Celebrating Great Women In Music

1. Carole King wrote ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman’ for Aretha Franklin

King shares writing credits with Gerry Goffin and Jerry Wexler

2. Aretha Franklin taught herself how to play the piano.

3. Tina Turner’s real name is Anna Mae Bullock (Ike Turner changed it)

4. In 2004, Annie Lennox won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Into the West'

The song was featured in hit film, The Lord of the Rings

5. Carole King was only 18 years old when she wrote her first No. 1 hit with Gerry Goffin

The song was “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles

6. Etta James was only 22 years old when she recorded the legendary love anthem ‘At Last’

7. Pat Benatar was discovered as she was singing a Judy Garland song at a New York City club

8. The Supremes were originally called The Primettes

They were the 'sister' group for a male group called The Primes

9. Aretha Franklin’s biggest hit, ‘Respect’, is actually a cover of an Otis Redding song

10. Stevie Nicks wrote 'Edge of Seventeen' about the death of her uncle and John Lennon

11. Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987

12. Dusty Springfield's real name was actually Mary O’Brien

13. Gladys Knight formed the Pips with her siblings when she was only 8 years old

14. Carly Simon wrote ‘Anticipation’ while waiting for Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date

15. Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger how to dance when she toured with The Rolling Stones in the late ’60s

16. The only female group to go on tour with The Beatles was The Ronettes

17. Debbie Harry appeared in the 1988 film Hairspray as Velma Von Tussle