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FRANCES ETHEL GUMM Born: 10 June 1922Died: 22 June 1969
Grammies:2
0
Top 10s:6 (0)
0 (0)
Over the Rainbow (1939) -5
I'm Nobody's Baby (1940) -3
For Me and My Gal (1942) -3
The Trolley Song (1944) -4
Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) (1945) -5
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (1945) -9




NORMA DELORIS EGSTRUM Born: 26 May 1920Died: 21 January 2002
Grammies:1
12
Top 10s:12 (1)
2 (0)
Somebody Else is Taking My Place (1941) -1
Why Don't You Do It Right (1943) -4
Waiting For the Train to Come In (1945) -4
I Don't Know Enough About You (1946) -7
It's All Over Now (1946) -10
Chi-baba, Chi-baba (My Bambino, Go To Sleep) (1947) -10
Golden Earrings (1947) -2
Maรฑana (Is Soon Enough For Me) (1947) -1
Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (1949) -2
The Old Master Painter (1950) -9
Lover (1952) -3
Mr. Wonderful (1956) -5
Fever (1956) -8 ...
5




KATIE KALLEN Born: 25 May 1921Died: 7 January 2016
Grammies:0
1
Top 10s:15 (2)
1 (1)
They're Either Too Young or Too Old (1943) -2
Star Eyes (1943) -3
Besame Mucho (1944) -1
When They Ask About You (1944) -4
I'm Beginning to See the Light (1945) -1
I Don't Care Who Knows It (1945) -8
11:60PM (1945) -8
I'll Buy That Dream (1945) -2
It's Been a Long, Long Time (1945) -1
Waiting for the Train to Come In (1945) -6
Our Lady of Fatima (1950) -10
Aba Daba Honeymoon (1951) -9
Little Things Mean a Lot (1954) -1 ...
1
In the Chapel in the Moonlight (1954) -4





DORIS MARY ANNE KAPPELHOFF Born: 3 April 1922Died: 13 May 2019
Grammies:0
2
Top 10s:21 (5)
9 (2)
Sentimental Journey (1945) -1
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time (1945) -1
Taint Me (1945) -10
Till the End of Time (1945) -3
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (1946) -4
I Got the Sun in the Morning, (And the Moon at Night)(1946) -10
The Whole World Is Singing My Song (1946) -6
Love Somebody (1948) -1
It's Magic (1948) -2
My Darling, My Darling (1948) -7
Again (1949) -2
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (1950) -9
Would I Love you (Love You, Love You) (1951) -10
Shanghai (1951) -7
A Guy Is a Guy (1952) -1
Sugarbush (1952) -7 ...
8
My Love and Devotion (1952) -10
Mister Tap Toe (1953) -10
Let's Walk That-a Way (1953) -4
Secret Love (1954) -1 ...
1
The Black Hills of Dakota (1954) -7
If I Give My Heart to You (1954) -3 ...
4
Ready, Willing and Able (1954) -7
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be(1956) -2 ...
1
Everybody Loves a Lover (1958) -6
Move Over Darling (1964) -8





SARAH LOIS VAUGHAN Born: 27 March 1924Died: 3 April 1990
Grammies:1
8
Top 10s:5 (0)
1 (0)
Nature Boy (1948) -9
(I Love the Girl) I Love the Guy (1950) -10
Make Yourself Comfortable (1954) -6
Whatever Lola Wants (1955) -6
Broken Hearted Melody (1959) -7 ...
7




CATHERINE LAVERNE STARKS Born: 21 July 1922Died: 3 November 2016
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:15 (4)
4 (2)
So Tired (1949) -7
Hoop-de-Doo (1950) -2
Bonaparte's Retreat (1950) -4
I'll Never Be Free (1950) -3
Oh! Babe (1950) -7
Come On-A My House (1951) -8
Wheel of Fortune (1952) -1
Come A-Long A-Love (1952) -9...
1
Side by Side (1953) -3...
7
Half a Photograph (1953) -7
Changing Partners (1953) -7 -
4
The Man Upstairs (1954) -7
If You Love Me (Really Love Me) (1954) -4
The Rock and Roll Waltz (1956) -1 ...
1
My Heart Reminds Me (1957) -9



EILEEN BARTON Born: 24 November 1924Died: 27 June 2006
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:2 (1)
0 (0)
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950) -1
Cry (1951) -10




CALRA ANN FOWLER Born: 8 November 1927Died: 1 January 2013
Grammies:1
0
Top 10s:24 (4)
1 (0)
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine (1950) -8
All My Love (Bolero) (1950) -1
Tennessee Waltz (1950) -1
Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) (1951) -4
Mockin' Bird Hill (1951) -2
Mister and Mississippi (1951) -8
Detour (1951) -5
And So to Sleep Again (1951) -4
Come What May (1951) -9
Once in a While (1952) -9
I Went to Your Wedding (1952) -1
You Belong to Me (1952) -4
Why Don't You Believe Me (1952) -4
How Much is That) Doggie in the Window (1953) -1 ...
9
Butterflies (1952) -10
Changing Partners (1952) -3
Cross Over the Bridge (1954) -2
Steam Heat (1954) -8
What a Dream (1954) -10
Let Me Go, Lover! (1954) -8
Allegheny Moon (1956) -2
Old Cape God (1957) -3
Left Right Out of Your Heart (1958) -9
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) -8




ROSEMARY CLOONEY Born: 23 May 1928Died: 29 May 2002
Grammies:0
8
Top 10s:8 (4)
6 (2)
Come On-A My House (1951) -1
Half As Much (1952) -1 ...
3
Botch-a-Me (1952) -2
The Night Before Christmas Song (1952) -9
Man (Uh-Uh) (1954) -7
Hey There (1954) -1 ...
4
This Ole House (1954) -1 ...
1
Mambo Italiano (1954) -10 ...
1
Where Will the Dimple Be (1955) -6
Mangos (1957) -10



GIOVANNA CARMELLA BABBO Born: 22 September 1930
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:7 (1)
0 (0)
Why Don't You Believe Me (1952) -1
Have You Heard (1953) -4
Your Cheatin' Heart (1953) -2
Almost Always (1953) -9
My Love, My Love (1953) -8
How Important Can It Be? (1955) -2
You Are My Love (1955) -6



LILIAN PATRICIA LITA ROZA Born: 14 March 1926Died: 14 August 2008
Grammies:0
0
Top 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
0
Top 10s:2 (1)
0 (0)
Poppa Piccolino (1953) -2




EARTHA KITT Born: 17 January 1927Died: 25 December 2008
Grammies:0
2
Top 10s:2 (0)
1 (0)
C'est Si Bon (1953) -8
Santa Baby (1953) -4
Under the Bridges of Paris (1955) -7



ALMA ANGELA COHEN COGAN Born: 19 May 1932
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:0 (0)
4 (1)
Bell Bottom Blues (1954) -4
I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango (1954) -6
Dreamboat (1955) -1
Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo (1955) -6



PETULA SALLY OLWEN CLARK Born: 15 November 1932
Grammies:2
7
Top 10s:6 (2)
12 (2)
The Little Shoemaker (1954) -7
Sudden;y There's a Valley (1955) -7
With All Your Heart (1957) -4
Alone (1957) -8
Sailor (1960) -1
Romeo (1961) -3
My Friend the Sea (1961) -7
Downtown (1964) -1 ...
2
I Know a Place (1965) -3
My Love (1965) -1 ...
4
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (1966) -9 ...
6
This Is My Song (1967) -3 ...
1
Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) -5
Downtown '88 (1988) -10






JOSEPHINE OWAISSA COTTLE Born: 5 April 1922Died: 27 June 2009
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:6 (0)
0 (0)
I Hear You Knocking (1955) -2
Memories Are Made of This (1955) -5
Teenage Prayer (1955) -6
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956) -9
Ivory Tower (1956) -6
Dark Moon (1957) -4



MYRTLE AUDREY ARINSBERG Born: 20 September 1924Died: 10 March 2016
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:2 (1)
1 (0)
Suddenly There's a Valley (1955) -9
The Wayward Wind (1956) -1 ...
8





MARY FRANCES REYNOLDS Born: 1 April 1932Died: 28 December 2016
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:1 (1)
1 (0)
Tammy (1957) -1 ...
2



CONCETTA ROSA MARIA FRANCONERO Born: 12 December 1937
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:16 (3)
0 (0)
Who's Sorry Now (1957) -4 ...
1
Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon (1958) -1
My Happiness (1958) -2 ...
4
Lipstick On Your Collar (1959) -5 ...
3
Frankie (1959) -9 ...
9
Among My Souvenirs (1959) -7
Mama/Robot Man* (1960) -8 ...
2
Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1960) -1 ...
5
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (1960) -1 ...
3
Many Tears Ago (1960) -7
Where the Boys Are (1961) -4 ...
5
Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart (1961) -7
Together (1961) -6 ...
6
When the Boy in your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)(1961) -10
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You (1962) -1 ...
1
Second Hand Love (1962) -7
Vacation (1961) -9 ...
10
*UK only



SHIRLEY VERONICA BASSEY Born: 8 January 1937
Grammies:0
1
Top 10s:1 (0)
12 (2)
The Banana Boat Song (1957) -8
Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me (1958) -3
As I Love You (1959) -1
As Long As He Needs Me (1960) -2
You'll Never Know (1961) -6
Reach for the Stars/Climb Every Mountain (1961) -1
I'll Get By (1961) -10
What Now My Love? (1962) -5
I (Who Have Nothing) (1963) -6
Goldfinger (1964) -8
Something (1970) -4
For All We Know (1972) -6
Never, Never, Never (1973) -8




DELLOREESE PATRICIA EARLY Born: 6 July 1931Died: 19 November 2017
Grammies:0
3
Top 10s:1 (0)
0 (0)
Don't You Know (1959) -2



SOFIA CONSTANZA BRIGIDA VILLANI SCICOLONE Born: 20 September 1934
Grammies:1
0
Top 10s:0 (0)
1 (0)
Goodness Gracious Me (1960) -4




CONCETTA ROSALIE ANN INGOLIA Born: 8 August 1938
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:1 (0)
0 (0)
Sixteen Reasons (1960) -3




GLADYS MARIA KNIGHT Born: 28 May 1944
Grammies:7
15
Top 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) -4
That's What Friends Are For (1985) -1
License to Kill (1989) -6
*with 'The Pips'



MARY ISOBEL CATHERINE BERNADETTE O'BRIEN Born: 15 February 1939Died: 2 March 1999
Grammies:0
2
Top 10s:4 (0)
12 (1)
*Islands of Dreams (1962) -5
*Say I won't Be There (1963) -5
I Only Want to Be With You (1963) -4
Wishin' and Hopin' (1964) -6
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (1964) -3
Losing You (1964) -9
In the Middle of Nowhere (1965) -8
Some of Your Lovin' (1965) -8
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (1966) -4 ...
1
Goin' Back (1966) -10
All I See Is You (1966) -9
I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (1968) -4
Son of a Preacher Man (1968) -9 ...
10
What Have I Done to Deserve This (1987) -2 ...
2
*with 'The Springfields'



MARY ESTHER WELLS Born: 13 May 1943Died: 26 July 1992
Grammies:0
1
Top 10s:4 (1)
1 (0)
The One Who Really Loves You (1962) -8
You Beat Me to the Punch (1962) -9
Two Lovers (1962) -7
My Guy (1964) -1 ...
5



EVA NARCISSUS BOYD Born: 29 June 1943Died: 10 April 2004
Grammies:0
1
Top 10s:1 (1)
2 (0)
The Loco-Motion (1962) -Swinging On a Star (1963) -1 ...
2
7



MICHELE ANN MARIE FABARES Born: 19 January 1944
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:1 (1)
0 (0)
Johnny Angel (1962) -1




MARIE DIANE WARRICK Born: 12 December 1940
Grammies:5
9
Top 10s:11 (1)
0 (0)
Anyone Who Ever Had a Heart (1963) -8
Walk On By (1964) -6 ...
9
Message to Michael (1966) -8
I Say a Little Prayer (1967) -4
Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968) -10 ...
8
(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls (1967) -2
This Girl's In Love With You (1969) -7
I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1969) -6
Then Came You (1974) -1
I'll Never Love This Way Again (1979) -5
Heartbreaker (1982) -10 ...
2
All the Love in the World (1983) -10



VERONICA YVETTE BENNETT Born: 10 August 1943Died: 12 January 2022
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:1 (0)
1 (0)
Me and Bobby McGee (1963) -2 ...
4




NANCY SUE WILSON Born: 20 February 1937Died: 13 December 2018
Grammies:3
4
Top 10s:0 (0)
0 (0)
(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am (1964) -11



ASTRUD EVANGELINA WEINERT Born: 29 March 1940
Grammies:1
3
Top 10s:1 (0)
0 (0)
The Girl from Ipanema (1964) -5




BARBRA STREISAND Born: 24 June 1942
Grammies:8
38
Top 10s:12 (5)
6 (1)
People (1964) -5
Stoney End (1970) -6
The Way We Were (1973) -1
THe Way We Were (1976) -1 ...
3
My Heart Belongs to Me (1977) -4
You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978) -1 ...
5
You The Main Event/Fight (1979) -3
No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (1979) -1 ...
3
Woman in Love (1980) -1 ...
1
Guilty (1980) -3
What Kind of Fool (1981) -10
I Finally Found Someone (1996) -8 ...
10
Tell him (1996) -3





DIANA ROSS Born: 26 March 1944
Grammies:0
12
Top 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) -1
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1970) -1 ...
6
Remember Me (1971) -7
Surrender (1971) -10
I'm Still Waiting (1971) -1
Touch Me in the Morning (1972) -1 ...
9
All of My Life (1973) -9
You are My Everything (1974) -5
Do You Know Where You're Going To? (1975) -1 ...
5
Love Hangover (1976) -1 ...
10
Upside Down (1980) -1 ...
2
I'm Coming Out (1980) -5
My Old Piano (1980) -5
It's My Turn (1980) -9
Endless Love (1981) -1 ...
7
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1981) -7 ...
4
Mirror, Mirror (1982) -8
Work That Body (1982) -7
Muscles (1982) -10
Missing You (1984) -10
Chain Reaction (1985) -1
When You Tell Him That You Love Me (1991) -2
One Shining Moment (1992) -10
Not Over You Yet (1999) -9
When You Tell Me That You Love Me (2005) -2
*with 'The Supremes'



MARIANNE EVELYN GABRIEL FAITHFULL Born: 29 December 1946
Grammies:0
1
Top 10s:0 (0)
4 (0)
As Tears Go By (1964) -9
Come and Stay With Me (1965) -4
This Little Bird (1965) -6
Summer Nights (1965) -10



SANDRA ANN GOODRICH Born: 25 February 1947
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:0 (0)
8 (3)
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (1964) -1
Girl Don't Come (1964) -3
I'll Stop at Nothing (1965) -4
Long Live Love (1965) -1
Message Understood (1965) -6
Tomorrow (1966) -9
Puppet on a String (1967) -1
Monsieur Dupont (1969) -6



MARIE McDONALD McLAUGHLIN LAWRIE Born: 3 November 1948
Grammies:0
0
Top 10s:1 (1)
10 (2)
Shout (1964) -7
Leave a Little Love (1965) -8
The Boat That I Row (1967) -6
To Sir With Love (1967) -1
Me, the Peaceful Heart (1968) -9
I'm a Tiger (1968) -9
Boom Bang-a-Bang (1969) -2
The Man Who Sold the World (1974) -3
Shout (rerecording) (1986) -8
Relight My Fire (1993) -1
We Got Tonight (2002) -4




NANCY CANDRA SINATRA Born: 8 June 1940
Grammies:0
3
Top 10s:4 (2)
5 (2)
These Boots Are Made For Walking (1965) -1 ...
1
How Does That Grab you, Darlin'? (1966) -7
Sugar Town (1966) -5 ...
8
Somethin' Stupid (1967) -1 ...
1
Did You Ever (1971) -2
Shot You Down (2005) -3



ELLEN NAOMI COHEN Born: 19 September 1941Died: 29 July 1974
Grammies:1
3
Top 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 ...
9
It's Getting Better (1969) -8
*with 'The Mamas & the Papas'



HOLLY MICHELLE GILLIAM Born: 4 June 1944
Grammies:1
3
Top 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
6
Top 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) -8
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (1966) -2 ...
3
*Little Man (1966) -4
*The Beat Goes On (1967) -6
You Better Sit Down Kids (1967) -9
*All I Ever Need Is You (1971) -7 ...
8
*A Cowboys Work Is Never Done (1967) -8
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves (1971) -1 ...
4
The Way of Love (1972) -7
Half-Breed (1973) -1
Dark Lady (1974) -1
Take Me Home (1979) -8
Dead Ringer for Love (1981) -5
I Found Someone (1987) -10 ...
5
After All (1989) -6
If I Could Turn Back Time (1989) -3 ...
6
Just Like Jesse James (1989) -8
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (1990) -1
Love and Understanding (1991) -10
Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) -1
One by One (1996) -7
Believe (1998) -1 ...
1
Strong Enough (1999) -5
The Music's No Good Without You (2001) -8
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (2020) -7
*with Sonny Bono




FLORENCE BISENTA de CASILLAS-MARTINEZ CARDONA Born: 19 July 1941
Grammies:3
8
Top 10s:1 (0)
1 (0)
It Must Be Him (1967) -3 ...
2




ARETHA LOUISE FRANKLIN Born: 25 March 1942Died: 16 August 2018
Grammies:18
26
Top 10s:18 (2)
5 (1)
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967) -9
Respect (1967) -1 ...
10
Baby I Love You (1967) -4
You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman) (1967) -8
Chain of Fools (1967) -2
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (1968) -5
Think (1968) -7
The House That Jack Built (1968) -6
I Say a Little Prayer (1968) -10 ...
4
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971) -6
A Brand New Me (1971) -6
Spanish Harlem (1971) -2
Rock Steady (1971) -9
Day Dreaming (1972) -5
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)(1973) -3
Freeway of Love (1985) -3
Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) -7
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (1985) -9
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1987) -1 ...
1
A Deeper Love (1994) -5



ROBERTA LEE STREETER Born: 27 July 1942
Grammies:3
6
Top 10s:1 (1)
2 (1)
Ode to Billie Joe (1967) -1
I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1969) -1
All I Have to Do is Dream (1969) -3
Load more items (50 more in this list)
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.



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