What are your top 3 favorite female singers?

Joni Mitchell

Linda Ronstadt

Cleo Laine

Carmen McRae

Ella Fitzgerald 

Barbra Streisand

Bette Midler

Ella

Mary Black

Eva Cassidy

+ lots and lots of others

(For those of us multi-taskers who can still both listen and count) this week’s top three are :

Laura Nyro

Billie Holiday

Aretha Franklin

Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)

Kate Bush

Amy Winehouse

Patsy Cline

A lot of my favorites posted above.

Not yet mentioned:

Dolores O’Riordan

Christie McVie

More niche:

Sarah Jarosz

Patti Smith

St. Vincent