Now This Is What We Call Beauty in Music - Vol. 1
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FRANCES ETHEL GUMM Born: 10 June 1922Died: 22 June 1969
Grammies: 2 0Top 10s: 6 (0) 0 (0)
Over the Rainbow (1939) - 5I'm Nobody's Baby (1940) - 3For Me and My Gal (1942) - 3The Trolley Song (1944) - 4Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) (1945) - 5On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (1945) - 9
NORMA DELORIS EGSTRUM Born: 26 May 1920Died: 21 January 2002
Grammies: 1 12Top 10s: 12 (1) 2 (0)
Somebody Else is Taking My Place (1941) - 1Why Don't You Do It Right (1943) - 4Waiting For the Train to Come In (1945) - 4I Don't Know Enough About You (1946) - 7It's All Over Now (1946) - 10Chi-baba, Chi-baba (My Bambino, Go To Sleep) (1947) - 10Golden Earrings (1947) - 2Maรฑana (Is Soon Enough For Me) (1947) - 1Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (1949) - 2The Old Master Painter (1950) - 9Lover (1952) - 3Mr. Wonderful (1956) - 5Fever (1956) - 8 ... 5
KATIE KALLEN Born: 25 May 1921Died: 7 January 2016
Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 15 (2) 1 (1)
They're Either Too Young or Too Old (1943) - 2Star Eyes (1943) - 3Besame Mucho (1944) - 1When They Ask About You (1944) - 4I'm Beginning to See the Light (1945) - 1I Don't Care Who Knows It (1945) - 811:60PM (1945) - 8I'll Buy That Dream (1945) - 2It's Been a Long, Long Time (1945) - 1Waiting for the Train to Come In (1945) - 6Our Lady of Fatima (1950) - 10Aba Daba Honeymoon (1951) - 9Little Things Mean a Lot (1954) - 1 ... 1In the Chapel in the Moonlight (1954) - 4
DORIS MARY ANNE KAPPELHOFF Born: 3 April 1922Died: 13 May 2019
Grammies: 0 2Top 10s: 21 (5) 9 (2)
Sentimental Journey (1945) - 1My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time (1945) - 1Taint Me (1945) - 10Till the End of Time (1945) - 3You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (1946) - 4I Got the Sun in the Morning, (And the Moon at Night)(1946) - 10The Whole World Is Singing My Song (1946) - 6Love Somebody (1948) - 1It's Magic (1948) - 2My Darling, My Darling (1948) - 7Again (1949) - 2Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (1950) - 9Would I Love you (Love You, Love You) (1951) - 10Shanghai (1951) - 7A Guy Is a Guy (1952) - 1Sugarbush (1952) - 7 ... 8My Love and Devotion (1952) - 10Mister Tap Toe (1953) - 10Let's Walk That-a Way (1953) - 4Secret Love (1954) - 1 ... 1The Black Hills of Dakota (1954) - 7If I Give My Heart to You (1954) - 3 ... 4Ready, Willing and Able (1954) - 7Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be(1956) - 2 ... 1Everybody Loves a Lover (1958) - 6Move Over Darling (1964) - 8
SARAH LOIS VAUGHAN Born: 27 March 1924Died: 3 April 1990
Grammies: 1 8Top 10s: 5 (0) 1 (0)
Nature Boy (1948) - 9(I Love the Girl) I Love the Guy (1950) - 10Make Yourself Comfortable (1954) - 6Whatever Lola Wants (1955) - 6Broken Hearted Melody (1959) - 7 ... 7
CATHERINE LAVERNE STARKS Born: 21 July 1922Died: 3 November 2016
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 15 (4) 4 (2)
So Tired (1949) - 7Hoop-de-Doo (1950) - 2Bonaparte's Retreat (1950) - 4I'll Never Be Free (1950) - 3Oh! Babe (1950) - 7Come On-A My House (1951) - 8Wheel of Fortune (1952) - 1Come A-Long A-Love (1952) - 9... 1Side by Side (1953) - 3... 7Half a Photograph (1953) - 7Changing Partners (1953) - 7 - 4The Man Upstairs (1954) - 7If You Love Me (Really Love Me) (1954) - 4The Rock and Roll Waltz (1956) - 1 ... 1My Heart Reminds Me (1957) - 9
EILEEN BARTON Born: 24 November 1924Died: 27 June 2006
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 2 (1) 0 (0)
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950) - 1Cry (1951) - 10
CALRA ANN FOWLER Born: 8 November 1927Died: 1 January 2013
Grammies: 1 0Top 10s: 24 (4) 1 (0)
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine (1950) - 8All My Love (Bolero) (1950) - 1Tennessee Waltz (1950) - 1Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) (1951) - 4Mockin' Bird Hill (1951) - 2Mister and Mississippi (1951) - 8Detour (1951) - 5And So to Sleep Again (1951) - 4Come What May (1951) - 9Once in a While (1952) - 9I Went to Your Wedding (1952) - 1You Belong to Me (1952) - 4Why Don't You Believe Me (1952) - 4How Much is That) Doggie in the Window (1953) - 1 ... 9Butterflies (1952) - 10Changing Partners (1952) - 3Cross Over the Bridge (1954) - 2Steam Heat (1954) - 8What a Dream (1954) - 10Let Me Go, Lover! (1954) - 8Allegheny Moon (1956) - 2Old Cape God (1957) - 3Left Right Out of Your Heart (1958) - 9Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) - 8
ROSEMARY CLOONEY Born: 23 May 1928Died: 29 May 2002
Grammies: 0 8Top 10s: 8 (4) 6 (2)
Come On-A My House (1951) - 1Half As Much (1952) - 1 ... 3Botch-a-Me (1952) - 2The Night Before Christmas Song (1952) - 9Man (Uh-Uh) (1954) - 7Hey There (1954) - 1 ... 4This Ole House (1954) - 1 ... 1Mambo Italiano (1954) - 10 ... 1Where Will the Dimple Be (1955) - 6Mangos (1957) - 10
GIOVANNA CARMELLA BABBO Born: 22 September 1930
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 7 (1) 0 (0)
Why Don't You Believe Me (1952) - 1Have You Heard (1953) - 4Your Cheatin' Heart (1953) - 2Almost Always (1953) - 9My Love, My Love (1953) - 8How Important Can It Be? (1955) - 2You Are My Love (1955) - 6
LILIAN PATRICIA LITA ROZA Born: 14 March 1926Died: 14 August 2008
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 0 (0) 1 (1)
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? (1953) - 1
ISABELLA CHARLOTTE DIANA DECKER Born: 9 January 1925Died: 4 January 2019
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 2 (1) 0 (0)
Poppa Piccolino (1953) - 2
EARTHA KITT Born: 17 January 1927Died: 25 December 2008
Grammies: 0 2Top 10s: 2 (0) 1 (0)
C'est Si Bon (1953) - 8Santa Baby (1953) - 4Under the Bridges of Paris (1955) - 7
ALMA ANGELA COHEN COGAN Born: 19 May 1932
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 0 (0) 4 (1)
Bell Bottom Blues (1954) - 4I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango (1954) - 6Dreamboat (1955) - 1Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo (1955) - 6
PETULA SALLY OLWEN CLARK Born: 15 November 1932
Grammies: 2 7Top 10s: 6 (2) 12 (2)
The Little Shoemaker (1954) - 7Sudden;y There's a Valley (1955) - 7With All Your Heart (1957) - 4Alone (1957) - 8Sailor (1960) - 1Romeo (1961) - 3My Friend the Sea (1961) - 7Downtown (1964) - 1 ... 2I Know a Place (1965) - 3My Love (1965) - 1 ... 4I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (1966) - 9 ... 6This Is My Song (1967) - 3 ... 1Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) - 5Downtown '88 (1988) - 10
JOSEPHINE OWAISSA COTTLE Born: 5 April 1922Died: 27 June 2009
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 6 (0) 0 (0)
I Hear You Knocking (1955) - 2Memories Are Made of This (1955) - 5Teenage Prayer (1955) - 6Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956) - 9Ivory Tower (1956) - 6Dark Moon (1957) - 4
MYRTLE AUDREY ARINSBERG Born: 20 September 1924Died: 10 March 2016
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 2 (1) 1 (0)
Suddenly There's a Valley (1955) - 9The Wayward Wind (1956) - 1 ... 8
MARY FRANCES REYNOLDS Born: 1 April 1932Died: 28 December 2016
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 1 (1) 1 (0)
Tammy (1957) - 1 ... 2
CONCETTA ROSA MARIA FRANCONERO Born: 12 December 1937
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 16 (3) 0 (0)
Who's Sorry Now (1957) - 4 ... 1Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon (1958) - 1My Happiness (1958) - 2 ... 4Lipstick On Your Collar (1959) - 5 ... 3Frankie (1959) - 9 ... 9Among My Souvenirs (1959) - 7Mama/Robot Man* (1960) - 8 ... 2Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1960) - 1 ... 5My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (1960) - 1 ... 3Many Tears Ago (1960) - 7Where the Boys Are (1961) - 4 ... 5Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart (1961) - 7Together (1961) - 6 ... 6When the Boy in your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)(1961) - 10Don't Break the Heart That Loves You (1962) - 1 ... 1Second Hand Love (1962) - 7Vacation (1961) - 9 ... 10 *UK only
SHIRLEY VERONICA BASSEY Born: 8 January 1937
Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 1 (0) 12 (2)
The Banana Boat Song (1957) - 8Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me (1958) - 3As I Love You (1959) - 1As Long As He Needs Me (1960) - 2You'll Never Know (1961) - 6Reach for the Stars/Climb Every Mountain (1961) - 1I'll Get By (1961) - 10What Now My Love? (1962) - 5I (Who Have Nothing) (1963) - 6Goldfinger (1964) - 8Something (1970) - 4For All We Know (1972) - 6Never, Never, Never (1973) - 8
DELLOREESE PATRICIA EARLY Born: 6 July 1931Died: 19 November 2017
Grammies: 0 3Top 10s: 1 (0) 0 (0)
Don't You Know (1959) - 2
SOFIA CONSTANZA BRIGIDA VILLANI SCICOLONE Born: 20 September 1934
Grammies: 1 0Top 10s: 0 (0) 1 (0)
Goodness Gracious Me (1960) - 4
CONCETTA ROSALIE ANN INGOLIA Born: 8 August 1938
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 1 (0) 0 (0)
Sixteen Reasons (1960) - 3
GLADYS MARIA KNIGHT Born: 28 May 1944
Grammies: 7 15Top 10s: 9 (2) 5 (0)
*Every Beat of My Heart (1961) - 6*I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1967) - 2*If I Were Your Woman (1970) - 9*Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye)(1972) - 2*Midnight Train to Georgia (1973) - 1 ... 10*I've Got to Use My Imagination (1973) - 4*Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1974) - 3 ... 7*On and On (1974) - 5*The Way We Were / Try to Remember (1975) - 4*Baby, Don't Change Your Mind (1977) - 4That's What Friends Are For (1985) - 1License to Kill (1989) - 6*with 'The Pips'
MARY ISOBEL CATHERINE BERNADETTE O'BRIEN Born: 15 February 1939Died: 2 March 1999
Grammies: 0 2Top 10s: 4 (0) 12 (1)
*Islands of Dreams (1962) - 5*Say I won't Be There (1963) - 5I Only Want to Be With You (1963) - 4Wishin' and Hopin' (1964) - 6I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (1964) - 3Losing You (1964) - 9In the Middle of Nowhere (1965) - 8Some of Your Lovin' (1965) - 8You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (1966) - 4 ... 1Goin' Back (1966) - 10All I See Is You (1966) - 9I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (1968) - 4Son of a Preacher Man (1968) - 9 ... 10What Have I Done to Deserve This (1987) - 2 ... 2*with 'The Springfields'
MARY ESTHER WELLS Born: 13 May 1943Died: 26 July 1992
Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 4 (1) 1 (0)
The One Who Really Loves You (1962) - 8You Beat Me to the Punch (1962) - 9Two Lovers (1962) - 7My Guy (1964) - 1 ... 5
EVA NARCISSUS BOYD Born: 29 June 1943Died: 10 April 2004
Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 1 (1) 2 (0)
The Loco-Motion (1962) - 1 ... 2Swinging On a Star (1963) - 7
MICHELE ANN MARIE FABARES Born: 19 January 1944
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 1 (1) 0 (0)
Johnny Angel (1962) - 1
MARIE DIANE WARRICK Born: 12 December 1940
Grammies: 5 9Top 10s: 11 (1) 0 (0)
Anyone Who Ever Had a Heart (1963) - 8Walk On By (1964) - 6 ... 9Message to Michael (1966) - 8I Say a Little Prayer (1967) - 4Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968) - 10 ... 8(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls (1967) - 2This Girl's In Love With You (1969) - 7I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1969) - 6Then Came You (1974) - 1I'll Never Love This Way Again (1979) - 5Heartbreaker (1982) - 10 ... 2All the Love in the World (1983) - 10
VERONICA YVETTE BENNETT Born: 10 August 1943Died: 12 January 2022
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 1 (0) 1 (0)
Me and Bobby McGee (1963) - 2 ... 4
NANCY SUE WILSON Born: 20 February 1937Died: 13 December 2018
Grammies: 3 4Top 10s: 0 (0) 0 (0)
(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am (1964) - 11
ASTRUD EVANGELINA WEINERT Born: 29 March 1940
Grammies: 1 3Top 10s: 1 (0) 0 (0)
The Girl from Ipanema (1964) - 5
BARBRA STREISAND Born: 24 June 1942
Grammies: 8 38Top 10s: 12 (5) 6 (1)
People (1964) - 5Stoney End (1970) - 6The Way We Were (1973) - 1THe Way We Were (1976) - 1 ... 3My Heart Belongs to Me (1977) - 4You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978) - 1 ... 5You The Main Event/Fight (1979) - 3No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (1979) - 1 ... 3Woman in Love (1980) - 1 ... 1Guilty (1980) - 3What Kind of Fool (1981) - 10I Finally Found Someone (1996) - 8 ... 10Tell him (1996) - 3
DIANA ROSS Born: 26 March 1944
Grammies: 0 12Top 10s: 30 (18) 27 (3)
*Where Did Our Love Go (1964) - 1 ... 3*Baby Love (1964) - 1 ... 1*Come See About Me (1964) - 1*Stop! In the Name of Love (1965) - 1 ... 7*Back in My Arms Again (1965) - 1*I Hear a Symphony (1865) - 1*My World is Empty Without You (1965) - 5*Love is Like an Itching in My Heart (1966) - 9*You Can't Hurry Love (1966) - 1 ... 3*You Keep Me Hanging On (1966) - 1 ... 8*Love is Here and Now You're Gone (1967) - 1*The Happening (1967) - 1 ... 6*Reflections (1967) - 2 ... 5*In and Out of Love (1967) - 9*Love Child (1968) - 1*I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1968) - 2 ... 3*I'm Living in Shame (1969) - 10*Someday We'll Be Together (1969) - 1Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1970) - 1 ... 6Remember Me (1971) - 7Surrender (1971) - 10I'm Still Waiting (1971) - 1Touch Me in the Morning (1972) - 1 ... 9All of My Life (1973) - 9You are My Everything (1974) - 5Do You Know Where You're Going To? (1975) - 1 ... 5Love Hangover (1976) - 1 ... 10Upside Down (1980) - 1 ... 2I'm Coming Out (1980) - 5My Old Piano (1980) - 5It's My Turn (1980) - 9Endless Love (1981) - 1 ... 7Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1981) - 7 ... 4Mirror, Mirror (1982) - 8Work That Body (1982) - 7Muscles (1982) - 10Missing You (1984) - 10Chain Reaction (1985) - 1When You Tell Him That You Love Me (1991) - 2One Shining Moment (1992) - 10Not Over You Yet (1999) - 9When You Tell Me That You Love Me (2005) - 2 *with 'The Supremes'
MARIANNE EVELYN GABRIEL FAITHFULL Born: 29 December 1946
Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 0 (0) 4 (0)
As Tears Go By (1964) - 9Come and Stay With Me (1965) - 4This Little Bird (1965) - 6Summer Nights (1965) - 10
SANDRA ANN GOODRICH Born: 25 February 1947
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 0 (0) 8 (3)
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (1964) - 1Girl Don't Come (1964) - 3I'll Stop at Nothing (1965) - 4Long Live Love (1965) - 1Message Understood (1965) - 6Tomorrow (1966) - 9Puppet on a String (1967) - 1Monsieur Dupont (1969) - 6
MARIE McDONALD McLAUGHLIN LAWRIE Born: 3 November 1948
Grammies: 0 0Top 10s: 1 (1) 10 (2)
Shout (1964) - 7Leave a Little Love (1965) - 8The Boat That I Row (1967) - 6To Sir With Love (1967) - 1Me, the Peaceful Heart (1968) - 9I'm a Tiger (1968) - 9Boom Bang-a-Bang (1969) - 2The Man Who Sold the World (1974) - 3Shout (rerecording) (1986) - 8Relight My Fire (1993) - 1We Got Tonight (2002) - 4
NANCY CANDRA SINATRA Born: 8 June 1940
Grammies: 0 3Top 10s: 4 (2) 5 (2)
These Boots Are Made For Walking (1965) - 1 ... 1How Does That Grab you, Darlin'? (1966) - 7Sugar Town (1966) - 5 ... 8Somethin' Stupid (1967) - 1 ... 1Did You Ever (1971) - 2Shot You Down (2005) - 3
ELLEN NAOMI COHEN Born: 19 September 1941Died: 29 July 1974
Grammies: 1 3Top 10s: 6 (1) 5 (0)
*California Dreamin' (1965) - 4 ... 9*Monday, Monday (1965) - 1 ... 3*I Saw Her Again (1966) - 5*Words of Love (1966) - 5*Dedicated to the One I Love (1967) - 2 ... 2*Creeque Valley (1967) - 5 ... 9It's Getting Better (1969) - 8 *with 'The Mamas & the Papas'
HOLLY MICHELLE GILLIAM Born: 4 June 1944
Grammies: 1 3Top 10s: 6 (1) 4 (0)
*California Dreamin' (1965) - 4 ... 9*Monday, Monday (1965) - 1 ... 3*I Saw Her Again (1966) - 5*Words of Love (1966) - 5*Dedicated to the One I Love (1967) - 2 ... 2*Creeque Valley (1967) - 5 ... 9 *with 'The Mamas & the Papas'
CHERILYN SARKASIAN Born: 20 May 1946
Grammies: 1 6Top 10s: 17 (5) 17 (4)
All I Really Want to Do (1965) - 9*I Got You Babe (1965) - 1 ... 1*Baby Don't Go (1965) - 8Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (1966) - 2 ... 3*Little Man (1966) - 4*The Beat Goes On (1967) - 6You Better Sit Down Kids (1967) - 9*All I Ever Need Is You (1971) - 7 ... 8*A Cowboys Work Is Never Done (1967) - 8Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves (1971) - 1 ... 4The Way of Love (1972) - 7Half-Breed (1973) - 1Dark Lady (1974) - 1Take Me Home (1979) - 8Dead Ringer for Love (1981) - 5I Found Someone (1987) - 10 ... 5After All (1989) - 6If I Could Turn Back Time (1989) - 3 ... 6Just Like Jesse James (1989) - 8The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (1990) - 1Love and Understanding (1991) - 10Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) - 1One by One (1996) - 7Believe (1998) - 1 ... 1Strong Enough (1999) - 5The Music's No Good Without You (2001) - 8Stop Crying Your Heart Out (2020) - 7*with Sonny Bono
FLORENCE BISENTA de CASILLAS-MARTINEZ CARDONA Born: 19 July 1941
Grammies: 3 8Top 10s: 1 (0) 1 (0)
It Must Be Him (1967) - 3 ... 2
ARETHA LOUISE FRANKLIN Born: 25 March 1942Died: 16 August 2018
Grammies: 18 26Top 10s: 18 (2) 5 (1)
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967) - 9Respect (1967) - 1 ... 10Baby I Love You (1967) - 4You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman) (1967) - 8Chain of Fools (1967) - 2(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (1968) - 5Think (1968) - 7The House That Jack Built (1968) - 6I Say a Little Prayer (1968) - 10 ... 4Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971) - 6A Brand New Me (1971) - 6Spanish Harlem (1971) - 2Rock Steady (1971) - 9Day Dreaming (1972) - 5Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)(1973) - 3Freeway of Love (1985) - 3Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 7Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (1985) - 9I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1987) - 1 ... 1A Deeper Love (1994) - 5
ROBERTA LEE STREETER Born: 27 July 1942
Grammies: 3 6Top 10s: 1 (1) 2 (1)
Ode to Billie Joe (1967) - 1I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1969) - 1All I Have to Do is Dream (1969) - 3
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This is a list of 100 lovely ladies who had their first top ten hits in the UK and/or US mixed genre charts before 1980.
I haven't double-checked it yet for mistakes. I will do when I've stopped going cross-eyed. There's probably at least one or two Youtube links that need correcting.
- Grammy Award win
- Grammy Award nomination without a win
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
I haven't double-checked it yet for mistakes. I will do when I've stopped going cross-eyed. There's probably at least one or two Youtube links that need correcting.
- Grammy Award win
- Grammy Award nomination without a win
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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