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Favourite female singers with age and birthday (listed chronologic), place of birth (if known), short description (from Wikipedia) and picture (only included for the deceased ones).

(born before 1940)

† Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., died September 26, 1937), sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues," was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.
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† Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
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Check out the latest tunes scrobbled to see what I'm talkin' about. A rather eclectic mix if I do say so. The last lot consists of a bunch of song just on shuffle, but earlier on in the night it was an ordered progression from acoustic-ish > slightly rocker alternative > daggy 80s and 90s music > trip hop/etc. > classic rock/pop > a set of my favourite live tracks.

I will edit this later to include the actual playlist. But as it's 5:22 am, I need to shut my eyes!

EDIT: Below is the playlist, but you'd have to read it from bottom to top to know the order the songs came in!

* Strapping Young Lad – All Hail the New Flesh (8 Aug 5:11am)
* Catherine Wheel – Broken Head (8 Aug 5:07am)
* Love Outside Andromeda – Measuring Tape (8 Aug 5:03am)
* Soundgarden – Rusty Cage (8 Aug 4:59am)
* Garbage – Vow (8 Aug 4:54am)
* Type O Negative – Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All) (8 Aug 4:43am)
* The Red Tree – Ivory and Gold (8 Aug 4:39am)
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Recently I hit '1300' artists in my library, so I thought I'd make a list of them all for posterity! Of course, I already removed one of those artists frmo my library during this process (it was my music, but under the wrong name...) and there are others I can probably get rid of immediately. But I want to take care in doing so.

Anyway, without further ado...this is the result of coming on up 5 years of scrobbling here at Last.fm, and away from it (on iPod). There have been times when I wasn't able to scrobble, so a lot of data wasn't recorded then. But other than those times, this is what we have...

A
* A Camp (7s)
* A Perfect Circle (210s)
* A Streetlight Song (1)
* Abbe May (88s)
* Abbe May and the Rockin' Pneumonia (5s)
* Abra Moore (7s)
* Ace of Base (2s)
* AC/DC (64s)
* Adam Cohen (2s)
* Adele (2s)
* Aerosmith (8s)
* Afghan Whigs (1)
* Afi (29s)
* Aimee Allen (22s)
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Top 20 Gigs of 2009

Another great year for gigs indeed I don’t think for any of the list below I’ve thought ‘wish I hadn’t gone’. It’s been really hard to decide the Top 20 let along the rankings. Some of those outside of Top 20 were still really great gigs. Like last year I’ve not included festivals in the rankings as it would be unfair to compare them plus I’ve rated individual performances in earlier posts. My gigs I’ve attended in 2009 listed below with the Top 20 ranked in bold.

9 JanThe Ballet, Help Stamp Out Loneliness The Luminaire 14
17 JanJonny Cola & The A-GradesThe Marlborough, Camberwell
21 JanThe Melting Ice CapsLast Days of Decadence, Shoreditch
27 JanLuke HainesRoundhouse Studio
28 JanJonny Cola & The A-GradesGood Ship, Kilburn
29 JanPerformanceFeet East, Brick Lane 13
18 FebBlack Box RecorderThe Luminaire 15
21 Febhumousexual, drunk granny, HusbandsRed Rose, Finsbury Park
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Explanatory note - this personal chart is based on the Official UK Top 40.

Top 10 Singles
L T
01 01 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
02 02 Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
10 03 Flashback - Calvin Harris
03 04 She Wolf - Shakira
09 05 aNYway - Duck Sauce
04 06 Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
06 07 Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke
05 08 What About Now - Westlife
07 09 Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft. Akon
08 10 I Got Soul - Young Soul Rebels

Top 5 Albums
L T
01 01 Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
02 02 This Is It - Michael Jackson
03 03 I Look To You - Whitney Houston
04 04 The Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston
05 05 The Best Of - Alison Moyet

HOT 'Coming Soon' Singles... (X) denotes download only release*
Janet Jackson - Make Me (16/11) *STEAM! (X)
Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything (16/11) *STEAM!*
Moby - One Time We Lived (16/11) *STEAM!* (X)
Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated (16/11) *STEAM!* (X)
Little Boots - Earthquake (16/11) ~Water~
Mariah Carey - I Want To Know What Love Is (23/11) *STEAM! (X)
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Explanatory note - this personal chart is based on the Official UK Top 40.

Top 10 Singles
L T
02 01 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
01 02 Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
03 03 She Wolf - Shakira
04 04 Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
NE 05 What About Now - Westlife
07 06 Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke
09 07 Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft. Akon
08 08 I Got Soul - Young Soul Rebels
NE 09 aNYway - Duck Sauce
NE 10 Flashback - Calvin Harris

Top 5 Albums
L T
01 01 Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
NE 02 This Is It - Michael Jackson
02 03 I Look To You - Whitney Houston
05 04 The Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston
04 05 The Best Of - Alison Moyet

HOT 'Coming Soon' Singles... (X) denotes download only release*
Britney Spears - 3 (09/11) *STEAM!* (X)
Leona Lewis - Happy (09/11) ~Water~
Mariah Carey - I Want To Know What Love Is (16/11) *STEAM!
Janet Jackson - Make Me (16/11) *STEAM! (X)
Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything (16/11) *STEAM!*
Moby - One Time We Lived (16/11) *STEAM!* (X)
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Explanatory note - this personal chart is based on the Official UK Top 40.

Top 10 Singles
L T
04 01 Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
02 02 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
01 03 She Wolf - Shakira
03 04 Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
RE 05 Hurt - Christina Aguilera
05 06 Remedy - Little Boots
08 07 Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke
NE 08 I Got Soul - Young Soul Rebels
09 09 Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft. Akon
10 10 SOS (Let the Music Play) - Jordin Sparks

Top 5 Albums
L T
NE 01 Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
NE 02 I Look To You - Whitney Houston
01 03 Celebration - Madonna
NE 04 The Best Of - Alison Moyet
NE 05 The Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston

HOT 'Coming Soon' Singles... (X) denotes download only release*
Westlife - What About Now (26/10) ~Water~
Ladyhawke - Magic (26/10) ~Water~ (X)
Calvin Harris - Flashback (02/11) *STEAM!*
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 2009 (02/11) *STEAM!*
Royksopp - This Must Be It (02/11) *STEAM!* (X)
Beyonce - Broken Hearted Girl (02/11) *STEAM!*
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