Reply #56: Depends on the type of music for me, and there are too many to choose just [View All]

one, so let me give a big ole list, in case you all have maybe overlooked someone:

Aretha
Ella
Billie
Joni Mitchell
Linda Ronstadt
Barbara Streisand
Patti Smith
Grace Slick
Janis Jopin
Roberta Flack
Lauryn Hill
Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette
Dusty Springfield
Whitney Houston
Pat Benetar
Nina Simone
Sinead
k.d. Lang
Linda Perry (4 non blondes, hell of a singer)

shoot, you could go forever...Amy Mann, Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, Tori Amos, Alicia Keyes, Sarah Mclachlan, Ani DiFranco, Tina Turner, Martha Wainwright, Donna Summer, Stevei Nicks, Carly Simon, Brenda Lee, Annie Lennox, Connie Francis, Bette Midler, Ann Wilson, Debbie Harry, Kim Gordon, Chrissy Hynde, Delores O'Riordan, Shirley Manson, Patty Smyth, Rickie Lee Jones, Shania, Joan Baez, Etta James, Pattie LaBelle, Minnie Ripperton, Mavis Staples, Erykah Badu, Cass Elliot & Michelle Phillips, Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris...someone stop me before my fingers fall off...

Each of these and the many more I did not list, sang their own music in their own way, with the pure voice needed for the style music they were singing. Now that I am exhausted, excuse me while I get a towel.