Who is your favorite Female Singer?

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Originally Posted by slantedcorners

mine's between Grace Slick and Janis Joplin...both very powerful in their own unique ways, and I love me some psych music.

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Another notable female singer (though underrated) during this period is Nansi Nivens, frontwoman for the short-lived band Sweetwater. Sweetwater's debut album, with its singles Motherless Child and In A Rainbow, hit the Billboard Top-Ten in 1968; and when the band became the second act on the bill at Woodstock a year later, their future indeed looked bright.

Unfortunately, Sweetwaters' career was cut short by tragedy when Nansi was involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver in Dec 1969, suffering severe head injuries which resulted in the permanent loss of the right side of her voice. Yet with her enduring vocals featured on the bands first album, Nansi Nivens certainly deserves a place alongside the female vocal greats of the psychedelic era.

Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries. I'm weak for Irish chicks. I also think "Linger" is one of the prettiest songs ever made.

gotta be janis joplin and blondie

Trisha Yearwood. She just has one of those naturally pure clean voices.

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Originally Posted by Burnt Toast

Another notable female singer (though underrated) during this period is Nansi Nivens, frontwoman for the short-lived band Sweetwater. Sweetwater's debut album, with its singles Motherless Child and In A Rainbow, hit the Billboard Top-Ten in 1968; and when the band became the second act on the bill at Woodstock a year later, their future indeed looked bright.

Unfortunately, Sweetwaters' career was cut short by tragedy when Nansi was involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver in Dec 1969, suffering severe head injuries which resulted in the permanent loss of the right side of her voice. Yet with her enduring vocals featured on the bands first album, Nansi Nivens certainly deserves a place alongside the female vocal greats of the psychedelic era.

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ooh cheers for that...I'll shall be checking them out!

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Originally Posted by zeitgeist

And Why?

Mine is Amy Winehouse. To me she has a combination of the most beautiful and powerful voice I have ever heard.

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Musta been stoned when I first posted because I forgot Aretha, Dolores O'Riordan, and Sade.

Oh yeah, and Bjork.

Brooke Hoogan... LoL


Id say Amy Winehouse and Mary J Blige..

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Oh man, I forgot the sublime Mary J. What a powerhouse. What's the 411 is one of my all time favorite albums to listen to in the car in the summer with the windows down, singing along to Sweet Thang... man does that ever bring back memories...