Some radio station did a listener voted Greatest Female Songs Of All Time countdown. There are 885 songs.

https://xpn.org/countdown/885-greatest-songs-by-women/?fbclid=IwAR1-InrRvbVsdObjjHckXcltg1WPaGyAbNlhVAE8hd7QoE2dtYgsBCpy-uY_aem_ATURGiKoN2iTRSFS8pVGyg-5rBrtq5x500QeqQqR_Tre2xY2RN8Mc4uKphDXbE1WqaU

Here are the top 50:

1
Respect
Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
2 A Case Of You
Joni Mitchell
Blue
3 Jolene
Dolly Parton
Jolene
4 The Story
Brandi Carlile
The Story
5 Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
6 At Last
Etta James
At Last!
7 Angel From Montgomery
Bonnie Raitt
Streetlights
8 Both Sides, Now
Joni Mitchell
Clouds
9 The Joke
Brandi Carlile
By The Way, I Forgive You
10
Crazy
Patsy Cline
The Patsy Cline Story
11
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
12
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
13
Piece Of My Heart
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Cheap Thrills
14
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin
Lady Soul
15
Closer To Fine
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
16
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
The Bodyguard (soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
17
You're So Vain
Carly Simon
No Secrets
18
Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
Pearl
19
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
The Best Of Billie Holiday
20
River
Joni Mitchell
Blue
21
I Can't Make You Love Me
Bonnie Raitt
Luck Of The Draw
22
Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
Kate Bush
Hounds Of Love
23
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Carole King
Tapestry
24
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow
25
It's Too Late
Carole King
Tapestry
26
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
21
27
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
28
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
29
Coyote
Joni Mitchell
Hejira
30
Diamonds and Rust
Joan Baez
Diamonds and Rust
31
Because The Night
Patti Smith
Easter
32
You've Got A Friend
Carole King
Tapestry
33
Midnight Train To Georgia
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Imagination
34
I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton
Jolene
35
Proud Mary
Ike & Tina Turner
Workin' Together
36
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell
Ladies Of The Canyon
37
The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
38
Edge Of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
Bella Donna
39
All Too Well (10 minute version)
Taylor Swift
Red (Taylor's Version)
40
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Fairport Convention
Unhalfbricking
41
Brass In Pocket
The Pretenders
Pretenders
42
What's Love Got To Do With It
Tina Turner
Private Dancer
43
Feeling Good
Nina Simone
I Put A Spell On You
44
Gloria
Patti Smith
Horses
45
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush
The Kick Inside
46
I Feel The Earth Move
Carole King
Tapestry
47
So Far Away
Carole King
Tapestry
48
Silver Springs
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours (Deluxe Version)
49
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis
50
Blue Bayou
Linda Ronstadt
Simple Dreams

God, that's depressing. (So depressing it made me top-post.)
Now, you might think "Oh, these voters are young, they don't know about
Martha Reeves, Koko Taylor, Mary Wells, etc." but then you also notice
that Queen Latifah, Rihanna, Missy Elliot, Nicki Minaj are all missing
from this list. Not a single hip hop artist. So just exactly what
demographic do these radio listeners belong to?
In fact, shockingly, not even Beyonce makes this list.

On 12/30/2023 1:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Some radio station did a listener voted Greatest Female Songs Of All
> Time countdown. There are 885 songs.
> https://xpn.org/countdown/885-greatest-songs-by-women/?fbclid=IwAR1-InrRvbVsdObjjHckXcltg1WPaGyAbNlhVAE8hd7QoE2dtYgsBCpy-uY_aem_ATURGiKoN2iTRSFS8pVGyg-5rBrtq5x500QeqQqR_Tre2xY2RN8Mc4uKphDXbE1WqaU
>
> Here are the top 50:
>
> 1
> Respect
> Aretha Franklin
> I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
> 2
> A Case Of You
> Joni Mitchell
> Blue
> 3
> Jolene
> Dolly Parton
> Jolene
> 4
> The Story
> Brandi Carlile
> The Story
> 5
> Fast Car
> Tracy Chapman
> Tracy Chapman
> 6
> At Last
> Etta James
> At Last!
> 7
> Angel From Montgomery
> Bonnie Raitt
> Streetlights
> 8
> Both Sides, Now
> Joni Mitchell
> Clouds
> 9
> The Joke
> Brandi Carlile
> By The Way, I Forgive You
> 10
> Crazy
> Patsy Cline
> The Patsy Cline Story
> 11
> Landslide
> Fleetwood Mac
> Fleetwood Mac
> 12
> Nothing Compares 2 U
> Sinéad O'Connor
> I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
> 13
> Piece Of My Heart
> Big Brother & The Holding Company
> Cheap Thrills
> 14
> (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
> Aretha Franklin
> Lady Soul
> 15
> Closer To Fine
> Indigo Girls
> Indigo Girls
> 16
> I Will Always Love You
> Whitney Houston
> The Bodyguard (soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
> 17
> You're So Vain
> Carly Simon
> No Secrets
> 18
> Me and Bobby McGee
> Janis Joplin
> Pearl
> 19
> Strange Fruit
> Billie Holiday
> The Best Of Billie Holiday
> 20
> River
> Joni Mitchell
> Blue
> 21
> I Can't Make You Love Me
> Bonnie Raitt
> Luck Of The Draw
> 22
> Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
> Kate Bush
> Hounds Of Love
> 23
> Will You Love Me Tomorrow
> Carole King
> Tapestry
> 24
> White Rabbit
> Jefferson Airplane
> Surrealistic Pillow
> 25
> It's Too Late
> Carole King
> Tapestry
> 26
> Rolling in the Deep
> Adele
> 21
> 27
> You Oughta Know
> Alanis Morissette
> Jagged Little Pill
> 28
> Back To Black
> Amy Winehouse
> Back to Black
> 29
> Coyote
> Joni Mitchell
> Hejira
> 30
> Diamonds and Rust
> Joan Baez
> Diamonds and Rust
> 31
> Because The Night
> Patti Smith
> Easter
> 32
> You've Got A Friend
> Carole King
> Tapestry
> 33
> Midnight Train To Georgia
> Gladys Knight & the Pips
> Imagination
> 34
> I Will Always Love You
> Dolly Parton
> Jolene
> 35
> Proud Mary
> Ike & Tina Turner
> Workin' Together
> 36
> Big Yellow Taxi
> Joni Mitchell
> Ladies Of The Canyon
> 37
> The Emperor's New Clothes
> Sinéad O'Connor
> I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
> 38
> Edge Of Seventeen
> Stevie Nicks
> Bella Donna
> 39
> All Too Well (10 minute version)
> Taylor Swift
> Red (Taylor's Version)
> 40
> Who Knows Where The Time Goes
> Fairport Convention
> Unhalfbricking
> 41
> Brass In Pocket
> The Pretenders
> Pretenders
> 42
> What's Love Got To Do With It
> Tina Turner
> Private Dancer
> 43
> Feeling Good
> Nina Simone
> I Put A Spell On You
> 44
> Gloria
> Patti Smith
> Horses
> 45
> Wuthering Heights
> Kate Bush
> The Kick Inside
> 46
> I Feel The Earth Move
> Carole King
> Tapestry
> 47
> So Far Away
> Carole King
> Tapestry
> 48
> Silver Springs
> Fleetwood Mac
> Rumours (Deluxe Version)
> 49
> Son Of A Preacher Man
> Dusty Springfield
> Dusty in Memphis
> 50
> Blue Bayou
> Linda Ronstadt
> Simple Dreams

DianeE wrote:

> God, that's depressing... So just exactly what
> demographic do these radio listeners belong to?

WXPN, Philadelphia 88.5
Slogan: Vinyl at Heart
Broadcast area: Delaware Valley
Format: Adult album alternative

--
BR

On 12/30/2023 8:01 PM, BobRoman wrote:
> DianeE wrote:
>
>> God, that's depressing...  So just exactly what demographic do these
>> radio listeners belong to?
>
> WXPN, Philadelphia 88.5
> Slogan: Vinyl at Heart
> Broadcast area: Delaware Valley
> Format: Adult album alternative
>
> --
> BR
------------
I meant, "How old are they?"

DianeE wrote:

> On 12/30/2023 8:01 PM, BobRoman wrote:

>> Format: Adult album alternative
>>
> I meant, "How old are they?"

The Adult Album Alternative format is basically music for people who grew up on '70s and '80s radio but tried to keep hip with indie-rock and Americana in the '90s.

--
BR

BobRoman wrote:

> DianeE wrote:

>> On 12/30/2023 8:01 PM, BobRoman wrote:

>>> Format: Adult album alternative
>>>
>> I meant, "How old are they?"

> The Adult Album Alternative format is basically music for people who grew up on '70s and '80s radio but tried to keep hip with indie-rock and Americana in the '90s.

----------
And somehow completely missed out on hip hop and R&B of that era? Sigh.

Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and my accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists-female.html

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html

DianeE wrote:

> BobRoman wrote:

>> DianeE wrote:

>>> On 12/30/2023 8:01 PM, BobRoman wrote:

>>>> Format: Adult album alternative
>>>>
>>> I meant, "How old are they?"

>> The Adult Album Alternative format is basically music for people who grew up on '70s and '80s radio but tried to keep hip with indie-rock and Americana in the '90s.

> ----------
> And somehow completely missed out on hip hop and R&B of that era? Sigh.

They intentionally missed out on R&B and Hip Hop. These are mainly white suburban housewives.

On 12/30/2023 10:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and my
> accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.

>
> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html
--------
Definitely an improvement, but many quibbles, chief among them Linda
Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and of course "Wang Dang Doodle." More
importantly, you misspelled "qualify" in the Criteria.

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:12:22 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

>Some radio station did a listener voted Greatest Female Songs Of All Time countdown. There are 885 songs.
>
>https://xpn.org/countdown/885-greatest-songs-by-women/?fbclid=IwAR1-InrRvbVsdObjjHckXcltg1WPaGyAbNlhVAE8hd7QoE2dtYgsBCpy-uY_aem_ATURGiKoN2iTRSFS8pVGyg-5rBrtq5x500QeqQqR_Tre2xY2RN8Mc4uKphDXbE1WqaU
>
Here are the top 500 to quickly scan down for anyone interested;
potentially this list could be sorted by Artist - Rank:
>
1 - Aretha Franklin - Respect - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
2 - Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You - Blue
3 - Dolly Parton - Jolene - Jolene
4 - Brandi Carlile - The Story - The Story
5 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
6 - Etta James - At Last - At Last!
7 - Bonnie Raitt - Angel From Montgomery - Streetlights
8 - Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now - Clouds
9 - Brandi Carlile - The Joke - By The Way, I Forgive You
10 - Patsy Cline - Crazy - The Patsy Cline Story
11 - Fleetwood Mac - Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
12 - Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - I Do Not Want What I
Haven't Got
13 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart - Cheap
Thrills
14 - Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Lady
Soul
15 - Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
16 - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - The Bodyguard
(soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
17 - Carly Simon - You're So Vain - No Secrets
18 - Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee - Pearl
19 - Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit - The Best Of Billie Holiday
20 - Joni Mitchell - River - Blue
21 - Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me - Luck Of The Draw
22 - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - Hounds Of
Love
23 - Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Tapestry
24 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - Surrealistic Pillow
25 - Carole King - It's Too Late - Tapestry
26 - Adele - Rolling in the Deep - 21
27 - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know - Jagged Little Pill
28 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - Back to Black
29 - Joni Mitchell - Coyote - Hejira
30 - Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - Diamonds and Rust
31 - Patti Smith - Because The Night - Easter
32 - Carole King - You've Got A Friend - Tapestry
33 - Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia -
Imagination
34 - Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Jolene
35 - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary - Workin' Together
36 - Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - Ladies Of The Canyon
37 - Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes - I Do Not Want What
I Haven't Got
38 - Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen - Bella Donna
39 - Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 minute version) - Red (Taylor's
Version)
40 - Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes -
Unhalfbricking
41 - The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
42 - Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Private Dancer
43 - Nina Simone - Feeling Good - I Put A Spell On You
44 - Patti Smith - Gloria - Horses
45 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - The Kick Inside
46 - Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move - Tapestry
47 - Carole King - So Far Away - Tapestry
48 - Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs - Rumours (Deluxe Version)
49 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty in Memphis
50 - Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou - Simple Dreams
51 - The Cranberries - Zombie - No Need To Argue
52 - Heart - Crazy On You - Dreamboat Annie
53 - Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Tapestry
54 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass - Parallel Lines
55 - Fleetwood Mac - Songbird - Rumours
56 - Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - She's So Unusual
57 - Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection - Joan Armatrading
58 - Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie - Version
59 - The Cranberries - Linger - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why
Can't We?
60 - Judy Garland - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Wizard Of Oz
61 - Mazzy Star - Fade Into You - So Tonight That I Might See
62 - Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - Back to Mono
63 - Heart - Barracuda - Little Queen
64 - Tori Amos - Silent All These Years - Little Earthquakes
65 - Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time - Silk Purse
66 - I Will Survive - 20th Century Masters - Gloria Gaynor - The
Millennium Collection
67 - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams - Rumours
68 - Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
69 - Annie Lennox - Why - Diva
70 - Joni Mitchell - Blue - Blue
71 - Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game - Ladies Of The Canyon
72 - Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About - Luck Of The Draw
73 - Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me - The Golden Hits Of Leslie Gore
74 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman - The Best Of Nina Simone
75 - Amy Winehouse - Rehab - Back to Black
76 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Car Wheels On A
Gravel Road
77 - Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) -
Whitney
78 - Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song - Killing Me
Softly
79 - Madonna - Like A Prayer - Like A Prayer
80 - Aretha Franklin - Think - Aretha Now
81 - Fiona Apple - Criminal - Tidal
82 - Joni Mitchell - Help Me - Court & Spark
83 - Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone in Concert
84 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Sweet Dreams (Are
Made Of This)
85 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll - I Love Rock
& Roll
86 - Blondie - Rapture - Autoamerican
87 - The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement - Pretenders
88 - Joni Mitchell - Urge For Going - Songs Of A Prairie Girl
89 - Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris - Court & Spark
90 - Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - First Take
91 - Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over - Lungs
92 - Adele - Someone Like You - 21
93 - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love - Surrealistic Pillow
94 - The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road - Learning To Crawl
95 - Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools - Lady Soul
96 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - Come Away With Me
97 - Janis Ian - At Seventeen - Between the Lines
98 - Brandi Carlile - The Mother - By The Way, I Forgive You
99 - Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot - Wave
100 - Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys - Different Drum - Greatest
Hits, Volume 1
101 - Kate Bush - This Woman's Work - The Sensual World
102 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By - Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits
103 - The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang - Learning To Crawl
104 - Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind - Tell Mama
105 - Indigo Girls - Galileo - Rites of Passage
106 - Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Now
107 - Tori Amos - Crucify - Little Earthquakes
108 - Donna Summer - I Feel Love - (12" single)
109 - Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good - Heart Like A Wheel
110 - Blondie - Dreaming - Eat to the Beat
111 - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun - She's So Unusual
112 - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) - I
Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
113 - Bonnie Raitt - Love Has No Pride - Give It Up
114 - Heart - Magic Man - Dreamboat Annie
115 - Patti Smith - People Have The Power - Dream Of Life
116 - Blondie - Call Me (Theme from American Gigolo) - Greatest Hits
117 - Joan Jett - Bad Reputation - Bad Reputation
118 - Janis Joplin - Cry Baby - Pearl
119 - Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be -
Carly Simon
120 - Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - Ode To Billie Joe
121 - Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - Young, Gifted and Black
122 - Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka - The Lion And The Cobra
123 - The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why
Can't We?
124 - Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass - Diva
125 - The Breeders - Cannonball - Last Splash
126 - Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were - The Way We Were
127 - Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time - Nick Of Time
128 - Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl - Under The Pink
129 - Judy Collins - Both Sides Now - Wildflowers
130 - Brandi Carlile - Right On Time - In These Silent Days
131 - 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? - Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
132 - Björk - Hyper Ballad - Post
133 - The Pretenders - Talk Of The Town - Pretenders II
134 - Patty Griffin - Heavenly Day - Children Running Through
135 - Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved - Heart Like A Wheel
136 - Joni Mitchell - California - Blue
137 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Summertime - Cheap Thrills
138 - Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight - The Patsy Cline Story
139 - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors - True Colors
140 - Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (that Thing) - The Miseducation Of Lauryn
Hill
141 - Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading
142 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
Featuring Veronica
143 - Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's - Medusa
144 - Barbra Streisand - People - People
145 - Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer - Tidal
146 - Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl - Pussy Whipped
147 - Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman - Rumours
148 - Helen Reddy - I Am Woman - Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits (and
More)
149 - Joni Mitchell - Amelia - Hejira
150 - Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child - Lady In Autumn/best Of
Verve Disc 2
151 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - Fever To Tell
152 - Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good - Back to Black
153 - The Pretenders - I'll Stand by You - Last of the Independents
154 - The Pretenders - Message Of Love - Pretenders II
155 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball And Chain - Cheap
Thrills
156 - Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
157 - The Pretenders - My City Was Gone - Learning To Crawl
158 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem - Revelator
159 - Natalie Merchant - Wonder - Tigerlily
160 - 10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days - Our Time In Eden
161 - Sinéad O'Connor - Troy - The Lion And The Cobra
162 - Adele - Make You Feel My Love - 19
163 - Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
164 - Adele - Hello - 25
165 - The Carpenters - Superstar - Carpenters
166 - Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker - In The Heat Of The Night
167 - Björk - Human Behavior - Debut
168 - Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Hounds Of Love
169 - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - Come Away With Me
170 - Joan Osborne - One Of Us - Relish
171 - Concrete Blonde - Joey - Bloodletting
172 - Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason - New Beginning
173 - Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic - Eli And The 13th Confession
174 - Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? - Be Yourself Tonight
175 - Joan Armatrading - The Weakness In Me - Walk Under Ladders
176 - Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You - The Best Of Nina Simone
177 - Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - Hounds Of Love
178 - Alanis Morissette - Ironic - Jagged Little Pill
179 - Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
180 - Sade - Smooth Operator - Diamond Life
181 - Fleetwood Mac - Sara - Tusk
182 - Carole King - Tapestry - Tapestry
183 - Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer - The Windows Of The
World
184 - The Pretenders - Precious - Pretenders
185 - Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm
Gonna Do) - Let Me Into Your Life
186 - Joni Mitchell - Carey - Blue
187 - Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - Blues Masters, Volume 5: Jump
Blues Classics
188 - Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness - Stranger In The Alps
189 - Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl - Red Dirt Girl
190 - Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener - The Double EP: A Sea of
Spilt Peas
191 - Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz - Pearl
192 - Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - Pure Ella
193 - Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses - In These Silent Days
194 - Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Boots
195 - boygenius - Not Strong Enough - The Record
196 - Adele - Set Fire to the Rain - 21
197 - Joni Mitchell - All I Want - Blue
198 - Brandi Carlile - You and Me on the Rock (feat. Lucius) - In
These Silent Days
199 - Sarah McLachlan - Possession - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
200 - Adele - Chasing Pavements - 19
201 - Ani DiFranco - 32 Flavors - Not A Pretty Girl
202 - Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns - Judith
203 - Aimee Mann - Save Me - Magnolia (soundtrack)
204 - k. d. lang - Constant Craving - Ingenue
205 - Robyn - Dancing On My Own - Body Talk, Pt. 1
206 - Dar Williams - When I Was A Boy - The Honesty Room
207 - The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends - Reading, Writing And
Arithmetic
208 - The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Singles
1969-1973
209 - Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - The Fame Monster
210 - Joni Mitchell - Woodstock - Ladies Of The Canyon
211 - Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? - Tropical Brainstorm
212 - Lulu - To Sir With Love - Love Loves To Love Lulu
213 - Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love - Nick Of Time
214 - Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own - Back to Black
215 - Linda Ronstadt - Love Has No Pride - Don't Cry Now
216 - Madonna - Vogue - The Immaculate Collection
217 - Patty Griffin - Rain - 1000 Kisses
218 - Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors - Ultimate
219 - Barbra Streisand - Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) -
A Star Is Born: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
220 - Carly Simon - Anticipation - Anticipation
221 - Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingham - Pieces of the Sky
222 - Alicia Keys - Fallin' - Songs in A Minor
223 - Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do - Tuesday Night Music Club
224 - Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams
225 - Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter - Coal Miner's Daughter
226 - Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun - Rumours
227 - Lucinda Williams - Changed The Locks - Lucinda Williams
228 - Nico - These Days - Chelsea Girl
229 - Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman - Chaka
230 - Missy Elliott - Work It - Under Construction
231 - Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket - Jagged Little Pill
232 - Heart - Alone - Bad Animals
233 - Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose - The Best Of...
234 - k. d. lang - Hallelujah - Hymns Of The 49th Parallel
235 - Lana Del Rey - Video Games - Born To Die
236 - Carole King - Beautiful - Tapestry
237 - Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game - Back to Black
238 - 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night (Live) - MTV Unplugged:
10,000 Maniacs
239 - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody - Stompin' At The Savoy
240 - Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation
1814
241 - Stevie Nicks - Stand Back - The Wild Heart
242 - Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
243 - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife - Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes
(Live)
244 - The Highwomen - Crowded Table - The Highwomen
245 - Blondie - One Way Or Another - Parallel Lines
246 - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball - Wrecking Ball
247 - Linda Ronstadt - Desperado - Don't Cry Now
248 - Sade - No Ordinary Love - Love Deluxe
249 - Ella Fitzgerald - Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
250 - Tori Amos - Winter - Little Earthquakes
251 - No Doubt - Just A Girl - Tragic Kingdom
252 - Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy - Mirage
253 - Bette Midler - The Rose - The Rose (soundtrack)
254 - Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window - Yes I Am
255 - Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
256 - Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
257 - Fiona Apple - Paper Bag - When The Pawn...
258 - Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache - Seven Year Ache
259 - Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold - Songbird
260 - Renaissance - Carpet Of The Sun - Ashes Are Burning
261 - Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - PHOEBE SNOW
262 - Laurie Anderson - O Superman - Big Science
263 - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces - The Patsy Cline Story
264 - Liz Phair - Divorce Song - Exile In Guyville
265 - Hole - Violet - Live Through This
266 - Indigo Girls - Least Complicated - Swamp Ophelia
267 - DNA & Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (remix) - Tom's Album
268 - Sinéad O'Connor - Black Boys On Mopeds - I Do Not Want What I
Haven't Got
269 - Petula Clark - Downtown - DOWNTOWN
270 - The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys - Pretenders
271 - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema (feat. Astrud
Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim) - Getz / Gilberto
272 - Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again - Here You Come Again
273 - Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing - The Bodyguard (soundtrack
From The Motion Picture)
274 - Yaz - Only You - Upstairs At Eric's
275 - The Pretenders - Kid - Pretenders
276 - ABBA - Dancing Queen - Arrival
277 - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - A Christmas
Gift for You from Philles Records
278 - Pat Benatar - We Belong - Tropico
279 - Shawn Colvin - Shotgun Down The Avalanche - Steady On
280 - Alison Krauss & Union Station - When You Say Nothing At All -
Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album
281 - Brandi Carlile - The Eye - The Firewatcher's Daughter
282 - Peggy Lee - Fever - The Best Of Miss Peggy Lee
283 - Natalie Merchant - Carnival - Tigerlily
284 - Björk - Army Of Me - Post
285 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - Born THis Way
286 - M. I. A. - Paper Planes - Kala
287 - Beyoncé - Formation - Lemonade
288 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust - Tinderbox
289 - Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
290 - Joan Armatrading - Willow - Show Some Emotion
291 - Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up Or Let Me Go - Give It Up
292 - Melissa Etheridge - Like The Way I Do - Melissa Etheridge
293 - Taylor Swift - Shake it Off - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
294 - First Aid Kit - Emmylou - The Lion's Roar
295 - Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough - Tuesday Night Music Club
296 - Madonna - Holiday - Madonna
297 - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart - Faster Than The
Speed of Light
298 - Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better - The Spy Who Loved Me
299 - Iris Dement - Our Town - Infamous Angel
300 - Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night - She's So Unusual
301 - The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun - Close To You
302 - Madonna - Express Yourself - Like A Prayer
303 - Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Candles in the Rain
304 - Madonna - Like A Virgin - Like A Virgin
305 - Ani DiFranco - Both Hands - Ani DiFranco
306 - Nina Simone - Strange Fruit - Pastel Blues
307 - Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Silk
& Soul
308 - Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) - Tails
309 - Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone - Parallel Lines
310 - 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - Voices Carry
311 - Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can - Pearl
312 - Liz Phair - Supernova - Whip-Smart
313 - TLC - Waterfalls - CrazySexyCool
314 - Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
315 - Joni Mitchell - Hejira - Hejira
316 - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! - Germfree Adolescents
317 - Japanese Breakfast - Paprika - Jubilee
318 - Lucinda Williams - Joy - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
319 - Lucinda Williams - Right In Time - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
320 - Patsy Cline - She's Got You - Greatest Hits
321 - Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Crimes Of Passion
322 - Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can - When The Pawn...
323 - Lucinda Williams - Essence - Essence
324 - Hole - Doll Parts - Live Through This
325 - Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream - Tidal
326 - Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield - Live From Earth
327 - Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon - Hejira
328 - Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere - Tango In The Night
329 - Patti Smith - Frederick - Wave
330 - PJ Harvey - Down By The Water - To Bring You My Love
331 - Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
332 - The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
333 - Heart - Dog & Butterfly - Dog & Butterfly
334 - The Breeders - Divine Hammer - Last Splash
335 - Madonna - Material Girl - Like A Virgin
336 - Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes - The Kick Inside
337 - Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything - The Miseducation Of
Lauryn Hill
338 - Beyoncé - Single Ladies - I Am...Sasha Fierce
339 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound - Juju
340 - Kathleen Edwards - Change the Sheets - Voyageur
341 - Blondie - Atomic - Eat to the Beat
342 - Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle - Little Plastic Castle
343 - Beyoncé - Crazy in Love - Dangerously In Love
344 - Madonna - Ray of Light - Ray of Light
345 - Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - You
Don't Have To Say You Love Me
346 - Nanci Griffith - Love At The Five & Dime - The Last Of The True
Believers
347 - Alabama Shakes - Hold On - Boys & Girls
348 - Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On - Titanic: Music from the
Motion Picture
349 - Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You - Capitol Gold: The Best Of Minnie
Ripperton
350 - Tori Amos - Precious Things - Little Earthquakes
351 - Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - I Never Loved A
Man The Way I Love You
352 - Joan Osborne - St. Theresa - Relish
353 - Sarah McLachlan - Angel - Surfacing
354 - Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
355 - Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen - Remind Me Tomorrow
356 - Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman
357 - Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes - More Adventurous
358 - Garbage - Stupid Girl - Garbage
359 - Bonnie Raitt - Love Me Like A Man - Give It Up
360 - Sade - The Sweetest Taboo - Promise
361 - Natalie Merchant - Kind & Generous - Ophelia
362 - Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home - A Few Small Repairs
363 - Cher - Believe - Believe
364 - The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love - Greatest Hits
365 - Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet - Jubilee
366 - Alison Krauss - Baby, Now That I've Found You - Now That I've
Found You: A Collection
367 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You -
Up Your Alley
368 - Suzanne Vega - Luka - Solitude Standing
369 - Taylor Swift - Blank Space - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
370 - Brittany Howard - Stay High - Jaime
371 - Breathe Me - Six Feet Under - Sia - Everything Ends (soundtrack)
372 - Brandi Carlile - Wherever Is Your Heart - The Firewatcher's
Daughter
373 - Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark - Court & Spark
374 - Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
375 - Mary J. Blige - Family Affair - No More Drama
376 - Blondie - The Tide Is High - Autoamerican
377 - Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain On My Parade - Funny Girl
(original Soundtrack Recording)
378 - Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery - Surfacing
379 - Portishead - Glory Box - Dummy
380 - Le Tigre - Deceptacon - Le Tigre
381 - Lucinda Williams - Righteously - World Without Tears
382 - Dar Williams - Iowa - Mortal City
383 - Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (ft. Tom Petty) -
Bella Donna
384 - Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End - Punisher
385 - Hole - Celebrity Skin - Celebrity Skin
386 - Kacey Musgraves - Slow Burn - Golden Hour
387 - Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - Goo
388 - Labelle - Lady Marmalade - Var-pure Funk
389 - Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World - Sweet Old World
390 - Margo Price - Hands of Time - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
391 - Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio - Soul Journey
392 - Donna Summer - Last Dance - Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack)
393 - Madonna - Borderline - Madonna
394 - Valerie June - Call Me A Fool - The Moon and Stars:
Prescriptions For Dreamers
395 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me - Superstition
396 - The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed - Beauty And The Beat
397 - Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - Just Like That
398 - Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - Middle Cyclone
399 - Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - Show Some Emotion
400 - Sarah McLachlan - Hold On - Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
401 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain - Rumours
402 - Lucy Dacus - Night Shift - Historian
403 - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - What I Am - Shooting
Rubberbands At The Stars
404 - Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want - Jagged Little Pill
405 - Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses - Come On Come On
406 - Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper - Nightclubbing
407 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion - Show Your Bones
408 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You - (single)
409 - Donna Summer - On The Radio - Bad Girls
410 - Indigo Girls - Ghost - Rites of Passage
411 - Allison Russell - Nightflyer - Outside Child
412 - Sade - By Your Side - Lover's Rock
413 - Patty Griffin - Making Pies - 1000 Kisses
414 - Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind - Wild Is The Wind
415 - Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning - Clouds
416 - Lizzo - About Damn Time - Special
417 - No Doubt - Don't Speak - Tragic Kingdom
418 - Liz Phair - Never Said - Exile In Guyville
419 - Judy Garland - The Man That Got Away - A Star Is Born (1954
soundtrack)
420 - Lizzo - Good As Hell - Barber Shop: The Next Cut (Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack)
421 - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - Extraordinary Machine
422 - Dar Williams - As Cool As I Am - Mortal City
423 - Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming - Young, Gifted and Black
424 - Carole King - Where You Lead - Tapestry
425 - Karla Bonoff - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Karla Bonoff
426 - Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You - The Diary Of Alicia Keys
427 - Billie Holiday - Solitude - Lady Day
428 - The Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters
429 - Evanescence - Bring Me To Life - Fallen
430 - Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot - The Key
431 - Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly - Lita
432 - Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire - Girl on Fire
433 - Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning - Touch Me In The Morning
434 - Beyoncé - Love On Top - 4
435 - Lucinda Williams - Side Of The Road - Lucinda Williams
436 - Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake - The Globe Sessions
437 - Madonna - Live To Tell - True Blue
438 - Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight - Sound & Color
439 - Madonna - Into The Groove - Like A Virgin
440 - Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me - Private Dancer
441 - Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire - For The Roses
442 - Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best - Sometimes I Sit and
Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
443 - Björk - It's Oh So Quiet - Post
444 - Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance - RAW LIKE SUSHI
445 - Lori McKenna - People Get Old - The Tree
446 - Mitski - Your Best American Girl - Puberty 2
447 - Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out - Diana
448 - Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian - Different Light
449 - Björk - Big Time Sensuality - Debut
450 - Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name - Trailer Park
451 - Tina Turner - Private Dancer - Private Dancer
452 - Indigo Girls - Power Of Two - Swamp Ophelia
453 - Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
454 - Fiona Apple - Under the Table - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
455 - Patty Griffin - Useless Desires - Impossible Dream
456 - Joni Mitchell - Down To You - Court & Spark
457 - Anita Baker - Sweet Love - Rapture
458 - Patti Smith - Redondo Beach - Horses
459 - Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams (Of You) - The Patsy Cline Story
460 - Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
461 - Loretta Lynn - The Pill - Back To The Country
462 - Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
463 - Beth Orton - Central Reservation - Central Reservation
464 - Patti Smith - Land - Horses
465 - Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers - Asking For Flowers
466 - Alanis Morissette - Thank U - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
467 - Alanis Morissette - Uninvited - City of Angels OST
468 - Liz Phair - Polyester Bride - Whitechocolatespacegg
469 - The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Tonight's The Night
470 - Joni Mitchell - Little Green - Blue
471 - TLC - Creep - CrazySexyCool
472 - Valerie June - Astral Plane - The Order of Time
473 - Solange - Cranes In The Sky - A Seat At The Table
474 - Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
475 - Tori Amos - Caught A Lite Sneeze - Boys For Pele
476 - Joni Mitchell - Cactus Tree - Song To A Seagull
477 - Adele - Rumor Has It - 21
478 - Lorde - Royals - Pure Heroine
479 - Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff - Var-soul Hits Of The 70's Vol.5
480 - Michelle Shocked - Anchorage - Short Sharp Shocked
481 - Judy Collins - Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Recorded Live for
World Cafe
482 - Shawn Colvin - Steady On - Steady On
483 - Enya - Orinoco Flow - Watermark
484 - The Cranberries - Ode To My Family - No Need To Argue
485 - Chaka Khan - I Feel For You - I Feel For You
486 - Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
487 - The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There - Be Altitude: Respect
Yourself
488 - Martha & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Heat Wave
489 - Linda Ronstadt - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Hasten Down The
Wind
490 - Joan Osborne - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Standing In
The Shadows Of Motown (soundtrack)
491 - Maggie Rogers - Light On - Heard It In A Past Life
492 - Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues - More Than A New Discovery
493 - Lorde - Ribs - Pure Heroine
494 - Lizzo - Juice - Cuz I Love You
495 - Adele - Easy on Me - 30
496 - Alanis Morissette - You Learn - Jagged Little Pill
497 - Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark - Precious Time
498 - Alison Krauss - Oh Atlanta - Now That I've Found You: A
Collection
499 - Aimee Mann - That's Just What You Are - I'm With Stupid
500 - Joni Mitchell - For Free - Amchitka

On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:19:05 -0500, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:

>Here are the top 500 to quickly scan down for anyone interested;
>potentially this list could be sorted by Artist - Rank:

a sample from such a sorted list:

Blondie - 054 - Heart Of Glass - Parallel Lines
Blondie - 086 - Rapture - Autoamerican
Blondie - 110 - Dreaming - Eat to the Beat
Blondie - 116 - Call Me (Theme from American Gigolo) - Greatest Hits
Blondie - 245 - One Way Or Another - Parallel Lines
Blondie - 309 - Hanging On The Telephone - Parallel Lines
Blondie - 341 - Atomic - Eat to the Beat
Blondie - 376 - The Tide Is High - Autoamerican
Bobbie Gentry - 120 - Ode To Billie Joe - Ode To Billie Joe
Bonnie Raitt - 007 - Angel From Montgomery - Streetlights
Bonnie Raitt - 021 - I Can't Make You Love Me - Luck Of The Draw
Bonnie Raitt - 072 - Something To Talk About - Luck Of The Draw
Bonnie Raitt - 113 - Love Has No Pride - Give It Up
Bonnie Raitt - 127 - Nick Of Time - Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt - 213 - Thing Called Love - Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt - 291 - Give It Up Or Let Me Go - Give It Up
Bonnie Raitt - 359 - Love Me Like A Man - Give It Up
Bonnie Raitt - 397 - Just Like That - Just Like That

DianeE wrote:

> On 12/30/2023 10:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and my
>> accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.

>>
>> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html
> --------
> Definitely an improvement, but many quibbles, chief among them Linda
> Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and of course "Wang Dang Doodle." More
> importantly, you misspelled "qualify" in the Criteria.

You missed this:

59. Blank Space - Taylor Swift

"Wang Dang Doodle" is blues, not rock.

On 12/31/2023 11:20 AM, Bruce wrote:
> DianeE wrote:
>
>> On 12/30/2023 10:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and
>>> my accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.
>
>>>
>>> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html
>> --------
>> Definitely an improvement, but many quibbles, chief among them Linda
>> Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and of course "Wang Dang Doodle."  More
>> importantly, you misspelled "qualify" in the Criteria.
>
> You missed this:
>
> 59. Blank Space - Taylor Swift
>
> "Wang Dang Doodle" is blues, not rock.
-----------
It crossed over onto the pop charts...and besides, I can dance to it.

DianeE wrote:

> On 12/31/2023 11:20 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> DianeE wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/30/2023 10:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and
>>>> my accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.
>>
>>>>
>>>> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html
>>> --------
>>> Definitely an improvement, but many quibbles, chief among them Linda
>>> Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and of course "Wang Dang Doodle."  More
>>> importantly, you misspelled "qualify" in the Criteria.
>>
>> You missed this:
>>
>> 59. Blank Space - Taylor Swift
>>
>> "Wang Dang Doodle" is blues, not rock.
> -----------
> It crossed over onto the pop charts

So did "Take Five" and "Stand By Your Man," are they rock too?

Still among the missing: Queen Latifah, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and
(SHOCKING) Pink. Very famous female artists. Two of them have
performed at the Super Bowl.

Heading back towards our era, awful disrespect for Motown artists, only
*one* (Gladys Knight) in the top 200. That's just crazy.

On 12/31/2023 10:19 AM, RWC wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:12:22 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:
>
>> Some radio station did a listener voted Greatest Female Songs Of All Time countdown. There are 885 songs.
>>
>> https://xpn.org/countdown/885-greatest-songs-by-women/?fbclid=IwAR1-InrRvbVsdObjjHckXcltg1WPaGyAbNlhVAE8hd7QoE2dtYgsBCpy-uY_aem_ATURGiKoN2iTRSFS8pVGyg-5rBrtq5x500QeqQqR_Tre2xY2RN8Mc4uKphDXbE1WqaU
>>
> Here are the top 500 to quickly scan down for anyone interested;
> potentially this list could be sorted by Artist - Rank:
>>
> 1 - Aretha Franklin - Respect - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
> 2 - Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You - Blue
> 3 - Dolly Parton - Jolene - Jolene
> 4 - Brandi Carlile - The Story - The Story
> 5 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
> 6 - Etta James - At Last - At Last!
> 7 - Bonnie Raitt - Angel From Montgomery - Streetlights
> 8 - Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now - Clouds
> 9 - Brandi Carlile - The Joke - By The Way, I Forgive You
> 10 - Patsy Cline - Crazy - The Patsy Cline Story
> 11 - Fleetwood Mac - Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
> 12 - Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - I Do Not Want What I
> Haven't Got
> 13 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart - Cheap
> Thrills
> 14 - Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Lady
> Soul
> 15 - Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
> 16 - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - The Bodyguard
> (soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
> 17 - Carly Simon - You're So Vain - No Secrets
> 18 - Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee - Pearl
> 19 - Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit - The Best Of Billie Holiday
> 20 - Joni Mitchell - River - Blue
> 21 - Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me - Luck Of The Draw
> 22 - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - Hounds Of
> Love
> 23 - Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Tapestry
> 24 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - Surrealistic Pillow
> 25 - Carole King - It's Too Late - Tapestry
> 26 - Adele - Rolling in the Deep - 21
> 27 - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know - Jagged Little Pill
> 28 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - Back to Black
> 29 - Joni Mitchell - Coyote - Hejira
> 30 - Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - Diamonds and Rust
> 31 - Patti Smith - Because The Night - Easter
> 32 - Carole King - You've Got A Friend - Tapestry
> 33 - Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia -
> Imagination
> 34 - Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Jolene
> 35 - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary - Workin' Together
> 36 - Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - Ladies Of The Canyon
> 37 - Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes - I Do Not Want What
> I Haven't Got
> 38 - Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen - Bella Donna
> 39 - Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 minute version) - Red (Taylor's
> Version)
> 40 - Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes -
> Unhalfbricking
> 41 - The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
> 42 - Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Private Dancer
> 43 - Nina Simone - Feeling Good - I Put A Spell On You
> 44 - Patti Smith - Gloria - Horses
> 45 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - The Kick Inside
> 46 - Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move - Tapestry
> 47 - Carole King - So Far Away - Tapestry
> 48 - Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs - Rumours (Deluxe Version)
> 49 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty in Memphis
> 50 - Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou - Simple Dreams
> 51 - The Cranberries - Zombie - No Need To Argue
> 52 - Heart - Crazy On You - Dreamboat Annie
> 53 - Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Tapestry
> 54 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass - Parallel Lines
> 55 - Fleetwood Mac - Songbird - Rumours
> 56 - Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - She's So Unusual
> 57 - Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection - Joan Armatrading
> 58 - Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie - Version
> 59 - The Cranberries - Linger - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why
> Can't We?
> 60 - Judy Garland - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Wizard Of Oz
> 61 - Mazzy Star - Fade Into You - So Tonight That I Might See
> 62 - Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - Back to Mono
> 63 - Heart - Barracuda - Little Queen
> 64 - Tori Amos - Silent All These Years - Little Earthquakes
> 65 - Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time - Silk Purse
> 66 - I Will Survive - 20th Century Masters - Gloria Gaynor - The
> Millennium Collection
> 67 - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams - Rumours
> 68 - Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
> 69 - Annie Lennox - Why - Diva
> 70 - Joni Mitchell - Blue - Blue
> 71 - Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game - Ladies Of The Canyon
> 72 - Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About - Luck Of The Draw
> 73 - Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me - The Golden Hits Of Leslie Gore
> 74 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman - The Best Of Nina Simone
> 75 - Amy Winehouse - Rehab - Back to Black
> 76 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Car Wheels On A
> Gravel Road
> 77 - Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) -
> Whitney
> 78 - Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song - Killing Me
> Softly
> 79 - Madonna - Like A Prayer - Like A Prayer
> 80 - Aretha Franklin - Think - Aretha Now
> 81 - Fiona Apple - Criminal - Tidal
> 82 - Joni Mitchell - Help Me - Court & Spark
> 83 - Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone in Concert
> 84 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Sweet Dreams (Are
> Made Of This)
> 85 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll - I Love Rock
> & Roll
> 86 - Blondie - Rapture - Autoamerican
> 87 - The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement - Pretenders
> 88 - Joni Mitchell - Urge For Going - Songs Of A Prairie Girl
> 89 - Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris - Court & Spark
> 90 - Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - First Take
> 91 - Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over - Lungs
> 92 - Adele - Someone Like You - 21
> 93 - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love - Surrealistic Pillow
> 94 - The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road - Learning To Crawl
> 95 - Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools - Lady Soul
> 96 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - Come Away With Me
> 97 - Janis Ian - At Seventeen - Between the Lines
> 98 - Brandi Carlile - The Mother - By The Way, I Forgive You
> 99 - Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot - Wave
> 100 - Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys - Different Drum - Greatest
> Hits, Volume 1
> 101 - Kate Bush - This Woman's Work - The Sensual World
> 102 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By - Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits
> 103 - The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang - Learning To Crawl
> 104 - Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind - Tell Mama
> 105 - Indigo Girls - Galileo - Rites of Passage
> 106 - Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Now
> 107 - Tori Amos - Crucify - Little Earthquakes
> 108 - Donna Summer - I Feel Love - (12" single)
> 109 - Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good - Heart Like A Wheel
> 110 - Blondie - Dreaming - Eat to the Beat
> 111 - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun - She's So Unusual
> 112 - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) - I
> Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
> 113 - Bonnie Raitt - Love Has No Pride - Give It Up
> 114 - Heart - Magic Man - Dreamboat Annie
> 115 - Patti Smith - People Have The Power - Dream Of Life
> 116 - Blondie - Call Me (Theme from American Gigolo) - Greatest Hits
> 117 - Joan Jett - Bad Reputation - Bad Reputation
> 118 - Janis Joplin - Cry Baby - Pearl
> 119 - Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be -
> Carly Simon
> 120 - Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - Ode To Billie Joe
> 121 - Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - Young, Gifted and Black
> 122 - Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka - The Lion And The Cobra
> 123 - The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why
> Can't We?
> 124 - Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass - Diva
> 125 - The Breeders - Cannonball - Last Splash
> 126 - Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were - The Way We Were
> 127 - Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time - Nick Of Time
> 128 - Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl - Under The Pink
> 129 - Judy Collins - Both Sides Now - Wildflowers
> 130 - Brandi Carlile - Right On Time - In These Silent Days
> 131 - 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? - Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
> 132 - Björk - Hyper Ballad - Post
> 133 - The Pretenders - Talk Of The Town - Pretenders II
> 134 - Patty Griffin - Heavenly Day - Children Running Through
> 135 - Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved - Heart Like A Wheel
> 136 - Joni Mitchell - California - Blue
> 137 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Summertime - Cheap Thrills
> 138 - Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight - The Patsy Cline Story
> 139 - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors - True Colors
> 140 - Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (that Thing) - The Miseducation Of Lauryn
> Hill
> 141 - Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading
> 142 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
> Featuring Veronica
> 143 - Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's - Medusa
> 144 - Barbra Streisand - People - People
> 145 - Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer - Tidal
> 146 - Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl - Pussy Whipped
> 147 - Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman - Rumours
> 148 - Helen Reddy - I Am Woman - Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits (and
> More)
> 149 - Joni Mitchell - Amelia - Hejira
> 150 - Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child - Lady In Autumn/best Of
> Verve Disc 2
> 151 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - Fever To Tell
> 152 - Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good - Back to Black
> 153 - The Pretenders - I'll Stand by You - Last of the Independents
> 154 - The Pretenders - Message Of Love - Pretenders II
> 155 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball And Chain - Cheap
> Thrills
> 156 - Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
> 157 - The Pretenders - My City Was Gone - Learning To Crawl
> 158 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem - Revelator
> 159 - Natalie Merchant - Wonder - Tigerlily
> 160 - 10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days - Our Time In Eden
> 161 - Sinéad O'Connor - Troy - The Lion And The Cobra
> 162 - Adele - Make You Feel My Love - 19
> 163 - Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
> 164 - Adele - Hello - 25
> 165 - The Carpenters - Superstar - Carpenters
> 166 - Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker - In The Heat Of The Night
> 167 - Björk - Human Behavior - Debut
> 168 - Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Hounds Of Love
> 169 - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - Come Away With Me
> 170 - Joan Osborne - One Of Us - Relish
> 171 - Concrete Blonde - Joey - Bloodletting
> 172 - Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason - New Beginning
> 173 - Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic - Eli And The 13th Confession
> 174 - Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? - Be Yourself Tonight
> 175 - Joan Armatrading - The Weakness In Me - Walk Under Ladders
> 176 - Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You - The Best Of Nina Simone
> 177 - Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - Hounds Of Love
> 178 - Alanis Morissette - Ironic - Jagged Little Pill
> 179 - Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
> 180 - Sade - Smooth Operator - Diamond Life
> 181 - Fleetwood Mac - Sara - Tusk
> 182 - Carole King - Tapestry - Tapestry
> 183 - Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer - The Windows Of The
> World
> 184 - The Pretenders - Precious - Pretenders
> 185 - Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm
> Gonna Do) - Let Me Into Your Life
> 186 - Joni Mitchell - Carey - Blue
> 187 - Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - Blues Masters, Volume 5: Jump
> Blues Classics
> 188 - Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness - Stranger In The Alps
> 189 - Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl - Red Dirt Girl
> 190 - Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener - The Double EP: A Sea of
> Spilt Peas
> 191 - Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz - Pearl
> 192 - Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - Pure Ella
> 193 - Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses - In These Silent Days
> 194 - Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Boots
> 195 - boygenius - Not Strong Enough - The Record
> 196 - Adele - Set Fire to the Rain - 21
> 197 - Joni Mitchell - All I Want - Blue
> 198 - Brandi Carlile - You and Me on the Rock (feat. Lucius) - In
> These Silent Days
> 199 - Sarah McLachlan - Possession - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
> 200 - Adele - Chasing Pavements - 19
> 201 - Ani DiFranco - 32 Flavors - Not A Pretty Girl
> 202 - Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns - Judith
> 203 - Aimee Mann - Save Me - Magnolia (soundtrack)
> 204 - k. d. lang - Constant Craving - Ingenue
> 205 - Robyn - Dancing On My Own - Body Talk, Pt. 1
> 206 - Dar Williams - When I Was A Boy - The Honesty Room
> 207 - The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends - Reading, Writing And
> Arithmetic
> 208 - The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Singles
> 1969-1973
> 209 - Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - The Fame Monster
> 210 - Joni Mitchell - Woodstock - Ladies Of The Canyon
> 211 - Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? - Tropical Brainstorm
> 212 - Lulu - To Sir With Love - Love Loves To Love Lulu
> 213 - Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love - Nick Of Time
> 214 - Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own - Back to Black
> 215 - Linda Ronstadt - Love Has No Pride - Don't Cry Now
> 216 - Madonna - Vogue - The Immaculate Collection
> 217 - Patty Griffin - Rain - 1000 Kisses
> 218 - Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors - Ultimate
> 219 - Barbra Streisand - Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) -
> A Star Is Born: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
> 220 - Carly Simon - Anticipation - Anticipation
> 221 - Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingham - Pieces of the Sky
> 222 - Alicia Keys - Fallin' - Songs in A Minor
> 223 - Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do - Tuesday Night Music Club
> 224 - Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams
> 225 - Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter - Coal Miner's Daughter
> 226 - Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun - Rumours
> 227 - Lucinda Williams - Changed The Locks - Lucinda Williams
> 228 - Nico - These Days - Chelsea Girl
> 229 - Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman - Chaka
> 230 - Missy Elliott - Work It - Under Construction
> 231 - Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket - Jagged Little Pill
> 232 - Heart - Alone - Bad Animals
> 233 - Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose - The Best Of...
> 234 - k. d. lang - Hallelujah - Hymns Of The 49th Parallel
> 235 - Lana Del Rey - Video Games - Born To Die
> 236 - Carole King - Beautiful - Tapestry
> 237 - Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game - Back to Black
> 238 - 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night (Live) - MTV Unplugged:
> 10,000 Maniacs
> 239 - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody - Stompin' At The Savoy
> 240 - Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation
> 1814
> 241 - Stevie Nicks - Stand Back - The Wild Heart
> 242 - Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
> 243 - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife - Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes
> (Live)
> 244 - The Highwomen - Crowded Table - The Highwomen
> 245 - Blondie - One Way Or Another - Parallel Lines
> 246 - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball - Wrecking Ball
> 247 - Linda Ronstadt - Desperado - Don't Cry Now
> 248 - Sade - No Ordinary Love - Love Deluxe
> 249 - Ella Fitzgerald - Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
> Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
> 250 - Tori Amos - Winter - Little Earthquakes
> 251 - No Doubt - Just A Girl - Tragic Kingdom
> 252 - Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy - Mirage
> 253 - Bette Midler - The Rose - The Rose (soundtrack)
> 254 - Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window - Yes I Am
> 255 - Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
> 256 - Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
> 257 - Fiona Apple - Paper Bag - When The Pawn...
> 258 - Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache - Seven Year Ache
> 259 - Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold - Songbird
> 260 - Renaissance - Carpet Of The Sun - Ashes Are Burning
> 261 - Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - PHOEBE SNOW
> 262 - Laurie Anderson - O Superman - Big Science
> 263 - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces - The Patsy Cline Story
> 264 - Liz Phair - Divorce Song - Exile In Guyville
> 265 - Hole - Violet - Live Through This
> 266 - Indigo Girls - Least Complicated - Swamp Ophelia
> 267 - DNA & Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (remix) - Tom's Album
> 268 - Sinéad O'Connor - Black Boys On Mopeds - I Do Not Want What I
> Haven't Got
> 269 - Petula Clark - Downtown - DOWNTOWN
> 270 - The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys - Pretenders
> 271 - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema (feat. Astrud
> Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim) - Getz / Gilberto
> 272 - Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again - Here You Come Again
> 273 - Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing - The Bodyguard (soundtrack
> From The Motion Picture)
> 274 - Yaz - Only You - Upstairs At Eric's
> 275 - The Pretenders - Kid - Pretenders
> 276 - ABBA - Dancing Queen - Arrival
> 277 - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - A Christmas
> Gift for You from Philles Records
> 278 - Pat Benatar - We Belong - Tropico
> 279 - Shawn Colvin - Shotgun Down The Avalanche - Steady On
> 280 - Alison Krauss & Union Station - When You Say Nothing At All -
> Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album
> 281 - Brandi Carlile - The Eye - The Firewatcher's Daughter
> 282 - Peggy Lee - Fever - The Best Of Miss Peggy Lee
> 283 - Natalie Merchant - Carnival - Tigerlily
> 284 - Björk - Army Of Me - Post
> 285 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - Born THis Way
> 286 - M. I. A. - Paper Planes - Kala
> 287 - Beyoncé - Formation - Lemonade
> 288 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust - Tinderbox
> 289 - Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
> 290 - Joan Armatrading - Willow - Show Some Emotion
> 291 - Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up Or Let Me Go - Give It Up
> 292 - Melissa Etheridge - Like The Way I Do - Melissa Etheridge
> 293 - Taylor Swift - Shake it Off - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
> 294 - First Aid Kit - Emmylou - The Lion's Roar
> 295 - Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough - Tuesday Night Music Club
> 296 - Madonna - Holiday - Madonna
> 297 - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart - Faster Than The
> Speed of Light
> 298 - Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better - The Spy Who Loved Me
> 299 - Iris Dement - Our Town - Infamous Angel
> 300 - Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night - She's So Unusual
> 301 - The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun - Close To You
> 302 - Madonna - Express Yourself - Like A Prayer
> 303 - Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Candles in the Rain
> 304 - Madonna - Like A Virgin - Like A Virgin
> 305 - Ani DiFranco - Both Hands - Ani DiFranco
> 306 - Nina Simone - Strange Fruit - Pastel Blues
> 307 - Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Silk
> & Soul
> 308 - Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) - Tails
> 309 - Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone - Parallel Lines
> 310 - 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - Voices Carry
> 311 - Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can - Pearl
> 312 - Liz Phair - Supernova - Whip-Smart
> 313 - TLC - Waterfalls - CrazySexyCool
> 314 - Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
> 315 - Joni Mitchell - Hejira - Hejira
> 316 - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! - Germfree Adolescents
> 317 - Japanese Breakfast - Paprika - Jubilee
> 318 - Lucinda Williams - Joy - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
> 319 - Lucinda Williams - Right In Time - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
> 320 - Patsy Cline - She's Got You - Greatest Hits
> 321 - Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Crimes Of Passion
> 322 - Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can - When The Pawn...
> 323 - Lucinda Williams - Essence - Essence
> 324 - Hole - Doll Parts - Live Through This
> 325 - Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream - Tidal
> 326 - Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield - Live From Earth
> 327 - Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon - Hejira
> 328 - Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere - Tango In The Night
> 329 - Patti Smith - Frederick - Wave
> 330 - PJ Harvey - Down By The Water - To Bring You My Love
> 331 - Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
> 332 - The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
> 333 - Heart - Dog & Butterfly - Dog & Butterfly
> 334 - The Breeders - Divine Hammer - Last Splash
> 335 - Madonna - Material Girl - Like A Virgin
> 336 - Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes - The Kick Inside
> 337 - Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything - The Miseducation Of
> Lauryn Hill
> 338 - Beyoncé - Single Ladies - I Am...Sasha Fierce
> 339 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound - Juju
> 340 - Kathleen Edwards - Change the Sheets - Voyageur
> 341 - Blondie - Atomic - Eat to the Beat
> 342 - Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle - Little Plastic Castle
> 343 - Beyoncé - Crazy in Love - Dangerously In Love
> 344 - Madonna - Ray of Light - Ray of Light
> 345 - Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - You
> Don't Have To Say You Love Me
> 346 - Nanci Griffith - Love At The Five & Dime - The Last Of The True
> Believers
> 347 - Alabama Shakes - Hold On - Boys & Girls
> 348 - Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On - Titanic: Music from the
> Motion Picture
> 349 - Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You - Capitol Gold: The Best Of Minnie
> Ripperton
> 350 - Tori Amos - Precious Things - Little Earthquakes
> 351 - Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - I Never Loved A
> Man The Way I Love You
> 352 - Joan Osborne - St. Theresa - Relish
> 353 - Sarah McLachlan - Angel - Surfacing
> 354 - Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
> 355 - Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen - Remind Me Tomorrow
> 356 - Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman
> 357 - Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes - More Adventurous
> 358 - Garbage - Stupid Girl - Garbage
> 359 - Bonnie Raitt - Love Me Like A Man - Give It Up
> 360 - Sade - The Sweetest Taboo - Promise
> 361 - Natalie Merchant - Kind & Generous - Ophelia
> 362 - Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home - A Few Small Repairs
> 363 - Cher - Believe - Believe
> 364 - The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love - Greatest Hits
> 365 - Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet - Jubilee
> 366 - Alison Krauss - Baby, Now That I've Found You - Now That I've
> Found You: A Collection
> 367 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You -
> Up Your Alley
> 368 - Suzanne Vega - Luka - Solitude Standing
> 369 - Taylor Swift - Blank Space - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
> 370 - Brittany Howard - Stay High - Jaime
> 371 - Breathe Me - Six Feet Under - Sia - Everything Ends (soundtrack)
> 372 - Brandi Carlile - Wherever Is Your Heart - The Firewatcher's
> Daughter
> 373 - Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark - Court & Spark
> 374 - Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
> 375 - Mary J. Blige - Family Affair - No More Drama
> 376 - Blondie - The Tide Is High - Autoamerican
> 377 - Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain On My Parade - Funny Girl
> (original Soundtrack Recording)
> 378 - Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery - Surfacing
> 379 - Portishead - Glory Box - Dummy
> 380 - Le Tigre - Deceptacon - Le Tigre
> 381 - Lucinda Williams - Righteously - World Without Tears
> 382 - Dar Williams - Iowa - Mortal City
> 383 - Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (ft. Tom Petty) -
> Bella Donna
> 384 - Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End - Punisher
> 385 - Hole - Celebrity Skin - Celebrity Skin
> 386 - Kacey Musgraves - Slow Burn - Golden Hour
> 387 - Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - Goo
> 388 - Labelle - Lady Marmalade - Var-pure Funk
> 389 - Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World - Sweet Old World
> 390 - Margo Price - Hands of Time - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
> 391 - Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio - Soul Journey
> 392 - Donna Summer - Last Dance - Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack)
> 393 - Madonna - Borderline - Madonna
> 394 - Valerie June - Call Me A Fool - The Moon and Stars:
> Prescriptions For Dreamers
> 395 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me - Superstition
> 396 - The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed - Beauty And The Beat
> 397 - Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - Just Like That
> 398 - Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - Middle Cyclone
> 399 - Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - Show Some Emotion
> 400 - Sarah McLachlan - Hold On - Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
> 401 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain - Rumours
> 402 - Lucy Dacus - Night Shift - Historian
> 403 - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - What I Am - Shooting
> Rubberbands At The Stars
> 404 - Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want - Jagged Little Pill
> 405 - Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses - Come On Come On
> 406 - Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper - Nightclubbing
> 407 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion - Show Your Bones
> 408 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You - (single)
> 409 - Donna Summer - On The Radio - Bad Girls
> 410 - Indigo Girls - Ghost - Rites of Passage
> 411 - Allison Russell - Nightflyer - Outside Child
> 412 - Sade - By Your Side - Lover's Rock
> 413 - Patty Griffin - Making Pies - 1000 Kisses
> 414 - Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind - Wild Is The Wind
> 415 - Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning - Clouds
> 416 - Lizzo - About Damn Time - Special
> 417 - No Doubt - Don't Speak - Tragic Kingdom
> 418 - Liz Phair - Never Said - Exile In Guyville
> 419 - Judy Garland - The Man That Got Away - A Star Is Born (1954
> soundtrack)
> 420 - Lizzo - Good As Hell - Barber Shop: The Next Cut (Original
> Motion Picture Soundtrack)
> 421 - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - Extraordinary Machine
> 422 - Dar Williams - As Cool As I Am - Mortal City
> 423 - Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming - Young, Gifted and Black
> 424 - Carole King - Where You Lead - Tapestry
> 425 - Karla Bonoff - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Karla Bonoff
> 426 - Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You - The Diary Of Alicia Keys
> 427 - Billie Holiday - Solitude - Lady Day
> 428 - The Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters
> 429 - Evanescence - Bring Me To Life - Fallen
> 430 - Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot - The Key
> 431 - Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly - Lita
> 432 - Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire - Girl on Fire
> 433 - Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning - Touch Me In The Morning
> 434 - Beyoncé - Love On Top - 4
> 435 - Lucinda Williams - Side Of The Road - Lucinda Williams
> 436 - Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake - The Globe Sessions
> 437 - Madonna - Live To Tell - True Blue
> 438 - Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight - Sound & Color
> 439 - Madonna - Into The Groove - Like A Virgin
> 440 - Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me - Private Dancer
> 441 - Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire - For The Roses
> 442 - Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best - Sometimes I Sit and
> Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
> 443 - Björk - It's Oh So Quiet - Post
> 444 - Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance - RAW LIKE SUSHI
> 445 - Lori McKenna - People Get Old - The Tree
> 446 - Mitski - Your Best American Girl - Puberty 2
> 447 - Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out - Diana
> 448 - Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian - Different Light
> 449 - Björk - Big Time Sensuality - Debut
> 450 - Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name - Trailer Park
> 451 - Tina Turner - Private Dancer - Private Dancer
> 452 - Indigo Girls - Power Of Two - Swamp Ophelia
> 453 - Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
> 454 - Fiona Apple - Under the Table - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
> 455 - Patty Griffin - Useless Desires - Impossible Dream
> 456 - Joni Mitchell - Down To You - Court & Spark
> 457 - Anita Baker - Sweet Love - Rapture
> 458 - Patti Smith - Redondo Beach - Horses
> 459 - Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams (Of You) - The Patsy Cline Story
> 460 - Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
> 461 - Loretta Lynn - The Pill - Back To The Country
> 462 - Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
> 463 - Beth Orton - Central Reservation - Central Reservation
> 464 - Patti Smith - Land - Horses
> 465 - Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers - Asking For Flowers
> 466 - Alanis Morissette - Thank U - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
> 467 - Alanis Morissette - Uninvited - City of Angels OST
> 468 - Liz Phair - Polyester Bride - Whitechocolatespacegg
> 469 - The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Tonight's The Night
> 470 - Joni Mitchell - Little Green - Blue
> 471 - TLC - Creep - CrazySexyCool
> 472 - Valerie June - Astral Plane - The Order of Time
> 473 - Solange - Cranes In The Sky - A Seat At The Table
> 474 - Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
> 475 - Tori Amos - Caught A Lite Sneeze - Boys For Pele
> 476 - Joni Mitchell - Cactus Tree - Song To A Seagull
> 477 - Adele - Rumor Has It - 21
> 478 - Lorde - Royals - Pure Heroine
> 479 - Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff - Var-soul Hits Of The 70's Vol.5
> 480 - Michelle Shocked - Anchorage - Short Sharp Shocked
> 481 - Judy Collins - Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Recorded Live for
> World Cafe
> 482 - Shawn Colvin - Steady On - Steady On
> 483 - Enya - Orinoco Flow - Watermark
> 484 - The Cranberries - Ode To My Family - No Need To Argue
> 485 - Chaka Khan - I Feel For You - I Feel For You
> 486 - Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
> 487 - The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There - Be Altitude: Respect
> Yourself
> 488 - Martha & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Heat Wave
> 489 - Linda Ronstadt - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Hasten Down The
> Wind
> 490 - Joan Osborne - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Standing In
> The Shadows Of Motown (soundtrack)
> 491 - Maggie Rogers - Light On - Heard It In A Past Life
> 492 - Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues - More Than A New Discovery
> 493 - Lorde - Ribs - Pure Heroine
> 494 - Lizzo - Juice - Cuz I Love You
> 495 - Adele - Easy on Me - 30
> 496 - Alanis Morissette - You Learn - Jagged Little Pill
> 497 - Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark - Precious Time
> 498 - Alison Krauss - Oh Atlanta - Now That I've Found You: A
> Collection
> 499 - Aimee Mann - That's Just What You Are - I'm With Stupid
> 500 - Joni Mitchell - For Free - Amchitka

On 12/31/2023 12:08 PM, Bruce wrote:
> DianeE wrote:
>
>> On 12/31/2023 11:20 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>> DianeE wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/30/2023 10:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list
>>>>> and my accompanying Greatest Female Songs list from DDD.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html
>>>> --------
>>>> Definitely an improvement, but many quibbles, chief among them Linda
>>>> Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and of course "Wang Dang Doodle."  More
>>>> importantly, you misspelled "qualify" in the Criteria.
>>>
>>> You missed this:
>>>
>>> 59. Blank Space - Taylor Swift
>>>
>>> "Wang Dang Doodle" is blues, not rock.
>> -----------
>> It crossed over onto the pop charts
>
>
> So did "Take Five" and "Stand By Your Man," are they rock too?
-----------
"Stand By Your Man" most definitely. "Take Five" is irrelevant to this
discussion--no women involved in it.

Bruce wrote:

> https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-women.html

If #57, #81, and #97 each have two performers listed, #76 and #90 should as well.

* 57. (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha &The Vandellas / Linda Ronstadt
* 81. I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin / Dionne Warwick
* 97. Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & Holding Company / Erma Franklin

* 76. Lady Marmalade - Labelle

The Moulin Rouge version was a #1 pop hit.

* 90. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

Dolly's original was a #1 country hit.

--
BR

Bruce wrote:

> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and my accompanying Greatest Female Songs > list from DDD.

I certainly prefer them!

On 1/2/2024 10:33 PM, Dean wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>
>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and
>> my accompanying Greatest Female Songs > list from DDD.
>
> I certainly prefer them!
-------
Do you have a list of 100 greatest Soul records by female artists?

DianeE wrote:

> On 1/2/2024 10:33 PM, Dean wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and
>>> my accompanying Greatest Female Songs > list from DDD.
>>
>> I certainly prefer them!
> -------
> Do you have a list of 100 greatest Soul records by female artists?

If I compiled such a list I've a feeling it would be Aretha-heavy with a good dash of Motown in there too :)

DianeE wrote:

> Do you have a list of 100 greatest Soul records by female artists?

No, I don't. However, you might compile one by excerpting My Top 1000 in Classic Soul:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/my-top-1000-in-classic-soul-1/

Roger wrote:

> DianeE wrote:

>> On 1/2/2024 10:33 PM, Dean wrote:
>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> Diane, I think you'd prefer the Greatest Female Rock Artists list and
>>>> my accompanying Greatest Female Songs > list from DDD.
>>>
>>> I certainly prefer them!
>> -------
>> Do you have a list of 100 greatest Soul records by female artists?

> If I compiled such a list I've a feeling it would be Aretha-heavy with a good dash of Motown in there too :)

Just worked out my Top 10 female voiced records of 1967 that kinda help prove my point,I think

1. Respect Aretha Franklin
2. I’d Rather Go Blind Etta James
3. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
4. Dr Feelgood Aretha Franklin
5. Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin
6. Do Right Woman Do Right Man Aretha Franklin
7. Tell Mama Etta James
8. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin
9. I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gladys Knight & Pips
10. Piece Of My Heart Erma Franklin