Best Rock Voice Female

[Possum Trot]

now , back to the original question posed by Train....here it is..... THE TRUTH...the greatest female singer, in pop, rock, soul or r&b is Darlene Love..

That actually wasn't the question . It was the greatest female ROCK singer. Unfortunately Woody has no concept as to what rock is and keeps coming up with pop singers or worse, country or bubble-gum.

 

[WoodPeckr]

PT you are indeed a befuddled soul here

Unfortunately Woody has no concept as to what rock is and keeps coming up with pop singers or worse, country or bubble-gum.

Which leads you to needlessly split pussy hairs here!
Perhaps this list will help clear the cobwebs from your mind on what the 'concept' of R&R entails!

100 Greatest Female Artists of Rock 'n' Roll

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Madonna
3. Diana Ross & The Supremes
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Etta James
6. Ruth Brown
7. Janis Joplin
8. Mariah Carey
9. Tina Turner
10. Donna Summer
11. The Shirelles
12. Whitney Houston
13. Bonnie Raitt
14. Martha & The Vandellas
15. Patti Smith
16. LaVern Baker
17. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac/Solo)
18. Gladys Knight (Gladys Knight & the Pips/Solo)
19. Carole King
20. Janet Jackson
21. Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
22. Annie Lennox
23. Debbie Harry (Blondie)
24. Linda Ronstadt
25. Cher
26. Chaka Khan (Rufus/Solo)
27. Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
28. Emmylou Harris
29. Pat Benatar
30. Tori Amos
31. Laura Nyro
32. Ricki Lee Jones
33. Joan Baez
34. Tracy Chapman
35. Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson (Heart)
36. Sarah McLachlan
37. Roberta Flack
38. Kate Bush
39. Dusty Springfield
40. Salt-N-Pepa
41. Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)
42. Carly Simon
43. Patti Labelle (Labelle/Solo)
44. Dionne Warwick
45. Brenda Lee
46. Connie Francis
47. Sade
48. Wanda Jackson
49. Joan Armatrading
50. Mavis Staples (The Staple Singers)
51. Alanis Morissette
52. Queen Latifah
53. Melissa Etheridge
54. Bjork
55. Joan Jett (Runaways/Solo)
56. Judy Collins
57. Gloria Estefan
58. Mary Wells
59. Anita Baker
60. Sheryl Crow
61. Missy Elliott
62. Bette Midler
63. Go-Go's
64. Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson (The B-52s)
65. Cass Elliot & Michelle Phillips (The Mama's & Papas)
66. The Pointer Sisters
67. Lucinda Williams
68. Exene Cervenka (X)
69. Celine Dion
70. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
71. Lauryn Hill
72. Mary J. Blige
73. The Ronettes
74. Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
75. Esther Phillips
76. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
77. PJ Harvey
78. Olivia Newton John
79. Kim Deal (The Pixies)
80. Erykah Badu
81. Natalie Cole
82. The Marvelettes
83. TLC
84. Irma Thomas
85. Ani DiFranco
86. Cyndi Lauper
87. Tina Weymouth (The Talking Heads)
88. Indigo Girls
89. Marianne Faithful
90. Liz Phair
91. Laurie Anderson
92. Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
93. Alicia Keys
94. Petula Clark
95. Faye Adams
96. En Vogue
97. Jewel
98. Lesley Gore
99. Nico
100. Carla Thomas

101-200

i.e. Here is Rock as good as it gets PT...
Crank it up and enjoy....

 

[Berlin]

Best pipe Rock female ...

... from your list , Ann Wilson hands down, sheer power and more.

I dig the rest as well, especially Hynde. Most of female Rock pipes I dig are more on the " vox character " side.

Lucinda Williams is another " character " type that I've grown to enjoy the past couple years, her country rock stuff.

 

[WoodPeckr]

 

[train]

Woody you negleted to say what the source of the list was so we can see that it is in fact a rock list and how it was compiled. You obviously copied it so give us the link. I think they/you are confusing all the genres into rock. I would hazard a guess that no one thinks that Emmylou Harris, Karen Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Olivia Newton John and Joan Baez ( Woodstock notwithstanding) would classify themselves as rock artists. In additionabout half the artists are R&B. Granted there is a lot more crossover between R&B and rock than between folk and rock.


I also note that the list is for artists while the poll was for voices...who has the best pipes. There is a difference Nevertheless conspicuously absent from the list were many, if not most of the women that you have been touting including Marylyn McCoo and Patsy Cline.

 

[train]

The best list I've seen to eliminiate the classification errors is from http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_vocalists-fe.html read it and the criteria and learn something:


1. Janis Joplin
2. Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
3. Ann Wilson (Heart)
4. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac, Solo)
5. Tina Turner
6. Pat Benatar
7. Debbie Harry (Blondie)
8. Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
9. Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
10. Joni Mitchell
11. Melissa Etheridge
12. Patti Smith
13. Alanis Morissette
14. Bjork
15. PJ Harvey
16. Kate Bush
17. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
18. Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
19. Ani Difranco
20. Nico (Velvet Underground)
21. Delores O'Riordan (Cranberries)
22. Shirley Manson (Garbage)
23. Patty Smyth (Scandal)
24. Rickie Lee Jones
25. Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention, Solo)
26. Martha Davis (Motels)
27. Fiona Apple
28. Meredith Brooks
29. Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
30. Tanya Donelly (Belly)
31. Liz Phair
32. Terri Nunn (Berlin)
33. Alannah Myles
34. Sheryl Crow
35. Exene Cervanka (X)
36. Suzi Quatro
37. Suzanne Vega
38. Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
39. Kim Deal (The Breeders, Pixies)
40. Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland)
41. Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac, Solo)
42. Lita Ford
43. Joan Jett (Blackhearts)
44. Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
45. Melanie
46. Brody Armstrong (The Distillers)
47. Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
48. Gilly Smyth (Gong)
49. Kate Pierson (B-52's)
50. Jann Arden
51. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
52. Mary Margaret O'Hara
53. Lana Lane
54. Alison Moyet (Yaz)
55. Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt, Solo)
56. Maggie Bell
57. Annie Haslam(Renaissance)
58. Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
59. Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
60. Nina Hagen
61. Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
62. Amy Lee (Evanescence)
63. Nancy Wilson (Heart)
64. Skin (Deborah Dyer) (Skunk Anansie)
65. Joss Stone
66. Shawn Colvin
67. Doro Pesch (Warlock)
68. Nanci Griffith
69. Jane Siberry
70. Karla Bonoff
71. Patty Griffin
72. Rita Coolidge
73. Chrissy Steele
74. Amanda Marshall
75. Sas Jordan
76. Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
77. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
78. Carrie Akre (Hammerbox)
79. Kristen Hersh (Throwing Muses)
80. Lee Aaron
81. Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
82. Mia Zappata (Gits)
83. Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)
84. Wendy Waldman
85. Jennifer Warnes
86. Jonnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
87. Holly McNarland
88. Judy Henske
89. Annette Peacock
90. Candice Night (Blackmore's Night)
91. Patti Santos (It's A Beautiful Day)
92. Amy Winehouse
93. Paula Cole
94. Katrina Chester (Luxx)
95. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
96. Kim Richey
97. Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane, '65-'66)
98. Maria Azevedo (Battery)
99. Courtney Love (Hole)
100. Marianne Faithful

 

[WoodPeckr]

Woody you negleted to say what the source of the list was so we can see that it is in fact a rock list and how it was compiled. You obviously copied it so give us the link.

Source was in red link.
Perhaps you missed it.
There are many 'lists' created over the years on this.
Again you like Possum Trot are splitting pussy hairs. Most artists then and now crossed over to other music genres ....

I also note that the list is for artists while the poll was for voices...who has the best pipes. There is a difference Nevertheless conspicuously absent from the list were many, if not most of the women that you have been touting including Marylyn McCoo and Patsy Cline.

I was responding to befuddled Possum Trot who had drifted off the 'pipes' theme preferring to talk on R&R 'concept'.....

Again many lists on this have been compiled.

Are you saying Marylyn McCoo and Patsy Cline had NO pipes???

 

[doggee_01]

i voted for grace slick..........but personally i think tina turner (for some unknown reason missing from the poll!!!)

 

[WoodPeckr]

Great artist, saw her live twice

 

[dondada]

stevie nicks...something happened with the youtube....

+1 for sure

 

[seymore]

Hey Woodpeckr... Did you ever listen to Joni Mitchell with Tom Scott live on Miles of Aisles? Awesome....

 

[train]

Source was in red link.
Perhaps you missed it.

It was interesting to note that the source of our lists is the same EXCEPT in the list I published the site admits they have corrected the classification errors commonly made in other list by people that know nothing about music and can't tell country from rock such as yourself.

To call Karen Carpenter a rock artist is not splitting pussy hairs it's downright comic blasphemy, something your buddy Rush would likely do.

 

[skidor]

I just saw the Wilson sisters at Massey Hall , Ann still has an amazing voice - and at 59 Nancy is still hot !

 

[K Douglas]

One of the most underrated voices in rock/pop. I enjoyed her music in the 80's

 

[K Douglas]

I'm a pretty big Gwen Stefani fan too. As far as contemporary artists she's right up there as far as voice quality

 

[SeasonedOne]

Beth Hart. Best Rock & Roll voice working today. Stick with this video and prepare for your head to explode...

 

[Ironhead]

A lot of very good female singers out there. This is one of those 'to each their own' type of deal.

I like Stevie Nicks and Annie Wilson.
Also even though she is not rock I like Martina McBride. To me WOW what a voice.

 

[Sexy_Dave]

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In 2004, she sued Pink Floyd and EMI for songwriting royalties on the basis that her contribution to "The Great Gig in the Sky" constituted co-authorship with keyboardist Richard Wright. Originally, she was paid the standard flat fee of £30 for Sunday studio work. In 2005, an out-of-court settlement was reached in Torry's favour, although the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.[5] All releases after 2005 credit 'Richard Wright/Clare Torry' for the "Great Gig in the Sky" segment.

 

[yolosohobby]

what happened to her?

 

[tsgarp101]

Lots of great artists listed. Here is one of my favourites GRACE POTTER.....
Here is a link to here national tv debut on Leno.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S667cxL1ML0