I've listened to all 1957 releases by all major 1957 female artists in
the genres of r&b, rockabilly, and pop, that are available on YouTube,
about 350 sides.
Subject to discovering or remembering further lesser known artists,
these are my top 50 female sides from 1957, by artist:
Some observations made during this process:
. the importance of song availability and choice, followed by
arrangement, is oh so important - Brenda Lee was very lucky at
Decca (and note the sax on her rock records); while some other
equally or more talented female vocalists (white and black) were
a lot less fortunate
. for me at least, some sides that are now obscure are among the best,
for example Jo-Ann Campbell's rocker "Come On Baby"
. I was reminded of Patsy Cline's truly wonderful voice
Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=puYkoXgzHaE,O1J_x6L4rc0,GkQ7HoVuNec,R4jyAYJXrUQ,RypmPUkYxZU,Zt-o_271leE,jP0T5FBsaxU,_kq4xumQh14,EanrB8lF7jg,OzJ4W1O8CVQ,i9QEAtcz3o8,WsJTFe6vglI,rlrI0-VJrZ4,K0nugsm9bcI,kZbbr2OnhD8,Ggdjb-DQVno,kX-NN443ODk,_
ePMm8_Dht4,Rab4sRP3H_k,gk7ajKOQWTc,y_8j4jKVqXc,YbGTGQUGLhs,QArtb3nCC8I,4y2FCb04yf8,3lwjyau2Pg0,fXuzvEmZOGg,qTpIW1IMG2E,fPh2FdGT3oc,y4NpszUfNdQ,R7xrLwBiZ-4,4H5byrOPoxY,rY7BNgx3EKU,bsRNCvHXHHU,aYtUrI4ynbA,PVUFlrFNjEg,2Y71iLdr1G8,FlcmKQR0lgw,SRCLQryHLzA,
PuGf5FqwDws,SZ-69SYFm9Y,7J7pOckn2V0,PBQEYUUB-HA,HGtgYUvOtb8,XoT_7lOS-vg,U_zEjggvKRc,ASm78XCN_mA,8a_c5cNXcrQ,ztFHvNwRb6Q,dOjiin09Sh0,SYkKMYaMwJQ,
'Nita, Rita, And Ruby - My Man True To Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYkoXgzHaE
Ann Cole - I've Got A Little Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J_x6L4rc0
Annisteen Allen - Rough Lover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQ7HoVuNec
Barbara Pittman - I'm Getting Better All The Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jyAYJXrUQ
Betty Madigan - True Love Gone (Come On Home)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RypmPUkYxZU
Big Maybelle - Ring Dang Dilly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt-o_271leE
Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0T5FBsaxU
Brenda Lee - Rock The Bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kq4xumQh14
Brenda Lee - Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanrB8lF7jg
Connie Francis - Eighteen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzJ4W1O8CVQ
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9QEAtcz3o8
Eydie Gorme - Love Me Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJTFe6vglI
Gale Storm - Dark Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlrI0-VJrZ4
Gale Storm - Love By The Jukebox Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nugsm9bcI
Gale Storm - On My Mind Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZbbr2OnhD8
Jane Morgan - Around The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggdjb-DQVno
Jane Morgan - Fascination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-NN443ODk
Jane Morgan - It's Been A Long Long Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ePMm8_Dht4
Jean Shepard - Tomorrow I'll Be Gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rab4sRP3H_k
Jo-Ann Campbell - Come On Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7ajKOQWTc
Jodie Sands - Love Me Always
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8j4jKVqXc
Julie London - I'd Like You For Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGTGQUGLhs
Julie London - The Boy On A Dolphin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QArtb3nCC8I
Kay Starr - It's A Old Lonesome Town (When You're Not Around)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y2FCb04yf8
Lavern Baker - Humpty Dumpty Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwjyau2Pg0
Lillian Briggs - Boogie Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXuzvEmZOGg
Little Esther - Longing In My Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTpIW1IMG2E
Mamie Van Doren - Oo Ba La Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPh2FdGT3oc
Margie Rayburn - Freight Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NpszUfNdQ
Margie Rayburn - I'm Available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7xrLwBiZ-4
Patsy Cline - A Stranger In My Arms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5byrOPoxY
Patsy Cline - Today, Tomorrow And Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7BNgx3EKU
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU
Patti Page - A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtUrI4ynbA
Peggy Lee - Every Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVUFlrFNjEg
Polly Tucker - From An Angel To A Devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y71iLdr1G8
Rose Maddox - Love Is Strange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlcmKQR0lgw
Rose Maddox - My Life With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRCLQryHLzA
Ruth Brown - Look Me Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGf5FqwDws
Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-69SYFm9Y
Ruth Brown - My Heart Is Breaking Over You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J7pOckn2V0
Teresa Brewer - Born To Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBQEYUUB-HA
Teresa Brewer - Empty Arms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGtgYUvOtb8
The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoT_7lOS-vg
The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_zEjggvKRc
Toni Arden - Like A Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASm78XCN_mA
Wanda Jackson - Cool Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_c5cNXcrQ
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFHvNwRb6Q
Wynona Carr - Heartbreak Melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjiin09Sh0
Zola Taylor with The Platters - He's Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkKMYaMwJQ
Yes, I listened to The Chantels, but the high-pitched nature of the
lead vocal by 15 year-old Arlene Smith on "Maybe" took her/them out of
the top 50.
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