• Organization.

    Dez 13 2009, 23h30 por IceCreamSkies

    I'm a stickler about having things organized so, about three or four times a year, I completely re-do my music folder. Right now, it's all in one folder - a folder for each letter of the alphabet, plus folders for soundtracks/compilation albums and my incredibly large collection of mash-ups (which, I have a feeling I'll be deleting - I don't need 3,000 mash-ups but I'll probably save a few that I really like.

    I have over 11,000 songs and there's still so much that I need to add to my collection. Patsy Cline, for example, and all the other CDs that I have tucked away somewhere in my room. I have my Britney Spears and my 2Pac and, of course, The Beatles but every day I remember another album, artist or song that I need to include in my collection or something else comes along, like the Alexandra Burke and JLS performance from the 2009 X-Factor Finale, a mash-up of Bad Boys by Alexandra and Everybody in Love from JLS. I think I need a computer solely for music, there's just too much out there that I'm missing.
  • Madeleine Peyroux

    Nov 29 2009, 22h57 por yusakuasano

    Sun 29 Nov – Madeleine Peyroux

    Για κοιτάξτε πράματα τώρα. Εγώ και όχι ο mamercus να έχω πάει σε συναυλία blues και από πάνω να θέλω να γράψω και κριτική γι αυτή. Δηλώνω εξαρχής ότι δεν έχω καμιά σοβαρή σχέση με το συγκεκριμένο είδος μουσικής μια και ποτέ δεν ήταν μέσα στα ενδιαφέροντα μου. Ωστόσο μέσα στις αγαπημένες μου ερμηνεύτριες τυχαίνει να είναι μία μεγάλη καλλιτέχνης του είδους: η Madeleine Peyroux. Είναι περίεργο πως σου κολλάνε δημιουργοί στο μυαλό σου. Πως αποκτάς αδυναμίες. Αδυναμία όπως έχω εγώ στη Madeleine. Είναι οι στιγμές που περνάς μαζί τους κάτω από συγκεκριμένες καταστάσεις και καθημερινές συνήθειες. Κάτι από τη φωνή της, κάτι από τις μελωδίες της μ’ έκανε να έχω συνδέσει τη Madeleine με πολύ ωραίες και προσωπικές εικόνες. Αυτές οι προσωπικές στιγμές ήταν η αιτία να τρέξω πρώτος πρώτος και να πάρω εισιτήρια ώστε να τη δω να ερμηνεύει ζωντανά.

    Και παρόλη την άγνοια μου και απαίδευτη στα blues παιδεία μου αποδείχτηκε ότι έπραξα καλά. Γιατί η Madeleine Peyroux είναι από τους δημιουργούς που πάνω στη σκηνή αναδεικνύονται και καταλαβαίνεις ότι είναι πλασμένοι για να ερμηνεύουν ζωντανά τις μουσικές τους. Το πρώτο συναίσθημα και η πρώτη εικόνα που σου έρχεται στο μυαλό όταν την ακούς ζωντανά είναι αυτό της απίστευτης ευγένειας και γλυκύτητας. Δεν γίνεται να μην χαμογελάς όταν αυτή σου σκάει το χαμόγελο στη σκηνή και δεν γίνεται να μην πιάνεται η καρδιά σου όταν μορφάζει στους στίχους «..It seems the truth is hidden where the sun don’t shine..» του TocarBare Bones. Η απίστευτη μουσική εκφραστικότητα που έχει σε ωθεί να νοιώθεις την ουσία της μουσικής μέσα σου. Κάτι παρόμοιο είχα νοιώσει μόνο σε μια ακόμα συναυλία. Σ’ αυτή της Loreena McKennitt.( http://www.last.fm/user/yusakuasano/journal/2009/06/29/2u0pd1_loreena_mckennit ) Και αν η μεταδοτικότητα της Loreena’s εκφραζόταν μ’ ένα μυστηριακό σχεδόν ξωτικιένο τρόπο, εδώ σου ερχόταν μέσα από τον πάτο του ουισκιού σου. Και όμως η απαλή εκφραστικότητα της έδινε μια περίεργη λάμψη στα τραγούδια της. Η αψεγάδιαστη φωνή της ακόμα και στα χαρούμενα τραγούδια της ήταν πάντα μελαγχολική. Τα blues της Madeleine, προερχόμενα πότε από την country πλευρά (Walkin After Midnight – της Patsy Cline), πότε από την αμερικάνικη folk (TocarDance Me To The End Of LoveLeonard Cohen) και πότε από το γαλλικό chanson (TocarLa JavanaiseSerge Gainsbourg) είχαν όλα το δικό της χαρακτηριστικό και μοναδικά όμορφο στυλ. Κορυφαία και σπάνια προσωπική στιγμή ήταν το TocarBetween The Bars. Σπαρακτικά εκτελεσμένο.

    Μπορεί η Madeleine Peyroux να μην τραγουδάει με την κιθάρα της στους δρόμους του Παρισιού όπως πριν ξεκινήσει τη λαμπρή καριέρα της. Μπορεί ακόμα να μην τραγουδάει ακόμα σε κακόφημα μέσα στην κάπνα bar όπως τόσο θα ταίριαζε στα τραγούδια της και στο στυλ της. Μπορεί να τραγουδάει πλέον σε μέγαρα μουσικής και θέατρα. Με κοινό κυρίως μεσήλικες ευκατάστατης κοινωνικής και οικονομικής τάξης. Ωστόσο έχει καταφέρει και έχει κρατήσει τη σεμνότητα, τη γλυκύτητα και κυρίως το αυθεντικό αίσθημα ενός γνήσιου και πανέμορφου καλλιτέχνη.

    Βαθμολογία: 8,5/10
  • Dig That Crazy Setzer Claus

    Nov 28 2009, 21h34 por Holden_Rex

    Fri 27 Nov – 7th Annual Brian Setzer Orchestra CHRISTMAS ROCKS! Extravaganza

    The Brian Setzer Orchestra rocked the Strathmore on Black Friday with their 7th Annual Christmas Rocks Extravaganza tour with wall-to-wall rockabilly and swingabilly.

    Washington area rockabilly band Wendy LeBeau and Her Beaus opened for Setzer with a smoldering set, fronted by the standup bass-playing Wendy with vocals reminiscent of Patsy Cline.

    Setzer took the stage with his big band, consisting of standup bassist Mark Winchester, drummer Tony Pia, a thirteen-piece brass section, and female backup vocal duo known as The Vixens (including Julie Setzer, Brian's wife).

    The band opened with the Batman Theme, while a bat-masked Santa Claus tossed candy to the audience. If there were any doubts that this was going to be anything but a completely fun concert, this opening dispelled any such notions.

    The first two-thirds of the main set featured the full band in all its glory, mixing it up with tricked-out traditional Christmas songs (TocarSleigh Ride, TocarAngels We Have Heard On High), swing/rock era Christmas songs (TocarDig That Crazy Santa Claus, TocarBoogie Woogie Santa Claus), and songs from Setzer's back catalogue including Stray Cats hits (TocarSexy + 17, TocarThis Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof). Setzer even merged the Stray Cats' signature song TocarStray Cat Strut with TocarYou're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.

    After Setzer performed the only ballad of the evening (the Sinatra-esque title track to his latest album, Lonely Avenue), Setzer brought bassist Winchester and drummer Pia front and center for a set of songs played in the Stray Cats trio mode, with some assist from the Vixens. After scorching through rockabilly versions of Run Rudolph Run, TocarJingle Bell Rock, and Blue Christmas, new track TocarMr. Jazzer Goes Surfin' and TocarFishnet Stockings, the full orchestra rejoined them for a rollicking TocarRock This Town.

    The three-song encore launched with the orchestra's most ambitious project, a compressed adaptation of TocarThe Nutcracker Suite. If the ballet productions of The Nutcracker were this much fun, I might actually attend. This was followed by Setzer's crowd-pleasing resurrection of Louis Prima's TocarJump Jive An' Wail. The concert ended with the as-Christmas-as-it-getsTocarJingle Bells and a little Christmas miracle for the audience (I won't spoil the surprise).

    The musicianship was accomplished throughout, and Setzer's signature guitarwork was simply a marvel to behold. Every member of the production appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. If you're looking for a Christmas concert event to raise your spirits and banish your inner Grinch, look no further.
  • Top 10 favorite women in country

    Nov 25 2009, 2h29 por wingkon

    In my personal opinion...

    1. Dixie Chicks - They're just a personal favorite from my childhood, with great and varied instrumentation, excellent vocals and amazing lyrics. Every song to me is special. They have a large variety of songs with different sounds from TocarLandslide to TocarGoodbye Earl. After all, it was because of them that I like country! :D
    2. Shania Twain - Ok, she leans a bit more on the pop side in some of her songs, but I really don't think most artists are that consistent in making good music. Her three main studio albums have songs that will become classics such as TocarYou're Still The One and Up!. Also, Come On Over is the top-selling country album!
    3. Miranda Lambert - A badass blonde, who's first hit TocarKerosene was the greatest female break-up song since You Oughta Know. It's like Joan Jett gone country! Her first two albums were great. I still need the third. ><
    4. LeAnn Rimes - What a voice she has! Leann's got one of the most astounding voices I've ever heard, and she recorded her first album at 13! Her album, This Woman, is definetly a favorite. Her most memorable songs include Can't Fight The Moonlight and Something's Gotta Give.
    5. Alison Krauss - I remember discovering her a long time ago, after hearing I'll Fly Away, which is probably one of my favorite bluegrass songs. Her voice is soft and sweet...kind of like Norah Jones. :p
    6. Faith Hill - Along with Leann, one of the greatest vocalists I've ever heard. Her songs are great, ecspecially TocarThis Kiss.
    7. Jennifer Nettles - Vocalist for Sugarland. She's got an amazing and unique voice perfect for country. All I Wanna Do and TocarAlready Gone are two of the best recent country songs I've heard.
    8. Gretchen Wilson - Her songs capture the spirit of being a white trash redneck, and she's not ashamed either! TocarRedneck Woman and All I Wanna Do among other tracks show she's not afraid to sing about drinking and partying. Gotta love the attitude :p
    9. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? is a very underrated album. TocarStrawberry Wine, her best known song, is one of those few songs which take me all the way back to my childhood. Plus, her voice is amazingly adorable. :D
    10. Reba McEntire - She's low because I haven't listened to her too much, but her voice is astounding and very unique. How she lost Best Female Vocalist is beyond me

    Honorable Mentions:
    Patsy Cline - The first country artist I've ever listened to. She is quite amazing, but I'd feel bad if I didn't put her near the top. :p
    Martina McBride - Wonderful singer and great lyricist, ecspecially Anyways
    SHeDaisy - A great group, and Knock on the Sky should be added to the collection of any country fan

    Sorry, I didn't include Taylor Swift or Carrie Underwood, and don't expect me to do so anytime soon.
  • My Hummingbird 100 Female Songs of all-time which I voted for + some more

    Nov 17 2009, 17h55 por BlackCoffeeDuck

    This from the HOTTEST FEMALE SONGS!!! Kind-off like Triple J's Hottest 100 of All-time early in the year but only female artists because there was very few women in Triple J's countdown. It's run by a new beer called Hummingbird and some pay TV channel (I don't know which one because I don't watch it). It's a cool idea and I found it so hard to cut it down just to ten in the end so I just made my own 100 tracks from my favourite female artists.


    My Top Ten Votes
    1. Portishead - Glory Box
    2. Kate Bush - TocarCloudbusting
    3. Sarah Blasko - Tocar{Explain}
    4. Nina Simone - TocarSinnerman
    5. Fiona Apple - TocarFast as You Can
    6. Björk - TocarArmy Of Me
    7. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
    8. Beth Orton - TocarStolen Car
    9. PJ Harvey - TocarThis Is Love
    10. Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans

    This was very, very, very, very hard (have I made it clear how hard this was?) But I picked songs which I could listen to on repeat which I have done in the past (not here on last.fm yet). Most tracks are from the 90's too (I grew-up in that decade, if you haven't all ready guessed). It seems like last.fm's journals are made up of long lists of songs so I've joined in again with my very, very long short list of songs that didn't make it into the top ten. These songs can be any thing that I love really It's from A to Z (well it's Y really, then V). It's selected from the list of tracks which are on their website but I've added a few of my own ones at the end. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here and read all about it (there's only 4 days left to vote so hop too it).
    http://www.hummingbird100.com/home

    Aimee Mann - Save Me
    Belinda Carlisle - TocarHeaven Is A Place On Earth
    Beth Orton - TocarGalaxy Of Emptiness
    Billie Holiday - TocarStrange Fruit
    Björk - TocarPagan Poetry
    Björk - TocarViolently Happy
    Blondie - Union City Blue
    Blondie - TocarX Offender
    Bobbie Gentry - TocarOde to Billy Joe
    The Breeders - Cannonball
    Cat Power - Living Proof
    Carpenters - TocarClose to You
    Christina Aguilera - TocarThe Voice Within
    Clare Bowditch - Lips Like Oranges
    Cyndi Lauper - TocarTime After Time
    Dolly Parton - TocarJolene
    Donna Summer - TocarI Feel Love
    Duffy - TocarSyrup & Honey
    Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
    Eartha Kitt - TocarI Want To Be Evil
    Ella Fitzgerald - TocarBlack Coffee
    Etta James - TocarI'd Rather Go Blind
    Fiona Apple - TocarNever Is a Promise
    Fiona Apple - TocarRed Red Red
    Gabriella Cilmi - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
    Grace Jones - TocarPull Up To The Bumper
    Janis Joplin - TocarTell Mama
    Jessica Simpson - Angels
    Jewel - Morning Song
    Joan Baez - TocarSuzanne
    Joanna Newsom - TocarThe Book of Right-On
    Joni Mitchell - TocarCome in From the Cold
    Kasey Chambers - Pony
    Kate Bush - TocarHow to Be Invisible
    Kate Bush - TocarWuthering Heights
    Kylie Minogue - TocarSlow
    Loretta Lynn - TocarFist City
    M.I.A - Pull Up The People
    Madonna - What It Feels Like for a Girl
    Marianne Faithfull - TocarSomething Better
    Mazzy Star - TocarFade Into You
    Nico - TocarFemme Fatale
    Nina Simone - TocarFeeling Good
    Patsy Cline - TocarLife's Railway To Heaven
    Patti Smith - TocarBecause the Night
    Peggy Lee - TocarDon't Smoke In Bed
    PJ Harvey - TocarC'mon Billy
    PJ Harvey - TocarRid of Me
    Portishead - TocarHumming
    Portishead - The Rip
    The Pretenders - TocarI Go to Sleep
    The Pussycat Dolls - TocarStickwitu
    Regina Spektor - TocarSamson
    Renee Geyer - I Scare Myself
    Rihanna - TocarDon't Stop The Music
    Rihanna - TocarUnfaithful
    Sarah Blasko - No Turning Back
    Sarah Blasko - TocarPerfect Now
    Sonic Youth - TocarKool Thing
    The Seekers - 500 Miles
    Tiffany - I Think We Are Alone Now
    Tori Amos - TocarA Sorta Fairytale
    Tori Amos - TocarBlood Roses
    The Veronicas - Tocar4ever
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - TocarY Control
    Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
    Some tracks I think should be on the list but are not so I've added them here:
    Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
    The Audreys - TocarLay Me Down
    Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - TocarResolve
    Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
    Divinyls - TocarBoys In Town
    The Drones - TocarWork For Me
    Elizabeth Cotten - TocarFreight Train
    Emilíana Torrini - Heartstopper
    Emmylou Harris - TocarEvery Grain of Sand
    Gillian Welch - TocarEverything is Free
    Jane Birkin - TocarMy Secret
    Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - TocarBetter off Dancing
    Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine
    Jolie Holland - Mexico City
    Karen Dalton - TocarAre You Leaving for the Country
    Karen Dalton - TocarDown On The Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)
    Lene Lovich - TocarBird Song
    L7 - Shitlist
    Martina Topley-Bird - TocarAnything
    Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
    The Paradise Motel - Bad Light
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe - TocarDown By The Riverside
    The Triffids - Raining Pleasure
    The White Stripes - In the Cold, Cold Night
    Vashti Bunyan - TocarRainbow River

    So that is it. It wasn't so hard really (but cutting it down to ten was). I've most likely missed something which I'll remember later and be kicking myself about but I'm pretty happy with this mix. It seems my favorite female singer songwriter is Beth Gibbons with my number 1 track in my top ten. Plus two more Portishead songs and one from Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man project album. If you don't know she wrote My Secret for Jane Birkin a few years ago too. That adds up to five tracks out of one hundred which is not many but more that anyone else.

    Anyway what do you think??? I liked writing these journal entries but I do like reading you comments and It's also the only way I can tell if anyone has been reading or looking at them. Thanks and bye for now.
  • Favourite Songs In Movie Moments

    Out 24 2009, 17h55 por thomas10

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    1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
    as used in "Basquiat"
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    2 Underworld - TocarBorn Slippy
    as used in "Trainspotting"
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    3 Gioacchino Rossini - TocarThe Thieving Magpie
    as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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    4 Love and Rockets - TocarThis Heaven
    as used in "The Doom Generation"
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    5 Bo Diddley - TocarBo Diddley
    as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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    6 Tom Waits - TocarInnocent When You Dream (78)
    as used in "Smoke"
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    7 M.I.A. - TocarPaper Planes
    as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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    8 Dick Dale - TocarMisirlou
    as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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    9 Simon & Garfunkel - TocarThe Only Living Boy in New York
    as used in "Garden State"
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    10 Stealers Wheel - TocarStuck In The Middle With You
    as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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    11 T. Rex - TocarCosmic Dancer
    as used in "Billie Elliott"
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    12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
    as used in "Control"
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    13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
    as used in "Broken Flowers"
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    14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
    as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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    15 Iggy Pop - TocarLust For Life
    as used in "Trainspotting"
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    16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
    as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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    17 Wendy Rene - TocarAfter Laughter (Comes Tears)
    as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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    18 Dinah Washington - TocarWhat A Difference A Day Makes
    as used in "Lola Rennt"
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    19 Bobby Womack - TocarAcross 110th Street
    as used in "Jackie Brown"
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    20 Iron & Wine - TocarSuch Great Heights
    as used in "Garden State"
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    21 The Stranglers - TocarGolden Brown
    as used in "Snatch"
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    22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - TocarIs This Love
    as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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    23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - TocarI Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
    as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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    24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
    as used in "The Doors"
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    25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - TocarRed Right Hand
    as used in "Scream"
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    26 The Doors - The End
    as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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    27 Sam Cooke - TocarA Change Is Gonna Come
    as used in "Malcolm X"
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    28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
    as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
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    29 Esquivel - TocarMucha Muchacha
    as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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    30 Van Morrison - TocarGloria
    as used in "The Outsiders"
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    31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
    as used in "Shrek 2"
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    32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - TocarBurnin' And Lootin'
    as used in "La Haine"
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    33 Eddie Vedder - TocarThe Wolf
    as used in "Into The Wild"
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    34 Louis Armstrong - TocarWhat A Wonderful World
    as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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    35 Nancy Sinatra - TocarBang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
    as used in "Kill Bill"
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    36 Hot Chocolate - TocarYou Sexy Thing
    as used in "Boogie Nights"
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    37 Folk Implosion - TocarNothing Gonna Stop
    as used in "Kids"
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    38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
    as used in "Shine"
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    39 Nine Inch Nails - TocarCloser
    as used in "Se7en"
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    40 Simon & Garfunkel - TocarScarborough Fair/Canticle
    as used in "The Graduate"
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    41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
    as used in "GoodFellas"
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    42 Bee Gees - TocarStayin' Alive
    as used in "Airplane"
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    43 Death in Vegas - TocarGirls
    as used in "Lost In Translation"
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    44 Dusty Springfield - TocarSon Of A Preacher Man
    as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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    45 Ludwig van Beethoven - TocarFür Elise
    as used in "Elephant"
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    46 Public Enemy - TocarFight The Power
    as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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    47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
    as used in "Basquiat"
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    48 Smith - Baby It's You
    as used in "Death Proof"
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    49 Daniel Lanois - TocarThe Maker
    as used in "Sling Blade"
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    50 Harry Nilsson - TocarCoconut
    as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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    51 Jefferson Airplane - TocarWhite Rabbit
    as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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    52 David Bowie - TocarCat People
    as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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    53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
    as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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    54 Cowboy Junkies - TocarSweet Jane
    as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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    55 Blind Willie Johnson - TocarLet Your Light Shine On Me
    as used in "The Ladykillers"
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    56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
    as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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    57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
    as used in "Fight Club"
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    58 Santo & Johnny - TocarSleep Walk
    as used in "La Bamba"
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    59 Gary Jules - Mad World
    as used in "Donnie Darko"
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    76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - TocarRequiem
    as used in "Amadeus"
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    61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - TocarFrom Her To Eternity
    as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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    62 Marilyn Manson - TocarI Put A Spell On You
    as used in "Lost Highway"
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    63 Bruce Springsteen - TocarStreets of Philadelphia
    as used in "Philadelphia"
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    64 Carl Orff - TocarO Fortuna
    as used in "The Doors"
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    65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - TocarFortunate Son
    as used in "Forrest Gump"
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    66 George Gershwin - TocarAn American In Paris
    as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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    67 Seu Jorge - TocarRebel Rebel
    as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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    68 Elliott Smith - TocarBetween The Bars
    as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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    69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
    as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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    70 Patsy Cline - TocarCrazy
    as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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    71 Smog - TocarCold Blooded Old Times
    as used in "High Fidelity"
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    72 Charles Trenet - TocarLa Mer
    as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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    73 Nine Inch Nails - TocarDead Souls
    as used in "The Crow"
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    74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
    as used in "The Doom Generation"
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    75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
    as used in "The Pillow Book"
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    76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
    as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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    77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
    as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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    78 Patti Smith - TocarDancing Barefoot
    as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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    79 The McCoys - TocarHang On Sloopy
    as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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    80 Boy George - TocarThe Crying Game
    as used in "The Crying Game"
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    81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - TocarIf 6 Was 9
    as used in "Point Break"
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    82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
    as used in "Clerks"
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    83 The Young Rascals - TocarGroovin'
    as used in "Platoon"
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    84 Portishead - TocarRoads
    as used in "Tank Girl"
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    85 Ben E. King - TocarStand by me
    as used in "Stand By Me"
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    86 Junior Murvin - TocarPolice & Thieves
    as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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    87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
    as used is "American Beauty"
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    88 Richard Strauss - TocarAlso Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
    as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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    89 Frank Zappa - TocarDirty Love
    as used in "The Ice Storm"
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    90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
    as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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    91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
    as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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    92 George Baker Selection - TocarLittle Green Bag
    as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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    93 Charlie Parker - TocarApril In Paris
    as used in "Basquiat"
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    94 Nena - Tocar99 Luftballons
    as used in "Boogie Nights"
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    95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
    as used in "The Lost Boys"
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    96 Richard Wagner - TocarRide Of The Valkyries
    as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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    97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson And Clover
    as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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    98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
    as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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    99 Brian Eno - TocarBy This River
    as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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    100 Louis Armstrong - TocarLa Vie En Rose
    as used in "Wall-E"
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    101 Sonic Youth - TocarSuperstar
    as used in "Juno"
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    102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
    as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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    103 Nortec Collective - Babel
    as used in "Babel"
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    104 Johnny Cash - TocarTennessee Stud
    as used in "Jackie Brown"
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    105 Elton John - TocarTiny Dancer
    as used in "Almost Famous"
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    106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
    as used in "Vanishing Point"
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    107 ZZ Top - TocarTush
    as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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    108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
    as used in "The Lost Boys"
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    109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
    as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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    110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - TocarAmerican Girl
    as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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    111 Pat Travers - TocarSnortin' Whiskey
    as used in "Sideways"
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    112 Elvis Presley - TocarA Little Less Conversation
    as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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    113 Urge Overkill - TocarGirl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
    as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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    114 Sly & The Family Stone - TocarEveryday People
    as used in "Milk"
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    115 Massive Attack - TocarDaydreaming
    as used in "Nowhere"
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    116 Nancy Sinatra - TocarThese Boots Are Made for Walkin'
    as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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    117 The Troggs - TocarLove Is All Around
    as used in "Get Real"
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    118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
    as used in "Frida"
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    119 The Velvet Underground - TocarPale Blue Eyes
    as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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    120 Bill Withers - TocarWho Is He (And What Is He to You)?
    as used in "Jackie Brown"
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    121 The Church - TocarUnder The Milky Way
    as used in "Donnie Darko"
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    122 Roy Orbison - TocarIn Dreams
    as used in "Blue Velvet"
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    123 The Coasters - TocarDown In Mexico
    as used in "Death Proof"
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    124 Harry Nilsson - TocarEverybody's Talkin'
    as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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    125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
    as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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    126 Guns N' Roses - TocarYou Could Be Mine
    as used in "Terminator II"
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    127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - TocarMake Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
    as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
    _______________________________________________________________


    128 Ludwig van Beethoven - TocarOde to Joy
    as used in "Raising Arizona"
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    129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - TocarThree Little Birds
    as used in "I Am Legend"
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    130 Sonny & Cher - TocarI Got You Babe
    as used in "Groundhog Day"
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    131 Zapp & Roger - TocarMore Bounce to the Ounce
    as used in "La Haine"
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    132 Yma Sumac - TocarAtaypura
    as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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    133 Ray LaMontagne - TocarYou Are The Best Thing
    as used in "I Love You, man"
    _______________________________________________________________


    134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
    as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
    _______________________________________________________________


    135 The Trashmen - TocarSurfin' Bird
    as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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    136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
    as used in "Amores Perros"
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    137 Georg Friedrich Händel - TocarAtalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
    as used in "Funny Games"
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    138 Nirvana - TocarSomething In The Way
    as used in "Jarhead"
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    139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
    as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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    140 Alphaville - Forever Young
    as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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    141 Nina Simone - TocarMy Baby Just Cares For Me
    as used in "Shallow Grave"
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    142 Soft Cell - TocarTainted Love
    as used in "Bruno"
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    143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - TocarThat Smell
    as used in "Blow"
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    144 Wang Chung - TocarDance Hall Days
    as used in "Bachelor Party"
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    145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
    as used in "Lost In Translation"
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    146 Edith Piaf - TocarMilord
    as used in "The Bucket List"
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    147 David Bowie - TocarLet's Dance
    as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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    148 Johnny Cash - TocarRing Of Fire
    as used in "U-Turn"
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    149 Selena - TocarGod's Child (Baila Conmigo)
    as used in "Blue In The Face"
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    150 Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
    as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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  • Wedding Music

    Out 19 2009, 3h00 por Kieran0411

    Played live acoustically at the ceremony:

    Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
    Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
    The Beatles - Real Love


    Reception background music:

    Adele - Make You Feel My Love
    The Beatles - Something, Oh! Darling, Blackbird, Revolution 1, I've Just Seen A Face, Girl, In My Life, The Ballad Of John And Yoko, Real Love
    Calexico - Two Silver Trees, Quattro (World Drifts In)
    Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
    The Church - Under The Milky Way
    Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
    The Cure - Close To Me
    DeVotchKa - Along The Way, New World
    Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
    Feist - The Water, Past In Present, 1234
    The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town
    Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow
    Jenny Lewis - Pretty Bird
    Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!!, Melt Your Heart, Handle With Care
    Joan as Police Woman - Real Life, Eternal Flame, The Ride, Flushed Chest, Anyone, Holiday, To Be Loved, To Be Lonely, Start Of My Heart
    Little Birdy - Into My Arms
    Little Red - So Long
    Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles
    Massive Attack - Teardrop
    Mazzy Star - Bells Ring (Acoustic Version), Fade Into You
    Midlake - Roscoe (Beyond The Wizard aka Erol Alkan & Richard Norris Remix)
    Neko Case - Deep Red Bells, Tightly, Look For Me (I'll Be Around), Stinging Velvet, I Wish I Was The Moon, Star Witness, Hold On Hold On, That Teenage Feeling, Lion's Jaws, Maybe Sparrow, This Tornado Loves You, Vengeance Is Sleeping, Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth, Middle Cyclone, Magpie To The Morning, The Pharaohs
    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - A Teenager In Love
    The Panics - Don't Fight It, This Day Last Year
    Phoenix - Too Young
    Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
    Rand and Holland - It's Alright
    Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
    Ryan Adams - Two
    Sade - No Ordinary Love
    She & Him - I Should Have Known Better
    Sia - Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)
    The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
    The Smiths - This Charming Man
    The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
    Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
    Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
    The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven
    Wilco - I'll Fight


    I had to cut the first pick of songs down from over 10 hours of music to 5 hours, it sucked cause there so many songs i wanted to sneak in but there was no point, so i just picked the more well known/more appropriate stuff and leaned towards more of the fun side.

    Artists i had to cut:

    The Beach Boys
    Bernard Fanning
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Evans
    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
    The Cat Empire
    Empire of the Sun
    Gillian Welch
    Gipsy Kings
    The Handsome Family
    Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
    Imelda May
    Jeff Buckley
    Justin Townes Earle
    Kate Miller-Heidke
    Led Zeppelin
    Merle Haggard
    Metric
    MGMT
    Patsy Cline
    Patterson Hood
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Roy Orbison
    Tift Merritt
    Willie Nelson
  • Best Songs of 1961 - One Man's Opinion

    Out 2 2009, 1h01 por tihsymtae

  • 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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