[Sam-Fi]

Looking for something that makes me fall in love. I am thinking something like "Jaimee Paul - At Last" but with more music and more emotion. This will be, with any luck, a go to list for this type of recording.
 
Thanks

 

[Uncle Erik]

The female vocalists that really push my buttons are Keely Smith, k.d. lang and Eartha Kitt. I don't know if you'd appreciate their genres, but they're worth a listen.

 

[anomalouscode]

how about this:
 

 
Maia of Ladies of the Canyon.
 
and this is coming from someone that really really dislikes twang in anything.
 
I got the album though and I was gutted cos they twangified the song and her vocals are only on 2 tracks, the others are not bad though,...cept for the damn twang.
 

 

[falis]

Karen Casey, formerly of Solas
Sandy Denny, once of Fairport Convention
kd Lang
Chrissie Hind, Pretenders etc
Sarah Vaughan
Betty Carter
Billie Holiday
Tierney Sutton
 
- Ed

 

[mark2410]

Beverly Craven

 

[omgitsoop]

Artist: Neko Case
Album: Blacklisted
Song: Deep Red Bells
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-vf84dh_Y

 

[Permagrin]

My go-to songs lately have been:
 
Rebecca Pidgeon - "Spanish Harlem" from Chesky's World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings
 
Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
 
Edit: Also like to add, (for my taste):
 
Tracy Bonham (specifically the album "Blink The Brightest")
Quarterflash
Bee And Flower

 

[LFF]

Jacintha
Rebecca Pidgeon
Julie London
Peggy Lee
Caro Emerald

 

[wild4sound]

Think , feel , picture
 
 
Katie Melua
Norah Jones
Salena Jones
Judith Owens

 

[R_burke]

Jennifer Warnes (Famous Blue Raincoat)
Peggy Lee (Black Coffee and of course Fever)
Rita Coolidge (Fever and Higher and Higher)

 

[inego]

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love.

 

[fatcat28037]

Sam-Fi, I've got to agree with you, that Jamiee Paul Cd is a real stunner, beautifully sung and well recorded. It's the one I'd suggested had you not put it out there as the bench mark. Here would be my second choice.
 

Go here http://www.amazon.com/Ballads-Remembering-Coltrane-Karrin-Allyson/dp/B00005J716/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1284584802&sr=1-4 to listen to clips.
 

 

[JadeEast]

While I do like a rich voice I tend to fall for a different character of voice a bit more.
Blossom Dearie is a voice that does trip me up.

 

[tim_j_thomas]

Margo Timmins from the Cowbow Junkies.

 

[Calexico]

Karin from Over The Rhine's voice appeals to me a lot.