This may be of interest to some.
Particularly the first episodes that shows that women had far more of a presence in early popular music. ie how Gospel and Blues were / are the underlying influence
I found some of the current "stars" commentary at bit yuck, but the history fascinating.
www.sky.com/watch/title/series/e881d26d-ed0a-408d-a7ab-24697d7f47c1/women-who-rock-e881d26d-ed0a-408d-a7ab-24697d7f47c1
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