Bonnie Raitt
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"once in a million years, a lady like her rises."

Stevie Nicks "rhiannon"

Besides Janis Joplin, the greatest.
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Com'om Man, that's two in a million years :-)
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Jennifer Nettles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJhL4RFpXf0
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If this includes rock I'd hafta say Patty Smyth(e)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0Y0ECktFE

And, as mentioned: Pat Benatar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqowq6jr7lQ&feature=fvw
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Stevie Nicks :-)
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Regina Spektor.

Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw

Edit..... and cute too.... that's always a plus. :-)

'nuther fine example of her work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMIXk-ipT0
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here's a video of the girl i was talking. good band to watch and party with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byLEh...eature=related
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For the Annie Lennox fans. A great voice from one of my all time favorite movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbMc...aynext_from=PL
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A personal favorite of mine from Rock Star INXS.

DEANNA JOHNSTON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRUP...om=PL&index=28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWmm5...A6136&index=30
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Thanks, Joe -- she has a wonderful voice and not bad looking :-)

http://janemonheitonline.com/

several audios available on ilike.com or YouTube
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All my favorites have been mentioned. For historical reference, though, you have to give props to Judy Garland and Julie Andrews.
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Rindy Ross of Quarterflash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSHt...eature=related
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Roseanne Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUs_FWqj9s&feature=fvw
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Gigliola Cinquetti- golden age of Italian pop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taCl...eature=related

Caterina Caselli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqQZo...eature=related
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Sheesh, guys !! Thanks for the pointers to some vocalists that I've never heard before :-)

Since you suggested the country genre, Paul ... it reminded me about:


Patsy Cline :-)

an original video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkkM7K6smQA

best audio -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU&feature=fvw
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Another vote here for Alison Krauss, her voice will cut right through you. It's what I imagine the voice of an angel would be.
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It'll take me a while to follow all the links you guys have suggested. Everyone I have checked has been fantastic. Thanks for sharing!! I've summed them up (taking only the first if more than one were posted :-)-- sorry, Dave, Lance, et. al. -- but I couldn't help but adding Emmy Lou)

To sum it up:

1) Peggy Lee
2) Julie London
3) Maria McKee
4) Aretha Franklin
5) Sarah Vaughan
6) Billie Holiday
7) Karen Carpenter
8) Diana Krall
9) Shirley Bassey
10) Ella Fitzgerald
11) Ann Wilson
12) Annie Lennox
13) Dinah Washington
14) Sinead O'Connor
15) Allison Krauss
16) Jane Monheit
17) Kim Nalley
18) Etta James
19) Celine Dion
20) Annie Haslam
21) Kelly Sweet
22) Simone Simmons
23) Pat Benetar
24) Stephanie Biddle
25) Susan Tedeschi
26) Lissie Rosemont
27) Christa Borden
28) Judy Tenuta
29) Chrissie Hynde
30) Bonnie Raitt
31) Nora Jones
32) Iris DeMent
33) Stevie Nicks
34) Jennifer Nettles
35) Patty Smyth
36) Regina Spektor
37) Deanna Johnston
38) Judy Garland
39) Rindy Ross
40) Roseanne Cash
41) Gigliola Cinquetti
42) Patsy Cline
43) EmmyLou Harris
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I'm not one that is a big opera fan but this woman, Barbara Padilla, blew me away on America's Got Talent, a show I also do not often watch.

Her singing made me feel this statement by Morgan Freeman's character from Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character put opera on the prison PA system.

"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLamj...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWP7Gd7fKiU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae8pUhDncyE
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Rosemary Clooney

Yeah ...George's mom: check out this version of "By Myself" with Nelson Riddle

:-)

http://tinyurl.com/ykaaoyw
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