I prefer not to list those singers I don't like-the list would be a mile long. But I'd like to suggest to Will Fly and Guest 21 May 09 - 03:58 AM -in case that Guest isn't the same person as Will Fly, that there are probably other people on that jazz forum who don't like Billie Holliday's voice [I don't like her voice either]. Nevertheless, I and I bet a number of other people revere Billie Holliday for her song "Strange Fruit" and the courage it took to sing such a song in those days, and who see her sad life as a symbolism for what happens in a racist society.

I wonder whether having deep admiration and respect for particular singers or musicians for reasons other than how they sound or the quality of their music may at least partly account for why people are reluctant to publicly say that they don't like them.