Other favourite singers?

[Becky]

Apart from Doris, obviously

I love:
Agnetha Faltskog
ABBA
Petula Clark
Vera Lynn
Connie Francis
Nana Mouskouri

[Jas1]

All the great jazz ones= Sarah Vaughan; Billie Holiday; Ella; Anita O'Day; June Christy; Chris Conor; Peggy Lee; Carmen MaCrae; Nancy Wilson;

Later girls = Madeline Peryoux; Stacy Kent; Diana Krall; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Alison Moyet; Sade.

The girl singers- Of which Doris is tops = Rosemary Clooney; Vera Lynn; Alma Coogan; Patti Paige;

Also like Connie Francis on a lot of her recordings.

[DayDreamer]

Female:

- Connie Francis
- Brenda Lee
- Karen Carpenter (the Carpenters)
- Madonna
- Kylie Minogue
- Enya
- Colbie Caillat
- Groups like The Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas etc.

Male:

- Neil Sedaka
- Frank Sinatra
- Dean Martin
- Neil Diamond
- Simon & Garfunkel
- The Everly Brothers
- The Beach Boys (if they count as singers )

[Becky]

Oh yes! I like the carpenters too. Not much, but I do like quite a few songs. For males, I like Glen Campbell and Neil Diamond. I like Enya as well and Celine Dion and Delta Goodrem for 'today' singers


I also remembered that Patsy Riggir and Patsy Cline are other two favorites and the Chordettes

[Jas1]

Patsy Cline is one of the [few] country singers that I like.

[Ania]

Doris❤
Julie Andrews
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Diana Krall
Astrud Gilberto
Karen Carpenter
Urszula Dudziak
Małgorzata Walewska
Dalida
Rosemary Clooney
Mireille Mathieu
Enya
Shirley Bassey
Brenda Lee
Dionne Warwick
Edith Piaf
The Andrew Sisters
Gloria Lasso
Kate Bush
Janis Joplin
Sade
Annie Lennox
Barbra Streisand
Beth Gibbon
Róisín Murphy
Cher
Cilla Black
Petula Clark

Male:
Frank Sinatra
Vic Damone
Dean Martin
Neil Diamond
Pery Como
Simply Red
Jamiroquai
Elvis Presley
Barry White
The Beatles
U2 Bono
David Bowie
Luciano Pavarotti
Placido Domingo
Charles Aznavour
Tony Bennett
Nat King Cole
Michael Buble
Ray Charles
Harry Belafonte
Tom Jones
Julio Iglesias
Sting
Stevie Wonder
Seal
James Brown
IL Divo
Ania

[Johnny]

Doris Day's singing voice influenced strongly our family's choices in listening to other singers. We have all her original albums and cd's.

Other female singers we like:

Ella Fitzgerald
Ann Mortifee
Dinah Washington
Carly Simon
Joni Mitchell
Annie Lennox
Sarah Vaughn
Barbra Strisand
Margaret Whiting
Renee Flemming
Pink

[ralphm1999]

Wow. Of all the singers mentioned above, only a small handful would not fall into my favorites column. I'm surprised no one mentioned Bing Crosby. I must be the old fuddy duddy to place Bing Crosby into one of my all time favorites.

May I deviate for a moment and suggest a peek at a current female Japanese pop singer that I find very delightful and charming. In fact I bought her tour DVD at no small expense and placed one of the numbers on YT. In this clip she sings in English in a duet with her lead guitarist. This song remained on the Japanese MTV top 10 for nearly 2 months. Her name is Kuraki Mai and her nick is Mai-K. She has been one of the top Jpop idols for a number of years now:



(Ralph, if you highlight the YouTube link and click the youtube button - top left on text box when posting - it will play it here. Click Preview to check it. - Bryan)