# FEMALE vocalist with the sexiest voice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456 "2000-07-30T16:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/41 "2000-08-01T05:28:26Z")
**Peggy Lee**. (She gives me fever.) ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/42 "2000-08-01T05:53:08Z")
my wife (brunetter) without a doubt!! … for those of you who feel I am somewhat biased, check out the website of her jazz band … [http://www.westcoastjazz.net](http://www.westcoastjazz.net) it is a little rough for a site right now but no one has really spent any time on it. I did cut some real audio clips up there though … ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/43 "2000-08-01T07:40:07Z")
i really can’t believe no one has mentioned her: Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/44 "2000-08-01T08:39:18Z")
> [@](#): > > The chick from the ‘B-52’s’. The one who sang on Iggy Pop’s ‘Candy’. The name escapes me. Kate Pierson. She really does have a phenomenal voice. And, as predicted, I’ve thought of someone to add to my list. Listening to Kristen Hersh (from Throwing Muses, and also solo stuff) sing makes me feel like when I climbed the rope in gym class. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/45 "2000-08-01T10:48:23Z")
Another big vote for **Tori Amos**. Hearing her voice gives me wood 😉 Sarah McLachlan is pretty good too, as is Kate Bush. Debbie Harry should be mentioned as well. Oh, and it is spelled “Tanita Tikaram”, I think. “Twist in my Sobriety” is a great song. Thank god Napster still works! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Vega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Lord\_Vega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Vega)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/46 "2000-08-01T11:25:33Z")
Absolutly Stevie Nicks! V. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/47 "2000-08-01T15:59:01Z")
Sarah Vaughan or Lee Wiley. I’ve always preferred Vaughan’s voice to Holiday’s or Fitzgerald’s. In addition to having that bebop thing goin’ on (she was the latest to get started of the Big Three; Billie and Ella’s earliest work dates back to the Swing era), her instrument is deeper and richer and SEXIER. Lee Wiley is IMHO the best white female jazz singer ever. Anita O’Day might have been able to beat her as a technician, but Lee was huskier and smoother at the same time, and simply oozed sex appeal. She was also a Major Babe, and knew it. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/48 "2000-08-01T16:22:33Z")
In a particular order: 1. Lady Kier (of Deee-Lite) 2. Lauryn Hill 3. Fiona Apple 4. Annie Lennox 5. Sarah McLachlan 6. Björk 7. Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/49 "2000-08-01T17:17:05Z")
Another vote for Stevie Nicks! Christine McVie (sp?) is up there, too. Sarah MacLachlan Tori Amos Kate Bush Chrissie Hynde Debbie Harry Bjork ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/50 "2000-08-01T18:37:50Z")
Joan Osbourne Can’t believe no-one else has mentioned her yet. Hearing her live helped me understand the whole girls-fainting-for-the-Beatles thing… ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/51 "2000-08-01T19:38:57Z")
Melissa Etheridge… she grabs you right at the cellular level. ---
**Author:** ![Limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Limey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/52 "2000-08-01T20:40:26Z")
Enya Sade Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday) Natilie Merchant (sp?) Tony Bosio (Missing Persons) Well, I think I have sufficently dated myself to the 80’s Plus most of the jazz standards: Ella, Shirley, (not Mclain)etc. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/53 "2000-08-01T21:23:48Z")
I am a big fan of the female voice in general (ask my wife–I am a “girl group” **fanatic** ), but the top two sexiest female voices I have ever heard, hands down, go to Sarah McLachlan and Carly Simon. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/54 "2000-08-01T21:29:38Z")
really? Who is your favorite girl group? ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/55 "2000-08-01T21:30:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > Sarah Vaughan or Lee Wiley. > > I’ve always preferred Vaughan’s voice to Holiday’s or Fitzgerald’s. In addition to having that bebop thing goin’ on (she was the latest to get started of the Big Three; Billie and Ella’s earliest work dates back to the Swing era), her instrument is deeper and richer and SEXIER. SEXIER! Yep, agree with Uke once again. Listen to Vaughan on Lullaby of Birdland or Misty. Yow! ---
**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/56 "2000-08-01T21:31:44Z")
My favourites, as far as voices that make me melt: Monica Richards of Faith and the Muse Kristy Thirsk of the Rose Chronicles (her work on Delerium’s “Flowers Become Screens” always sends chills up and down my spine) Sarah McLachlan and Tina Root of Switchblade Symphony. All ladies with truly beautiful voices. -Qixotica ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/57 "2000-08-01T21:50:00Z")
**vanilla** , asking who my favorite girl group is is like asking someone which kind of air they prefer. 😃 My favorite modern girl group is probably the Go-Go’s. My favorite “early rock” girl group is probably the Shangri-Las. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/58 "2000-08-01T22:57:11Z")
Speaking of which…how was the Go-Go’s concert, Phil? ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/59 "2000-08-01T23:01:29Z")
I have to admit: Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) really gets me going in her “Look At Me” song. Not the Spice Girls, though, just the solo stuff. I’d do her. (Was that out loud?) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456/60 "2000-08-01T23:06:23Z")
As near as I can tell not one of you heathens said Nena (of 99 red balloons fame). I almost learned to speak German from listing to that beautiful voice so much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-vocalist-with-the-sexiest-voice/27456.md?page=4)