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100 Greatest Women, #16: Shania Twain

June 14, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 110

100 Greatest Women #16 Shania Twain The biggest-selling female country artist in history, Shania Twain achieved success on a worldwide scale that had never been seen before in country music, and hasn’t been seen since,

100 Greatest Women, #17: Brenda Lee

June 13, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 5

100 Greatest Women #17 Brenda Lee She was the rockabilly superstar that Music City had dreamed would come along, a pioneer who made the fusion of early rock and country commercially viable. She made timeless

100 Greatest Women, #18: Cindy Walker

June 12, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 11

100 Greatest Women #18 Cindy Walker For all intents and purposes, the story of professional female songwriters in country music begins with Cindy Walker. In an era where almost all artists and writers were men,

100 Greatest Women, #19: Dottie West

June 11, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women Dottie West She started out as a heartache singer who could wail a lonesome tune with the best of them. She developed into a sultry, showy stage performer. For more than two

Say What? – Carrie Underwood talks Gender

June 11, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 43

It seems pretty unbelievable that I missed this the first time around, given how this site has been so focused on women in country music these past four months. But Carrie Underwood had some interesting

100 Greatest Women, #20: Rosanne Cash

June 10, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #20 Rosanne Cash She was one of the dominant female country voices throughout the eighties, and the incisive words and music of Rosanne Cash were leagues beyond most of her contemporaries. She

100 Greatest Women, #21: Linda Ronstadt

June 9, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 23

100 Greatest Women #21 Linda Ronstadt She has a restless musical spirit, recording so many different styles successfully that no genre can fully claim her as their own. But it is her country recordings that

100 Greatest Women, #22: Wanda Jackson

June 8, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 5

100 Greatest Women #22 Wanda Jackson The original rockabilly queen. When Wanda Jackson heeded Elvis Presley’s advice and put some rock in her country, she shattered all conventions associated with her gender’s place in country

100 Greatest Women, #23: Crystal Gayle

June 7, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women, #24: Connie Smith

June 7, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 12

100 Greatest Women #24 Connie Smith “There’s really only three female singers in the world: Streisand, Ronstadt and Connie Smith. The rest of us are just pretending.” – Dolly Parton Connie Smith was born in