Judy Garland
Tom Jones
(Both #1 pop singers in my book)
After them, in no order or category:
Roy Orbison
David Byrne
Aretha (in her best decades)
Tina Turner
Kurt Cobain (yes, his voice)
Janis Joplin
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Billie Holiday
Bjork
Bessie Smith
Robert Plant
Streisand (mostly her voice; haven't liked her song choices much since "Happy Days Are Here Again.")
Joey Ramone
Patsy Cline
Patti Smith
Leonard Cohen--and I do mean his voice
Tom Waits (His cover of "There's a Place for Us"--when my time is up, I plan to play it and kill myself as it fades out)
Jose Carreras
Beverly Sills
Jessye Norman
Ray Charles
Elvis Presley
Marni Nixon
Betty Buckley
Grace Slick--in her "Jefferson Airplane" years
David Bowie
Elton John
Art Garfunkle
Jim Morrison
Sid Vicious--more style than substance, but what style
Patti LuPone
Cyndi Lauper
Ella Fitzgerald
Kiri Te Kanawa
Freddie Mercury
Gladys Knight
Karen Carpenter
Debbie Harry
James Brown
Beck
Nat King Cole
Aaron Neville (the voice, not the songs, except "Ave Maria")
Kiri Te Kanawa
Cecilia Bartoli
Placido Domingo
Maria Callas
Florence Foster Jenkins
Anne Sophie Von Otter
Dusty Springfield
And a diva you and I both like, Twinnie, and whose name has gone straight out of my head. She's known as "difficult" and was on "60 Minutes." Or maybe Piel will rescue me again. Did you know there's a Julie Budd message board?
Rgirl
Tom Jones
(Both #1 pop singers in my book)
After them, in no order or category:
Roy Orbison
David Byrne
Aretha (in her best decades)
Tina Turner
Kurt Cobain (yes, his voice)
Janis Joplin
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Billie Holiday
Bjork
Bessie Smith
Robert Plant
Streisand (mostly her voice; haven't liked her song choices much since "Happy Days Are Here Again.")
Joey Ramone
Patsy Cline
Patti Smith
Leonard Cohen--and I do mean his voice
Tom Waits (His cover of "There's a Place for Us"--when my time is up, I plan to play it and kill myself as it fades out)
Jose Carreras
Beverly Sills
Jessye Norman
Ray Charles
Elvis Presley
Marni Nixon
Betty Buckley
Grace Slick--in her "Jefferson Airplane" years
David Bowie
Elton John
Art Garfunkle
Jim Morrison
Sid Vicious--more style than substance, but what style
Patti LuPone
Cyndi Lauper
Ella Fitzgerald
Kiri Te Kanawa
Freddie Mercury
Gladys Knight
Karen Carpenter
Debbie Harry
James Brown
Beck
Nat King Cole
Aaron Neville (the voice, not the songs, except "Ave Maria")
Kiri Te Kanawa
Cecilia Bartoli
Placido Domingo
Maria Callas
Florence Foster Jenkins
Anne Sophie Von Otter
Dusty Springfield
And a diva you and I both like, Twinnie, and whose name has gone straight out of my head. She's known as "difficult" and was on "60 Minutes." Or maybe Piel will rescue me again. Did you know there's a Julie Budd message board?
Rgirl