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Poll Question: Which of these singers was the best?
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    Posted: August 01 2023 at 12:00
NOT your favorite: In your opinion, who was the most talented, gifted, or accomplished female vocalist of the "Classic Era" (1966-78) of Progressive Rock Music?


Feel free to name anyone I left out. (Gilli Smyth immediately comes to mind.)


Sorry I didn't have space for the brilliant duo of Lilly Fiszman and Maria Neumann who created and released the amazing one-off album in 1968, Lily & Maria.


Edited by BrufordFreak - August 01 2023 at 12:02
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Catherine Ribeiro and Jerney Kaagman (Earth and Fire) were the first to come to mind. As a favourite I love Pascal Son, but formally I doubt she would be considered a great singer, but I don't know about best (or have a belief there). Someone like Dagmar Krause and Annie Haslam are so different. Different ones have different merits. A bunch of great names, in my opinion, here with various different merits. No vote from me unless someone provides a compelling argument for one that sways me.

EDIT: by the way, if I were forced to choose one then it would be Annie Haslam despite her not being one of my favourites due to the success and recognition of Renaissance with her as singer. Imagine the history of Prog without a Time-Line.

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Tough only to choose, but I went with Sonja Kristina... Sandy Denny is 1b.

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I surely like Sonja Kristina and Jacqui McShee , but I find Nanny De Ruig just amazing on Hölderlins Traum.
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My vote goes to Annie Haslam, a great classically trained singer, with an angelical voice.
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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

My vote goes to Annie Haslam, a great classically trained singer, with an angelical voice.

Was Annie classically trained, Manuel? I always thought she was a natural who just happened to show up for the gig.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Catherine Ribeiro and Jerney Kaagman (Earth and Fire) were the first to come to mind.

Two great ones! I almost included Jerney but didn't know her stuff as well as the others. Ditto with Catherine. (You can also tell, I'm sure, that I had a bit of a Prog Folk and Canterbury bias.)

 As a favourite I love Pascal Son, but formally I doubt she would be considered a great singer, but I don't know about best (or have a belief there).

I wouldn't be surprised if Pascal(e de Trazegnies) "Son" had some formal training as she is from a high-born aristocratic family (her family still occupies a 13th Century castle in the Belgian countryside: Corroy-le-chateau). Plus, seeing how well she has taken care of her voice over the years (one can still find a few recordings of her singing as recently as ten years ago with Didier Malherbe in Paris, where she has resided since the 1980s), I cannot help but believe that she has had some training in order to maintain such a nice instrument.



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Sonja Kristina for sheer talent. Would also give a shout out to Maire Brennan of Clannad. Great voice.
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I also voted for Annie, but would like to suggest Gayle Moran, the wife of Chick Corea.  Her work with Mahavishnu Orchestra was sublime, and often unrecognized.  
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Annie Haslam, followed by Sandy Denny and Jacqui McShee. I have a soft spot for Dagmar Krause and I think Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire) would be a nice addition to this list. Not a fan of Sonja Kristina.

Quite a few folkies in this selection btw. 


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I like all of the songstresses mentioned here, but the northern lights shine brightest for me over the Greater Manchester town of Oldham. Wink
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Annie Haslam, surely?
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Probably Anne Haslam. Still, there are here great female vocalists I like very much too, like Dagmar Krause, Sonja Kristina, Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior, for instance.
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Jerney Kaagman (Earth and Fire)
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

I also voted for Annie, but would like to suggest Gayle Moran, the wife of Chick Corea.  Her work with Mahavishnu Orchestra was sublime, and often unrecognized.  



Great call! I'd totally ignored the J-R Fusion element!

I also love Gayle's work. Like that of Annette Peacock, her vocals are a lightning rod for controversy though.
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Annie Haslam, followed by Sandy Denny and Jacqui McShee. I have a soft spot for Dagmar Krause and I think Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire) would be a nice addition to this list. Not a fan of Sonja Kristina.

Quite a few folkies in this selection btw. 

It seems that the folk, folk rock, and Prog Folk subgenres had the most female vocalists moving within their circles, n'est-ce pas?

Sorry 'bout the absence of Jerney. Only been getting to know her band's stuff since creating this poll!
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Annie H - like there was even a choice :-)
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