I'll work more on this tonite but I'm surprised Annie Lennox is not on either list. Or Ree-Ree. They'd be on mine along with that Amelia Ray chick. :wink:
Aretha - unintentional omission, seems I'm taking the Queen of Soul for granted. She'd go in around #6 or 7, I s'pose.
Annie - Not much further down the list, she'd be. But for every one of her elegant moments ("Why," "There Must Be an Angel," the entire
Bare album) she does something that to me is overly precious, overly mannered, overly art-conscious. Hence "Walking on Broken Glass" and "Beethoven" lessening her overall impact on me (though the Beethoven thing would make for a GREAT drag-queen number).