Some time ago I came up with a list of 22 of my favorite male vocalists. I was talking with a musical junkie on Gab when Gloria Gaynor’s name came up, and her hit ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’. That’s when it occurred to me that she was just the tip of the iceberg. There was a 20 year period from around 1965 to 1985 that these 14 incredible singers performed, that I can’t imagine in my wildest dreams ever having a lineup like this again! When I run into concentrations of talent like this (in any field) I always think how odd it is for them to all exist in the exact same time period. How lucky I was to have been around at a time in history when no one else is going to see this. It’s like the 1960 Yankees, or the incredible lineup of impressionist painters of the late 1800’s. The 1985 Celtics. A ‘league of their own’ so to speak. The fact that these 14 women all happen to be incredibly beautiful is just a coincidence!

Gloria Gaynor, Chaka Khan, Marilyn McCoo, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Freda Payne, Sheila Ferguson (Three Degrees), Ronnie Spector, Shirley Owens (Shirelles), Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack.