Jane Birkin.
Je t'aime...... A classic.



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Willie Nelson song



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Evie Sands

Love the backing group here

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as Françoise Hardy and Jane Birkin were mentionned before I have to add a third girl from France

BéBé -

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Resotele

Add Linda Ronstadt to that list! She mentioned the open hostility that female singers faced in the 60's & 70's and yet THEY PERSISTED! So glad they had the balls to carry on!

Diana Ross is my favorite female singer

Mavis Staples was recording as a 17 year old in 1956, and continued through the '60s into this day. Just saw her at NOLA Jazzfest last Spring and she was going strong. Mick & Keith got "The Last Time" from a riff in an old spiritual the Staples Family Singers did.

American folk-singer Carolyn Hester is also still around at 82. She gave Bob Dylan his first recording on her third album in 1961.

Tammi Terrell, Wanda Jackson, Judy Henske, Rose Maddox and Mama Cass Elliott all rate.

Check out the Flirtations - awesome

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Denny Doherty, Grace Slick, and some more.

Denny is a man. Perhaps you mean Mama Cass?

And Michelle was looking good, too

"No Anchovies, Please"

I think Cher was actually a really good singer back in the 60's. She became more of a Vegas performer after that but she still has a distinct voice.



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Mary Hopkin -- Those Were the Days /// Goodbye

Sandy Denny

Judy Collins -- Both Sides Now

Linda Ronstadt & Stone Ponys -- Different Drum

Jackie Deshannon

how bout sarah vaughan - misty - you can see how hard the girl workin at 1:33.

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ella live in sweden

Mary Wells
Diana Ross
Linda Ronstad
Judy Collins
Petula Clark
Tammi Terrel (w/ Marvin Gaye)


List goes on and on

I'll throw in LaLa Brooks, the lead singer of the Crystals. I always assumed it was Darlene Love singing but LaLa was the lead singer on And Then He Kissed Me and Da Do Ron Ron. You can see a video of her on David Letterman shortly before he retired. One of the best performances on his show!

Has Nancy Sinatra been mentioned yet?

Can't believe so few folks have mentioned Janis Joplin.

Aretha Franklin
Astrud Gilberto

Mariane Faithful

I always thought lulu deserved much better songs than she got.

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Has Nancy Sinatra been mentioned yet?

Interesting - this morning was the first time I heard the song "Something Stupid"

by Frank and Nancy on XM not bad at all!!

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I always thought lulu deserved much better songs than she got.

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I always thought lulu deserved much better songs than she got.

Yes...great voice and feel ...could have been much better served by the recording industry than she was.

Don't know if they fall in the category, but our own Mina and Brazilian star Elis Regina are too great not to be mentioned!

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Don't know if they fall in the category, but our own Mina and Brazilian star Elis Regina are too great not to be mentioned!

C

Mina, la tigre, is IMO the greatest singer ever. On my (very lightly used) FB page I have her as my picture. I do however consider her 60's and 70's material as her best.
I don't know why Tube took down the one vintage TV performance of her doing "Grande Grande" in its entirety. You can take all your crotch grabbing, and in-yer-face butts - no one is sexier than Mina.



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Don't know if they fall in the category, but our own Mina and Brazilian star Elis Regina are too great not to be mentioned!

C

Mina, la tigre, is IMO the greatest singer ever. On my (very lightly used) FB page I have her as my picture. I do however consider her 60's and 70's material as her best.
I don't know why Tube took down the one vintage TV performance of her doing "Grande Grande" in its entirety. You can take all your crotch grabbing, and in-yer-face butts - no one is sexier than Mina.

Absolutely agree!

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I always thought lulu deserved much better songs than she got.

HERE'S A GOOD ONE SHE GOT: [youtu.be]

them two Mamas in the Mamas and the Papas was purty good..

No mention of PP Arnold. She was great. Ronstadt, Raitt....how bout Karla Bonoff? A bit obscure but what a beautiful voice.