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Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I like Maggie Reilly, who worked with Mike Oldfield, successfully, and Chris Thompson & Night, less successfully - although Thompson is a great singer. Judy Tzuke and Catherine Howe have lovely voices in my opinion. I read that Catherine had studied for an Open University degree, so she may not be singing much these days. Her albums are as scarce as hens' teeth. I much prefer Rumer to any of the new batch of female singers. The fact that she is plain and has a subtle Karen Carpenter-style endears me to her. This has prompted me to remember that Toni Tennille was compared unfavourably to Karen Carpenter, but I prefer Toni. Elkie Brooks with Vinegar Joe was quite raunchy in those days. Maggie Bell had a punchy voice too.