FabSwingers.com forum: Top 5 Female solo artist's

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

mine is

1) amy winehouse

2) dusty Springfield

3) adele

4) patti smith

5) corrine baily rai

Im goin 4 winehouse over dusty beacause her song's wer about her life, so there's a more personal touch. as opose to dusty whos songs were written 4 her by burt baccerach and people....still love dusty thoe super sexy voice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

beyonce knowles

lady gaga

christina aguilera

adele

whitney houston

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dolly Parton

Angie Stone

Patcy Cline

Mahalia Jackson

Ella Fitzgerald

For no other reason that I love their voices.

Well, Dolly apart that is - she is also a fantastic lyricist (and sometimes a lot of those lyrics are autobiographical)

Coat of Many Colours, Smoky Mountain Memories and even Jolene are all based on real life events.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dusty Springfield

Grace Slick

Nina Simone

Beth Orton

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

Ella Fitzgerald

Adele

Rumer

Dusty Springfield

Billie Holliday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nina Simone

Ella Fitzgerald

Chrissy Hinds

Annie Lennox

Amy Winehouse

Just a few of the female voices I admire.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ella Fitzgerald

Adele

Rumer

Dusty Springfield

Billie Holliday"

billie holiday is a gr8 shout....ive only just herd rumer a few weks back so gonna have 2 get more familier....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

a few names i totally 4got about coming up here....which is good cuz i can start lisening 2 there music again

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Ella Fitzgerald

Nina Simone

Cleo Laine

Eva Cassidy

Karen Carpenter

Enya

Adele

Katherine Jenkins

Duffy

Dusty Springfield

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Patti smith

Aretha

Joni

Kate Bush

Sia

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Nina Simone

Malaya Jackson

Anita Skorgen

Eva Cassidy

Adele

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

im surprised nobody's gone 4 lady sovereighn or lisa mafia.....ha ha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Karen Carpenter

i don't mind her voice but we weren't allowed to listen to her as kids coz dad despises her voice

she was (not so) affectionately referred to as karen 'moaning voice' carpenter

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Karen Carpenter

i don't mind her voice but we weren't allowed to listen to her as kids coz dad despises her voice

she was (not so) affectionately referred to as karen 'moaning voice' carpenter

didnt karen carpenter let people sniff cocke off her arse crack.....or was that the bird from fleetwood mac

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Karen Carpenter

i don't mind her voice but we weren't allowed to listen to her as kids coz dad despises her voice

Your dad and I agree. I turn her off. Never understood the attraction. Christ once they die mid career they never fade either ...... awful voice awful songs.

she was (not so) affectionately referred to as karen 'moaning voice' carpenter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sade

Katie Melua

Imelda May

Kate Bush

Jocelyn Brown

To name a few random ones that spring to mind

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

My bit's in the middle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Karen Carpenter

i don't mind her voice but we weren't allowed to listen to her as kids coz dad despises her voice

she was (not so) affectionately referred to as karen 'moaning voice' carpenter

didnt karen carpenter let people sniff cocke off her arse crack.....or was that the bird from fleetwood mac"

well i never thought i'd see karen carpenter and rimming for drugs in the same sentence

brings a whole new dimension to bobbing for apples !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sade

love her 'by your side' song - it's 1 of them that sends me

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

Dusty Springfield

Melody Gardot

Annie Lennox

Peggy Lee

Enya

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Aretha.....

Dusty Springfield.....

Nina Simone.....

Tammi Terrell.....

Roberta Flack....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

stevie nicks

annie lenox

kate bush

dusty springfield

karen carpenter

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Dusty springfield

Faith hill

dolly parton/tammy wynette cant decide between them

eva cassidy

karen carpenter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

adele

eva cassidy

ella fiztgerald

annie lennox

patsy cline

monserat kabal

or however ya spell it ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"adele

eva cassidy

ella fiztgerald

annie lennox

patsy cline

monserat kabal

or however ya spell it ?"

loved barcelona with her and freddie mercury

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Alison Moyet

Sinéad O'Connor

Dusty Springfield

Annie Lennox

Helen Shapiro

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By *oantrimcpl2010Couple
over a year ago

Lisburn

Debby Harry

Adele

Sinead OConner

Pat Benetar

Cher

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By *oantrimcpl2010Couple
over a year ago

Lisburn

Madonna

Dusty Springfield

Tina Turner

Chrissy Hyndes

Sinead Oconner

(Mr A)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Julia Fordham

Kate Bush

Ani Di Franco

Annie Lennox

Gail Ann Dorsey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Judie tzuke

Kate bush

Patti smith

Annie Lennox

Aretha franklin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Judie Tzuke, but only ever the one song from her.

Amanda Marshall - such power in her vocals.

Katie Melua - a voice like velvet

Oleta Adams - best soul female voice I've ever heard, apart from Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

Has got to be for me :

Adele

Amy Winehouse

Amy Macdonald

Barbara Streisand (what power and range!)

Enya

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Madonna

Adele

Annie Lennox

Alison Moyet

Connie Fransis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tori Amos

Stevie Nicks

Debbie harry

Joni Mitchell

Sarah Mclachlan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eva Cassidy

Janis Ian

Annie Lennox

Emmylou Harris

Joni Mitchell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

for me it would be:

kd lang (amazing live and met her after)

dusty springfield

tori amos

chrissy hinds

dolly parton.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shirley Basey

Amy Winehouse

Madonna

Beth Gibons (portishead)

Loleatta Holloway

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By *ue care and attentionWoman
over a year ago

birmingham

Some excellent choices here and how popular is Adel! Such a star of her time.

Now a couple who get me up on the dance floor are Chaka Chan and Joyce Simms. They do bring back memories

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Joyce Simms....'Come into my life'

One of my all time fave tracks.....

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By *ue care and attentionWoman
over a year ago

birmingham

"Joyce Simms....'Come into my life'

One of my all time fave tracks....."

I have an album of hers burried in a cupboard with all my vynl, can't for the life of me remember the name of it though. Such a good track though, it's playing in my head now!

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The album was also entitled 'Come into my life'....

Randy Crawford recorded a great version too, but don't think she released it as a single in the UK....I have a USA press of it.

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Cerys Matthews

Tori Amos

Alanis Morissette

P J Harvey

Bjork

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By *anny PepperoniMan
over a year ago

Matlock

Just cos NOBODY has mentioned her!!!

Janis Joplin

!!!!!

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

K.T.Tunstall

Alison Moyet

Annie Lenox

Alison Krauss

Enya

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

adele

eva cassidy

enya

siouxsie sioux

bekky bondage (of vice squad fame, mmmm)

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By *semymouth_2025Man
over a year ago

swanwick, Alfreton

Madonna

Adele

Amy Winehouse

Alanis Morrisette

Pink

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By *icboyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Pauline Murray

Siouxsie

Wendy O'Williams (R.I.P)

Poly Styrene (R.I.P)

Kate Bush

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cant believe no one has mentioned Celine Dion

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By *icboyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"cant believe no one has mentioned Celine Dion"

No?

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Dusty Springfield

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday

Etta James

Madonna

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dusty Springfield

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday

Etta James

Madonna "

Lots of folks showing their ages now

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Dusty Springfield

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday

Etta James

Madonna

Lots of folks showing their ages now

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You have been sat there ready to pounce havent ya!!! lol, well actually i blame my mother for the 1st four, i will accept the last one as showing my age though, git! lol

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

elizabeth frazer

tracey thorne

etta james ( love, love, love her voice!)

beth hirsch

adele

top 5 today ..but there are so many more !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dusty Springfield

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday

Etta James

Madonna

Lots of folks showing their ages now

You have been sat there ready to pounce havent ya!!! lol, well actually i blame my mother for the 1st four, i will accept the last one as showing my age though, git! lol

Me waiting never

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The whole Eva Cassidy thing confuses me a little, she did have a very nice voice, but to be honest no-one wanted to know her when she was alive....her career was very stop-start.

The vast majority of material she recorded were cover versions of other peoples songs.

But each to their own....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"elizabeth frazer

tracey thorne

etta james ( love, love, love her voice!)

beth hirsch

adele

top 5 today ..but there are so many more ! "

ah yeah Liz Frazer

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

would always be in my top five..beautiful voice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Strangely, although I'm into music a lot, I only ever listen to two female artists, Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm the same...I listen to a lot of music but funnily enough struggled to find 5 FEMALES I actually like...

I will name her then I do admire Celine Dion

Barbra Streisand

Christine Perfect/Chris McVie

Stevie Nicks

Whitney Houston

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Edith Piaf

Joan Baez

Barbara Streisand

Susan Boyle

Loreena McKennit

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By *ldestswingerintownMan
over a year ago

Lancaster

In second to fifth places are -

Kate Bush

Sandy Denny

Joni Mitchell

Dusty Springfield

But at Number One for ever, the amazingly wonderful -

JUDEE SILL

And I wonder how many of you have heard of her? You should try to get hold of her second album, "Heartfood", and listen to a track called "The Kiss" - it will break your heart.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The whole Eva Cassidy thing confuses me a little, she did have a very nice voice, but to be honest no-one wanted to know her when she was alive....her career was very stop-start.

The vast majority of material she recorded were cover versions of other peoples songs.

But each to their own...."

The fact that she didn't compose her own songs doesn't make her less of a singer. More in fact as the songs weren't composed especially to suit her voice, and she had to find her own insights into the songs. Her transformation of "Over The Rainbow" was pure genious. I'd bet that more people know her version than the original by now.

The fact that she wasn't recognised at home but has become a houshold name in Britain, wasn't her fault. There are hunreds of people who have found recognition in foreign countries, from musicians to actors, chefs, artists....

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Being a top artisst is more than being just a singer.

In no set order :

Cher

Linda Ronstadt

Melanie Safka

Buffy St Marie

Vicky Leandros

first reserves, Dolly, Emmylou and Reba.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Another lady that is often forgotten is Julie Felix, what a voice?

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