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POLL: March Fan Favorites - Favorite Songs by Women

  • Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 96
  • Fotheringay - Fairport Convention 71
  • Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac 92
  • Veni Creator Spiritus - Hildigard von Bingen (Anonymous 4) 25
  • This Flight Tonight - Joni Mitchell 58
  • Rejoyce - Jefferson Airplane 30
  • Superstar - The Carpenters 55
  • Alone - Heart 81
  • Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks 76
  • The Trooper - The Iron Maidens 33
  • Lament - Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita) 11
  • There Goes a Tenner - Kate Bush 61
  • Yes, Anastasia - Tori Amos 45
  • Room for the Life - Kate Bush 41
  • Just Like That - Bonnie Raitt 30
  • Iceblink Luck - Cocteau Twins 29
  • You're No Good / Heat Wave - Linda Rondstadt 65
  • Alive - Hiromi (The Trio Project) 19
  • Birthday - The Sugarcubes (Bjork) 57
  • One Note Samba - Stacey Kent 10
  • 2024-03-22
  • —2024-03-26
  • 985 votes
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Content

Over the past few weeks, we've been collecting your submissions and upvotes for favorite songs by women. We had a record number of submissions with 70! Thanks so much for your participation.

Here's the top 20 titles from the first round. Vote for your TOP 5! I'll include the top vote-getters in the video next week.

Happy voting!

Here's a playlist with these songs in order: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0n3LrUjxKqZlsG7IRa82hnMAnvoqlVA&si=K4ILDIYXqpYwlTWH

Comments

Sam

Bonnie Tyler for no other reason than the upcoming solar eclipse.

Aaron E Austin

I have a soft spot for both Tori Amos and Bjork. The 90's were a great time for those two, although Tori has still pumped out some great albums since.

Illume Eltanin

Huzzah! I had my doubts Just Like That would make the poll, as it’s very different than what Dr. Doug typically listens to. I doubt even more that it will make the FF, but I do encourage everyone to give it a listen. The story told via the lyrics should be heard by everyone.

KellieE69

Stevie Nicks is Queen!

Joe Harley

Is it possible to cast a negative vote? 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' is one of the most appalling pieces of overblown schlock to ever be inflicted upon an unsuspecting world.

rogerb

Hoping for a tad more support for Sandy Denny's lovely rendition of her own song Fotheringay.

George Davis-Stewart

Such a range of musical experiences across this vocal palette. I have selected my five shades of delight.

Sharon Engel Abraham

Karen Carpenter, one of the greatest vocalists of all time,with a distinctive three-octave contralto range

Andrew Marsh

There are so many songs trom both Tori Amos and Kate Bush's discography to choose from. I agree with the Tori choice, but I would have picked Little Earthquakes title song. And I had to go Tenner for Kate. This Woman's Work is my favorite.

George Davis-Stewart

My only hopes for the inclusion of most of my selections rely on the very faint hope of a turnabout in which the music with fewest votes will be selected 😗

Ruth James

So happy to see my submission (Kate Bush - Room for the Life) through to the poll for the first time! So many great songs performed (and written) by women!

D

According to a youtube comment "Veni Creator Spiritus" is falsely attributed here. To quote: "This piece opens Anonymous 4's "Origin of Fire" album, which features music by Hildegard, but this work is NOT by Hildegard. It is an anonymous setting, from a German manuscript of around Hildegard's time, of the Pentecost hymn. Non-Hildegard works were included in this album in order to show how radically Hildegard's poetry and music differed from the standard liturgical chant of her time. Same for A4's earlier Hildegard album "11,000 Virgins."" Easy mistake since the album is subtitled "Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen."

Matt B

I've asked Doug to replace my submission video of the Iron Maidens "The Trooper" with the below one as it is better quality. I hope the fact that it hasnt got many views so far is because the quality isn't great, and hope the new video will boost its performance :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrmRZe2TOs&t=94s

Cheri

I'm uprised Annie Lenox isn't on this list,Janis Joplin,Ect Ect...