Favorite Female Singers -Karen Carpenter - some Canadian female singers some American female singers
77My List of favourite female singers starts with Karen Carpenter
I have heard and seen a lot of female singers in my lifetime, starting way back in the 1950's with artistes like Ella Fitzgerald. Peggy Lee ( Does anyone remember 'Fever' ? How could anyone forget 'Fever'?) right through to the present time!
Having said all of that I am nominating Karen Carpenter as the best female singer that I have been fortunate enough to hear.
Unfortunately no longer with us I feel she has become a legend with a legion of loyal followers.The rest of the list is in no particular order of popularity.
Who I prefer to listen to depends on my mood at the time. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes happy.
I hope you don't mind that I am actually cheating a bit with a duet but I feel she so dominated with her singing that noone really notices her brother Richard!
Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter - Theres a Kind of Hush
Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter was born on March 2, 1950 and to our great loss passed away on February 4, 1983'
Karen was a highly successful American singer who first came to prominence as a drummer.
Karen Carpenter's drumming skills, although much less generally known than her singing ability, were not unnoticed. Carpenter was placed first in Playboy's reader poll for Best Rock Drummer of 1975. But it is for her vocal performances that she is best remembered.
Karen with her brother Richard comprised "The Carpenters" and between them composed and sang many great songs.
Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa, a little known disease at the time. Apparently recovering, she died suddenly at the age of 32 from heart failure later attributed to complications related to her illness.
Karen Carpenter is my No 1 Female Singer I present for your listening pleasure a song that I never tire of hearing.
Dolly Parton - Great Balls of Fire
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 and is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, actor and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music.
In the 44 years since her national chart debut, she remains the most successful female country music artist, with 25 number-one singles, a record for any female performer, and a record 42 top-10 country albums. She has the distinction of having performed on a top-5 country hit in each of the last five decades. Now those figures speak for themselves.
She is known for her distinctive mountain soprano, sometimes bawdy humor, flamboyant dress sense and voluptuous figure.
I realise that Dolly Parton will not be be on everyone's list of favorites, but hey this is my list, so there!
Dolly has written and sung some great songs, One in particular is the theme song from "Bodyguard" and sung by Witney Huston "I will always love you".
Personally I think Dolly's version which from memory she sang to Burt Reynolds in the "Best Little Whore House" ? is the better rendition.
Dolly Parton has to be on my list as one of the best. I offer this version of "Great Balls of Fire" as a tribute to her versitility.
Crying - a duet with Roy Orbison
k d lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang OC ( Order of Canada) was born on November 2, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta and is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter.
Lang first came to the attention of the US audiences when she toured with Roy Orbison as one of three female backup singers.
Her career received a huge boost when Orbison chose her to record a duet of his standard, "Crying".
This duet won them the Grammy Award for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals" in 1989.
The song was first used in the Jon Cryer film "Hiding Out" released in 1987.
Lang won the American Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her 1989 album, "Absolute Torch and Twang".
In 2003, she won her fourth Grammy Award, this time for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her collaboration with Tony Bennett on "A Wonderful World".
On June 3, 2008, it was announced that she would receive a star on Canada's "Walk of Fame".
In April 2008, lang spent time in Melbourne, Australia, this was in connection with her support for the Tibet human rights issues. On April 24, 2008, she joined pro-Tibet protesters in Canberra as the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay made its way through the Australian capital.
What list would be complete without kd lang. I have killed two birds with one stone by presenting her singing a song written by a favourite of mine Roy Orbison
Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC was born on November 16, 1964 and is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer.
Diana is known for her graceful contralto vocals.
Diana Krall married British musician Elvis Costello on December 6, 2003 at Elton John's estate outside London.
Diana's and Elvis's twin sons Dexter and Frank , were born December 6, 2006 in New York City.
Diana's award include:-
Grammy's for Jazz Vocal Performance in 1999 and Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2002.
Diana Krall has become my favourite Jazz female singer by virtue of this one song "East of the Sun" (and West of the Moon)
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand who was born Barbara Joan Streisand, on April 24, 1942 is an American singer and film and theatre actress.
Barbra also reached great heights as a composer, political activist, film producer and director.
Barbra Streisand has won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Golden Globe Awards.
Miss Streisand is one of the most successful female entertainers in modern entertainment history and one of the best selling solo recording artists in the US.
Barbra Streisand has sold over 71 million albums. She is the highest ranking female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's Top Selling Artists list.
Streisand is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
Barbra Streisand is on my list of female singers because she can sing just about any type of song. Here I give you "Woman in Love"
Dolores DeLago
Bette Midler
"The Divine Miss M,"
Bette Midler was born on December 1, 1945 and is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known (as her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M.
During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.
Midler began her singing career in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the city, where she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow, who produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M, in 1973.
Bette looks back on her bathhouse days with pride and often says that she wears the label 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride″.
I present her in this article in the role that I adore her in and I am sure you will if not get a laugh at least raise a smile.
Without any further ado I present:-
" Dolores DeLago and the Delago Sisters and her swinging balls!"
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack who was born on February 10, 1937 is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician.
Roberta is notable in the areas of jazz, soul, R&B and folk. Flack is best known for singles such as:-
- "Killing Me Softly with His Song",
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face",
- "Where Is the Love"
- "The Closer I Get to You" (two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway),
- "Feel Like Makin' Love".
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won the same award at the Grammy Awards of 1974. She and U2 are the only artists to win the award in back-to-back years.
Eva Cassidy
Eva Marie Cassidy was born on February 2, 1963 and died, sadly at the tender young age of 33, on November 2, 1996 .
Eva was an American vocalist, musician, and artist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country and pop classics.
She released her first album "The Other Side", a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown in 1992 followed by a live solo album, "Live at Blues Alley" in 1996.
Eva Cassidy was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, DC when she died of melanoma in 1996.
Four years later, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of UK audiences when her versions of "Over the Rainbow" and "Fields of Gold" were played by Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2.
I must confess to not knowing of Eva until I heard her version of "Fields of Gold" one night on the radio. It nearly drove me mad trying to discover who was this lady with the voice of an angel.
I love version of "Fields of Gold" written by Sting.
The Power of Love
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC, OQ was born on March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec and is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Celine Dion was born to a large, impoverished family, and emerged as a teenage star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.
In 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
She returned to the music scene in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time.
In April 2007 Sony BMG announced that Celine Dion had sold over 200 million albums worldwide. That is quite an achievement, and a tribute to her talent.
Shania Twain and Anne Murray
Shania Twain and Anne Murray
Shania Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards, on August 28, 1965 and is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres.
Her third album "Come on Over" is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music.
Shania Twain is the only female musician to have three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is also the second best selling artist in Canada, behind fellow Canadian Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums being certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
Anne Murray
Anne Murray, was born Morna Anne Murray on June 20, 1945and is a Canadian singer.
Anne Murray has performed in Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach #1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970).
Anne Murray has been classed a role model for other Canadian international success stories such as Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan and Shania Twain.
Anne is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at the Country Music Association Awards for her 1984 album "A Little Good News".
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Earnest, thanks mate it was hard to leave so many good singers off the list.
How did you get my list of favorites???? The only add on would have to be Ella Fitzgerald. I would just reshuffle the order in which you've got them placed. (funny thing is that you have 5 fabulous Canadian ladies featured on your list)
Great hub regards Zsuzsy
Zsuzsy, thanks for you kind comment. I did try to squeeze Ella in there, but I had to cheat as it was. lol
Funny how that panned out with the Canadian Ladies, I did not realize that myself until after I had finalized the list. But I had to remain true to myself.
Special mention also went to:- Lena Horne and Linda Rhonstat, so many good oldies, not many good newbies?
Great picks Ag, some I have never heard of but I listened to them all, and I liked them very much.
KD Lang has long been my favorite. She has the most incredible voice. Her rendition of Roy Orbison's "Crying" always gives me goosebumps. All of your other choices were fantastic as well.
gwendymom, thanks for your kind comment. I was intrigued when you said there were some you did not know, was that the song or the artist?. I love the way Bette Midler can make a fool of herself and laugh with you at herself. If that makes sense?
KCC Big Country, I'm happy that you liked my choices, it was very hard to narrow it down to only 10. I agree with everything you say about KD, She puts her heart and soul into "Crying" and it never fails does it?. I also like them singing it as a duet!
I absolutely love Shania, Dolly, Karen, and Celine.
SweetiePie thanks for your comment, maybe you can explain why I have so many Canadian singers on my list. It was not a deliberate action?
Hey AG!
When I saw the header of this hub, I took a bet with myself! I Said to myself I am sure he would have included these two ...
And I scrolled nervously ... right down ... until I could scroll no more ...
... I lost the bet.
The two I am talking about are ... drumroll please ...
SANDIE SHAW and MADONNA!!!
How come you left them out?
:)
quicksand, for me Sandie Shaw was not versitile with the types of songs she sung, and seemed to play "safe" with style.
Madonna I agree could sing a good song but I am of the opinion that she is not in the same class as the ladies above. She does not get a lot of air play in Australia.
quicksand I appreciate your comments!
How did I miss a list with Karen Carpenter on it?!!!
Okay! I understand.
I already lost the bet, sigh! :
)
Feline Prophet, and here I was thinking you were a great fan of Karen Carpenter?
quicksand, did you pay "myself" for losing the bet? lol
It would be a boring old world if we all had the same choices in music.
Same with women I guess some blokes like blondes, some like redheads other prefer brunettes.
Me ... I like em all. Just like my music I just don't like it loud.
A bit like women really???? lol
And here I could have sworn Diana Ross was a female. If she were, I'm sure she would have been on such a list.
Many fine choices, but no Diana?
Aretha Franklin? Diana Ross? Erykah Badu? Tracy Chapman?
"My favorite Adult Contemporary risk-free white girl music"
No guts, no glory.
I am indeed a huge fan of Karen Carpenter, oh Noble Fox...that's why I'm wondering how I didn't gravitate to this hub earlier! :)
Thats the only way to be the loser and still win is to take a bet with yourself!
How about Judith Durham of the old Seekers?
Karen Carpenter's track "top of the world" was good to listen to at sunrise, along with the beatles' "here comes the sun."
:) :) :)
English Teacher
lol,, yes mate I am sure Diana Ross is a female and a pretty foxy one at that, but as the list says, my favorite female singers, we are getting down to personal choices here and I could not fit Diana into my top 20 favorite singers. Sorry!
agvulpes, you need a top 100, maybe get your fans to help with it.
great choice ag - love them all - and there are also some beauties mentioned in the comments by others - but your personal list is just that! and a good one it is! off topic but do you remember Dolly Parton in "9 to 5" I laughed out loud at that movie! she is so feminine , funny and talented all at the same time...great hub...cheers
G'day DJ Funk,
I may be a down under naive Aussie boy, but I did get the dig, and coming from you I am offended that you may even entertain the thought that my taste in music is racially inspired.
If that was not your intention could you please explain to me and the other contributors what you did mean by your remark?.
"My favorite Adult Contemporary risk-free white girl music"
it wasn't a dig. my quote describes your taste in music. I thought u were a woman, my mistake. Your singers are of the bland quality is all. Nothing racial intended or inferred. I like singers who passionately feel the words is all.
Where's Joni Mitchell or Stevie Nicks? Sade?
DJ, lol, so now that I'm not a woman you are making sexist digs?
Mate, If you mistook me for a woman I think you had better have your eyesight checked!
Anyway down to business of the day. music and personal choices.
I don't know which world you live in? But I would not describe Bette Midler as bland!.
You want bland, try Stevie Nicks.
btw she is in my best band hub, if you care to look.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Favourite_Bands
Joni Mitchell and Sade both good but not on my top list.
Brilliant hub - loads of useful and informative info - very inspiring Articles..Great chose of singer..
Clara Ghomes, I most humbly accept your compliment, I think?
I love Celion, Shania, Roberta, and Bette from your list. Some others that I have gotten into are Eryka Badu, India Ari, and I have always loved Gladys Knight. Plus I have to love Aretha Franklin. I was named after her.
Tootles!!
Hey agvulpes, the lakes must be pretty agreeable at this time of year.
Nayberry
Thanks for dropping in and leaving a nice comment, I do not know Eryka Badu or India Ari but I will catch up with them as soon as I can!
I love Eretha Franklin she has been a great singer.
I have not heard Gladys Knight sing a song I did not enjoy, she is what I would call a "sexy" lady.
As we say in Australia "Hoo Roo"
earnestshub, The Lakes were exeptional and Mrs Ag and I had a great time.
We cracked it for the start of the Prawn season, very nice indeed!
Prawns!!! You had fresh Prawns from Lakes Entrance? I hope you ate a few dozen for me!
earnestshub, I not only had Prawns at Lakes Entrance, I am having them again for dinner tonight. How does that make you feel. LOL ;-[)
Loved this! All wonderful ladies. Celine is probably my favorite from your list. Also, the very first time I did karaoke, I sang a less popular Shania song. She's great.
As you probably noted, Bette brought on my early "smackdown" from my mom, ha ha. You've inspired me...I might write about my own top 10. I love all kinds of music, but soul and R&B have inspired me most. Great stuff...thanks so much for sharing! :)
G'day lindsay, just catching up from Easter, sorry I didn't get here earlier!
Yes you already know my thoughts on the "smackdown". Unfortunatley I have seen plenty of that happen here too! I wonder if your Mom now regrets her "advice"?
Depending on the mood and the company, both your choices I agree with, and I look foward to your top ten.
I'm sure if you know Bette history she must be a great inspiration for yourself?
Till the next time?
Nice Hub,
My favorite is your ownlocal Australian Olivia Newton John. She still has it!
Keep on Hubbing!
You have the best of the best on this hub, I love all Genres of Music and I know and have heard all of these artist too!!! :)
I love Karen Carpenter...." Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby" =)
and also Anne Murray " Broken Hearted Me" Those are some awesome jams....
Good hub!
eovery, thanks mate.
I fell in love with ONJ (musicly speaking) when I saw her on a talent quest way back in b&w TV days circa 1960. I did not want to appear parochial by putting her in this Hub but I am still a huge fan of hers musically and personally. She is a real Lady with a capital L.
Thanks for dropping by.
AE,
I appreciate you dropping in and sharing your thoughts on music. There are so many good female singers that I love , if I started another list I would quite possibly get a completly different list.
Thanks for taking the time to drop in . back at ya ....!!! :)
You need to make up another list as this one was fantastic!!! :D
Hello dear Ag! Just following my gal pals JJ and AEvans over here. GREAT list! I am delighted you headed it up with Karen Carpenter. Good choice! Just this afternoon we were listening to Tony Bennett and KD Laing on our drive back from Easter at my brothers. KD's voice is so melifluous -- satiny smooth. Lovely.
If this were my list (which of course it's not, it's yours), I would add the following: Joan Armatrading, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Annie Lennox of Eurythmics, and Grace Jones. Hmm. Maybe I should make my own hub!
P.S. It's a very good thing you didn't include Patti LaBelle on here -- did you read Christoph Reilly's hub "Night of the Living LaBelle"?? Scary!
Great pipes on all of these ladies! Good Hub! :)
Oh wait! Where is Ethel Merman!???
jj, it must be a seniors moment, "when did I tell you I loved you baby" ?
sorry jj, my warped sense of humor. I much prefer the line: "Make believe it's your first time, and I'll make believe it's mine"
Anne Murray I love Anne Murray. Especially her Duets album.
jj thanks for the kind words! :-)
AE thanks for your kind words. I'll see what I can do OK ;-)
G'day MM, sure is nice to hear you dulcet tones again
KD teams up very nicely with TB, I saw him on the Elvis Costello show the other night.
KD's duet with the bib O was something else!!!
I have never heard of Patti La Belle but I'm sure Christoph could have (as he says) taken her with one hand tied behind her back!
Be warned MM that Hairy A.S.S. is on your tail. lol
Hey gf's lets do lunch one day?
Ethel Merman , you must be related?
G'day Tom
Yeah man great pipes?
Thanks for the nice comment!
agvulpes - i am having trouble seeing right now because i'm playing flields of gold...thanks for telling folks about eva cassidy...i play her music when i paint till i can't see for crying...she is one of God's beautiful angels
Dolores,
Thankyou for writing such beautiful comment!
It was surely a great loss for all of the world when Eva was taken from us prematurely.( don't tell anyone but I too have tears in my eyes)
I loooove your choices. Celine Dion, her voice is amazing. Barbara good on her, despite barbs about her nose,it remained untouched by the scalpel. I loved Shania Twain's "Man I Feel Like A Woman" that song always gets me going LMAO
blondepoet , great to see you over here.
I do believe that when Barbra S was about to begin her movie career, there was pressure to have a nose job, to make her more attractive. She told them to get nicked because it may have a detrimental effect on her voice.
Hmmmm, you have tweeked my interest, I wonder why that song in particular would get you going? I must confess to being rather smitten with Shania Twains er, physical assets, as well as her voice of course.
I believe that YOU are Great !
Dolly, KD, Celine, barbra (of course) Bette all do it for me, and there's others of course.
But classical and ballet music are my favourites.
katyzzz, thanks for dropping in and leaving a nice comment. I must name drop here and say that when I visited Russia I was honored to see the Bolshoi ? Ballet perform the classic "Swan Lake" . It was possibly the most impressive live show I have ever seen. Even now when I hear the music it still gives me goose bumps.
Totally with you on Barbra and Dolly and Karen. I'd add Vonda Shephard, Carol King, Ethel Merman, Edith Piaf, Judy Garland, Diana Ross, and Betty Hutton. Isn't individual taste interesting?!
Mindfield,
Thanks for dropping by and leaving some choices.
I grew up listening to Betty Hutton and Ethel Merman, and although I do like their singing of certain songs I can only have them in small doses. I am not familiar with Vonda Shephard, I will check her out.
Thanks again for your comment and arn't we lucky we all don't like the same things. What a boring old world it would be . ;-)
I enjoyed your lens. I wasn't familiar with Diana Krall or Eva Cassidy, thanks for introducing me to them!
gday mulberry1, both of these women have beautiful voices for different reasons
It is unfortunate the Eva Cassidy was taken from us so early in her life.
Some information on Diana Krall is that she is married to Elvis Costello who I believe now lives in the USA.
Nice one mate! Out of this list I'd have to say, being under 30, that Shania Twain would be my favourite. :)
These are the beautiful and unique voices of the music world. Great list.
Good list of female vocalists. I like some songs by almost all of them, but prefer more rock, blues, jazz, and soul vocalists. But it is your list.
I totally agree with Eva Cassidy. I've sang her stuff beofre
Very nice article!
I like Celine Dion and Shania Twin is my favorite singer.
marcofratelli
G'day mate thanks for dropping by. I can't argue with you about Shania Twain not bad on the eyes either ;-)
Celine dion is just amazing, however I think you forgot to mention whitney houston, janet jackson and another aetist I forgot the name of... :S
Salsa Dancing, errr, no I did not forget to mention the two ladies that you mention. I just don't think they cut the mustard !!!!!
Oh yes the other one who you forgot the name of , I was going to include her to, but just could not recall her name ;-)
Thanks for your kind comment.
This is a great list and it's hard to argue with any of the ladies listed here. I would add Linda Ronstadt, and perhaps Sheryl Crow. I also enjoy a less-well known singer named Alice Peacock, who has a beautiful voice and has written some nice songs.
Thanks for the list, reading it was very enjoyable.
Mike thanks for the comment. I agree that Linda and Sheryl have great voices:-)
I will try and find a song by Alice Peacock , I do not know her at all.
I can appreciate anyone's list because it is their list and I appreciate yours. Now, to take a list of female singers seriously I require but one thing, Karen Carpenter, so, I take your list very seriously :-) Now, I have to go see your other list. good job.
daytripeer, you had me worried for a minute there old buddy.LOL
Thanks for the kind comment:-)
nice!
Love this tribute to all these amazing women. Barbara Streisand has to be my favorite. I swear when she sings it is as if the angels for the heavens were with her! Loved it!!
wavegirl22, I must agree with you about Barbra Streisand and her singing. She could be strident or soft depending on the song. I am not such a big fan of her in the movies, as an actor to me she does not come across as natural.
I still would have to rate Karen Carpenter as my all time favorite female singer :-)
Thanks again for contributing to the discussion!
I love Karen Carpenter myself, I miss her sweet voice and when she died the world lost the sweetest voice it ever heard.
Ladybythelake55, what more can I add to what you have said, apart from to agree with you completely!
It is always a pleasure to meet another Karen Carpenter lover!
Karen Carpenter 'was', 'is' and 'always will be' my favorite female singer.:-)
Great list! I couldn't argue more. One of my favorites is Joan Baez but she is not in your list.
beth thanks for dropping by and saying hi!~
I can't really give you a reason but I could never understand how Joan Baez was that popular. Maybe I was missing something?
I guess that's why we all have our own favourite female singers lists?
Karen Carpenter was and always will be the greatest female voice the world has ever known.Greatly missed but the legacy lives on to her millions of fans around the world.
@sg20, I cannot add anything more, you have said it so wonderfully! Karen Carpenter is way out on top, she is my favorite singer not just on top of my favorite female singers.
You certainly have some good ones here. Gosh...I forgot all about Anne Murray...I remember listening to her when I was young with my mom and I do love Karen Carpenter!
So I am showing my age with Anne Murray lol
Every time I hear Karen Carpenter start to sing I get all sad that we lost her but by the end of the song I'm so happy that we at least had her for the short time we were able to enjoy her voice.
Thanks so much for dropping by and leaving a comment :-)
You need to go over the A-Z on Judith Durham on Youtube. She has a voice an equal of any of these ladies and I say that , with greatest respect for Eva Cassidy and Karen Carpenter She is also more versatile than most being able to sing jazz, blues, gospel, pop and folk. AND she is Melbourne born and bred
G'day wokka thanks for dropping by and thanks especially for mentioning Judith Durham. It is my own opinion that Judith reached her peak when singing with the Seekers and I say that not lightly. The Seekers did sing some great songs. Who could forget songs like 'Georgy Girl', 'I'll Never Find Another You' and my particular favorite 'The Carnival is Over'.
However having said that to me it boils down to which voice 'resonates' with each individual persons body and with mine it is undoubtedly Karen Carpenter, I have no problem if with you, it is Judith Durham I will enjoy her songs with you any day!
Thanks again for dropping by and leaving a great comment on the great topic of favourite female singers :-)
I absolutely adore Karen Carpenter! I will never the day she passed away - first, hearing it on the news and then feeling like a zombie for several weeks after. It was SO sad :( She is definitely my favorite singer of all time. Great list you have here :)
Hi Michelle thanks for your kind contribution. I have complete empathy with you about Karen Carpenter. She was a tragic loss for the whole world. I have a great concern for people who suffer from eating disorders.
Thanks again for taking the time to read and comment on my favorite female singers :-)
yes-Karen was the best easily. one thing you don,t read about much is she had a almost 4 octave range. theres one voices only short piece i believe off the first album that she sings using falsetto-a harmony part overdubbed by her in falsetto also-richard comes in with more harmony-more overdubbing-just beautiful. her vibrato-perfect in every octave. but, the contra-alto range she used, her phrasing and that vibrato made her unmatchable. and richards voice is extremely underrated. and to me as a songwriter he belongs in the same boat as mccartney,lennon,barry gibb,david gates,billy joel and others. be sure to add his solo albums songs he wrote and the instrumentals. Chet Atkins and Karen together alone. Mr.Guitar and The Voice-that would of been heaven on earth. thanks for reading this yall. reponses would be nice. bye for now, mvb
mvb you sure do know your Carpenters :-)
Thanks so much for adding all this info about Karen, I was not aware of her high register. Karen's contralto voice with vibrato turned on WOW I could listen to her all day.
What a tragic loss for us!
I certainly will look more closely at Richards work, he seems to me to have gone quiet lately, do you know what he is doing?
As you say Chet Atkins and Karen Carpenter together, yes that would be heaven on earth.
mvb thanks so much for adding to the Karen Carpenter Story.
Her songs and voice continue to rediate even today
@marwan, still today as you say! I was listening to the Carpenters CD only just this morning. With all the sadness in the world I needed a cheer up and listened to 'On Top of the World' seemed rather appropriate?
Thanks for dropping by, there are still many fans of Karen Carpenter around the world :-)
earnestshub Level 2 Commenter 3 years ago
Another fine list agvulpes. Love them or not, these are all fine voices and have a huge following