Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps

Hmmm.... Bond. Yes, I just added their albums to my Rhapsody subscription. Now I have them all and am listening as I type this. Might sound hokey, but this would be excellent music for when I do intervals on the treadmill.

Here's some different female vocalists I enjoy; they are quite diverse in sound, from the "little girl" shrillish sound to the deep, sounds like she's smoked all her life sound:

Carly Simon "Have You Seen Me Lately"
Swing Out Sister (Corinne Drewery) - Anything she sings!
Anything But the Girl (Tracy Thorn) "Amplified Heart"
Sixpence None the Richer (Leigh Nash) "Best of..."
Christina Aguilera's "Song for You" on Herbie Hancock's Possibilities disc
Kate Bush "The Whole Story"
Beth Nielsen Chapman "Beth Nielsen Chapman"

Absolutely right regarding "Diamonds and Rust"; I've heard very few pieces as stunning for demo/assessing set up of system and, of course, for pure enjoyment of female voice.

Although not a fan of her genre of music, the "goosebumps" label was applied to my backside by Laura Branigan. An '80's backup singer of Leonard Cohen with a 4 octave range, she was more popular overseas than in the US. But her voice could cause a mummy to stir and she still finds my rotation every month or so. Check out the Youtube video of her "Self Control" video, banned by MTV for awhile for being too sensual. (Too Sensual!!, have you seen what's on MTV!)

Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Patti Smith, Janis Joplin... (come to think about it a lot of them do)

Early Joan Baez on Vangaurd - half the reason I resurrected my analog system a couple of months ago -CD transfers either aren't available or not quit equal to the LP's. Simply astonishing voice.The funny thing is I'm still digging thru the LP pile looking for the rest of these - keep getting pleasantly distracted by "Hot S%^t - haven't heard this in 10+ years" moments - onto the TT it goes.Shows a lack of discipline - but what joy!

Kate Bush, the whole metaphysical thing, the voice, great!