The First 100 FEMALE SOLOISTS AT No. 1 in THE UK: !970s. More tomorrow

Caffè  Lattè looks back on:

 

THE FIRST 100 FEMALE SOLOISTS

AT No. 1 ON THE

UK CHARTS

While men have fared better overall on the music charts, this is a tribute to the first 100 female soloists to reach number one in Britain in their own right. Excludes collaborations. A chart was compiled from 1952 with the first female reaching #1 the following year.

1970

            DANA All Kinds Of Everything

            FREDA PAYNE Band Of Gold

1971

            DIANA ROSS I’m Still Waiting

1973

            SUZI QUATRO Can The Can

1975

            TAMMY WYNETTE Stand By Your Man

1976

            TINA CHARLES I Love To Love

1977

            JULIE COVINGTON Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

            DENIECE WILLIAMS Free

            DONNA SUMMER I Feel Love

1978

           KATE BUSH Wuthering Heights

1979

            GLORIA GAYNOR I Will Survive

            ANITA WARD Ring My Bell

           LENA MARTELL One Day At A Time