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Bessie Smith

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  • Birthdays of 270 favourite female singers

    Set 30 2009, 22h54 por emcxmc

    Here to compare for most of my favourite female singers their age and birthday (listed chronologic), with place of birth (if indicated) and short description (as shown in Wikipedia).

    (born before 1940)

    + Bessie Smith (July 9, 1892 or April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

    + Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.

    + Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day.

    + Édith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 -10 October 1963), French singer and cultural icon who is almost universally regarded as France's greatest.

    92 - Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born 20 March 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart", the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover".

    + Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards.

    + Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Grammy award winning jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota.

    + Maria Callas (New York City December 2, 1923 – Paris, France September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century.

    + Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the “Queen of the Blues”

    + Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Los Angeles, 1 juni 1926 – 5 augustus 1962).

    83 - Irene Papas - Irene Papas (born September 3, 1926) is a Greek actress and occasional singer.

    + Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice (Cry me a river). Born in Santa Rosa, California,

    + Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 - 10 November 2008) was a South African singer and civil rights activist also known as Mama Africa.

    + Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at age 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century

    77 - Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist ever and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records.

    76 - Yoko Ono, (born February 18, 1933), is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She is known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician.

    + Nina Simone - Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist.

    75 - Brigitte Bardot (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer and animal welfare/rights activist.

    74 - Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1935) is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country music cultural icon.

    72 - Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack (Feb 10, 1937 in Asheville NC, USA).

    72 - Wanda Jackson - Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist.[1] She is known to many as the The First Lady (or Queen) of Rockabilly, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.

    71 - Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammys, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008).

    + Nico, Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988), singer of psychedelic sixties band The Velvet Underground.

    + Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a pop singer and entertainer. Of all the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the American market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one of the most notable white soul artists.

    70 - Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington).

    70 - Grace Slick - Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939), singer of psychedelic sixties band Jefferson Airplane.

    70 - Tina Turner - Tina Turner, Anna Mae Bullock (Nutbush, 26 november 1939).


    (born between 1940 - 1950)

    69 - Merrilee Rush (born January 26, 1940, Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American singer best known for her recording of the song "Angel of the Morning", a Top 10 charting song which earned her a Grammy nomination for Female Vocalist Of The Year in 1968.

    69 - Nancy Sinatra - Nancy Sandra Sinatra Jr (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato.

    68 - Joan Baez - Joan Chandos Baez (born in Staten Island, NYC, USA, on January 9, 1941), folk singer.

    68 - Shirley Owens (born June 10, 1941, Henderson, North Carolina) was the member of the hit group, The Shirelles. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

    + Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & The Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two weeks of sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, the four members of the group were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    67 - Carole King - Carole King, born as Carole Klein (Brooklyn (New York), 9 februari 1942).

    67 - Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan-raised American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer. Many have called her “The Queen Of Soul” and “Lady Soul”. She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever.

    67 - Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, film and theatre actress.

    + Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.

    + Janis Joplin - Janis Lyn Joplin (Port Arthur (Texas), 19 januari 1943 – Los Angeles (Californië), 4 oktober 1970).

    66 - Cilla Black (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on 27 May 1943) is a British singer, actress and television performer, origin from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, who has been successful as an entertainer from 1963 through the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her successful singles "Anyone Who Had A Heart" and "You're My World". After a successful recording career and a brief time as a comedy actress, she became the best paid female presenter in British television history.

    66 - Christine McVie - born Christine Anne Perfect, July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, Greenodd, Cumbria, England) is an English singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the band Fleetwood Mac.

    66 - Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett, 10 August 1943, in New York City) was the lead singer of the 1960’s girl group The Ronettes, who most famously sang Be My Baby. She is the ex-wife of producer Phil Spector.

    66 - Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell, born as Roberta Joan Anderson (Fort Macleod (Alberta, Canada), 7 november 1943).

    65 - Françoise Hardy - Françoise Madeleine Hardy (née le 17 janvier 1944 à Paris).

    65 - Diana Ross (born Diana Ernestine Earle Ross; March 26, 1944, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.

    65 - Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a hugely revered R&B/soul singer who fronted two moderately successful groups before rising to stardom as a solo artist in the late 1970s, influencing a new generation of female singers.

    65 - Nona Hendryx (born October 9, 1944 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade."

    65 - Anna McGarrigle, (born December 4, 1944, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec) is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Kate McGarrigle.

    65 - Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.), better known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music with equal conviction and power; and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis. She is best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry".

    64 - Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire). Lead singer of Middle of the Road were a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.

    64 - Carly Simon - Carly Elisabeth Simon (New York City, 25 juni 1945).

    64 - Deborah Harry - Debbie Harry, american singer, born as Deborah Ann Harry (Miami, 1 juli 1945), lead singer of punk band Blondie .

    64 - Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and clubs.

    64 - Bette Midler - Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945).

    63 - Dolly Parton - Dolly Rebecca Parton (Sevierville (Tennessee), 19 januari 1946).

    63 - Kate McGarrigle, (born February 6, 1946, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

    63 - Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946, later adopted by Gilbert LaPierre) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, author and entertainer. Among her many career accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards among others.

    63 - Linda Ronstadt - Linda Marie Ronstadt (Tucson (Arizona), 15 juli 1946).

    63 - Jane Birkin - Jane Mallory Birkin (born in London on December 14th, 1946) is an English actress, model, singer and film director who lives in France. She is best known for her duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" with Serge Gainsbourg.

    62 - Marianne Faithfull - Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946).

    62 - Patti Smith - Patti Smith, Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946 in Chicago).

    + Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978), England.

    62 - Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947, in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "What Have They Done To My Song Ma". Melanie has sold over 25 million records over the course of her career.

    62 - Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich, 26 February 1947, Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British singer. She was, as described in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s", owing to her distinctive penchant of performing on stage without shoes.

    62 - Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is a Grammy winning American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her rich soprano/contralto voice, her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.

    62 - Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews, 6 March 1947, Little Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a singer-songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years.

    62 - Emmylou Harris - Emmylou Harris (Birmingham (Alabama), 2 april 1947).

    62 - Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, visual artist and musician. Laura Phillips Anderson was born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. She became more widely known in 1982 with the single “O Superman”.

    62 - Dolores Brooks (born June 20, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY) was a member of the girl group The Crystals.

    62 - Julie Covington (born 11 September 1947, London) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina".

    + Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 - 2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue.

    62 - France Gall - France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris).

    + Minnie Riperton (Nov 8, 1947 - July 12, 1979).

    62 - Gigliola Cinquetti - Gigliola Cinquetti (b. 20 December 1947 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer.

    61 - Patty Pravo - Patty Pravo (born 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli.

    61 - Kate Pierson - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born 27 April 1948 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also plays keyboard, guitar and bass for the band.

    61 - Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress.

    61 - Stevie Nicks - Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics.

    61 - Olivia Newton-John born 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, United Kingdom is a British-born, Australian-raised singer and actress.

    61 - Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality, who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, With Love" and in the UK for "Shout".

    61 - Chi Coltrane (born on Nov 16, 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin) was an American singer/songwriter who entered the charts in many countries with her eponymous debut album by November of 1972.

    60 - Mary Weiss, born on December 28, 1948 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, found fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Shangri-Las.

    60 - Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, US) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco".

    60 - Véronique Sanson (full name, Veronique Marie Line Sanson, according to the ASCAP Songwriter's Database, born April 24, 1949, in Boulogne, near Paris, France) is a two-time Victoires de la Musique Award-winning French singer-songwriter, musician, and producer with an avid following in her native country.

    60 - Rory Block - Aurora "Rory" Block (born November 6, 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American female blues guitarist and singer, a notable exponent of the country blues style.

    60 - Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Lynn Raitt (Burbank (Californië), 8 november 1949).


    (born between 1950 - 1960)

    59 - Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950, Pontardawe, Wales) is a Welsh folk singer. She is best known as one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label, and for her 1968 single "Those Were The Days".

    59 - Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatrocchio, June 3, 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actress.

    59 - Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 11 June 1950, Cricklewood, London) is an English singer-songwriter.

    59 - Tina Weymouth (Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth) (born on November 22, 1950 in Coronado, California) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the influential New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club.

    59 - Joan Armatrading - Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE, (born 9 December 1950, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, UK) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and the first female UK artist to have debuted at number 1 in the Billboards Blues charts. She is also the first female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category.

    58 - Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951) is an American country singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". She accumulated 18 No. 1 country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. She is also famous for her nearly floor-length hair and was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983. She is the younger sister of singer Loretta Lynn (16 years younger).

    58 - Ellen Foley (born June 5, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.

    58 - Bonnie Tyler - Bonnie Tyler (born June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Neath, South Wales, United Kingdom).

    58 - Chrissie Hynde - born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio, lead singer of The Pretenders.

    57 - Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton February 18, 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively).

    + Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997, Helena, Montana, USA ) was an American singer best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love".

    57 - Máire Ní Bhraonáin, better known as Máire Brennan or incorrectly/phonetically as Moya Brennan (born August 4, 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic Folk singer. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970.

    56 - Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953) is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "Love Is a Battlefield"

    56 - Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and alt-country songwriter and singer. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named “America’s best songwriter” by TIME magazine in 2002.

    56 - Cyndi Lauper - Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953).

    56 - Nanci Griffith - Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States.

    ?? - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, born on ??,??, 1954??.

    55 - Alice - Alice Visconti, born Carla Bissi in Forlì, Italy on September 26, 1954 is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971.

    55 - Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.

    54 - Annie Lennox - Annie Lennox is an Oscar, Brit and Grammy award-winning pop musician and vocalist. She was born on December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s rock duo Eurythmics with British musician David A. Stewart.

    54 - Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on 11 March 1955) is a singer from East Berlin, Germany.

    54 - Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry, born October 12, 1955, Canada.

    53 - Julee Cruise - Julee Cruise (born 1 December 1956, in Creston, Iowa).

    52 - Loreena McKennitt - Loreena McKennitt (Morden (Manitoba) Canada, 17 februari 1957).

    52 - Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957 in Southwark, Southeast London, England), better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux is a singer, best known as the vocalist of Siouxsie & The Banshees between 1976 and 1996.

    52 - Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo García; September 1, 1957, Havana, Cuba) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide. She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

    52 - Toni Childs - Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957, from Orange, California).

    51 - Annabel Lamb (born ??/??/1958, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. She has released eight albums to date. Lamb had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors "Riders on the Storm", her only hit on the UK Singles Chart.

    51 - Meredith Brooks - Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958 in Oregon, USA).

    51 - Kate Bush - Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London, England, UK).

    51 - Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie (Bay City (Michigan), 16 augustus 1958).

    51 - Siobhan Fahey (born Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey, 10 September 1958, Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland) was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.

    51 - Heidi Berry is an American singer-songwriter, born on ??/??/1958, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1991, Ivo Watts-Russell asked Berry to sing on the third album by This Mortal Coil, and over the next five years she recorded three albums for 4AD.

    51 - Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin September 22, 1958) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll".

    51 - Carmel (born Carmel McCourt, 24 November 1958, Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England) is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.

    50 - Sade (pronounced “shah-day”) is a Grammy-winning, world-famous English group, which achieved success in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria)

    50 - Susanna Hoffs (born Susanna Lee Hoffs, January 17, 1959) is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Bangles.

    50 - Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr, 27 April 1959) is a pop singer originally from Bellshill, Scotland.

    50 - Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music.

    50 - Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader MBE (born Sadenia Reader, 29 August 1959, Scottland).

    + Kirsty MacColl - Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) (aged 41) was an English singer-songwriter from Croydon, England.


    (born between 1960 - 1970)

    49 - Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner, March 24, 1960, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1984 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons".

    49 - Anne Clark - Anne Clark (born 14 May 1960, Croydon, London, England).

    49 - Sarah Brightman - Sarah Brightman, (Born: Aug 14, 1960 in Berkhampstead, England).

    49 - Aimee Mann - Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960).

    49 - Jennifer Rush (born September 28, 1960, Queens, New York, US is an American German-based Pop/Rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which went on to be covered by Celine Dion

    49 - Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer.

    48 - Cowboy Junkies - Margo Timmins (born January 27, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec).

    48 - Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician from Melbourne, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance together with Brendan Perry.

    48 - Enya - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, born on 17 May 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland.

    48 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.

    48 - Kim Deal - Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies.

    48 - Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet, 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.

    48 - Mylène Farmer - Mylène Jeanne Gautier (born 12 September 1961 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author.

    48 - k.d. lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961).

    47 - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country and pop into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a left-wing political activist.

    47 - Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston, February 24, 1962, Dallas, Texas) is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances are influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style.

    47 - All About Eve - Julianne Regan (born 30 June 1962, Coventry, UK).

    47 - Joan Osborne - Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962).

    47 - Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962), lead singer of duo Everything but the Girl, from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

    + Eva Cassidy (Eva Marie Cassidy, February 2, 1963 in Washington, DC – November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland) was an American vocalist described by the British newspaper The Guardian as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." She had a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop. Cassidy remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died of melanoma (which had spread to her bones) in 1996.

    46 - Harriet Wheeler (born 26 June 1963) is the lead singer of the 1980s/1990s alternative rock band, The Sundays

    46 - Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos, born on August 22, 1963.

    46 - Elizabeth Fraser, born Elizabeth Davidson Fraser, August 29, 1963, Falkirk, Scotland and part of the group Cocteau Twins.

    46 - Natalie Merchant - Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) former lead singer and member of 10,000 Maniacs.

    45 - Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964) and known as Neneh Cherry is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper.

    45 - Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964, origin from Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.

    45 - Maria McKee - Maria Louise McKee, born on August 17, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, also known as lead singer of the band Lone Justice.

    45 - Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964, Monticello, Georgia, US) is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."

    45 - Lou Rhodes (born as Louise Robinson, 1. November 1964 in Leeds), is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb.

    45 - Diana Krall, (born Diana Jean Krall, Nanaimo, British Columbia, November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her contralto vocals.

    44 - Happy Rhodes - Kimberley Tyler Rhodes, born on August 9, 1965 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

    44 - Shania Twain, (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop artist. Her third album Come on Over is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music.

    44 - Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Reykjavik, 21 november 1965).

    43 - Alison Goldfrapp - Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English soprano singer-songwriter with the duo Goldfrapp.

    43 - Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh.

    43 - Martina McBride (born July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best-known for her inspirational-style ballads about women and children.

    43 - Kristin Hersh - Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966).

    43 - Shirley Manson - Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. Manson is also the former keyboardist and backup singer with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, as well as the ex lead singer of Angelfish.

    43 - Sinéad O'Connor - Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor (Glenageary, 8 december 1966, Ireland).

    42 - Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary singer/songwriters. McEvoy composed the song Only A Woman's Heart, title track of A Woman's Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.

    42- Liz Phair - Elizabeth Clark Phair born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

    42 - Heather Nova - Heather Allison Frith, born on July 6, 1967 in Bermuda.

    42 - Faith Hill (born Audrey Faith Perry on September 21, 1967) is an American country singer. Hill's voice (described as both soulful and raspy) and careful song selection have helped her to sell more than 40 million records and accumulate 8 number-one singles and 3 number-one albums on the Country charts.

    42 - Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive".

    42 - Sophie B. Hawkins - Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer and songwriter, born 1 November 1967, in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

    42 - Sharleen Spiteri - Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) lead singer of Texas.

    42 - Carla Bruni (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, December 23, 1967 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born, naturalized French songwriter, singer, former model and First Lady of France.

    41- Sarah McLachlan - Sarah Ann McLachlan, born January 28, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    41 - Axelle Red - Axelle Red was born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on February 15, 1968

    41 - Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA) is an American singer and songwriter.

    41 - Kylie Minogue, Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

    41 - KatieJane Garside (born July 8, 1968) is a vocalist and lyricist who fronted the first incarnation of the band Daisy Chainsaw and sang guest vocals for the industrial act Test Department. After retiring from the music world temporarily, she now sings with Queen Adreena, an independent rock band from London. Ruby Throat’s debut album The Ventriloquist was released on 8th November 2007 in a limited run of only 500 copies.

    41 - Lori McKenna (born in Massachusetts, on December 22, 1968 as Lorraine Giroux) is an American folk singer/songwriter. She lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts with her husband and five children.

    40 - Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969, Münster, Germany) is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart.

    40 - PJ Harvey - Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, United Kingdom.


    (born between 1970 - 1980)

    39 - Gabrielle - Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16, 1970, London) is an English singer who records under the name Gabrielle.

    39 - Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is a prolific artist, having released over twenty albums and is widely celebrated as a feminist icon.

    38 - Sara Evans (born Sara Lynn Evans, February 5, 1971 in New Franklin, Missouri) is an country singer and songwriter. Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging from the late-90s, Evans has made four No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums.

    38 - Rachel Goswell (born 16 May 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive.

    38 - Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. During her career she has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history.

    38 - Lisa Ekdahl (born July 29, 1971 in Mariefred, Sweden) is a Swedish singersongwriter. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smooth".

    38 - Dolores O'Riordan - Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born September 6, 1971) lead singer of The Cranberries.

    37 - Dido - Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, (born 25 December 1971, London).

    37 - Cat Power - Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972).

    37 - Mindy Smith - Mindy Smith (born June 1, 1972 on Long Island, New York) is an American singer-songwriter.

    36 - Chantal Kreviazuk - Chantal Kreviazuk (born May 18, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada).

    36 - Jennifer Paige (born September 3, 1973, Marietta, Georgia, United States) is an American singer-songwriter who rose to stardom in the early years of 1990s teen-pop, and is best known for her 1998 pop hit "Crush".

    36 - Tara MacLean (born October 25, 1973 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

    35 - Imelda Mary Higham (born ??/??/1974), known as Imelda May and previously as her maiden name Imelda Clabby, is an Irish female vocalist from the Liberties, in Dublin, Ireland. Specialising in Rockabilly music, she has a repertoire of covers and self-penned songs.

    35 - Andrea Corr, (born Andrea Jane Corr, May 17, 1974) is the lead singer and writes most of the lyrics for the Irish folk-rock band The Corrs from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, bodhrán, vocals); and Jim (guitar, keyboards, vocals).

    35 - Jewel, born Jewel Kilcher, May 23, 1974, Payson, Utah, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide.

    35 - Alanis Morissette - Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974).

    35 - Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson, September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans.

    35 - Natalie Maines (born Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar, October 14, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Maines considers herself a rebel who "loved not thinking in the way I knew the majority of people thought."

    34 - Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974, Athens, Georgia, USA) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

    34 - Natalie Imbruglia - Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born February 4, 1975, Australia).

    34 - Miranda Lee Richards - Miranda Lee Richards (born April 4, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter.

    34 - Anouk Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch singer, professionally known as Anouk. Since 1997, she has released seven pop-rock albums.

    34 - Nerina Pallot - Nerina Pallot (born Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot, 26 April 1975, London).

    34 - KT Tunstall - Kate Victoria Tunstall better known as KT Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in St Andrews, Scotland) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    34 - Keri Noble (born 1975) is an American singer-songwriter born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Detroit. Her father was a Baptist minister, and Noble sang in church as a child.

    33 - Emma Bunton - Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, radio presenter, and occasional actress. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls

    33 - Feist - Leslie Feist, (Amherst (Nova Scotia), 13 februari 1976, Canada).

    33 - Charlotte Martin - Charlotte Ann Martin (born March 29, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, who performs predominantly on the piano.

    33 - Noe Venable (born April 20, 1976 in San Francisco, California) is an experimental folk/pop singer-songwriter.

    33 - Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976, in Mount Gambier, Australia) is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    33 - Leigh Nash - Leigh Bingham Nash (born 27 June 1976) is a singer, and composer, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None the Richer.

    33 - Catherine Feeny (born ??/??/1976) is an American singer/songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, studied in Washington, D.C., and finally relocated to Los Angeles, where she started seriously writing her own songs.

    32 - Kate Walsh - Kate Walsh es un cantautora inglesa de Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, born 2 february 1977.

    32 - Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born May 13, 1977, Almelo, Netherlands) is a Dutch country and pop singer, better known as Ilse DeLange.

    32 - Sarah Slean - Sarah Hope Slean (born on 21 June 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, painter, and photographer from Pickering, Ontario.

    32 - Lisa Knapp - Lisa Knapp (born July 21, 1977) hailed as one of Brit folk's brightest new young stars when she appeared with Wild and Undaunted in 2007.

    32 - Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, born September 13, 1977, USA).

    32 - Rachael Yamagata - Rachael Yamagata (born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia)

    32 - Tina Dico, (born Tina Dickow on October 14, 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a singer and songwriter, inspired by artists such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

    32 - Imogen Heap - Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering) is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Havering.

    32 - Elisa Toffoli (born in Trieste, Italy, December 19, 1977) is an Italian singer, performing under the mononym Elisa. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop.

    31 - Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter.

    31 - Vienna Teng - Vienna Teng (born Cynthia Yih Shih on October 3, 1978) is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in New York City.

    31 - Karen Lee Orzolek, better known as Karen O, is the lead vocalist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She was born on November 22, 1978 in South Korea.

    31 - Nelly Furtado - Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978, Canada).

    30 - Erin McCarley (born January 15, 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter.

    30 - Norah Jones - Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City.

    30 - Butterfly Boucher is an Australian singer/songwriter, born June 2, 1979. The name "Butterfly" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee.

    30 - Kaki King - Kaki King (born August 24, 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia.

    30 - Geike Arnaert is the former lead singer of the Belgian pop group Hooverphonic. Born on 13 September 1979, Westouter, Belgium.

    30 - Bat for Lashes - Bat for Lashes is the pseudonym of British musician Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), a Brighton-based songwriter.

    30 - Sara Bareilles - Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California.

    30 - Ingrid Michaelson (born Ingrid Ellen Michaelson, 8 December 1979, NY) is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter best known for her single "The Way I Am."


    (born between 1980 - 1990)

    29 - Regina Spektor - Regina Spektor (Moskou, 18 februari 1980)

    29 - Vanessa Carlton - Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American soft rock / pop singer, songwriter, and pianist.

    29 - Lene Marlin - Lene Marlin Peterson (August 17, 1980 in Tromso, Norway).

    28 - Lisa Hannigan (born Lisa Margaret Hannigan, 12 February 1981, Kilcloon, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music has led to much success, critical praise, airplay and award nominations in her native Ireland and, more recently, in the United States.

    28 - Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Carlile’s music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk.

    27 - Amy Lynn Hartzler (b. December 13, 1981, Riverside, California, U.S.), better known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence.

    27 - Meiko (pronounced MEE-ko), born on February 25, 1982 is an American singer/songwriter, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.

    27 - Kelly Clarkson (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.

    27 - LeAnn Rimes, (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes, August 28, 1982, Pearl, Mississippi, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to legendary country music singer Patsy Cline, and her rise to fame at the age of 13, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

    26 - Carrie Underwood (Carrie Marie Underwood, born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer and songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.

    26 - Alela Diane - Alela Diane Menig (b. April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter, who is associated with the psych folk.

    26 - Michelle Branch (born July 2, 1983, Sedona, Arizona, USA ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

    26 - Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983, in Melbourne, Australia) is one of Australia’s most popular female singer-songwriters.

    26 - Amy Winehouse - Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983 in London) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues.

    26 - Miranda Lambert - Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star.

    25 - Priscilla Ahn (born Priscilla Natalie Hartranft, March 9, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

    25 - Katharine McPhee (Katharine Hope McPhee, born March 25, 1984) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.

    25 - Anna Nalick - Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an U.S. singer-songwriter.

    25 - Jessie Baylin is a Nashville based singer/songwriter born April 4, 1984, in Gillette, New Jersey.

    25 - Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer–songwriter, actress and fashion designer.

    25 - Duffy - Aimée Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), better known by her stage name Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

    25 - Katie Melua - Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgia, born 16 September 1984).

    25 - Avril Lavigne - Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (Belleville, Ontario, 27 september 1984).

    25 - A Fine Frenzy - Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist.

    24 - Melody Gardot (born February 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer, writer and musician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was disabled at 19 after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle and began writing music after using music to aid her recovery.

    24 - Lily Allen - Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English pop music singer and songwriter.

    23 - Maria Mena (Maria Viktoria Mena, Oslo, Norway, February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian pop-rock singer-songwriter, born into an artistic family, her mother, a playwright and her father, a drummer. Both Maria and her brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is Nicaraguan.

    23 - Susanne Sundfør (born 19 March 1986, Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She is the granddaughter of language researcher Kjell Aartun. She currently resides in Oslo.

    22 - Kate Nash - Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer-songwriter based in London.

    22 - Amy Macdonald - Amy Macdonald (Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, 25 augustus 1987).

    22 - Florence + The Machine - Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28th August 1987), London, England, UK.

    21 - Adele - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born 5 May 1988, is an English soul/jazz singer.

    20 - Sonya Kitchell (Sonya D. Kitchell, born March 1, 1989 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz singer-songwriter.

    20 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress.


    (born after 01/01/1990)

    19 - Laura Marling - Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990), is a folk-pop, singer-songwriter from Hampshire, England

    19 - Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990), is an Austrian artist better known with her experimental musical project name Soap&Skin. She grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in electronic music. In 2008 she played German singer Nico in the play "Nico - Sphinx auf Eis" by Werner Fritsch in Berlin and Vienna.


    (not listed)
    (because no favourites of mine).

    Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, ...
    Anastacia, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, ...
    Britney Spears, Christina Aquilera, Shakira, ...
    Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, ...
    and all other girls alike.
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  • My rating system

    Set 10 2009, 10h31 por king_prawn95

    Rating 1 stars - Hatred (I really do not like this):

    Aaskereia, Abandoned Grave, Aborym, Absurd, Ahab, Chainsaw Dissection, Circle of Dead Children, Clitoridus Invaginatus, No Age, The Darkness.
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    Rating 2 stars - Annoying (Please switch this off):

    Aardvarks, Abomination, Abscess, Adam Beebe-Infanticide, Adventure Time, Agalloch, Agathodaimon, Agonoize, Air, Alec Empire, Alex Metric, Alternative Control, Andreas Tilliander, Brutal Truth, Burial, Cartridge, dalt wisney, Deconformity, Dissection, Eddie Sender, Fuck...I'm Dead, GORESHIT, Guttural Decay, Headhunter, Hellsaw, Hercules and Love Affair, Inherit Disease, Inkvisition, Internal Bleeding, Moondog, Morbid Angel, Mourning Beloveth, Negator, No Anchor, Ophiolatry, St. Germain, The Bloody Beetroots, The Blue Nile, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hacker, The Police, Thornesbreed, Thou Art Lord, Ufomammut, Villages, Virgin Prunes, Void Settler, Zombie Nation.
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    Rating 3 stars - Dull (This is boring, isn't there something better)

    A Hawk and a Hacksaw, A Place to Bury Strangers, A Secret Society, ABBA, Above, Absurd Minds, Accept, Ace of Base, Acylum, Æther, Afrika Bambaataa, Afro Celt Sound System, Agnes, Aïboforcen, Aim, Akon, Alien Sex Fiend, Alkonost, Alpha & Omega, Alva Noto, Amesoeurs, Amiina, Animal Collective, Arms and Sleepers, Bat for Lashes, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Boom Bip, Broadcast, C-Lekktor, Congorock, Dead Combo, DilemN, Disease, DJ Muggs, DragonForce, Drumcorps, Dual Core, Editors, Electro Hippies, Element, Fila Brazillia, GAM, Genesis, God Is an Astronaut, Graveworm, Gwynbleidd, Impure Wilhelmina, Insect Warfare, Interlace, Intuit, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Leighton Meester, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Liechtenstein, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Mamiffer, Mortician, Mount Sims, My Bloody Valentine, Panic Lift, Peaches, Pitbull, Planet Funk, Portishead, PQM, Primordial, Realms and Evolution, Ronario, Ryan Farish, Saafi Brothers, Samsas Traum, Sebus Veutgiryn, Septic Flesh, Signum, Síol Na Gréine, Soft Machine, Soulja Boy, Standeg, Tagged, Telefon Tel Aviv, The J.B.'s, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Shadows, The Smiths, Thieves Like Us, Tiga, Varathron, Wolves in the Throne Room, Yppah.
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    Rating 4 stars - Poor (I will listen to, but is it really worth it)

    Aaron Carter, Abinet Agonafir, Abyssinia Infinite, Ace, Adversus, Age of Jets, Airlock, Al Martino, Alabama, Albert Hammond, Alesana, Alithia, All The Cold, Alphabeat, Amália Rodrigues, Arnej, Asriel, Beauty's Confusion, Black Lips, Black Widow, Blue Sky Black Death, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Feathers, ChipHydra, Cougar, Damien Rice, Daughtry, Day26, Digitalism, Donna Lewis, Einherjer, Faster Pussycat, GirlJoy, Grasstowne, Happoradio, Helen Trevillion, Illnath, Infinity, Innerpartysystem, Karmacoda, Kitchens of Distinction, Madina Lake, Massive Attack, Max, Mechanical Apfelsine, Mihai Edrisch, MSTRKRFT, múm, Narkotiki, Noisia, Pain Of Salvatio, ROUND TABLE featuring Nino, Sally Shapiro, Scientist, Steve Angello, Stone Gods, Strand & NonGenetic, Suga Shikao, Teräsbetoni, The Ambition, The Halloween Singers, The Presets, Tool, Transatlantic, U2, Ulver, Wanda Jackson, Warrant, Wye Oak.
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    Rating 5 stars - OK (I have no real opinion on this band)

    ¡Forward, Russia!, A, A Bunny's Caravan, Aaron Zigman, ABC, AC/DC, Adamo, Aerosmith, Afflicted, After School, Afterlife, Agents, Akercocke, Al Bowlly, Al Dexter & His Troopers, Al Jarreau, Alabama 3, Alabama Thunderpussy, Alan Vega, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Alex Gopher, Alexander Rybak, Alexandre Desplat / Aaron Zigman, Ali Farka Touré, Alice in Videoland, Alison Krauss, All Shall Perish, Alma Cogan, Aloha, Altered Images, Amadou & Mariam, Amber Pacific, Andrea True Connection, Angus & Julia Stone, Artwood, Attack! Attack!, Aventura, Avskum, Benjamin Bear, Bersuit Vergarabat, Blackfoot, Blood Red Shoe, Bracket, Cemetary, Chicks on Speed, Client, Cradle of Filth, Dark Princess, Disclose, Forever the Sickest Kids, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Hot Bitch Arsenal, Hyper Crush, Jahn Teigen, Jez Lowe, Kickback, Lesley Gore, Lights, Malfunkshun, Mariana Aydar, Mediæval Bæbes, Megurine Luka, Miss Kittin, Moke, Morcheeba, Morning Musume., Niels Frevert, No Relax, Nosferatu, Oasis, Old & In the Way, OLIVIA, Once, Patricia Vonne, Rebellion, Sabaton, Sonic Youth, Soulsavers, Tenacious D, Terminal Choice, The Attery Squash, The Dubliners, The Flaming Lips, The Long Winters, The Meters, The Script, The Sonics, The Strokes, The Thrills, Time Was, Tommy Sparks, xAFBx, Yelle, Zion I.
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    Rating 6 stars - Reasonable (I will choose to listen to, I may buy an album by them at the right price)

    3 Inches of Blood, 3OH!3, A Case of Grenada, A Day Called Desire, a mafia, A Plea For Purging, Abacaxi, Abbey Lincoln, Abdullah Ibrahim, Abuso Sonoro, Adam and the Ants, Afghan Whigs, After the Burial, Agency, Agent Blue, AI, Aiden, Aja Addy, Al Cohn, Al Green, Al King, Al Pancho, Alan Howarth, Alannah Myles, Albert Hammond, Jr., Albert Washington, Alestorm, Alex Chilton, All That Remains, All Time Low, Aly & AJ, Amadou Balake, Amebix, America, Ania Dąbrowska, Art Blakey, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Beach Mercer, Big Youth, Black Diamond Heavies, Blanche, Blutengel, Bob Dylan, Bomb & Scary, Born of Osiris, Broadway Calls, Bryan Scary, Bush, Cage the Elephant, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Cat Power, Converge, Crazy Town, Cruachan, Dananananaykroyd, Delirium Tremens, Dion & The Belmonts, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Dub War, Dusty Springfield, Eek-A-Mouse, Electrocute, Eric Von Schmidt, Every New Day, Felix da Housecat, Funeral for a Friend, Gama Bomb, Gang of Four, God Help The Girl, Goldfinger, Guns N' Roses, Havana 3 A.M., I Monster, I See Stars, Icke & Er, Igor Stravinsky, Jason Mraz, John Carpenter, John Otway, Jon Spencer, Kafeína, King Tubby, Korpiklaani, La Roux, Little Boots, Lucky Fonz III, Lush, Mad Cobra, Mims, My Baby wants to eat your pussy, Nachtgeschrei, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., Radio Birdman, Robots in Disguise, Rory Gallagher, Rossington Collins Band, Run Toto Run, Satyricon, Scary Chicken, SDI, Shaznay Lewis, Shena Ringo, Spinnerette, Split Habit, Starfucker, Stevie Nicks, Stoneman, Styles P, Television, The Be Good Tanyas, The Beautiful Girls, The Bones, The Boomtown Rats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Doors, The DSC Project, The Filmscore Orchestra, The Haunted, The Hellacopters, The Herd, The Home Guard, The Innocence Mission, The Maine, The Monsters, The Rogers Sisters, The Sleeping, The Trashmen, The Tremeloes, The Unicorns, Tricky, U-Roy, Vive la Fête, Warface, Weird Al Yankovic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zaunpfahl, Zeromancer, Zootsings, ZZ Top.
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    Rating 7 stars - Good (I will choose to listen to, I will buy an album by them)

    20 Bulls Each, 3Dbs Down, 45 Grave, 59 Times the Pain, A Wilhelm Scream, Abbi Walker, Abby Travis, abingdon boys school, Abnormal Sunday, Above the Law, Absent Mindead, ACID HEAD, Adele, Adema, Adrenalin O.D., Aesop Rock, After Forever, Afterhours, Aggression, Airhead, Akala, Alanis Morissette, Albert Ammons, Alesha Dixon, Alexander Scriabin, Alexei Lubimov, Alexisonfire, Alien Ant Farm, All About Eve, All Saints, Alpha Boy School, Alternative TV, Alton Ellis, Amen, Anti-Product, Argue Damnation, As I Lay Dying, Asian Dub Foundation, Banda Bassotti, Bauchklang, Béla Bartók, Bessie Smith, Big in Japan, Black Grape, Blood Duster, bluekilla, Boyz Too Sick, Buffalo Tom, Cannae, Capleton, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine, Chillerton, Chris Cornell, Chuck Ragan, Chumbawamba, Civilized Animal, Cledus T. Judd, co.uk, Cocoa Tea, Commonplace, Crazy Arm, Credit to the Nation, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Cyco Miko, D.I., Damone, Danny Elfman, Datura, Deacon Blue, Dead Letter Dept., Del Amitri, DevilDriver, Dilated Peoples, Doom, Dragster, Echobelly, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Elastica, Ellen and the Escapades, Epica, Eye for an Eye, Five Horse Johnson, FM2000, Foo Fighters, Frau Doktor, Gigolo Aunts, God Forbid, Gov't Mule, Grandmaster Flash, Green Jellÿ, Habakuk, Hot Water Music, imadethismistake, Imperial Vipers, In Flames, Insolence, Inspiral Carpets, Joell Ortiz, Kaiser Chiefs, Killa Kela, Lady Sovereign, Latterman, Living Colour, M.O.P., Madness, Magic System, Manic Street Preachers, Mary Hopkin, Modern Life Is War, Mr. Bones, Muff Potter, Murder by Death, My Passion, N.O.R.E., Nasum, Natas, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Nightrage, Norma Jean, Oh, Sleeper, Operator Please, Over It, Painstake, Paul Weller, Pearl Jam, Perry Como, Planlos, Pleymo, Pop Will Eat Itself, Psychopathic Rydas, Queens of the Stone Age, Racine, Raging Speedhorn, Rammstein, Recon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Resident Weirdo, Righteous Jams, Roots Manuva, Rudi, Sack Trick, Saliva, Scanners, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Scout Niblett, Sheer Terror, Sizzla, Skindred, Skinlab, Slapstick, Smash Mouth, Snoop Dogg, Spellbound, Stan Getz, Steve Marriott, Synchromystickz, Tanita Tikaram, Tanto Metro, Tard, Tearjerkers, Terrorvision, That Handsome Devil, That Petrol Emotion, The Androids, The Arcade Version, The Bottrops, The Butlers, The Chariot, The Coral, The Cranberries, The Cumshots, The Fat Cats, The Forgotten, The Goats, The Hitchers, The J. Geils Band, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Know How, The Paper Chase, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Presidents of the United States of America, The Quireboys, The Saints, The Slapstickers, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Wonder Stuff, Them Crooked Vultures, Thrice, Transvision Vamp, Vacant Stare, Vagiant, Void, Wack Trucks, Weapons, Will Smith, Wolfpack Unleashed, Your Highness Electric, Zealous1, Zee Avi, Zero Boys.
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    Rating 8 stars - Very Good (Music that gives me a good feeling, I will own their back catalogue as eventually)

    999, 100 Demons, 25 ta Life, A Billion Ernies, A Day to Remember, A Global Threat, A Static Lullaby, Accustomed to Nothing, Acoustic Front of Resistance, Across Five Aprils, Adam Linder, Adequate Seven, Against Me!, Agallah "The Don Bishop", Agent Orange, Agression, Akrobatik, Albert Collins, Albert King, Alejandro Escovedo, Alice Cooper, alice in chain, Alice Russell, Alicia Keys, Alisha's Attic, Alison Moyet, All, All Out War, Angel Cage, Angelic Upstarts, Anthony B, Atreyu, Audioslave, Aynsley Lister, Babar Luck, Backfire!, Banane Metalik, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, Barcode, Batmobile, Beastie Boys, Big D and the Kids Table, Bionic Jive, Black Friday '29, Black My Heart, Bloodhound Gang, Bloodsimple, Bob Marley, Bobaflex, Born From Pain, Boss Hog, Brotha Lynch, Buck-O-Nine, Bun Dem Out, Butt Trumpet, Calabrese, Cancer Bats, Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew, Casey Jones, Choking Susan, Choking Victim, Civet, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Dead End Cruisers, Dead Hearts, Demented Are Go!, Descendents, Deviate, Die Happy, Die So Fluid, Diesel Park West, Dillinger Four, Distemper, Dog Eat Dog, Down by Law, Dr. Dre, Drongos For Europe, Dropkick Murphys, Dry Kill Logic, Dust Junkys, DYS, Eazy-E, Edna's Goldfish, Embraced by Hatred, Eminem, Evergreen Terrace, Faith No More, Final Prayer, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Turner, Furious Styles, Godless Wicked Creeps, Goldblade, Government Issue, Gravediggaz, Guano Apes, Gutter Demons, Hadouken!, Harry Chapin, Haste the Day, Hoods, Howlin' Wolf, Ian McNabb, Ice Cube, Ill Bill, In Blood We Trust, Insane Clown Posse, Insane Poetry, It Dies Today, J.J. Fad, Jamie Madrox, Janis Joplin, Jesse Dangerously, Jimmy Reed, Joanne Shaw Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Kid Dynamite, Kill Your Idols, Klingonz, Knuckledust, KoЯn, Lady Saw, Less Than Jake, Levellers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lone Ranger, Looking Up, Loudon Wainwright III, Lower Class Brats, Maceo Parker, Machine Head, Mad Caddies, Mad Sin, MC Frontalot, Menstrual Tramps, Mishkin, Miss Li, Mr. Hyde, MxPx, My Ruin, N.A.S.T.Y., Nirvana, No Doubt, No Sports, Ocean Colour Scene, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Olias Fall, Once Over, One Minute Silence, Os Catalépticos, OS101, Otis Rush, OutKast, Papa Roach, Path Of Resistance, Period Pains, Plan B, Primus, Propagandhi, Public Enemy, Pura Vida, Raised Fist, Ramones, Reach the Sky, Ready Steady Go!, Refused, Rise Against, Riz Mc, Rob Zombie, Robert Johnson, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Sarah Blackwood, Scars of Tomorrow, Scary Bitches, Scribe, Seasick Steve, Senser, Sepultura, Settle the Score, Shadows Fall, Shark Attack, Shattered Realm, Sinai Beach, Skaos, Slayer, Snapcase, Snot, Soldiers, Sonny Boy Williamson, Stellar Corpses, Still Remains, Stretch Arm Strong, Strung Out, Sugarland Slim, System of a Down, Tech N9ne, Temple of the Dog, The 57th Dynasty, The Alchemist, The B Sharps, The Babylon Whackers, The Banner, The Beautiful South, The Boys, The B-Sharps, The Busters, The Code, The Creepshow, The Damned, The Dictators, The Godfathers, The Grit, The Icicle Works, The Knife, The Mitchell Brothers, The Offspring, The Planet Smashers, The Porkers, The Selecter, The Spook, The Vandals, The Vibrators, The Warriors, This Is Hell, Thunder, Tiger Army, To Kill, Total Chaos, Toxic Narcotic, Van Morrison, Voice of the Beehive, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Whiskey Rebels, Wiley, Wiley aka Eskiboy, Wisdom in Chains, Wu-Tang Clan, X-Ray Spex, xTyrantx, Your Demise.
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    Rating 9 stars - Great (Really good music, I will own their back catalogue as soon as possible)

    (hed) Planet Earth, 4FT Fingers, Adolescents, AFI, Against All Authority, Alkaline Trio, All For Nothing, B.B. King, Babyboom, Bad Religion, Bane, Billy Talent, Black Flag, Blood for Blood, Brainless Wanker, Buddy Guy, Cheap Sex, Clawfinger, Comeback Kid, Crime in Stereo, Cynical Smile, Cypress Hill, Danny Diablo, Dead Kennedys, Death Before Dishonor, Die Hunns, Discipline, Dizzee Rascal, Eastfield, Elmore Jame, Eric Clapton, First Blood, Funkoars, Gorilla Biscuits, Hazen Street, HorrorPops, Icepick, Imperial Leisure, Jesse James, Justin Sane, Kelly Kemp, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Metallica, Minor Threat, N.W.A, No Allegiance, NoComply, NOFX, Oxymoron, Pitchshifter, Pulkas, Queen, Reagan Youth, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Schaffer The Darklord, Slipknot, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Suicide Bid, Terror, The Dead Pets, The Exploited, The Forces of Evil, The Jam, The JB Conspiracy, The Peacocks, The Skints, The Suffrajets, The Unseen, Thick As Blood, Tim Armstrong, Walls of Jericho, Xzibit, Youth of Today.
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    Rating 10 stars - Love It (I have to listen to this band as much as possible)

    Agnostic Front, Anti-Flag, Capdown, Frank Zappa, Gallows, Gash, Green Day, H2O, Hatebreed, King Prawn, Madball, PJ Harvey, Rage Against the Machine, Rancid, Random Hand, Sick of It All, Sonic Boom Six, Subhumans, The Clash, The Filaments, The King Blues, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They Might Be Giants.
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    This is my personal taste and not a criticism of anybodies music, or taste. I set this up so that all the new bands I have found I can easily know what I think of them
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  • My Last.fm-Story

    Ago 30 2009, 12h12 por lillelund

    Last.FM Milestonesst track: (29 Oct 2007)
    Garbage - TocarYou Look So Fine
    th track: (04 Dec 2007)
    Peter Jöback - Jag kommer hem igen till jul
    th track: (26 Jan 2008)
    Beatsteaks - Shut Up Stand Up
    th track: (17 Apr 2008)
    Norah Jones - TocarDon't Know Why
    th track: (21 Jun 2008)
    Elliott Yamin - TocarYou Are The One
    th track: (12 Jul 2008)
    We Are Scientists - TocarAfter Hours
    th track: (21 Jul 2008)
    Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By
    th track: (30 Aug 2008)
    Beck - TocarWhere It's At
    th track: (05 Oct 2008)
    Jack Johnson - TocarStaple It Together
    th track: (07 Nov 2008)
    Ben Folds Five - TocarSong for the Dumped
    th track: (30 Nov 2008)
    The Housemartins - Build
    th track: (24 Dec 2008)
    Mel TormThe Christmas Song - Mel TormThe Christmas Song
    th track: (16 Jan 2009)
    Kim Frank - Kalt und leer
    th track: (16 Feb 2009)
    Feist - Mushaboom
    th track: (07 Mar 2009)
    Bessie Smith - Down Hearted Blues (78rpm Version)
    th track: (09 Apr 2009)
    Sasha - Lucky Day
    th track: (26 Apr 2009)
    Lobo - TocarI'd Love You To Want Me
    th track: (22 May 2009)
    The The - TocarGiant
    th track: (14 Jun 2009)
    Till Brönner - Your Way To Say Goodbye
    th track: (05 Jul 2009)
    Maria Mena - Miss You Love
    th track: (31 Jul 2009)
    Primal Scream - Loaded
    th track: (15 Aug 2009)
    a-ha - TocarSummer Moved On
    th track: (18 Sep 2009)
    Air - The Duelist (ft Jarvis Cocker & Charlotte Gainsbourg)
    th track: (13 Oct 2009)
    Lenka - TocarBring Me Down
    th track: (03 Nov 2009)
    Bright Eyes - Another Travelin' Song
    th track: (28 Nov 2009)
    Doris Day - TocarSilver Bells
    Generated on 03 Dec 2009
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  • Tom Waits: list of some songs that were beacons to him & he's now The Devil too

    Ago 12 2009, 13h04 por BlackCoffeeDuck

    I was reading Beck's interview with Tom Waits but there's a link of an interview he did all by himself which is so much better really, it's from May last year. It's here to read it in full http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=288#more-288

    One question is: List some songs that were beacons for you? I've been looking at some of them here on last.fm so I'm just going to turn it into a journal. For some reason (I don't know why) I've started from the bottom to top anyway here goes:
    Hava Nagila by Harry Belafonte
    TocarEmpty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith
    TocarWade in the Water by Big Mama Thornton or Wade In The Water by Mavis Staples or TocarWade in the Water by The Staple Singers or TocarWade in the Water by The Ramsey Lewis Trio or TocarWade in the Water by Ramsey Lewis
    TocarTrouble Man by Marvin Gaye
    TocarHarlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl
    Mass In E Minor by Anton Bruckner or listen to here TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: I. Kyrie TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: II. Gloria TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: III. Credo TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: IV. Sanctus TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: V. Benedictus TocarMass in E Minor, WAB 27: VI. Agnus Dei
    TocarOh, Holy Night by Billy Vaughn or TocarOh Holy Night by John Denver
    TocarNowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing by Buffalo Springfield written by Neil Young
    Theme from TocarOnce Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone
    For What It´s Worth by Buffalo Springfield written by Stephen Stills
    TocarWalk Away Renee by The Four Tops or TocarWalk Away Renee by The Left Banke
    TocarThe Same Thing by Willie Dixon
    Theme from TocarRawhide by Frankie Laine
    Good Time Charlies Got The Blues by Danny O'Keefe
    TocarSubstitute by The Who
    TocarIn Dreams by Roy Orbison
    Tocar96 Tears by Question Mark and the Mysterians
    Raglan Road by The Dubliners or listen to The Young Dubliners TocarRaglan Road
    TocarBring a Little Water Sylvie by Leadbelly
    TocarFairytale of New York by The Pogues
    Restless Farewell by Bob Dylan or listen to Joan Baez TocarRestless Farewell
    TocarI Just Want to See His Face by The Rolling Stones
    TocarGreensleeves by Odetta or listen to TocarGreensleeves by John Coltrane
    TocarPump It Up by Elvis Costello
    Almost Blue by Elvis Costello
    TocarSunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash who first recorded it or the songwriter Kris Kristofferson TocarSunday Mornin' Comin' Down
    TocarYou Win Again by Hank Williams
    TocarHello Walls by Faron Young who first recorded it or the songwriter Willie Nelson TocarHello Walls
    TocarHound Dog by Big Mama Thornton
    Bring It On Home To Me by Sam Cooke
    TocarNessun dorma by Giacomo Puccini
    TocarCrawlin' King Snake by John Lee Hooker
    TocarIt's A Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
    TocarAuld Lang Syne by John Fahey or Auld Lang Syne (Live) by Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin
    TocarWithout a Song by Frank Sinatra or TocarWithout A Song by Sonny Rollins
    TocarSummertime by Billie Holiday or TocarSummertime by George Gershwin
    TocarChina Pig by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
    TocarShenandoah by Paul Robeson
    TocarCause Of It All by Howlin' Wolf
    TocarAll Shook Up by Otis Blackwell
    TocarRed Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
    TocarYou've Really Got A Hold On Me by The Miracles
    TocarBoris The Spider by The Who
    Train Kept A-Rollin' by Tiny Bradshaw or listen to The Yardbirds TocarTrain Kept a Rollin'
    TocarWaltzing Matilda by Burl Ives or Waltzing Matilda by John Fahey or TocarWaltzing Matilda by Josh White
    TocarDirty Old Town by The Pogues
    TocarDanny Boy by Johnny Cash or TocarDanny Boy by Glenn Miller or TocarDanny Boy by Gracie Fields
    TocarAutumn Leaves by Jo Stafford
    TocarMoon River by Danny Williams
    TocarWho'll Stop The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    TocarI'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams
    Just Like A Woman by Bob Dylan or listen to Nina Simone TocarJust Like A Woman
    TocarI Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles or TocarI Can't Stop Loving You by Don Gibson
    TocarGeorgia On My Mind by Ray Charles
    TocarSophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington
    TocarStrange Fruit by Billie Holiday
    TocarDeportee (Plane Wreck) by Woody Guthrie
    TocarBall 'N' Chain by Big Mama Thornton
    Ringo by Lorne Greene
    Wang Dang Doodle by Willie Dixon or listen to TocarWang Dang Doodle by Koko Taylor or TocarWang Dang Doodle by Howlin' Wolf
    TocarPrisoner Of Love by Perry Como or TocarPrisoner Of Love by James Brown
    Just A Fool by Eddie Boyd
    TocarLouie Louie by The Kingsmen
    TocarOde to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry
    The Rite Of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
    Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands by Bob Dylan or listen to Joan Baez TocarSad-Eyed Lady Of The Low lands
    TocarCome On In My Kitchen by Robert Johnson
    TocarNight Train by Jimmy Forrest
    TocarSoldier Boy by The Shirelles
    TocarYou Really Got Me by The Kinks
    TocarEl Paso by Marty Robbins
    TocarPathetique Sonata: movement #1 (Beethoven) TocarPathetique Sonata: movement #2 (Beethoven) TocarPathetique Sonata: movement #3 (Beethoven) by off course Ludwig van Beethoven
    TocarPrelude No. 2 by George Gershwin
    "If you ask me tomorrow the list would change, of course" say Tom Waits but how many time do you see such a great list of songs and I wish Tom Waits would make lists of songs every day of the week.

    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus which is director by Terry Gilliam and the last role for Heath Ledger but what is even better is Tom Waits is The Devil!!! Here a photo from the film.
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  • Female Vocalists broadcast

    Mar 26 2009, 6h10 por Uhwelluh

    Two hours featuring swinging female singers in fairly random order.

    Next week: AFRS Jubilee broadcasts

    Swing Plus #53
    3/24/09 7:00 pm - 9pm
    http://www.kbrpradio.com
    http://twitter.com/kbrp

    1- A Slick Chick (On the Mellow Side) – Tab Smith & Dinah Washington
    2- Comes Love – Artie Shaw & Helen Forrest
    3- Cow Cow Boogie – Ella Mae Morse
    4- Heebie Jeebies – The Boswell Sisters
    5- I’ll Buy That Dream – Harry James & Kitty Kallen
    6- Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Betty Roche
    7- Twisted – Annie Ross
    8- Loveable & Sweet – Annette Hanshaw
    9- The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea – Benny Goodman & Helen Ward
    10- Oh I’m Evil – Una Mae Carlisle
    11- If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight – Kay Starr
    12- Downhearted Blues – Teddy Grace
    13- Willow Weep for Me – Sarah Vaughan
    14- Do Your Duty – Bessie Smith
    15- Sigh No More Ladies – Cleo Laine
    16- Crazy In Love – The Puppini Sisters
    17- Take It Easy, Greasy – Jimmy Keith & Myra Taylor
    18- Street of Dreams – Lee Wiley
    19- A Good Man Is Hard to Find – Helen Humes
    20- I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Ella Fitzgerald
    21- The Way You Look Tonight – Peggy Lee
    22- Rip Van Winkle – Boyd Raeburn & Ginny Powell
    23- Rock Daniel – Lucky Millinder & Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    24- When Lights Are Low – Elisabeth Welch
    25- All or Nothing At All – Frances Wayne
    26- Billie’s Blues – Billie Holiday
    27- If It’s Good – Tommy Douglas & Julia Lee
    28- The Jumpin’ Jive – Andrews Sisters
    29- June Christy – Stan Kenton & June Christy
    30- There’s Good Blues Tonight – Les Brown & Doris Day
    31- Gotta Be Gettin’ – Stan Kenton & Anita O’Day
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  • Living Fast; Dying Young?

    Mar 8 2009, 1h25 por rwitte

    I read lots of news about Amy Winehouse's self destructive behaviour but I love her music. It reminds me of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, ...Maybe that kind of music isn't conducive to a long life?
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  • 2008

    Dez 31 2008, 12h35 por niyaflow

    2008 Top artists
    1 Frank Sinatra (new)
    2 Ella Fitzgerald (+5)
    3 Stevie Wonder (0)
    4 Aretha Franklin (+1)
    5 Nat King Cole (new)
    6 Nina Simone (new)
    7 Bessie Smith (new)
    8 Ray Charles (new)
    9 Marvin Gaye (-1)
    10 Depeche Mode (new)

    2008 Top songs
    1 Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Moon
    2 Frank Sinatra – Nice 'n' Easy
    3 Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
    4 U2 – One
    5 Frank Sinatra – Strangers in the Night
    6 Frank Sinatra – The Best Is Yet to Come
    7 Frank Sinatra – I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
    8 Frank Sinatra – Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
    8 Frank Sinatra – Summer Wind
    10 Frank Sinatra – That's Life

    2008 Top albums
    1 Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
    2 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
    3 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
    4 Duffy - Rockferry
    5 Frank Sinatra - It Might As Well Be Swing
    6 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
    7 Frank Sinatra - My Way
    8 Adele - 19
    9 Amy Winehouse - Frank
    10 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

    2008 tagcloud
    blues dance female female vocalists funk jazz pop rnb soul swing


    Top artists overall
    1 Christina Aguilera (0)
    2 Frank Sinatra (new)
    3 Stevie Wonder (0)
    4 Ella Fitzgerald (+5)
    5 Joss Stone (-3)
    6 Aretha Franklin (0)
    7 Amy Winehouse (-2)
    8 Alicia Keys (-1)
    9 Nirvana (-5)
    10 Marvin Gaye (0)
    11 Nina Simone (+4)
    12 Nat King Cole (+10)
    13 Ray Charles (+5)
    14 Fergie (-6)
    15 Norah Jones (-1)
    16 Bessie Smith (+17)
    17 Sarah Vaughan (+12)
    18 Depeche Mode (new)
    19 Kelly Clarkson (-8)
    20 India.Arie (-7)
    21 Sade (+12)
    22 Beyoncé (-10)
    23 U2 (new)
    24 The Puppini Sisters (+24)
    25 Nelly Furtado (-9)
    26 The Jet Set (-9)
    27 James Brown (0)
    28 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (new)
    29 Etta James (+7)
    30 Ксюха (-11)
    31 Avril Lavigne (-11)
    31 Duffy (new)
    33 Louis Armstrong (+13)
    34 Pink (-13)
    35 Алла Пугачёва (new)
    36 Adele (new)
    37 Mariah Carey (new)
    38 Black Eyed Peas (-15)
    39 Jill Scott (-14)
    40 Christina Aguilera, Lil'Kim, Mya, Pink (-16)
    40 Ma Rainey (new)
    42 Miles Davis (new)
    43 Audrey Hepburn (new)
    44 Donny Hathaway (new)
    45 Gwen Stefani (-19)
    45 Roberta Flack (-8)
    47 The Beatles (new)
    47 Peggy Lee (new)
    47 Queen (-12)
    50 Billie Holiday (new)

    Best newcomers: Frank Sinatra, Depeche Mode
    Biggest progression: The Puppini Sisters, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan
    Biggest drop: Gwen Stefani, Black Eyed Peas, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne

    Top songs overall
    1 Nirvana – Sappy
    2 Christina Aguilera – I'm OK
    3 Christina Aguilera – Fighter
    4 Christina Aguilera – Ain't No Other Man
    5 Christina Aguilera – Infatuation
    6 Christina Aguilera – I Will Be
    7 Christina Aguilera – Can't Hold Us Down (feat. Lil' Kim)
    8 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
    9 Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
    10 Christina Aguilera – Walk Away

    Overall tagcloud
    blues dance female female vocalists funk jazz pop rnb soul swing


    Generate your own musical cloud.
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  • the blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits

    Dez 4 2008, 22h51 por vesselinux

    Early Country Blues Guitarists

    Son House – Powerful slide guitar and singing
    Robert Johnson – A legend. The most haunting singer of all.
    Blind Willie McTell – An innovator of the blues form and lyrics
    Blind Willie Johnson – Lonesome gospel slide blues
    Rev Gary Davis – Also blind and a 12 string guitar master
    Skip James – Played in spooky minor keys, fine singer.

    Urban Blues

    Muddy Waters – The man himself. One of the fore runners of rock and roll.
    Howling Wolf – A giant of a man and a devastating performer.
    B.B King – Godfather of modern blues. Slick electric guitar and great voice.
    John Lee Hooker – A virtuoso riff player and singer.

    Harmonica Blues Artists

    Sonny Terry – Sounds like he rode a train his entire life.
    Little Walter – One of the first to use amplified harp. A legend.
    Big Walter Horton – Considered to be one of the best harp players of all time.
    Sonny Boy Williamson I – Had teeth missing down one side of his mouth and could thus pay the harp with no hands.
    Sonny Boy Williamson II – Great Chicago harp player and singer. Funny as hell.

    White Blues Artists

    John Mayall – Funky English blues
    Eric Clapton – Needs no introduction.
    The Rolling Stones – Early stuff very bluesy
    The Beatles – They took the blues and made ballads.
    The Animals – Eric Burdon

    Female Blues Singers

    Ma Rainey – Sang the first recorded versions of “House of the Rising Sun” and “Stackolee”.
    Bessie Smith – Brought blues to public attention in the 1920’s.
    Billie Holiday – ‘Lady ‘Day’, adored by millions.

    http://www.roadjunky.com/guide/665/a-guide-to-blues-culture-and-artists
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  • History of Rock: From the Delta to the Beach

    Out 5 2008, 23h26 por MrModernRock

    So, as many of you know by now I'm taking a History of Rock course for one of my electives. Its hard to believe a class covering the history of rock is worth 3 credits.

    Anyway, I would like to think I know something about the history and progression of rock. Building upon the blues and R&B basis, throwing in the poor-white-boy-country to form rockabilly and then really taking off from there. Just by listening to things, even in chronological order, its hard to really imagine how influential an artist is on another or how important an artist is to a single genre without some extra, third-party knowledge being thrown in. Whether its a book (this is the book for our course), a course, or a combination of the two. Sure, its easy to hear just how good an artist was back in the day and with some exceptions (ie: Bo Diddley Beat) it takes more than simply listening to an artist to develop a sense of influence surrounding them.

    In contrast whites droned out Protestant hymns like the braying of asses in one steady beat. - President John Adams

    The book is good for some great quotes, such as the one above comparing African-American gospels to the whites' services.

    Anyway, with the blues starting out in the poor South, there was a very minimal arrangement in the songs. Robert Johnson accompanined his vocals with only a guitar - using it at his will to develop his songs rather than using it for a firm structure or to keep time. With the migration of African-Americans from the South to the North during the world wars to escape the crippling economy and racism, the blues moved to Chicago. Muddy Waters went, as well.

    Like a lot of the early blues and rock artists, Muddy refined his vocals in gospel services stating he was "a good Baptist, singing in church. So I got all of my good moaning and trembling going on for me right out of church." Big Bill Broonzy elaborates just a bit explaining "Blues - a steal from spirituals. And rock is a steal from blues… Blues singers started out singing spirituals." Before moving to Chicago, Muddy was recorded for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax (he himself is mentioned quite a bit in the book in connection with his recording of early blues greats for the Library of Congress) in 1941 during Alan's search for Robert Johnson. In 1943 Muddy moves up to Chicago where he starts developing a new kind of blues, or as Willie Dixon said, "There was quite a few people around singin’ the blues, but most of ‘em was singin’ all sad blues. Muddy was giving his blues a little pep."

    In the book, it describes Tampa Red's house in Chicago, which was basically the headquarters for a bunch of blues artists to hang out and play music together. Which contributes to another thing which I find really interesting in how everybody pretty much knew everybody else playing.

    Howlin' Wolf played with Robert Johnson before he moved up to Chicago. While in Chicago he stayed with Muddy Waters before making a name for himself. When that started happening their friendship developed into more of a competition with Muddy becoming a little jealous with Howlin's rise to fame and taking some of Muddy's thunder from him.

    Chess Records is one of those recording companies who practically defined an era or genre, much like Motown did. They signed Muddy and Howlin, along with master harp players Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson, plus Bo Diddley. Chess' biggest competitor was California based label Modern Records, who signed Riley "Blues Boy" King. He too developed his vocals in church.

    In the early 1950s with millions of white teenagers latching onto R&B, new icons starting to emerge as the blues greats got older. Little Richard and Chuck Berry being the first real rock n roll acts. Unfortunately, during this period there was a massive backlash against the new rock-n-roll genre primarily due to money and racism.

    ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) were pissed because this new, popular rock-n-roll genre didn't need composers because the artists would sing their own songs. Of course this hit ASCAP in the wallet, where it hurt so they started mudslinging the genre. Frank Sinatra testified before Congress in 1958 that rock was "the most brutal, ugly desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear," and that rock-n-rollers were "cretinous goons” with “almost imbecilic repetitions and sly - lewd - in plain fact dirty - lyrics."

    Racism ran rampant, as well, relating rock-n-roll to tribal celebrations of sexual grandeur, animal and equating those things with the African-Americans who made the music. This resulted in white fears of possible white and African-American sexual relationships. Nat King Cole was attacked on-stage during one of his concerts in 1956 while Bo Diddley had to deal with bomb threats via KKK at his shows in South Carolina.

    Since the independent labels controlled the now popular genres of R&B and rock, the major labels signed white artists to "cover" songs of African-Americans in which they would clean up the lyrics. Pat Boone was the biggest offender ranking up 60 hits and providing us with the following two quotes: I had to change some of the words, because they seemed too raw for me. I wrote ‘Pretty little Susie is the girl for me’ instead of ‘Boys you don’t know what she do to me.’ I had to be selective and change some lyrics, but nobody seemed to care… I made it more vanilla. Explaining his impact on rock-roll: R&B is a distinctive kind of music; it doesn’t appeal to everybody… So if it hadn’t been for the vanilla versions of the R&B songs in the 1950s, you could certainly imagine that rock and roll as we think of it, would never have happened..

    Thankfully rockabilly emerged in a manner similar to the emergence of the blues. Poor white southern teenagers mixed blues with country-western to create rockabilly. This sound was cataloged heavily by Sam Phillips of Sun Records, who recorded Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and for a short-period Roy Orbison.

    Elvis was the biggest success, proving early-on that image is just as important (perhaps moreso) as the actual music as he overshadowed his fellow rockabilly rockers. In 1955, Phillips sold Elvis to RCA Victor for $35,000 because he couldn't afford to keep Elvis - Phillips, as an indie owner, simply could not afford to keep up with the demand and rise of Elvis; as he puts it "I mean, I wasn’t broke but man, it was hand-to-mouth." TV played a major part in Elvis' rise as Steve Allen explains that "It was television that made Elvis’ success possible. What his millions of young fans responded to was obviously not his voice, but Elvis himself. His face, his body, his hair, his gyrations, his cute, country boy persona." Also fueling the rise of Elvis was the top 40 format which was developed in 1954 and in 1956 launched Elvis even higher. In the same year Colonel Parker (Elvis's famous manager) teamed up with advertising and marketing executive Hank Saperstein who "wanted to manufacture a phenomenon” and “began to plaster Elvis’ name and picture on all types of products.” By 1957 Elvis' name had saturated the market with 78 different Elvis products which grossed nearly $55 million by December 1957. An employee of Parker's had this to say about the way Parker marketed/sold Elvis: The Colonel doesn’t sell Elvis to the public, dig? He sells Elvis to the people who sell to the public, and those are the media people - the television and motion picture personalities, the executives and businessmen who control the networks, the important radio people…Elvis, as a product, always in the state of being sold.

    Elvis himself received a great deal of backlash for his rockabilly antics and gyrating hips during his performances as the media and religious leaders attacked him for his sexual innuendos. Parker answered these attacks by scaling back Elvis' antics, which increased his sales and audience.

    By the end of the 50s and early 60s rockabilly had come to an end with several major events occurring during this time:
    Elvis went into the Army
    Chuck Berry is jailed thanks to the Mann Act
    1959 - Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens are killed in a plane crash
    1960 - Eddie Cochran killed and Gene Vincent severely injured in a car crash in England
    Little Richard went to God: That night Russia sent off the very first Sputnik earth satellite. It looked as though the big ball of fire came directly over the stadium about two or three hundred feet above our heads. It shook my mind. It really shook my mind. I got up from the piano and said “this is it. I am through. I am leaving show business to go back to God… If you want to live for the Lord, you can’t rock-and-roll too. God doesn’t like it.

    There was a big void in the market and in stepped Dick Clark. Dick Clark studied radio and advertising in school and upon replacing the host of Bandstand quickly realized the show's potential, stating "The more I heard the music, the more I enjoyed it; the more I enjoyed it, the more I understood the kids. I knew that if I could tune into them and keep myself on the show, I could make a great deal of money." Dick turned the show into a national phenomenon in 1957, enforcing rules of conduct of the show to make it more acceptable to parents as he was clean-cut, poised, well-mannered, well-dressed, and well-groomed - a clear contrast to the rebel teens in films. He used the show as a platform to launch the creations of teen pop idols he groomed such as Fabian and Frankie Avalone.

    The payola scandal (pay-per-play) revealed Dick Clark's empire and control over the music business and process, having ownership in distributors, labels, and recording studios, not to mention being able to promote his own creations on his own show. While others lives were ruined (ie: Alan Freed) due to the scandal, Clark's image pushed him through unscathed as Chairmen Oren Harris told him "You’re not the inventor of the system…you’re a product of it. Obviously, you’re a fine young man."

    After the payola scandal which was also fueled by ASCAP, Don Kirshner masterminded the takeover of rock by the songwriters and opened an office right across the street from the Brill Building (Tin Pan Alley). He hired songwriters such as Carole Klein and Neil Sedaka to write songs in the tradition of Doo-Wop groups (which originated in New York where poor Black singers would harmonize with their vocals to provide accompaniment since they were too poor to buy instruments) for African-American female vocal groups. Carole Klein wrote their first hit titled Will You Love Me Tomorrow which was performed by The Shirelles. The Ronnettes and The Crystals were female girl groups on Phil Spector's Philles Records. Phil Spector basically created that patented girl group sound single handedly with his Wall of Sound production technique where he would pile up instrument upon instrument to create an upbeat, epic and ethereal girl-group sound. As a result of the girl-group success, Tin Pan Alley was transformed into Teen Pan Alley as the Saturday Evening Post noticed "Broadway’s Brill Building, once the home of jelly-jowled, gray headed music publishers, is now being refurbished with youthful executives who have grown up to no other kind of music than the beat of today… One of the typical and prime- figures in youth’s takeover of the pop-record business is a onetime unsuccessful songwriter named Don Kirshner."

    Like the mass migration of African-Americans from the South to Chicago, California was the home of another migration in the early 60s with the promise of bikini clad blond bombshells, higher salaries, plentiful jobs, beaches, swimming pools, and Disneyland. Along the beaches a surf culture started to emerge and among the partakers was Dick Dale who worked closely with Leo Fender to capture the " tremendous amount of power I felt while surfing and that feeling of power was simply transferred into my guitar when I was playing surf music… I was trying to project the power of the ocean to the people. I couldn’t get the feeling by singing, so the music took an instrumental form. and in 1962 released Misirlou. Helping to establish surf music as a national craze were three brothers, a cousin and a friend who recorded Surfin' as The Pendletones, but changed their names to The Beach Boys. In 1963 they released Surfer Girls which went to #3 on the National charts which was followed by many more hits.

    Also released in 1963 was Jan & Dean's Surf City which Brian Wilson had started but gave the song to Jan & Dean to finish (Wilson provides backup vocals on the song). The bands also captured another culture of California which was the car culture, featuring lyrics about dragsters which The Beach Boys received helped on from Roger Christian, who also worked with Jan & Dean. Jan & Dean released Dead Man's Curve which proved to prophetic when Jan Barry was almost killed and brain damaged when crashed his Stingray in LA.

    Of course this isn't the whole story, but its the general idea of the first couple chapters of the book. The class has, if nothing else, helped me appreciate some artists a lot more (most notably Brian Wilson). There are some random tidbits which I feel I have to include, as well:

    That's All Right by Elvis featured two guitars and an upright bass - no drums. The tick sound which sounds like drums being hit is actually the bass-strings snapping back and hitting the neck of the bass.

    Brian Wilson's competition with Capitol label-mates The Beatles has been a part of rock lure since their back and forth tug-of-war in the 60s. Good Vibrations was Wilson's answer to Yesterday by the Beatles. The song itself is composed of three separate parts, edited together to create a type of musical collage. Pete Townsend feared the song would lead over-produced records as a result of its success. Brian Wilson and the song would in turn, according to Paul McCartney, influence them to create similar musical collaged songs such as Day in the Life and Strawberry Fields Forever.








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    Tracklist

    1) Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
    2) Bessie Smith - Careless Love Blues
    3) Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight
    4) Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
    5) Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home
    6) BB King - Three O'Clock Blues
    7) Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle and Roll
    8) Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
    9) Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
    10) Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock
    11) Little Richard - Lucille
    12) Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
    13) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
    14) Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
    15) Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
    16) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
    17) Elvis Presley - That's All Right
    18) Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
    19) The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
    20) Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
    21) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - Little Bitty Pretty One
    22) Ronettes - Be My Baby
    23) The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
    24) Surfaris - Wipe Out
    25) Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Misirlou
    26) Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
    27) Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve
    28) Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
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  • Bring it on home to your grandma

    Ago 24 2008, 22h04 por furfangos


    Well, I made this mix-cd with some of my favourite oldies, mostly gospel, country and some really old blues. Also: Fats Waller. Anyway, I insist you download it from here: http://[spam]

    Tracklist:
    01.
    Bertha Lee - Mind reader blues
    02. Charley Patton - Pony blues
    03. Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's dirty business
    04. Dick Justice - Cocaine
    05. The Charioteers - Ezekiel saw the wheel
    06. Mississippi Mud Mashers - Bring it on home to grandma
    07. The Carter Family - River of Jordan
    08. Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell got the blues
    09. Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm
    10. Henry Thomas - Fishing blues
    11. Fats Waller - Your feet's too big
    12. Rosa Henderson - Get it fixed
    13. Bessie Smith - Moan you morners
    14. Blind Willie Johnson - Let your light shine on me
    15. The Ink Spots - That cat is high
    16. Kings of Harmony - Little David
    17. Dixie Hummingbirds - Book of the seven seals
    18. Norfolk Jubilee Quartet - No hiding place
    19. Roberta Martin Singers - The old ship of Zion
    20. Vera Ward Hall - Come up horsey
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