Or: the ones that make me feel that special something. Not neccesarily about technical ability (although that's important), but about delivery and phrasing and the ability to make you get all quivery. (Plus, mentions of songs that show off the voice best)
- Aaliyah ((At Your Best) You Are Love)
- Adele (Chasing Pavements, Someone Like You)
- AJ McLean (Try)
- Alicia Keys (If I Ain't Got You, If I Was Your Woman)
- Chris Cornell (You Know My Name, Bille Jean)
- Chris Martin (God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Yes)
- Christina Aguilera (The Voice Within, On Our Way)
- Corinne Bailey Rae (Like a Star)
- David Bowie (Golden Years, Heroes)
- Diana Krall (I've Grown Accustomed to His Face, Cry Me a River, Just the Way You Are)
- Donny Hathaway (A Song For You; The Closer I Get to You, with Roberta Flack)
- Etta James (Sunday Kind of Love, At Last, Something's Got a Hold on Me)
- Frank Sinatra (Night and Day; I Only Have Eyes for You, with the Count Basie Orchestra)
- Freddie Mercury (Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to Love, Another One Bites the Dust)
- Jakob Dylan (Sleepwalker, One Headlight)
- Jeff Buckley (Everybody Here Wants You, Hallelujah)
- John Lennon ((Just Like) Starting Over)
- Johnny Cash (Hurt, I Walk the Line, Get Rhythm)
- Lady Gaga (Speechless)
- Lauryn Hill (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, The Sweetest Thing)
- Lena Horne (I've Got Rhythm, Stormy Weather)
- Mariah Carey (Forever, Vision of Love, Mine Again)
- Marvin Gaye (I Want You, Trouble Man, Distant Lover)
- Michael Buble (You Don't Know Me, Stardust, I'm Your Man)
- Michael Jackson (Human Nature, Who's Loving You)
- Otis Redding (These Arms of Mine, Cupid)
- Prince (Adore)
- Raphael Saadiq (Love That Girl, Sure Hope You Mean It, It's a Shame)
- Sam Cooke (A Change is Gonna Come, Nothing Can Change This Love)
- Sara Bareilles (Fairytale, Gravity, Breathe Again)
- Shelby Lynne (I Only Wanna Be With You)
- Stevie Wonder (Ribbon in the Sky, Higher Ground, As)
- Suzanne Vega (No Cheap Thrill, Caramel)