Roberta Flack performs at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Women’s Sports Foundation Roberta Cleopatra Flack (b. 2/10/37– d. 2/24/25) is a retired American singer who topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly with His Song”,…
Category: Women Music March
Women Music March 2024 – Day 31 – Exene Cervenka
Exene Cervenka I don’t want to change the way I write my songs, I like the way I write my songs, so I keep ’em the same. I’d like to write more country songs, but other than that, I’m pretty good where I am. ~ Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (nee Christene Lee Cervenka) (b. 2/1/56)…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 30 – Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert 2006 Songs are dangerous, songs are subversive and can change your life. — said at the age of 10, after hearing Paul Robeson sing for the first time Ronnie Gilbert and The Weavers in 1950 Ruth Alice “Ronnie” Gilbert (b. 9/7/1926 – d. 6/6/2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress, and political…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 29 – Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images People ask me if I ever get tired of singing that song and I go, ‘Hell, no!’” she says. “Who knows why people all over the world are so attracted to a goofy little song about a camel. But they are and, to this day, I…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 28 – Tracy Nelson
Tracy Nelson I do a little country music. And a little bit of jazz. A lot of blues and a lot of R&B. There’s no one slot that any of it fits into. So that of course works against you. Tracy Nelson (b. 12/27/44) is an American country and blues singer. She has been involved…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 27 – Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor,photo by Danny North(who is a friggin’ awesome photographer) The other day I was down by the Hudson River, and I see two nuns in full habit rollerblading down the street holding hands. And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I get it. The world is surreal and beautiful. And everything is fine.’ — Regina…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 26 – “Mama” Cass Elliot
“Mama” Cass Elliot from quotefancy Ellen Naomi Cohen (b. 9/19/41) was known professionally as Cass Elliot and was an American singer. She was also known as “Mama Cass,” but she reportedly hated the name. She was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, Elliot released five…
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