#RIP Asha Bhosle. What a singer!
“O Saathi Re” - I was obsessed with that song.
When I saw her perform live at the South Bank Centre (in 2011) she was in her late 70s, but she put younger singers to shame.
That charisma! At one point the crowd started singing “Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne” to her.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/12/indian-singer-asha-bhosle-dies-aged-92
#AshaBhosle #GreatSingers #India #Bollywood #FemaleVocalist #SouthBankCentre
The Googoosh memoir::
She was a child star, main breadwinner for her family, had a brutal (unhinged) step-mother, married at 17 to escape, had her only child, three abortions and two more husbands AND her money stolen by her manager - all before she was 30.
That is all pre Iranian Revolution. Post Revolution she experienced imprisonment and near house arrest for 20 odd years before eventually escaping abroad.
#googoosh #iran #autobiography #greatsingers #iranianmusic #femalesingers #diva
A memoir by Googoosh in English?? Have I understood this right? A real star, a real singer, an icon.
“Bavar Kon” and “Behesht” are my favourites of her songs. The latter is the track she recorded in support of Iran’s LGBTQ community.
However flawed, I have got to read this.
#Googoosh #Iran #FemaleVocalist #IranianSingers #IranianMusic #GreatSingers #TheGuardian
While in Copenhagen I walked to Vestre Cemetery to visit the grave of the singer Liva Weel (1897-1952).
Her recording of the song ‘Man Binder Os På Mund Og Hånd’ (‘We Are Bound Mouth And Hand’) is such a sad, beautiful song. During WW2 (I only found this out recently) it was also a covert anti-Nazi resistance anthem.
#copenhagen #denmark #LivaWeel #greatsingers #femalesingers #vestrecemetery #danmark #danishsingers #nazi #ww2
Four years today since the death of the great Shibuki Maho.
One of Takarazuka’s big stars in the 60s and early 70s.
What a voice! What charisma!
#眞帆志ぶき #真帆志ぶき #ShibukiMaho #Suutan #スータン #Takarazuka #宝塚 #日本 #femalevocalists #greatvoice #femalesingers #greatsingers #Japan
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#YahooEntertainment
"There are so many phenomenal ladies and great singers." Heavy metal legend Doro Pesch reveals who else she thinks deserves the title of 'Metal Queen'
Doro is the one and true Metal Queen, but as far as she's concerned, there are plenty of other contenders who also deserve the moniker
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/many-phenomenal-ladies-great-singers-142833445.html
#FemalePower
#WomensDay
#LegendsOfMusic
#YahooEntertainment
#ManyPhenomenalLadies
#GreatSingers
#InspiringInfluencers
“Elis Regina is … one of the last unknown treasure troves of the 20th century that the world could discover … and she’s just one click away,”
Elis Regina was incredible. A ‘skin voice’.
I came across her on a Brazilian music compilation in 1992 and it was instant love. If it takes #AI and a #Volkswagen advert to bring her music to others yet to hear it, so be it.
#ElisRegina #Brazil #GreatSingers #mpb #femalevocalists #adverts
w
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘