exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)

"Actually "Ella" was mentioned by the very first poster....@jerroot "

slaw, Hah! MY blood pressure has now gone down... It would help if I read MORE carefully before posting an emotional response!


"For uniqueness, Rickie Lee Jones and Ella."
Maybe I didn’t notice because Ella WASN’T listed as first in that lineup.
Kinda think she shouldn’t even be in that same sentence. I do enjoy RLJ, but really, it just seems like an honorable mention by the poster.

glad I could help..

Maybe that @jerroot is on a first name basis?

I lot of great ones mentioned here. Not a fan of her music but Karen Carpenter is at the top of my list.

Beth Hart??  Please... she screams and swears with a foul mouth but has no vocal range. 
At least in my opinion.

ozzy

It would help if I read MORE carefully before posting an emotional response!

Tablejockey, FWIW there were others who have also posted in the thread expressing surprise that a particular artist had not been mentioned earlier in the thread, when in fact the artist had been mentioned earlier in the thread.

BTW, there’s no need to necessarily read more thoroughly. Just use the "Find" function of your browser to search for a given name, on each page of the thread. I often find that function to be very useful.  In Firefox and Edge the Find function is in one of the sub-menus which can be accessed under the three bars or three dots at the upper right corner of the screen. It will also be under the Edit menu, at least in Firefox, if the menu bar has been enabled at the top.

On another note, also FWIW but relevant to the OP’s question, a quote from Sir Elton John:

Judith Durham, like Karen Carpenter and Eva Cassidy, possesses the purest voice in popular music.

Regards,
-- Al