If I were to make a FEMALE singer with the most soul POLL...

[Mobius]

who do you think should be included? I encourage repeats, because I will make the poll based on who is listed the most. This way everyone should be happy with who I put in the poll:)

[demnan]

1. Arethea Franklin

She should win too!

[Dookus]

2. Aretha...

end of poll

[Mobius]

5. no I need 10 names...

keep going...

[Kahuna]

3. Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle and Natalie Cole.

nt

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Mary J Blige, Aretha, Martha Reeves, Natalie Cole, Janet Jackson

Sheila E.

[Mobius]

6. You know I heard Pink sing "bobby mcgee" at an awards show

and I was shocked at how good she was. Chritina Aguillera also is very soulful, but I just dont think she has the milage to be in this poll.

[On the Road]

7. Janis Joplin for Sure

Depends whether you want to stick to rock music or go further afield:


Marilyn McCoo (of the 5th Dimension)
Bille Holliday
Bessie Smith

for example

[OneBlueSky]

8. don't bother . . . there's only one . . .

Aretha, by a landslide . . .

[jdsmith]

9. Add Darlene Love

But Aretha's all you need.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Chaka Khan......................eom

[jdsmith]

11. Patsy Cline?

My first instinct among country artists is Loretta Lynn, but that's because I've been listening to a lot of her recently. Patsy Cline, though, is up there with the aforementioned.

(Except the Rev. Franklin's daughter.)

[billyf65]

12. Etta James

Some argue she could have been Aretha if not for her hard living. Fortunately, she is cleaned up, but rather unfortunately, she now counts corporate booking and near-perpetual touring among her endeavors.

Oh, and Tina Turner. Hands down.

She too has gone the regrettable soft-rock route, but in her day, man...

[MissMillie]

13. LOVE Etta!

Good stuff

[GumboYaYa]

20. I'm going to get to see Etta on Sunday.

I'm totally psyched. I've never seen her live before.

[pmbryant]

14. Ella Fitzgerald (n/t)

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Dionne Warwick

[madrchsod]

16. mary j

she`s the real deal. patsy cline

[AmandaRuth]

17. definitely

old school Tina Turner

[blackcat77]

18. Billie Holliday nt

[cosmicdot]

19. Millie 'Keep the Home Fire Burnin' Jackson

Tammi Terrell, Martha Wash, Mary Wells, Carla Thomas,
Candi Staton, Thelma Houston, Gloria Gaynor, Roberta Flack, Linda Clifford, Patti LaBelle

[GumboYaYa]

21. The world's greatest Gospel singer - Mahalia Jackson

needs to be on that list. Mahalia had soul before anyone knew what sould music was.

[regularguy]

22. Irma Thomas.

[GumboYaYa]

25. Wow, you don't run into many Irma fans.

Irma's at the top of my list too.

[fudge stripe cookays]

23. Erykah Badu

Local girl from DFW.

[sir_captain]

24. Ella and Billie

'nuff said

[LSdemocrat]

26. Aretha Franklin, Sade, Anita Baker

[LuLu550]

27. Bonnie Raitt

I love Bonnie.