WORLD ENTERTAINMENT

WORLD ENTERTAINMENT: WORLD GREATEST FEMALE ENTERTAINERS-SINGERS.

Photo: Julie Andrews.

RESULTS: COUNTRIES: WORLDWIDE. POLLS IN 125 COUNTRIES. AGE: SELECTED BY PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 80 AND 50. NOTES/FINDINGS: Very strange results and unexpected choices. A-The list stopped at number 34. No one could come up with 100 names, not even 50! B- Many famous American singers did not make the list. C- Out of 34 selected artists, 10 were non-Americans. D- 145 people chose Lauren Bacall! E- 7 people selected Elizabeth Taylor!!!!!! F- 3 people selected Nancy Reagan!! G- 150 persons said that they don’t buy “American music” anymore! H- 47 persons added a personal note to tell us that Madona is “not a good singer because she exposed herself nude on stage”!! I- In 2003, 50.000 additional persons purchased 215.000 Madona’s CDs in Europe for the first time in their life because of Madona’s political views and attitude toward American foreign policies and President Bush’s stand vis-à-vis Iraq!!!!!! J- Nobody selected Dixie Chicks, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and alike!

1-Julie Andrews (England), 2-Ann-Margret (USA), 3-Joan Baez (USA), 4-Shirley Bassey (South Africa), 5-Lucille Ball (USA), 6-Cher (USA), 7-Petula Clark (England), 8-Irene Cara (France), 9-Doris Day (USA), 10-Celine Dione (Canada), 11-Marlene Dietrich (Germany), 12-Ella Fitzgerald (USA), 13-Aretha Franklin (USA), 14-Connie Francis (USA), 15-Roberta Flack (USA), 16-Judy Garland (USA), 17-Rita Hayworth (USA), 18-Brenda Lee (USA), 19-Cristy Lane (USA), 20-Ute Lemper (Germany), 21-Liza Minelli (USA), 22-Madona (USA), 23-Anne Murray (Canada), 24-Shirley MacLaine (USA), 25-Olivia Newton-John (USA), 26-Roberta Peters (USA), 27-Barbra Streisand (USA), 28-Nancy Sinatra (USA), 29-Dusty Springfield (USA) , 30-Sarah Vaughan (USA), 31-Sylvie Vartan (France), 32-Dionne Warwick (USA), 33-Nina Simone (USA), 34-Maria Callas (USA/Greece.

Photo: Marlene Dietrich.

AGE: SELECTED BY PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 49 AND 25 . NOTES/FINDINGS: 1-The list stopped at number 38. No one could come up with 100 names, not even 50! 2-Many famous American singers did not make the list. 3-Out of 38 selected artists, 12 were non-Americans! 4- 50 persons would not buy American records!

1-Julie Andrews (England), 2-Shirley Bassey (South Africa), 3-Cher (USA), 4-Irene Cara (France), 5-Patricia Kaas (France), 6-Ute Lemper (Germany), 7-Madona (USA), 8-Anne Murray (Canada), 9-Barbra Streisand (USA), 10-Sylvie Vartan (France), 11-Francoise Hardy (France), 12-Nana Mouskouri (Greece), 13-ABBA (Sweden), 14-Nina Simone (USA), 15-Carly Simon (USA), 15-Paula Abdul (USA), 16-Gloria Estefan (USA), 17-Mariah Carey (USA), 18-Judy Collins (USA), 19-Diana Ross (USA), 20-Tina Turner (USA), 21-Sheena Easton (USA), 22-Gloria Gaynor (USA), 23-Sade(Caribbean Islands), 24-Janice Joplin (USA), 25-Billie Holiday (USA), 26-Whitney Houston (USA), 27-Pat Benatar (USA), 28-Norah Jones (USA), 29-Jewell (USA), 30-Chaka Khan (USA), 31-Cyndi Lauper (USA), 32-Janet Jackson (USA), 33-Diana Ross (USA), 34-Kylie Minogue (USA), 35-Olivia Newton-John (USA), 36-Bernadette Peters (USA), 37-Pink (USA), 38-Linda Ronstadt (USA).

Photo: Rita Hayworth.

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