If Elvis Is The King Of Rock And Roll...Who Is The Queen Of Rock And Roll?

[arwalden]

[Left Is Write]

1. Freddie Mercury, of course.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Not Little Richard?

[ohiosmith]

8. Absolutely Little Richard.

[peacebird]

5. Freddie Mercury - perfect!

here i was thinking Tina Turner....

[bowens43]

6. You beat me to it..........

the only possible answer.

[name not needed]

20. Rob Halford

:7

[XNASA]

2. Little Richard.

[progmom]

4. Wanda Jackson

[Ron Green]

12. ding ding ding.... this is the right answer.

[GumboYaYa]

14. It's tough to argue with that one.

Good call.

The others who could possibly come close are IMO Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Janis, and maybe Tina. All had their own unique contribution, but Wanda was out there doing it when it was nothing but a man's world.

[redqueen]

7. Janis?

I dunno... but my default answer would be Janis.

[arwalden]

9. My First Thought Would Be... Tina Turner.

[underpants]

10. Sharon Osborne

:shrug:

[Texasgal]

11. I vote for Tina!

She rocks!

[unblock]

13. carole king?

not serious, other than that i'm tickled by the thought of a queen named king.

[andyhappy]

15. Heart?

queens of rock?

[Chovexani]

16. Tina. No contest.

:loveya:

[asthmaticeog]

17. Fuck all y'all ign'ant fucks, two words: RUTH BROWN.

[progmom]

19. Ruth built Atlantic records

And rocks my world, but would you say she's a rocker?

[MISSDem]

23. Ruth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

So...

[asthmaticeog]

24. To the degree that any R&B of the era counts, sure.

Yes, there's a categorical difference between R&B and rock and roll, but I think it's not unfair to consider them together in the context of late '50s music, for a lot of reasons, some cultural, some musical.

[MISSDem]

18. There were a lot of female music makers in the fifties.

Teresa Brewer, Gale Storm, Gogi Grant, The Chantel's, The Chordettes, Brenda Lee(in the 60s). So it depends what era you are talking about. Is there one who lasted like Elvis did through the years? Wanda Jackson was really rockabilly first and later country.

[progmom]

21. Wanda was touted as the female answer to Elvis

[asthmaticeog]

25. Oh, hell yeah, Wanda's great!

[sundog]

22. I'll give another vote to Tina

She's bigger than life... stadium shows & whatnot.

She's also the Acid Queen ;)

[baba]

26. I agree with Tina.

Other candidates: Aretha Franklin (Mojo magazine called her the best artist of the 20th century) and Janis Joplin.

[kariatari]

27. Aretha Franklin.

Tina Turner a close second.

[arwalden]

28. Aretha Is The "Queen Of Soul"... But I Love Her Too!! Only...

... someone needs to tell her that GREEN eye shadow needs to go AWAY!!

[Jade Fox]

29. Wanda Jackson

A little-known (now) contemporary of Presley's (also his one time lover) who was
the closest thing to his female equivalent during the early rock era. Its
worth checking out her stuff and reading about her.

[Wat_Tyler]

30. No one posted Liberace?

Has the world forgotten him? :cry: