20 Greatest Female Songs

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1All Night Long
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1960-11-17)
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
bass:
Bill Lee (bassist, composer, father of Spike Lee) (on 1960-11-17)
drums (drum set):
Sticks Evans (on 1960-11-17)
guitar:
Lord Westbrook (on 1960-11-17)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1960-11-17)
tenor saxophone:
Al Sears (on 1960-11-17)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1960-11-17)
arranger:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1982)
recording of:
All Night Long (on 1960-11-17)
writer:
Curtis Reginald Lewis (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Six Continents Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019)
Aretha Franklin32:57
2Reaching for the Moon
engineer:
Val Valentin (on 1958-03-17)
producer:
Norman Granz
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1958-03)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1958-03-17)
conductor:
Paul Weston (in 1958-03)
performer:
Paul Weston and His Orchestra (in 1958-03)
arranger:
Paul Weston (in 1958)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1958-03-17)
recording of:
Reaching for the Moon (on 1958-03-17)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1930)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
Ella Fitzgerald2:16
3Buttered Popcorn
producer:
Berry Gordy
lead vocals:
Florence Ballard
recording of:
Buttered Popcorn
composer:
Barney Ales and Berry Gordy
The Supremes2:33
4At Last
producer:
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Leonard and Phil Chess (legendary US production duo)
lead vocals:
Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
arranger:
Riley Hampton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 115) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 356)
cover recording of:
At Last (in 1960-10)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Etta James4.52:59
5Book of Lies
Ruth Brown2:32
6Letter From Tina
Ike & Tina Turner2:35
7Baby It's You
recording of:
Baby It’s You
lyricist:
Barney Williams (in 1961-11) and Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1961-11)
composer:
Burt Bacharach (in 1961-11)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Dolfi Music Inc., EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Fuji Pacific Music SBK Department (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2, Ludix Music Ltd., Mary Jane Pub. Co. Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Windswept Music (London) Ltd. and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
The Shirelles2:33
8Voodoo Voodoo
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-09-11)
alto saxophone:
Leon Cohen (woodwind player) (on 1958-09-11)
bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1958-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1958-09-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1958-09-11) and Al Caiola (on 1958-09-11)
piano:
Ernest Hayes (American pianist, organist and arranger) (on 1958-09-11)
tenor saxophone:
King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1958-09-11)
trombone:
Urbie Green (on 1958-09-11)
background vocals:
Bill Marine (on 1958-09-11), Marcia Neil (on 1958-09-11), Jerry Packer (on 1958-09-11) and Mike Stewart (late 1950s R&B choir/background vocalist) (on 1958-09-11)
vocals:
LaVern Baker (US rhythm & blues singer) (on 1958-09-11)
arranger:
Reggie Obrecht
recording of:
Voodoo Voodoo (on 1958-09-11)
writer:
Chess Avril and Andrew Coleman (Voodoo Voodoo songwriter)
LaVern Baker1:47
9East Virginia
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
East Virginia (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
arrangement of:
East Virginia
Joan Baez43:42
10Kansas City
vocals:
Brenda Lee (1960s American singer)
cover recording of:
Kansas City (aka “K.C. Loving”)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (in 1952)
composer:
Mike Stoller (in 1952)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Brenda Lee2:36
11Heartbreak Hotel
recording of:
Heartbreak Hotel
writer:
Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
publisher:
Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Unichappell Music
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Connie Francis2:04
12I Wanna Waltz
recording of:
I Wanna Waltz
lyricist and composer:
Thelma Blackmon
Wanda Jackson2:02
13Golden Apples of the Sun
recording of:
Golden Apples of the Sun
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats
composer:
Travis Edmonson
Judy Collins3:52
14The One Who Really Loves You
recording of:
The One Who Really Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Robinson
Mary Wells32:27
15Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby
The Crystals2:25
16Be My Baby
miscellaneous support:
Phil Spector (task: under license of)
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
vocals:
Ronnie Spector (in 1963-07)
performer:
The Ronettes
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phil Spector Records (in 1963)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-07)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 19), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 22) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 22)
recording of:
Be My Baby (in 1963-07)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Carlin Music Corporation, Mother Bertha Music, Inc., Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Trio Music Co., Inc. (in 1963)
sub-publisher:
ABKCO Japan Publishing, Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31), EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division (until 2021-06-30), Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1963), Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Ronettes4.152:40
17Saint-Tropez (Sur la Plage - On The Beach)
Petula Clark2:44
18Please Mr. Postman
recording of:
Please Mr. Postman
writer:
Robert Bateman (R&B singer/songwriter/record producer) (in 1961), Georgia Dobbins (in 1961), William Garrett (in 1961), Freddie Gorman (in 1961) and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) (in 1961)
publisher:
Dominion Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
The Marvelettes2:28
19Strange Fruit
recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday3:02
20Walking Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1952-08-13)
baritone saxophone:
Fred Ford (baritone saxophonist) (on 1952-08-13)
double bass [bass]:
Albert Winston (R&B bassist) (on 1952-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Leard Bell (R&B drummer) (on 1952-08-13)
guitar:
Pete Lewis (R&B guitarist) (on 1952-08-13)
piano:
Devonia Williams (US R&B pianist/singer) (on 1952-08-13)
tenor saxophone:
James Von Streeter (on 1952-08-13)
trombone:
George Washington (jazz trombonist) (on 1952-08-13)
trumpet:
Don Johnson (1950s' R&B trumpeter) (on 1952-08-13)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Johnny Otis (on 1952-08-13)
vocals:
Big Mama Thornton (on 1952-08-13)
orchestra:
Johnny Otis Orchestra (on 1952-08-13)
recording of:
Walking Blues (on 1952-08-13)
writer:
Don Robey and Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton2:59

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