To ask for your 60s-70s classic songs?

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Dd14 is just getting into 'old' music after I showed her some fleetwood mac
I have a record player with some vinyls that I told her she can use but i'd like some recommendations as for what I could show her. My minds a bit blank atm

Any by women that you'd recommend?

Pearl’s a singer and Lilac Wine by Ellie Brooks
Patti Smith - Because The Night
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
From New York To LA - Patsy Gallant
Carole Bayer Sager You’re Moving out Today

Absolutely anything by Carole King.

*Elkie Brooks

Killing Me Softly, Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye and Jesse by Roberta Flack
Also, Lori Lieberman's version of Killing Me Softly
At Seventeen by Janis Ian
Going Back by Dusty Springfield
Big Spender by Shirley Bassey
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Maybe The Morning by Marian Montgomery
Harry by Catherine Howe
Words, We're All Alone and I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love by Rita Coolidge

Some of Sly And The Family Stone's hits feature some impressive female vocals, e.g. Dance To The Music and Everyday People.

yes to Carole King 🥰

And Janet Kay's Silly Games.

At Seventeen always makes me cry.

Ode to Billie Joe by Bobby Gentry
Harper Valley PTA Jeannie C. Riley.

Joni Mitchell Carey
Judy Collins Both Sides Now
Marianne Faithful As Tears Go By

Just coming back to this thread to say I've had a lovely weekend updating my Spotify playlists with some of your suggestions and hope the OP's DD has too!

I am planning to do the same. Great thread OP

ABBA
The BeeGees
The Carpenters
Donna Summer
Diana Ross (and the Supremes)
Earth Wind and Fire
The Beach Boys

Helen Reddy - I am Woman, Angie Baby, No Way to Treat a Lady.

Mary Hopkins - Those Were the Days

Carol King, Melanie, Blondie, Cilla,

Love Affair - Young Girl,
Amen Corner - Paradise is Half as Nice
Curved Air - Back Street Luv
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To, Frozen Orange Juice
Noel Harrison - Windmills of Your Mind

The Beatles: most things, especially 'From Me to You'. 'Ticket to Ride', 'I'm a Loser' and 'Help'

The Rolling Stones, especially 'Ruby Tuesday'

The Who, especially 'Happy Jack'

The Kinks, especially 'Autumn Almanac'', 'Sunny Afternoon' and 'Days'.

Simon and Garfunkel, especially 'The Boxer' and 'Cecilia'

Abba, especially 'Waterloo' and 'Fernando'

Boney M, especially 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Brown Girl In the Ring'

Gilbert O'Sullivan: 'Alone Again, Naturally' and 'Get Down'

Leo Sayer: 'When I Need You' (a comfort song when I was a teenager often isolated by health problems; and I listened to it a lot again during lockdown)

Scorpio and Basset, thats lovely thank you

Neither 60s nor 70s but honourable mentions for Will You by Hazel O'Connor and Thunder In The Mountains by Toyah.

Motown
Philadelphia
Singer songwriters:
Simon & Garfunkel
James Taylor
Carole King
Stones
Pop - check out Paul Gambaccini's Puck of the Pops playlists on R2 (also Tony Blackburn and Johnnie Walker)

Also singer songwriters

Seals & Crofts
Logging & Messina