Beth Gibbons
Sara Bareilles
Neko Case.
EDIT: And Sandy Denny of course. One is too hard to name.
Alvy Singer
Miles also shared a microphone with Rubberlegs Williams before Dorough and Shirley Horn afterwards as well. There may be more.
Great thread.
Norah Jones for me, followed closely by Rhiannon Giddens; or maybe it should be the other way around.
Norah Jones for me too. Today. Thanks @Dirk for reminding me
I’ll go with Richard Thompson, decent voice, great lyrics, and he’s been doing it for over 50 years and still going strong!
I am going to cheat and have a male and female favorite.
Female: Karen Carpenter
Male: Nat King Cole
Male: Van Morrison
Female: Dusty Springfield or Bobbie Gentry
Favorite is a matter of taste but for best i nominate: Harry belafonte, Matt monro, Ella f, and Annie lennox.
For classical: Maria callas, Cecilia bartoli, nicolai gedda, Dietrich fisker dieskau
Rough choice had to decide between Eva C & Ella, so I would say
Ella
Johnny Hartman
Bouncing around between Elvis, BB King, but today, it’s Marvin Gay.
Maria McKee
Peace
Bruce in Philly
RE: Maria McKee. I’m totally with you there. Much too difficult to choose just one.
Cash
Rosanne, Johnny or both?
Chet Baker
Have you ever heard Melissa Villasenor’s imitation of Bjork? There is a hysterical skit of musical impressions with Jimmy Fallon.
Today its Miranda Lambert