Someone should have mentioned Pat Benatar by now <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qUFZwJb9GA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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If you include Bernadette Peters, don't you have to throw in Madaline Kahn, just to fill out the 70's goofy Mel Brooks movie comedy pantheon? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uai7M4RpoLU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> She's doing her best Marlene Dietrich imitation from the film Destry Rides Again which was a super-mega hit in 1939. Her character in Blazing Saddles makes a whole lot more sense if you've seen it. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HU2fVyYfdTk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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funny thing- i always had a weird infatuation with her as a kid - but never really thought of her as a great singer as much as a great performer. I'd put her in the same group as Shirley Manson - they both led great groups and had a great stage presence. Loved their music and songs, just not vocally great. I'll Take Patsy Cline Billie Holiday Stevie Nicks Hope Sandoval <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kCXdnHa508M?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Harriet Wheeler <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FHsip5xOenQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Tanya Donnelly <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UqkDNmaqVcY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
If I want to give myself the chills, this works every single time. Unless another dude is present. Then I'm all like this song is stupid, no one should ever like it. Then we just end up singing every word together and maybe hug a little. No high fives. That would be weird. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3JWTaaS7LdU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
In addition to some of those already mentioned: Grace Slick Melissa Etheridge Dolores O'Riordan (who was the lead singer of the Cranberries, but someone had to include her name) Shirley Manson Amy Lee Dido Michelle Branch Vanessa Carlton Natalie Imbruglia Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir Madonna T-Swift Carly Rae Jepson Carrie Underwood Shakira Hayley Williams Pink Kelly Clarkson Nicki Minaj Sia Belinda Carlisle a girl that doesn't get a lot of play: Bif Naked <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aUCzDuQcBM4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> and the girl that made me forever fall in love with girls with glasses: Lisa Loeb <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ka9mCmx9Jhs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Adding to the list of singers who haven't been around too long: Megan Washington: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R8LsswiDj_o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> And St Vincent: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TAdARF4rGcQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Annabella Lwin. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMICD3aMZpw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Koko Taylor is one of the answers. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/62322RC1xyE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j-o-s-5eAXc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Vl-La3cxZs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Unless I missed her Etta James was missing from the mentions. Buck and Batman we have similar tastes so check out Rhiannon Giddens. You will thank me later. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-AAP513nHl8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Cher KILLED this song: Just like Jesse James. Oh my god. Start it at 3:50 makk if you wanna hear perfection. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J24yyJUlTWI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Her cover of that Bacharach song is staggering. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Ifw8JhDBvs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Just trying to mention one of my favorites that hasn't been mentioned yet - which I can't believe, since she's from Texas! First 2 albums with New Bohemians were GOLD. 90's greatness! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FEhpnV8mCGE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I am going to go with Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Dallion) but others I like include: Deborah Harry (Blondie) Bilinda Butcher (of My Bloody Valentine) Rachel Goswell (of Slowdive) Yuki Chiudate (of Asobi Seksu) PJ Harvey Bjork Dagmar Krause (of Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, and Art Bears) Liz Fraser Lizzy Mercier Descloux Diamanda Galas Lora Logic Lesley Woods (of Au Pairs) Alison Statton (of Young Marble Giants) Harriett Wheeler Kate Bush Joni Mitchell Rickie Lee Jones Stevie Nicks Bonnie Tyler Holly Sherwood (session singer who sang primarily Jim Steinman songs)
