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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 7, 2021 16:15:14 GMT -5
1. Patti Labelle
2. Dionne
3. Gladys
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Post by back2blk on Sept 7, 2021 17:24:29 GMT -5
Barbara, Aretha, Patti
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 7, 2021 17:32:03 GMT -5
Aretha and Glady's are two of my favorite female vocalists ever. They're my one and two.
Even though Donna peaked vocally in the 80's, I still had to pick her for third. Her clarity and control was unworldly.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Sept 7, 2021 18:35:34 GMT -5
Great list of vocalists! I love and respect them all.
my top 3 would probably be:
1) Patti
2) Donna Summer
3) Tina Turner
honorable mention:
Chaka Khan
Aretha
Diana
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Post by Positive Tension on Sept 7, 2021 20:23:24 GMT -5
1. Barbra
2. Aretha
3. Patti
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Post by Vic on Sept 8, 2021 7:55:01 GMT -5
Olivia Newton-John, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon?
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Post by dbhmr on Sept 8, 2021 9:11:18 GMT -5
Aretha
Patti
Barbra
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Post by jenglisbe on Sept 8, 2021 9:16:32 GMT -5
Aretha and Donna for sure for me, deciding between Patti and Barbra for the third.
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 8, 2021 13:22:26 GMT -5
Olivia Newton-John, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon? Don't kill me but those 3 that you mentioned did not have near the range of the ones previously mentioned...but I will use them in another poll. |
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 8, 2021 14:43:07 GMT -5
Olivia Newton-John, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon? Don't kill me but those 3 that you mentioned did not have near the range of the ones previously mentioned...but I will use them in another poll. I can confirm that Linda most definitely had the range. She could sing several of the women in this list under the table. But she's largely forgotten compared to most of the names listed here. |
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Post by Vic on Sept 8, 2021 14:52:38 GMT -5
If you are talking range? Half the ones you listed should not be included. Don't get me wrong, all very talented. Linda Ronstadt vs Roberta Flack, Dionne Warwick? Chaka Khan?
Call this what this is. Best R&B women of the 60s and 70s(plus Streisand). And I wouldn't argue with you there. But hardly a list for best vocal range.
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 8, 2021 15:08:29 GMT -5
I said what I said...and saying Dionne doesn't have range is crazy. Watch her live performances in the 60-80s. Chaka Khan is self explanatory. And not my fault if the top vocalists of those 2 decades happen to be R&B and Diana and Donna are more Pop than R&B.
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Post by jenglisbe on Sept 8, 2021 16:00:30 GMT -5
Linda can most definitely sing Diana under the table.
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Post by Ezekiel 23:20–21 on Sept 8, 2021 16:37:29 GMT -5
Aretha, Donna, then Barbra, but I would also mention Patti, Linda, and Gladys.
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Post by Mirago on Sept 8, 2021 18:13:38 GMT -5
Tina, Diana and Donna is a perfect trifecta
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Post by toomuchboy on Sept 9, 2021 20:40:25 GMT -5
Streisand, Donna Summer, Aretha.
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Post by chanman on Sept 10, 2021 10:06:31 GMT -5
Gonna have to pick other
1. Minnie Ripperton - Lovin You felt really big with the octave vocals
2. Etta James
3. Karen Carpenter
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