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...where's Aretha ? .. ya gotta have some Aretha ...

I Never Loved a Man
Lady Soul
Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha is the greatest female artist ever. Period.

Too many great ones to choose from, but here are a few more off the top of my head, that I don't think have been mentioned:

I never loved a man the way I love you or Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin (there you go, Rockman)
Heart like a Wheel - Linda Ronstandt
At Last - Etta James
Dreamboat Annie - Heart
Give it Up or Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt


Many more, but I'll have to think on it a while.

..... Bessie Bessie ... no real albums so ta speak...

But hey When Ya Down and Out... Buggy Ride ...Sugar In My Bowl..Gimmie A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer .. The gal could sing ..



ROCKMAN

All the Best---TINA TURNER

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

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Diana Ross - Swept Away (1984)

Beyonce Knowles - Dangerously In Love (2003)

Sheila E. - Sex Cymbal (1991)

Nelly Furtado - Loose (2006)

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones
Nina Hagen Band-Nina Hagen Band
Desperate Character-Kirsty MacColl
Broken English-Marianne Faithfull
Con la piccola orchestra-Frédérique Spigt
Stateless-Lene Lovich
The Kick Inside-Kate Bush

Book of Secrets - Loreena McKennitt
Wrecking Ball - Emmy Lou Harris
Monarch - Feist
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (her 2nd album)
Surfacing - Sarah McLaughlin
Knives Don't Have Your Back - Emily Haines
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette
The Grass is Blue - Dolly Parton

Half of these are Canadian, and none of them, thankfully, are Joni Mitchell.

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Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara
Shooting at rubberbands - Edie Brickell
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Hounds of love - Kate Bush
Blazing away - Marianne Faithfull

And where is Kate Busch, Amy Winehouse and Melanie...................well here they are here .................(I love females b.t.w singing or not)

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And where is Kate Busch, Amy Winehouse and Melanie...................well here they are here .................(I love females b.t.w singing or not)

LOL...good for you, NICOS.

Not the best, but my favorite is Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out.

Musical Shapes ---- the always fabulous Carlene Carter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Torn between Lucinda Williams's "Car Wheels" and Rickie Lee Jones's first album. Kudo's to Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Marianne Faithful.

Somewhat obscure, but Lisa Germano's "Happiness" - first released by Capitol in 1993, then a slightly different reissue by 4AD in 1994. The '93 version cover is shown here, but I prefer the '94 release (different arrangments, two new songs).

She was John Mellencamp's fiddle player from '85-'93, but her solo stuff is hardly fiddle music (in addition to violin, she plays guitar, mandolin and keyboards). And don't let the title "Happiness" fool you...the songs are edgy, moody, dark and beautiful...with an acerbic sarcastic wit masked by her childlike, whispery voice.

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I agree w/tatters' submission, w/HEJIRA a close second.

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Rockman
...where's Aretha ? .. ya gotta have some Aretha ...

I Never Loved a Man
Lady Soul
Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha is the greatest female artist ever. Period.

Yes, Aretha! Tops!

also like Joni Micthell's Court N Spark, Carole King's Tapestry & of course Janis Joplin's Pearl.

Stevie Nicks

1. "Bella Donna" 5:21
2. "Kind of Woman" (Nicks, Benmont Tench) 3:12
3. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" 4:04
4. "Think About It" (Nicks, Roy Bittan) 3:35
5. "After the Glitter Fades" 3:31
6. "Edge of Seventeen" 5:28
7. "How Still My Love" 3:54
8. "Leather and Lace" (performed by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley) 3:44
9. "Outside the Rain" 4:18
10. "The Highwayman" 4:48


"Wild Heart" – 6:11
"If Anyone Falls" (Nicks, Sandy Stewart) – 4:09
"Gate and Garden" – 4:06
"Enchanted" – 3:06
"Nightbird" (Nicks, Stewart) – 5:00
"Stand Back" – 4:51
"I Will Run to You" (Tom Petty) – 3:22
"Nothing Ever Changes" (Nicks, Stewart) – 4:09
"Sable on Blond" – 4:15
"Beauty and the Beast" – 6:02

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WADDY!!!!




PPS
3 CDs/46 songs of Stevie

1. Enchanted
2. Outside The Rain
3. After The Glitter Fades
4. Wild Heart
5. Leather & Lace
6. Garbo
7. Stand Back
8. Nightbird
9. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
10. Beauty & The Beast
11. Kind Of Woman
12. If Anyone Falls
13. One More Big Time Rock & Roll Star
14. Blue Denim
15. Bella Donna

1. Edge Of Seventeen
2. Street Angel
3. Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)
4. I Sing For The Things
5. Rooms On Fire
6. I Can't Wait (Extended Rock Mix)
7. Two Kinds Of Love
8. The Highwayman
9. Rose Garden
10. Talk To Me
11. Destiny
12. Ooh My Love
13. Desert Angel
14. Whole Lotta Trouble
15. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

1. Twisted
2. Long Distance Winner
3. Thousand Days
4. Battle Of The Dragon
5. Gold
6. Free Fallin'
7. It's Late
8. Violet & Blue
9. Whenever I Call You Friend
10. Sweet Girl
11. Blue Lamp
12. Gold & Braid
13. Reconsider Me
14. Somebody Stand By Me
15. Sleeping Angel
16. Rhiannon (Piano Version)



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Guess Gracie Slick's work was all with Jefferson Airplane, no solos?

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Guess Gracie Slick's work was all with Jefferson Airplane, no solos?

Grace Slick is a Rock Goddess who stands out among Rock Gods.

There is a reason even to mention artists like Björk-Mary J Blige and Iris deMent also....I mean who these days can match Mary J:s voice?

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owlbynite
Guess Gracie Slick's work was all with Jefferson Airplane, no solos?

Grace Slick is a Rock Goddess who stands out among Rock Gods.

Rock Godesses, yes indeed! Sorry I missed her in New York.

Tapestry and also Yes I Am by Melissa Etheridge. Title track is a good song as well as Come To My Window.

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Guess Gracie Slick's work was all with Jefferson Airplane, no solos?

Chrissie Hynde would fit into the same category, I suppose. Hard to top the Pretenders' first album, in which she wrote 8 of the 12 tracks by herself, and co-wrote two others.

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There is a reason even to mention artists like Björk-Mary J Blige and Iris deMent also....I mean who these days can match Mary J:s voice?

Her pal, Mariah, of course!

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Guess Gracie Slick's work was all with Jefferson Airplane, no solos?

No, she made a few solo albums -- my favorite is the first one, MANHOLE.























It was followed by DREAMS,WRECKING BALL and SOFTWARE.

Maggie Bell

Blondie! An ex-Playboy bunny with a real voice.