Sandi Patty is who influenced me to become a singer; Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra, because they are the greatest entertainers the world has ever known; Leonard Bernstein, because he is such a genius, both musically and intellectually.
Also-- Charlotte Church, Shaun Cassidy, broadway sopranos (Barbara Cook, Inga Swenson, Marni Nixon, Shirley Jones), Douglas Sills, Secret Society, Leontyne Price, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, George Chakiris, Gardar Thor Cortes, Michael Tait, Jennifer Knapp, Leigh Nash, Eisley