Who is your favorite female singer from the 1960's?

Dusty. Love the hair!!!

Nancy Wilson

Janis

Ann Wilson

Laura Nyro

Diana Ross

Hey R4,

Have you ever heard this version of her song from 5 years ago?

??? Aretha Franklin

Astrud Gilberto, then Nancy, then Dionne.

Judy...because she was the best.

What am I, chopped liver?

Miss Downtown, Petula "Pet" Clark.

Aretha.

Bobbie Gentry

Cilla Black

La Warwick

No contest.

Nancy didn't do very well in the poll. She was more or less a one hit wonder as a solo singer (I know there were a few other but who remembers them?)

I loved the albums Nancy made with Lee Hazlewood. She's had a pop cultural revival in recent years, mostly thanks to Quentin Tarantino and Lana del Rey, I suppose. I don't consider her a one-hit wonder at all.

Aretha and Barbra- two of the greatest ever for much longer than the 60s.

A-HEM!

I'm surprised no one's said Nina.

Diana Ross

I presume OP omitted Barbra on purpose...for reasons well-known to her.

Mary Wells is quite underrated but I voted for Dusty Springfield. Dusty could sing it all.

I'll pray for you to have better judgment.

There was only one Nancy in the 60's.

And what of me, OP?!!! The greatest female singer of all time!

Mrs. Miller

Verdelle Smith only had a couple of hits out in the 1960's but her voice was great and so were her songs: "Tar And Cement" and "In My Room."

Nancy Sinatra had a pleasant, adequate voice and had a successful career from the mid to late 1960's. She received 3 gold records and pretty much had all the right moves so she obviously was doing something right. Like her a lot.

R29 She got my vote too!!!

My favorite female singer from the 60's? They call her Miss Ross. Her being my favorite doesn't necessarily mean I thought Diana was the best singer. That would be Aretha or Dusty imo.

I thought the Americans had a thing about Lulu and THIS song

I F&Fed the OP for leaving off Diana Ross.

Mama Cass had a wonderful voice. So did Connie Francis and Eydie Gorme. Streisand was huge. Diana sang nasally but had a lot of hits.

[quote]I F&Fed the OP for leaving off Diana Ross.

She was part of a GROUP and GROUP sound in the '60s - OP was right not to include her. VERY right.

R35, so Mama Cass and Ronnie Spector are disqualified?

Add Cher, Diana Ross and Ronnie Specter

Mama Cass went solo long before the 60s ended.

A female singer is a female singer. Doesn't matter if she sang solo or as part of a "group." Most "groups" in those days were just singers backed by studio musicians, so the distinction is particularly arbitrary for the 1960s period. Diana Ross was no different than Aretha Franklin in terms of how she worked; both were lead singers with accompanying vocalists and backing bands.

For those who voted for Diana Ross, she sang with The Supremes in the 1960's and did not go on a solo career until 1970. That's why she is not included on the poll.

Op.

I prefer disco-era Diana.

All the leads of groups are on most lists of best female singers in the 60s. Diana Ross was one of the most recognizable voices then and carried the group to 12 number one songs. I feel the same about Gladys and Tina Turner. The thread title mentions favorite female singers—not favorite single/solo female singers.

I voted for Lesley Gore. She was my favorite singer in 1963, when I started buying records. I liked her, the Beach Boys, and Phil Spector's girl groups.

Love all the women discussed already, but can we include international divas as well?

I suppose Dalida isn’t just 60’s - she had hits from the 50’s through the 80’s before taking her life. This is a lesser known one from the 60’s that I love.

Dans La Ville Endormie

WHERE IS LULU, YOU FETID CUNT???

Voted for Dusty, but I love all those women

Barbara Dane

Timi Yuro

R6 and others - "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" is an old Motown song, not one that Laura Nyro wrote, though I do love all the songs Laura and LaBelle did on that record.

Patsy Cline

Bless Bette for this, though.

Guess who I saw today?

YOU, BITCH.

May I also present the criminally underrated Marilyn McCoo (also with Florence LaRue)

What about me?

Gladys Knight

Grace Slick

One of my favorite Dusty performances.

^she should have sat on her hands when she sang.

Kathy Kirby.

Judy Garland

Another vote for Diana Ross, though like R31 I don't think she was the best vocally. She was, however, the lead singer on more of my favorite songs than any two of the others.

Tina Turner

Dusty's hand gestures were all part of her charm!

Seriously, is it Pe-TOO-la or PE-chu-la?

Connie Francis by far, but mostly for her LP material, although I did like many of her hits. The LP recordings were just in a different category. I also liked Rosemary Clooney, although not really 60s, and not for her hits. I'll Be Seeing You is my favorite recvording of hers.

Incredible

Dee Dee Warwick

Tori Amos and Madonna.

[Quote] Seriously, is it Pe-TOO-la or PE-chu-la?

Petch ooh la

Maxine Brown

I like the one who had the number one live album of the 60s at Carnegie Hall

I like blue.

R73 That was the 70s, Joey.

PP Arnold.

Mrs Miller of course.