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The Best Female Vocal Stylist


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so many greats have been mentioned. i love ella fitzgerald, nina simone, joni mitchell, fiona apple, stevie nicks, joan baez.... many more that have been mentioned. alanis morrissette's first album was amazing mainly because of the way she used her voice. one of my new favourites is kt tunstal - i love her album!

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well he's a bit of a procrastinator - i was at three 'album launches' for o which ended up just being gigs because they hadn't decided on an album cover. he actually recorded two albums at the same time - o with all the soft songs and another album with all the heavier songs but he's obviously not going to release it at this stage - probably sick of playing the songs by now!

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I always liked Dusty Springfield's voice...love the song Son Of A Preacher Man

Dusty is one of my alltime favorites, Laurie!!! And I am sure most female singing artists would acknowledge her talents. She was equally at home with blues, rock or ballads. Her "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" still gives me goosebumps.

Mama Cass Elliot had a great fluid voice and she knew how to control it. Her version of "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" is a seminar on how to interpret a song.

Tina Turner has the rare ability to intonate understandably and soulfully during uptempo pieces. She can rock as well as anyone who has ever held a microphone!

I really like the voices of Carole King and Marilyn McCoo as well.

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A side benefit of hanging out with "The Greatest Generation" is to encounter overlooked/forgotten musicians/singers. One great female stylist of the past was known as an outstanding singer before she landed in Hollywood. Check out the recordings of Deanna Durbin and you may be in for a surprize. Speaking of "the girl behind the curtain," Marni Nixon made some of the brightest lights in Hollywood sing on film, even if they couldn't do so in real life. Also, I'm not too sure of this, but I've read that Jean Hagen also did "behind the curtain" duty for other photogenic-but-mute actors. If so, her "I cahnt sing" role in "Singin' In The Rain" is ironic, to say the least. :headphones:

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Dusty is one of my alltime favorites, Laurie!!! And I am sure most female singing artists would acknowledge her talents. She was equally at home with blues, rock or ballads. Her "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" still gives me goosebumps.

One of my favorite Dusty songs is

The Look of Love

used in Casino Royale.

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I don't like Joss' voice much either, but I have voiced my opinions on her before. She's a darling, sweet and adorable girl, but I don't like her voice 90% of the time. It sounds very "put on". I'd like to hear her sing naturally.

Another vocal stylist everyone but myself has been raving about is Katie Melua. I know Gis didn't like her before either.

I just don't see how she stands out above any other singer on the airwaves today. She sings nicely, she writes her own songs and good for her. But she is nowhere near worthy of all the hype surrounding her!

I'd like to hear much more of vocalists like Heather Nova and Sarah McLachlin. I don't think Nova really even sings anymore, but her voice is outstanding!

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