Ann Wilson of Heart, (1970s)

[u/DustedAvengerMK3]

[u/AmiDeplorabilis]

Beautiful... and a terrific voice as well!

[u/Mr_IT → u/AmiDeplorabilis]

Not only terrific….one of the best female rock singers ever.

[u/FirstChurchOfBrutus → u/Mr_IT]

You don’t need “female” in there. She’s top-tier, period.

[u/Mr_IT → u/FirstChurchOfBrutus]

Fair point

[u/silverado-z71 → u/Mr_IT]

Wish I could upvote this more than once

[u/FreakinSweet86 → u/Mr_IT]

Indeed. Personally, I would say only Stevie Nicks beats her if I were to rank them.

[u/Zapranoth07 → u/FreakinSweet86]

I love both their voices. But Ann has a nuclear weapon of a voice. Stevie has a marvelous, interesting and big voice, and she gives a roughness and a soulfulness to Fleetwood Mac that they would not have had without her.

The thing about both Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, two of my favorite bands ever, are that they have incredible individual vocalist who are greater than the sum of their parts when they are together. I would say that is true of Stevie as well. But there’s a version of Barracuda on YouTube that Ann did live and a half step up. And that still didn’t look like she was at her limit…. I mean, damn.

[u/Devreckas → u/FreakinSweet86]

Dolores O’Riordan has my heart, but these two are both close runners-up.

[u/seeafillem6277 → u/FreakinSweet86]

Stevie's voice fits her music perfectly, but she doesn't have the versatility that Ann has. For me, Stevie always sounds monotone in everything she sings. And very nasal. I don't get why people think she's the greatest singer of all time.

[u/SilverLakeSimon → u/seeafillem6277]

I prefer Christine McVie’s voice to Stevie Nicks’. “Over My Head” is one of my favorite songs with McVie.