Minnie Riperton
Barbara Streisand
Cindy Lauper
Mellisa Manchester
Linda Ronstadt
Mireille Mathieu
Jane Oliver

Frank Sinatra
Robert Goulet
Tony Bennett

MadMaxh, I concurr. Have you also noticed the squeezing of the vocal range? Girl singers in pop don't have to go up to "D" anymore in chest voice. Far from it. Brittney, and in country Shania Twain have made it possible for a female tessitura to stay above middle C and less than seven or eight half-tones above it. Martina McBride is the exception.

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