I had never heard "I Found Someone" until like a year ago, but it very quickly became one my top 3 favorite Cher songs. I still go off at the "Baby... BABY... BABYYYY... BABYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!" part
Looking forward to seeing what gets included for Aretha. I wonder if her cover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" will
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" should probably win. As Ace said, maybe the greatest vocal performance of all time. And some recognition, too, for Carole's brilliant songwriting work.
I really hope "Believe" goes top ten in this rate. Who releases that kind of perfection three decades into their career?
"Dark Lady" is a huge oversight, Ace! And I would have killed for "Hell On Wheels" to be included.
Dark Lady's there hunny bunny!
In 1968, Aretha won her first two Grammys in the R&B field. She would dominate that genre for almost a decade!
The 70s saw a more "conscious" Aretha, unafraid to tackle the issues of the day - in her way, just as she did with the burgeoning feminist movement of the late 60s, Aretha made the political personal and vice versa. Something like Rock Steady doesn't read as a Black Power anthem - but it is!
She also found a way to pay homage to her Lord-loving roots, releasing gospel that was too funky to be denied.
She could make any song her own - can you imagine Stevie singing this? (I've heard his original, and it ... just feels off.)
In the 80s, Aretha switched labels and went to Arista. Under the guidance of Clive Davis, Aretha wanted to go for a 'younger, poppier' sound. By the fifth Arista album, it worked.
Freeway of Love opened her up to the MTV audience - and that audience gave her the last big hit of her career, a duet with an unlikely figure.
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me went to number on the pop and r&b charts, as well as in the UK - her first and last number one there.
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Respect
Baby I Love You
(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman
Chain of Fools
Think
Ain't No Way
Call Me
Spirit in the Dark
Day Dreaming
Until You Come Back to Me
Freeway of Love
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me
Love to Love You Baby
I Feel Love
Last Dance
MacArthur Park
I Love You
Could It Be Magic
Heaven Knows
Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
Dim All The Lights
On The Radio
This Time I Know It's For Real
Stomp Your Feet
Another single struggled here, but went top five everywhere else - a Sorry by Madonna tea.
Finally getting it, Cher stuck to dance - and recorded a single that was her response to 9/11. Unfortunately, tastes on American radio were changing, and this was her last single to debut on the Hot 100.
She doesn't give up trying though!
Bang Bang! (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Half-Breed
Dark Lady
Take Me Home
I Found Someone
If I Could Turn Back Time
Just Like Jesse James
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
One by One
Believe
Strong Enough
Song for the Lonely
A Woman's World
THESE are the Cher singles you'll be rating.
I'm ready for Dark Lady to slay
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Love to Love You Baby
I Feel Love
Last Dance
MacArthur Park
I Love You
Could It Be Magic
Heaven Knows
Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
Dim All The Lights
On The Radio
This Time I Know It's For Real
Stomp Your Feet
THESE are the Donna singles you'll be rating.
On The Radio, I Feel Love, and Love To Love You as well.
Who were the other two?
WAIT NO Dusty right? Sorry sorry!
I'm gonna guess the other Detroit baby was Diana
Well we can't have both Dusty and Donna so what will it be
Girl I said ethnic! And who's more ethnic than the greatest White voice of all time?
Brooklyn's Finest - Barbra Joan Streisand.
Born a month after Aretha, and, like her big-voiced sister, lost a parent at an early age. Barbra's father died, forcing the family into near poverty. At school, Barbra became known as "the girl with the voice." She won talent shows, and by thirteen, her mother helped her put a demo tape together. (funnily enough, Barbra wanted to be an actress more than she wanted to sing!) In high school, she would meet her future collaborator - Neil Diamond. She snuck out to the city to appear in off-Broadway shows, and, after graduation she moved to Manhattan to start her life over.
