Marilyn no longer has the VA7. I misspelled her last name, s/b: Boissoneault. Sorry
I never liked the female singers from the past: Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell. They all sounded like they were singing using falseto voices. Now we've got: Enya, Celine Dion, Sarah Maclahlan, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, etc. They all use their real voices. I now prefer female singers.

Starkeeper, my point was more about playing ability, rather than vocal quality. In the 40's the women were "just canaries" (singers)the 50's brought out great soul singers, like Gladys Night, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Martha & the Vandellas etc, who to me still have the best female voices of all time (the soul singers). The 60's brought us the folk simgers like Baez and Mitchell and then Cher and one of my fav's Stevie Nicks.

With all respect to your opininon, I think the female simgers today don't even come close, except for W. Houston you mentiend and a few others.

Now add a singer like Streisand, who has the pipes. She has a vocal range and clarity of voice that's tuff to beat, even if one does not like her style.

Dion and Carey to me are pretty much just ok.
Terry

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Terry: I agree, but please don't forget to include Diana Krall & Vannessa Carleton. These gorgeous & sexy ladies are not only a treat visually as well as vocally , but highly acclaimed for their keyboard musicianship.

Diana Krall http://www.dianakrall.com/

Vanessesa Carleton http://www.vanessacarlton.com/newindex.html


Scott

"Now we've got: Enya, Celine Dion, Sarah Maclahlan, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, etc. They all use their real voices."

Nah! I don't believe any of these gals could make it in the days prior to reverb, delay, vocal harmonizers and gangbusters editing. Gotta' agree with Terry, Streisand has a voice that does not require lots of electronics to make her sound good. She has the pipes that other singers dream about, and I'm confident that she is one of those singers that can capture an audience even if she didn't have a mic in her hand.

Just my two cents worth,

Gary

Scott, thanks I was racking my feeble mind trying to come up with Diana Krall and couldn't remember it.

Gary, I believe you're right I doubt "Babs" would even need a mic to capture a crowd. And I absolutely know you're right about the technical helpers that today's singers are getting. If you heard them singing in the shower I'd bet most would say what is that? Someone step on the cat or what?

There wasn't near the technology yesterday there is today. If someone used reverb man that was cool.
Terry

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hey lets not forget "Joann Castle" the great RagTime Piano player from the Lawrence Welk Show!

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I like Nora Jones.
DonM

I'd kill to be in the shower with Whitney.

I also like women rock singers like Alanis Morrisette, Debbie Harry, Dale Bozio and Annie Lennox just to name a few that instantly come to mind. And come to think of it there are some great synth parts in many of their songs.

UD I think Whitney may think just the reverse ....