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Female Singers From The 1960’s
Hi all and welcome back to my ninth blog! Today I am going to be talking about female singers from the 1960’s. The female singers I’m going to be talking about are ‘Patsy Cline’, ‘Brenda Lee’, ‘Ella Fitzgerald’ and ‘Fontella Bass’. Firstly, I’m going to talk about is ‘Patsy Cline’.
Patsy Cline (picture above) was a very famous singer in the late 50’s early 60s’. She had a lovely distinctive tone to her voice. She had songs such as ‘She’s Got You’, ‘Crazy’, and ‘Leavin’ On Your Mind’. Her genre was Nashville Sound Country and Traditional Pop. She sadly died in a fatal plane crash alongside Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copa’s and Randy Hughes.
Brenda Lee was a very well known singer in the 1960’s. She had songs like ‘I Wanted To Be Wanted’, ‘Rock Around The Christmas Tree’ and ‘All Alone Am I’. Her genre was Rock and Roll, Pop, Rockabilly, and Country. She is still alive to this day. She is now 74 years old.
Ella Fitzgerald was known as the American Jazz singer. She was either referred to as the ‘Queen Of Jazz’, ‘First Lady Of Song’ Or ‘Lady Ella’. She sang songs like ‘Summertime’, ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’, and ‘It’s Only A Paper Moon’ Her genre was Vocal Jazz, Swing, Blues, Traditional Pop Music and Bebop. She was a legend in her time.
Fontella bass was a singer in the 1960’s. She sang songs like ‘Rescue Me’, Leave It In The Hands Of Love’ and ‘Oh No! Not My Baby’ as well as talking she could play the piano. She performed alongside ‘The Supremes’, ‘ Dionne Warwick’, and ‘David Peaston’. Her genre was Soul, R&B and Pop.
One of the top hits in the 1960’s for the female singers were ‘You’re My World (Il Mio Mondo) By Cilla Black and it spent 4 weeks at no.1 on 28th May 1964.
I hope you all enjoyed reading my blog today and gained some knowledge. Thank you all and I shall see you all in my next post ‘vinyl times’ blog ten
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