Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields If you have not been reading my most recents posts this is the fourth consecutive on the topic of Women in Music, and more specifically relating to the world of Cover Songs. Today I have compiled a list of Women whose songs have capture the imagination […]…
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Women Music March 2023 – Day 26 Judy Garland
Judy Garland Judy Garland (b. Frances Ethel Gumm on 6/10/22 – d. 6/22/69) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939.) She attained international stardom as an actress in both…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 25 Jensen McRae
Jensen McRae I always thought virality was not real… I thought it had to be manufactured by some other entity and anyone who’s ever gone viral did so because of the work of some marketing executives pulling strings behind the scenes. But I see now that it can just happen completely by accident. – Jensen…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 24 Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith “Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.” ~…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 23 Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, CBE (b. 12/9/50) is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996. Her recording career spans nearly 50 years. Early Life:Joan…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 22 Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Allmusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine says of Tracy: A gifted storyteller with enduring appeal, Tracy Chapman’s unexpected ascent from the Boston folk scene to mainstream popularity in the late 1980s proved pivotal in helping restore singer/songwriters to the spotlight. Delivered with an earthy…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 21 Julie Miller
Julie Miller image from Discogs (link also takes you to more info on Julie) You can have my heart, though it isn’t newIt’s been used and broken, and only comes in blue— Julie Miller, from, “Broken Things” Julie Anne Miller (b. Julie Griffin, 7/12/56) was born in Dallas (?), TX. She is a songwriter, singer,…
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