All else being equal, I will always prefer a woman's voice. That's not to say that all dudes suck-

[The Polack MSgt]

just that I prefer a female vocalist...

Like Sarah Jarosz

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Ok, Nina Simone is a legend, so it may not be a fair comparison with her on one side of the equation

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OF COURSE, ARETHA

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Patsy as well, OBVIOUSLY

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[duckworth969]

1. Love me some Patsy Cline

[BOSSHOG]

2. Agree My Friend

Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Reba Mcentire, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Barbara Streisand, Bobby Gentry. All prove your point.

[Jeebo]

3. I'm an opera fan, and I much prefer the female opera stars.

Carmen, La Traviata, Tosca, Aida, Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Die Valkyrie ... I could go on and on.

But if it's not opera, I'll vote for Linda Ronstadt, Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline. I'm not a country and western fan at all, but Patsy Cline did have an incredible voice. And Linda Ronstadt could sing anything, she was so versatile. She actually did sing a little opera, in fact.

So I'm with you about the preferred gender, if not about the preferred style of music.

Watch this, one of my favorite flash mob performances. Think Elmer Fudd singing "Kill the Wabbit" except these women sound a lot better than Elmer Fudd does. Wow, I wish I had been there!

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-- Ron

[stopdiggin]

4. bit of a sucker myself. fallen in love - WAY too many times ...

Linda Ronstadt, Allison Krauss, k.d.lang

and here's an 'interesting' voice, that maybe everyone hasn't heard already ...

[The Polack MSgt]

5. I am a huge fan of her as well.

Evert since Gems on VHS featured her doing Rosemary.

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[stopdiggin]

7. and a bit of a story there too

from busking street corners until relatively recent - to debuting the Grand Ole Opry just about a year ago. Quite the ride.

[Permanut]

6. Same here..

Yvonne Elliman

Donna Summer

Gloria Gaynor

Okay, I'm also a disco junkie.

[The Polack MSgt]

8. No reason to apologize for any of those women being on your list. All of them wail

Here's a couple more to consider:
Gloria Hardiman

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Daniele Nicole Schnebelen

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[Permanut]

9. Excellent choices..

Let's add Chic and Diana Ross.

Just a side note from another of your posts - I share a birthday with your wife. Gloating a little bit, I had a wonderful dinner with my wife.

[The Polack MSgt]

11. Happy Birthday!

[Permanut]

14. ...

[FuzzyRabbit]

10. I generally prefer female voices also.

Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love

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Jackie Evancho - Nessun Dorma

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Judith Durham of The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over (1965)

The Seekers -The First Australian (2014)

[The Polack MSgt]

12. Thank You for these songs!

[highplainsdem]

13. We're very different. I prefer male vocalists.

There are a lot of great female vocalists out there and I do appreciate them.

But in terms of very favorite vocalists, records I'll buy, etc., I'd rather listen to men.

I don't know how much this sort of preference has to do with gender, since I don't know the gender of everyone posting here.

And as a straight female who once had a crush on Paul McCartney, I'm aware how that can factor in.

But it didn't factor into my thinking Eric Burdon was incredible in the Animals, for instance, when I was playing their music so much my parents were really sick of it.

I just prefer to listen to male singers. And have for as long as I can recall.

[The Polack MSgt]

15. Not sure how much attraction played a part in setting my musical preferences - Although it has to be part of it

I assume.

It's not that I avoid male vocalists, if that were even possible, but out of my top 10 favorite vocal artists Rob Halford and Van Morrison are the only dudes to make the cut.

Also, Eric Burden was a monster vocalist for sure, I may have sold him short...

[highplainsdem]

17. I think I went immediately from liking the Beatles to loving blues rock. :)

From "Aren't those moptops cute and isn't that a sweet little pop-rock song?" to "WOW! What was THAT?"

Btw, Eric Burdon isn't one of my all-time-fave rock vocalists, though he was definitely an early fave, like Steve Winwood.

My favorites are Paul Rodgers and Robert Plant, for rock. If we're talking about soul - Otis Redding (who I think was Paul Rodgers' idol).

I had never given much thought to how much I preferred male vocalists till people were listing favorite singers in the Lounge a while back and I looked at my list compared to others and thought, Hmmm. No women listed. Can't remember if I decided to add some.

And I love Chrissie Hynde. I love Tina Turner. And Susan Tedeschi, and Beth Hart, and other powerful women singers. Aretha, for soul.

I really admire female vocalists like Joni Mitchell, for instance, but I couldn't call myself a fan. Same for many other great female singers that I often see mentioned here. So while I'm happy to listen to occasional songs I hear by them, I don't listen to full albums.

As a feminist, I'm glad there are a lot of female singers doing well on the charts now - good for them - but I don't listen to them all that often.

I definitely don't like all male vocalists. Have never been a Rush fan, for instance, because of the vocals.

And there are a lot of great male vocalists like Bowie where I love some of the songs but don't listen to others at all because I simply don't think they sounded very good on those tracks.