# Raspy Female Singers-Gimme More! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476 "2015-06-14T01:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/21 "2015-06-15T03:55:27Z")
Sylvia Robinson, [Pillow Talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otGzq7eFxRw) You have to wait a little bit for it, but vocal fry? Fffttt, she’s got vocal scorch. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/22 "2015-06-15T04:06:11Z")
Timi Yuro has about 20 or so songs available on youtube. You will not regret it. I did not notice if anyone mentioned Little Esther but you will probably enjoy her work as well. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/23 "2015-06-15T13:59:25Z")
Courtney Barnett Sharon Van Etten Heartless Bastard(ess) Shovels and/or Rope ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/24 "2015-06-15T14:24:57Z")
[Marianne Faithful – Broken English](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrsv0NVa6k) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/25 "2015-06-18T22:00:57Z")
Kristen Hersh [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZfW4-nP2G1Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfW4-nP2G1Q) who also has a band 50 Foot Wave [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uQFgq6WVUyo/hqdefault.jpg "50 FOOT WAVE: "Clara Bow"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQFgq6WVUyo) and is in Throwing Muses [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BFzCtKZo24M/maxresdefault.jpg "Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFzCtKZo24M) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/26 "2015-06-18T22:02:48Z")
And maybe Deep Sea Diver qualifies: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A5Kgof7hVfM/maxresdefault.jpg "Deep Sea Diver - You Go Running (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Kgof7hVfM) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/27 "2015-06-20T13:56:48Z")
You could try **Maggie Bell** Here she is covering Free’s [Wishing Well](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHsuIxmTqiY). And [Penicillin Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqUS3KC5Fd8) a couple of years earlier when she was singer with Stone the Crows Or **Elkie Brooks** when she was with Vinegar Joe. [Ride Me Easy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CXXDBn_l4) Curved Air (with Sonja Kristina) - [Easy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ52wZFdaKE) Maybe not quite what you’re after… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/28 "2015-06-20T18:08:55Z")
Missy Higgins, “Where I Stood” Christina Perri, “Jar of Hearts” Reba McEntire, “Why Haven’t I Heard from You” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-d7vAbKTmus/hqdefault.jpg "Reba McEntire - Why Haven't I Heard From You (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d7vAbKTmus) Love 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/29 "2015-06-20T20:14:26Z")
Haley Reinhart can have a beautifully raspy voice. Here she is doing a cover of [Creep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw) with Scott Bradlee and the Postmodern Jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476/30 "2015-06-21T02:42:56Z")
Carolyn Wonderland [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xlydpZvRE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xlydpZvRE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspy-female-singers-gimme-more/722476.md?page=1)