Rock music had several female singers of note, such as Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Pat Benatar, Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Stevie Nicks, Suzi Quarto, Chrissie Hynde and Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. There were plenty of wonderful women in the world of jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington to name just a few.
Folk had many a woman leading the way, such as Judy Collins, Tracy Chapman, Mama Cass Elliot, the incomparable Joni Mitchell, and Mary Travers of Peter,…
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