Joni Mitchell

Known in the ‘70s for: Being the artist responsible for penning the popular albums Blue (1971), For the Roses (1972), and Court and Spark (1974)
The slim Canadian singer/songwriter who takes credit for Chelsea Morning and Both Sides Now was the most wanted folk artist in the industry. She didn’t mind dating anyone within as well, as she has dated Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and two-thirds of the band Crosby, Stills & Nash.

She was not only more alluring than the folk performers who came before her like Joan Baez and Judy Collins, but she was willing to experiment with her musical diversity as she slowly made her way into jazz throughout the rest of the decade. Sometime around 1975, Mitchell’s vocal range started to shift from mezzo-soprano to a more wide-ranging contralto. She was quite the fearless lady that became an inspiration to many women during her time, and until today.