Snapshots Spillover: More Songs About Famous Female Singers (Appendix #2)

Last batch of these, I promise.

Kylie Minogue featured in Saturday's quiz with the obvious selection of Kylie's Got A Crush On Us by BMX Bandits. I've probably confessed before to the fact that I bought Kylie's debut single back in 1988 even though I knew it wasn't very good. I was 16, Neighbours was on the TV every night when I got home from school, and Kylie was cool... even despite the insipid Stock Aitken Waterman production. I still think she's cool now - and should be praised for her longevity (Christmas Number One last year!). 

Anyway, BMX Bandits wasn't my only choice for songs honouring Ms. Minogue. I could also have gone with this...

Ballboy - Songs For Kylie

And then, of course, there's Wild Billy...

Another female pop diva whose records I obsessed over as a teen was Whitney. I'd still rate her second album as a pure pop classic. Then again, I've always been pretty insecure about voicing such things...

Insecure Men - Whitney Houston & I

I can't say I know a lot about 90s teen pop sensation Jessica Simpson, other than the Eminem name-dropped her and Adam Green wrote this sweet ode...

Adam Green - Jessica Simpson

Janet Jackson, meanwhile, may be tainted by her  brother's reputation... and that "shocking" incident at the Superbowl which got her cancelled for a time, while Justin Timberlake's reputation only soared. Sexist hypocrisy? 

Richard Thompson - Dear Janet Jackson

Meanwhile, here's a very bizarre tribute to another big female pop star of the 90s...

Wesley Willis - Alanis Morrissette

Let's step a bit further back in time

Ollie Byrd - Chaka Khan

Josh Turner - Loretta Lynn's Lincoln

Jill Sobule - Where Is Bobbie Gentry? 

Deacon Blue - Ronnie Spector

The Guthries - Patsy Cline

Tom Russell - Nina Simone

Warpaint - Billie Holiday

Sparks - Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)

The Magnetic Fields - Judy Garland

Finally, three different tunes about the "Godmother of rock 'n' roll" herself...

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us

Alabama 3 - Sister Rosetta

Frank Turner - Sister Rosetta

But it's back to the pop stars of our youth to close... and here's another lady who's it always been OK to admit to liking. My cool points remain intact.