Women & Songs: Beginnings Volume 2
Encyclopedia
Women & Songs: Beginnings Volume 2 is the second "beginnings" album in the Women & Songs
franchise.
. 32 tracks that helped launch successful careers for some of the best female artists in the industry are included on this 2-disc collection.
The album begins with pure Aretha Franklin
singing You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman, leads through some classic music on its way to Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle
, straight into Tina Turner's
Private Dancer, and eventually nears an end with Whatever Will Be Will Be by Doris Day
. And that's only the first disc; Jackie DeShannon
appears on the second disc with What The World Needs Now Is Love, while Little Eva
sings the party classic The Loco-Motion - a song that later appears on Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
.
Women & Songs
Women & Songs is a series of annual Canadian compilation album releases that only contain tracks by female artists. The first album, simply titled Women & Songs, was released December 9, 1997 and the series has since been both a major seller and a chart-topper in the Canadian music scene.-Regular...
franchise.
Overview
The album was released on December 4, 2001, the same day as Women & Songs 5Women & Songs 5
Women & Songs 5 is the fifth regular album, not counting special albums, in the Women & Songs franchise.-Overview:The album was released on December 4, 2001. As always, the album is composed of tracks from the best female artists and new artists in the industry...
. 32 tracks that helped launch successful careers for some of the best female artists in the industry are included on this 2-disc collection.
The album begins with pure Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
singing You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman, leads through some classic music on its way to Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
, straight into Tina Turner's
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
Private Dancer, and eventually nears an end with Whatever Will Be Will Be by Doris Day
Doris Day
Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
. And that's only the first disc; Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
appears on the second disc with What The World Needs Now Is Love, while Little Eva
Little Eva
Eva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...
sings the party classic The Loco-Motion - a song that later appears on Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups is a special album in the Women & Songs franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: The 80s one week before the official 6th album in the collection.- Overview :...
.
Disc 1
- You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman
- (performed by Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
)
- (performed by Aretha Franklin
- Walk On By
- (performed by Dionne WarwickDionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
)
- (performed by Dionne Warwick
- You've Changed
- (performed by Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
)
- (performed by Billie Holiday
- I'm Sorry
- (performed by Brenda LeeBrenda LeeBrenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis...
)
- (performed by Brenda Lee
- You Don't Own Me
- (performed by Leslie Gore)
- You Don't Know How Glad I Am
- (performed by Nancy Wilson)
- End Of The World
- (performed by Skeeter DavisSkeeter DavisMary Frances Penick , better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Records. In the late '50s, she became a solo...
)
- (performed by Skeeter Davis
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
- (performed by Crystal GayleCrystal GayleCrystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
)
- (performed by Crystal Gayle
- Private Dancer
- (performed by Tina TurnerTina TurnerTina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
)
- (performed by Tina Turner
- MacArthur Park
- (performed by Donna SummerDonna SummerLaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
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- (performed by Donna Summer
- Love Is Like A Heatwave
- (performed by Martha ReevesMartha ReevesMartha Rose Reeves is an American R&B and Pop singer and former politician, and was the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. During her tenure with The Vandellas, they scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Jimmy Mack", "Dancing in the Street" and "Nowhere to Run"...
)
- (performed by Martha Reeves
- Release Me
- (performed by Esther PhillipsEsther PhillipsEsther Phillips was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.-Early life:...
)
- (performed by Esther Phillips
- Who's Sorry Now
- (performed by Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
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- (performed by Connie Francis
- It That All There Is
- (performed by Peggy LeePeggy LeePeggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
)
- (performed by Peggy Lee
- Whatever Will Be Will Be
- (performed by Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
)
- (performed by Doris Day
- Mister Sandman
- (performed by Emmylou HarrisEmmylou HarrisEmmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
)
- (performed by Emmylou Harris
Disc 2
- Anticipation
- (performed by Carly SimonCarly SimonCarly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
)
- (performed by Carly Simon
- Rose Garden
- (performed by Lynne Anderson)
- Baby Don't Go
- (performed by Sonny & CherSonny & CherSonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife team Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector....
)
- (performed by Sonny & Cher
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- (performed by Jackie DeShannonJackie DeShannonJackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
)
- (performed by Jackie DeShannon
- Goldfinger
- (performed by Shirley BasseyShirley BasseyDame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
)
- (performed by Shirley Bassey
- Mangos
- (performed by Rosemary ClooneyRosemary ClooneyRosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian , which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 –...
)
- (performed by Rosemary Clooney
- Johnny Get Angry
- (performed by Joanie SommersJoanie SommersJoanie Sommers , is an American singer and actress with a long career of jazz, standards and popular material and extensive show-business credits...
)
- (performed by Joanie Sommers
- I Cried A Tear
- (performed by Lavern BakerLaVern BakerLaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" , "Jim Dandy" , and "I Cried a Tear" .-Early life:She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois...
)
- (performed by Lavern Baker
- The Loco-Motion
- (performed by Little EvaLittle EvaEva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...
)
- (performed by Little Eva
- Easier Said Than Done
- (performed by The EssexThe EssexThe Essex was an American R&B vocal group formed in 1962. They are best known for their 1963 chart-topper and million selling track, "Easier Said Than Done".-Career:...
)
- (performed by The Essex
- Johnny Angel
- (performed by Shelley FabaresShelley FabaresMichele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...
)
- (performed by Shelley Fabares
- Your Precious Love (with Tammi Terrell)
- (performed by Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
)
- (performed by Marvin Gaye
- What's New
- (performed by Linda RonstadtLinda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
)
- (performed by Linda Ronstadt
- Cry Me A River
- (performed by Julie LondonJulie LondonJulie London was an American singer and actress. She was best known for her smoky, sensual voice. London was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years...
)
- (performed by Julie London
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- (performed by Lena HorneLena HorneLena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the...
)
- (performed by Lena Horne
- La Vie En Rose
- (performed by Edith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
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- (performed by Edith Piaf