# Female Singers belting it out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 23, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122 "2021-07-23T06:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Franklymydear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Franklymydear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Franklymydear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/61 "2021-07-24T18:52:54Z")
i liked the theme song too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rT63SyuaR0o/maxresdefault.jpg "Gimme a Break Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT63SyuaR0o) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/62 "2021-07-24T19:05:03Z")
> [@Franklymydear](#): > > I have enjoyed all the posts. My preference for non Pop Singers was only based on the fact that i was already aware of most of them. I was already aware of Etta James and Aretha Franklin also. I know people are very familiar with pop stars, so I’ve tried to post as many, live, unvarnished performances as possible, which can make the casual fan reassess (I know it was a performance solo by Gaga at a piano that made me completely reassess my view of her). Sometimes, it’s not possible. The technology of recording has reached a point that a street performance can sound like a studio recording. Imagine being able to hear the teenage Piaf singing on the streets of Paris… Here’s a modern street performance by ZAZ ( Isabelle Geffroy) in Montmartre. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lWIhYWJsdB0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgRihOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB0oriKt8YL7F02HyxqwDHKY3ZNhQ "Zaz à Montmartre Les passants") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIhYWJsdB0) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/63 "2021-07-24T23:33:30Z")
Linda Perry: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6NXnxTNIWkc/maxresdefault.jpg "4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc) Whitney Houston’s mother, Sissy Houston. Here she is hitting an impossible note on Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t No Way” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w3fOwI9qpLc/hqdefault.jpg "The highest note by Cissy Houston in Aretha Franklins 'Aint no way' is NOT a C6") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3fOwI9qpLc) Ruby Wilson, the Queen of Beale Street: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R4PyvkZbep4/maxresdefault.jpg "RUBY WILSON - A SONG FOR YOU") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4PyvkZbep4) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/64 "2021-07-25T05:28:14Z")
Others have posted about Ann Wilson of Heart, but I’d like to add _Mistral Wind_ to the thread. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XrhQ_4cKbFA/hqdefault.jpg "Heart - Mistral Wind (The Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, August 1980)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhQ_4cKbFA) ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/65 "2021-07-25T06:03:55Z")
I’ve posted about this singers before. Tan Jing on the Chinese version of King of Masked Singer. America, this is how it’s done! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIe4eQi8Ars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIe4eQi8Ars) Kim Seul Gi and Im Ha Nui from _Duresori_. _Duresori_ is the real choir from the Korean National School of Traditional Arts. Seul Gi is a pansori (traditional Korean storytelling singer) and I’m not sure about Ha Nui. [https://youtu.be/JkfxgTHUuG0?t=307](https://youtu.be/JkfxgTHUuG0?t=307), but both were students. _Duresori_ is still active, but no one since 2010 when _Duresori Story_ was first sung and 2011 when _Duresori: The Voice of East_ was released, no has ever sung Ha Nui’s solo part. In this version, Seul Gi is literally how I imagine angels would sound. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkaElvPfdTQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkaElvPfdTQ)]([두레소리 이야기(2) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/vkaElvPfdTQ?t=68)) ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/66 "2021-07-25T07:03:38Z")
Well, if we are doing non-English (and we should) here’s my friend (I’m exaggerating but I do know her personally) Lavinia Mancusi - on the left - from Rome with Simona Sciacca from Sicily. For me Lavinia has the edge, but both of them are great singers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3-Z-tSpvGYQ/maxresdefault.jpg "So' Nata Sfortunata - Cuntu e Cantu / Lavinia Mancusi - Simona Sciacca") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Z-tSpvGYQ) (The real “belting” starts in the second part) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/67 "2021-07-25T16:13:11Z")
A couple of Swedish teenagers covering a song from their favorite band. Apparently, when they were little, their father told them that the most important thing was sing so loud that even somebody behind a wall could hear it. (Spoiler: they took his advice and did pretty well with it) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HMrqBldlqzA/hqdefault.jpg "Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMrqBldlqzA) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/68 "2021-07-25T19:41:01Z")
Stepping on my own toes, let’s see what a Jersey girl can do… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2_NVsPM87eI/hqdefault.jpg "𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓦𝓪𝔂 𝓘𝓽 𝓘𝓼 (𝓛𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓢𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮) - 𝓝𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝓐𝓽𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓼 & 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓪") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NVsPM87eI) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/69 "2021-07-25T19:46:13Z")
Here’s Rhiannon Giddens belting out Waterboy (the singing starts at 0:50): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ekA5XmLkf_o/maxresdefault.jpg "ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2015 | Rhiannon Giddens "Waterboy"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekA5XmLkf_o) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/70 "2021-07-26T15:19:51Z")
A little Puccini, anyone? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1_BKpgUG4I) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/71 "2021-07-26T15:44:58Z")
I really like Amy Lee of Evanescence, if you like the harder stuff (some call it “goth metal”), and also the band Texas, fronted by Sharleen Spiteri. Evanescence live in Argentina 2012: [Evanescence live in Argentina (21-10-12) [EVTEAM] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYVffgc8AQ) Texas, “Mother’s Heaven”: [Texas - Mothers Heaven - Area Reservada / TVE2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlGURgJ110) Sadly (IMHO) after their first two albums Texas did a 180 and went much more pop-ish. Their first two albums, however, are great. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/72 "2021-07-26T16:19:04Z")
No Nina Simone mentioned yet? Lots of greats listed in this thread but y’all missed some really low hanging fruit on this one. The very definition of belting it out (Aretha Franklin might have her beat). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QH3Fx41Jpl4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGYgZihmMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDM8F8gVEXNvmNFm2qRXOhop19qgw "Nina Simone - Sinnerman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3Fx41Jpl4) ---
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Melody Gardot. Doesn’t exactly belt, but has an exquisite voice and musical sensibility. I had a very hard time choosing one song. If you like the sound, but don’t care for the cover, try one of her own compositions, like “If the Stars Were Mine.” She also has a remarkable [background](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Gardot). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MI49t7t0ZAI/hqdefault.jpg "melody gardot - somewhere over the rainbow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI49t7t0ZAI) Haley Reinhart covering “Creep” with Postmodern Jukebox. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m3lF2qEA2cw/maxresdefault.jpg "Creep - Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw) She can _wail._ ---
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Rebecca & Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe. Rebecca sings lead, but Megan is no slouch at all. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iqh1IOXx2QY/maxresdefault.jpg "Larkin Poe perform "Preachin Blues" on DittyTV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqh1IOXx2QY) and [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nsAUvYn97eo/maxresdefault.jpg "Larkin Poe | Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsAUvYn97eo) ---
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I don’t care what anyone says Ethel Merman was a great singer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PIiQMsDQ0Uo/maxresdefault.jpg "Ethel Merman - There's No Business Like Show Business") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIiQMsDQ0Uo) Elaine Paige is even better. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mdBVJbzkoqo/maxresdefault.jpg "'Memory' Elaine Paige | Cats The Musical") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBVJbzkoqo) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122/76 "2021-07-27T19:20:29Z")
Looks like I’m the first to mention Lara Fabian - her main body of work is not in English, but I could listen to her English debut album over and over again, and she can BELT (really kicks in around the 3:10 mark). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2TQ5go7_3kA/maxresdefault.jpg "You Are My Heart") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TQ5go7_3kA) ---
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How about Maria Brink? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GurkREc-q4I/maxresdefault.jpg "IN THIS MOMENT - Whore (OFFICIAL VIDEO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GurkREc-q4I) Or The Pretty Reckless? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2FaPofRUEcc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Pretty Reckless - Death By Rock And Roll (iHeart Radio Acoustic Performance)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FaPofRUEcc) ---
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I came across this tune while travelling about the rabbit hole we know as YouTube. I don’t speak much Spanish and don’t know who this group and singer are, but man oh man, can she belt it out! Excellent harmonica too! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lyFC9wcLoEU/hqdefault.jpg "Follaje - Bien lo sabes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyFC9wcLoEU) ---
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I found Lauren Ruth Ward through a profile in LA Weekly, before it was bought and turned into…well whatever it is now. Here’s her COVID-lockdown cover of Gimme Shelter. Starts slow and then she gets going hard by the end. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oponPmNIo9I/hqdefault.jpg "Gimme Shelter | The Rolling Stones | funk cover ft. Lauren Ruth Ward") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponPmNIo9I) ---
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Karla Devito [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iP0hiYzKnOQ/hqdefault.jpg "Karla DeVito - HEAVEN CAN WAIT (3 of 11) by Jim Steinman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0hiYzKnOQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122.md?page=5)