Favourite Female Singers – a list!

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I don’t claim they are the best – just my favourites:

  1. Joni Mitchell
  2. Grace Slick
  3. Buffy St Marie
  4. Bessie Smith
  5. Joanne Kelly
  6. Billie Holiday
  7. Memphis Minnie
  8. Amy Winehouse
  9. Jacquie McShee
  10. Sandy Denny
  11. Janis Joplin
  12. Tina Turner
  13. Aretha Franklin
  14. Nina Simone
  15. PP Arnold
  16. Peggy Seeger
  17. Joan Baez
  18. Judy Collins

OK – I know I’ve missed a few important ones out – but that gives you a flavour of my tastes. Who would you put in?

Today’s Music to keep me SsSSsaaaAAnnnnnEEee in Isolation – Bessie Smith

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There’s something about Bessie that moves me.

Today’s Music to keep me SsSSsssAaaAAnnNNNEeee in Isolation – Bessie Smith

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My my what a gal!!!

Today’s Music To keep me SsSSsAaaaNnnnNeeeE in Isolation – Bessie Smith

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I need a great voice and mellow mood today!!!

Today’s Music to keep me SsSssAaaaaANNnnNeEEe in Isolation – Bessie Smith

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Well after the wonders of Beefheart I thought I needed something to soothe my soul!! A bit of Bessie hits the mark.

Today’s Music to keep me SssAAAannNnNEeee in Isolation – Bessie Smith

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Now Bessie could really sing and had a personality to match. I’m wild about that thing.

She’s good to work to.

Today’s Music to keep me SANE in Isolation – Bessie Smith.

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What a voice! What a woman!

I would not call Bessie Blues so much as vaudeville and Jazz, but she certainly could sing and I love her voice and style.

She’s soothing. She makes me laugh and she makes me cry. She always had the best musicians. Superb.

The story of her life is one of highs and lows.

I visited the place where she died. She was in a car accident and they would not take her to the hospital – it was for whites only. They took her to the Riverside Hotel. She died there.

Her death was a tragedy but her life was a riot!! I guess she lived a lot!!