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WORLD ENTERTAINMENT. Cont'd. From the Desk of Genevieve Bresson, Peggy North and Shoshanna Rosenstein

WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS

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.

AGE: SELECTED BY PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 29 AND 20. NOTES/FINDINGS:1- Madonna topped the list. 2- Cyndi Lauper came 4^th. 3- Gloria Estefan came 7^th. 4- Janet Jackson came 8^th. 5- Cher came 2^nd. 6- Jennifer Lopez came 9^th. 7- Britney Spears came 3^rd. 8- Pink came 6^th. 9- 45% would not buy American albums. 9- 86% liked American country music. 11- 80% thought that American Black singers are the best. 12- 89% hated Rap music. The highest scores and significant results are: 1-Madona, 2-Britney Spears, 3-Gloria Estefan, 4-Janet Jackson, 5-Cher, 6-Jennifer Lopez, 7-Cyndi Lauper, 8-Pink, 9-Patricia Kaas (France), 10-Shakira.

POLL: RESULTS/ANSWERS TO QUESTION #2: If possible, please list your 50 favorite international female singers from any country, not only those who sing in English but in any language. If you are not able to come up with 50 names, please list as many names as possible. NOTE/FINDINGS: Submitted/selected by all ages. 1-Only 38 names were selected in the highest (significant) score. 2-American singers took the lead. 3-Opera singers did not rank well. 4-American country female singers did not score enough. 5-Afro-American singers enjoy international recognition. 6-American female singers of yesteryears and past generations are still en vogue and extremely appreciated. 7-New wave and heavy metal music did not do well. 8-American and French female singers top the chart. Continues next