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Almost anything by Etta James (I Just Want to Make Love to You is terrific) would be good. Lena Horne too. If you want something more current I'd say Bonnie Raitt (Let's Give 'em Something to Talk About is a killer). And dont' forget about Aretha. R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the all-time great female R&B songs.

I'm sure there are a bunch I'm forgetting.

Now as to what's available on karaoke, I'm not sure. I just looked through my collection and here are some suggestions:

Aretha's "Think" which is another good song. Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" is another possibility and Alanna Myles' "Black Velvet" has a really bluesy feel to it. How about Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart"?

Larry

Janis Joplin. I have heard some people that do her very well.

Now you know the more I think about, I don't know your voice or anything, but you could take a novel approach to it. You could take what have been typically male bar/blues standards and turn them into your own thing.
I mean songs like Doors-Roadhouse Blues
George Thorogood-I Drink Alone, Bad to the Bone
I mean they're songs that everone knows, but folks are use to hearing a man sing them. But I gotta tell ya, if a gal could pull those off, I personally think you'd get a killer reaction from the crowd.

Author:	Babs [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:47 am ]
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I'm looking for song ideas - I'd like to do some more blues songs, but I am coming short on female songs. Any suggestions?

Author:	EElvis [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:57 am ]
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Heck baby, I was hoping you wanted help from having the blues...... sorry! I'm so Lonesome I could cry..........

Author:	Chuck2 [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:20 am ]
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Hey Babs, do you have "Female R&B Vol 4" by Soundchoice? Here's some info on it.http://audiolunchbox.com/album?a=43471

Author:	lbister [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:33 am ]
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Almost anything by Etta James (I Just Want to Make Love to You is terrific) would be good. Lena Horne too. If you want something more current I'd say Bonnie Raitt (Let's Give 'em Something to Talk About is a killer). And dont' forget about Aretha. R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the all-time great female R&B songs. I'm sure there are a bunch I'm forgetting. Now as to what's available on karaoke, I'm not sure. I just looked through my collection and here are some suggestions: Aretha's "Think" which is another good song. Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" is another possibility and Alanna Myles' "Black Velvet" has a really bluesy feel to it. How about Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart"? Larry

Author:	Steven Kaplan [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:33 am ]
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Bab's, the possibilities are endless. KEYWORD: FEMALE BLUES MUSIC or FEMALE BLUES SONGS (or some variation). If you like a few of the songs, you will likely do a decent job of them.

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Author:	Chuck2 [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:12 pm ]
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lbister @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:33 pm wrote: Almost anything by Etta James (I Just Want to Make Love to You is terrific) would be good. Lena Horne too. If you want something more current I'd say Bonnie Raitt (Let's Give 'em Something to Talk About is a killer). And dont' forget about Aretha. R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the all-time great female R&B songs. I'm sure there are a bunch I'm forgetting. Now as to what's available on karaoke, I'm not sure. I just looked through my collection and here are some suggestions: Aretha's "Think" which is another good song. Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" is another possibility and Alanna Myles' "Black Velvet" has a really bluesy feel to it. How about Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart"? Larry Bonnie Raitt, that's some good stuff. Well, it's all good but Bonnie Raitt...

Author:	lbister [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:07 pm ]
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Chuck, Bonnie Raitt? Oh baby! Are we going to go through this again like we did with Raquel? I'm getting the impression that you and I may be on similar wavelengths when it comes to women. Larry

Author:	SwingcatKurt [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:12 pm ]
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Anything by: Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, Billy Holiday, Gloria Hardeman's: "Meet me with your Black Drawers on" Male Blues Songs: Muddy Waters: Got my mojo workin Howlin Wolf-Smokestack Lightin Clapton Stevie Ray The Allman Brothers: Tied to the Whippin Post Statesboro Blues Robert Cray: Smokin Gun Blues Brother: Love Light Sweet Home Chicago Everybody needs somebody to love Ray Charles: Georgia Shake your tailfeather Mustang Sally Royal Crown Revue: The Walkin Blues Blues Traveler: Runaround That's all I can think of for the moment................. There's really not that that much of actual blues songs out there on Karaoke. Maybe if you gathered them all togerther there might be enough to make 10 or so full karaoke discs. And most of the blues discs by different MFR's have different versions of many of the same songs..........so that limits the selections even further. Thats why I've taken to writing and recording original lyrics over blues isntrumentals--they are all instumentals from contemporary artists that simply arent available on karoake. And thats unfortunate becuase there is SO MUCH REALLY GOOD contemporary blues out there.

Author:	Guest [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:55 pm ]
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Janis Joplin. I have heard some people that do her very well.

Author:	Chuck2 [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:47 pm ]
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Babs, you may have already considered this but I'll ask anyway. What about BB King?

Author:	robdogkaraoke [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:18 pm ]
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Bigdog @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:55 pm wrote: Janis Joplin. I have heard some people that do her very well. Hey Bigdog check out this girl from my show. She was fighting a cold and still pumped it pretty good. http://esnips.com/doc/4ae34ece-1fa8-404 ... ry-2_1.mp3 Melanie - try 2_1

Author:	maninblack [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:35 pm ]
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If you're looking for something easy to improvise to, meaning you can sing it any style you want and you can't go wrong. Then I recommend, 'Been Down So Long' by the Doors. I did this one last week, and the whole place was dancing, clappin and stompin their feet. It's basic, to the point, and like I said, no matter what style you sing it, there is no wrong way. James Maninblack

Author:	maninblack [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:54 pm ]
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Now you know the more I think about, I don't know your voice or anything, but you could take a novel approach to it. You could take what have been typically male bar/blues standards and turn them into your own thing. I mean songs like Doors-Roadhouse Blues George Thorogood-I Drink Alone, Bad to the Bone I mean they're songs that everone knows, but folks are use to hearing a man sing them. But I gotta tell ya, if a gal could pull those off, I personally think you'd get a killer reaction from the crowd.

Author:	Chuck2 [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:40 pm ]
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maninblack @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:54 pm wrote: Now you know the more I think about, I don't know your voice or anything, but you could take a novel approach to it. You could take what have been typically male bar/blues standards and turn them into your own thing. I mean songs like Doors-Roadhouse Blues George Thorogood-I Drink Alone, Bad to the Bone I mean they're songs that everone knows, but folks are use to hearing a man sing them. But I gotta tell ya, if a gal could pull those off, I personally think you'd get a killer reaction from the crowd. That's what I was thinking but was too lazt or not bold enough to type.

Author:	Texas Gigi [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:52 pm ]
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i used to do a fair job of the blues singing improv (a la wayne brady on "whose line is it anyway?"). that was a real challenge. in karaoke i used to do stormy monday blues. don't remember the original artist. and i would blues it up to the max. i thought i sounded great but i was imbibing a bit more heavily then. and i always wanted to try steamroller blues--the james taylor version.

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Author:	Chuck2 [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:05 pm ]
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Women doing a good job on a blues tune that was previously done by a man, to me is kinda puttin' my Navy dress whites on a girlfriend. They can look so much better on her. That may not be the best analogy. I think of it as very sexy when it works.

Author:	Babs [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:37 pm ]
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First of all thanks guys - I already sing most of Janis Joplin songs, I have "Me and Bobbie Mcgee" in the singers show case if you want to give a listen to my voice style. Aretha Franklin - already do "Chain of fools" , "RESPECT", Natural woman I do Bonnie Raitt - "Let's give'm something to talk about" and yes guy songs I've done whipping post Midnight rambler Mustang Sally I'd really like to find some songs that I can let loose on Etta James I'm don't think I'm formiliar with I'll have to give a look at some of her stuff

Author:	Flipper [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:58 pm ]
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Sunday Kind Of Love - Etta James Killer song!! At Last - Etta James

Author:	Babs [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:04 pm ]
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Flipper - I love Flipper I'm going to have to down load that song tomorrow and give it a listen too. My KJ guru

Author:	Flipper [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:15 pm ]
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Etta James has some amazing songs. Both of those songs appeal to a broad base of age groups. Another good song of hers is "Something's Got A Hold On Me"