The greatest female singer of the century, according to Elton JohnFor all of the great songs that Elton John gave to the world, it’s easy to overlook the fantastic vocals that he put on every track. After all, the singer-songwriter generation was all about keeping things as authentic as possible, and John was still an earnest songwriter underneath all of the oversized glasses. She stood her ground and, in the process, made some of the finest music that the R&B world had ever seen. John had already been used to listening to some of the greatest artists to come out of Motown like Stevie Wonder, but Simone was something entirely different. Speaking as a musician and as a songwriter, I think she was the greatest female artist of the 20th century.”There are certainly great female artists who have come after her, but they’re always going to be following in the footsteps of what Simone did.