# most beautiful woman in rock/country/pop history **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006 "2020-03-22T04:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/1 "2020-03-22T04:14:25Z")
Until tonight there were only two choices for me. Oh BTW they must have talent. Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt. Then I watched a video of Mazzy Star, Fade Into You. Didn’t know them when they first put out albums, heard them years later but never saw a video. Hope Sandoval is now nominated. I would nominate Dolly Parton in her younger days, without the excessive makeup. Jennifer Lopez. Probably so many more who recorded in this century. I am old, 57, haven’t kept up with all the latest music. I hear Beyonce is pretty hot ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/2 "2020-03-22T04:46:27Z")
I’ll add Jewel, but only because of her duet with Merle Haggard on Silver Wings. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/3 "2020-03-22T04:51:17Z")
Susanna Hoffs, lead singer of the Bangles. [https://www.google.com/search?q=bangels+singer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjlwe3Vo63oAhVPRs0KHRT4ACsQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=bangels+singer&gs\_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...38.38..412...0.0..0.0.0.......0....1.-49ooAHtNeA&ei=G-52XqXIH8-MtQaU8IPYAg&bih=512&biw=360&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&prmd=misvn#imgrc=hUkMPm-AcxCU5M](https://www.google.com/search?q=bangels+singer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjlwe3Vo63oAhVPRs0KHRT4ACsQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=bangels+singer&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...38.38..412...0.0..0.0.0.......0....1.-49ooAHtNeA&ei=G-52XqXIH8-MtQaU8IPYAg&bih=512&biw=360&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&prmd=misvn#imgrc=hUkMPm-AcxCU5M) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/4 "2020-03-22T04:51:49Z")
And speakjing of duets with Merle, not my preferred hairstyle, but Tammy Wynette was pretty hot. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M9Ivl_JxSfk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgRihDMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBCQ83-EkQ5acNKA9RMSWYUbTKqgQ "Merle Haggard & Tammy Wynette "Today I Started lovin' You Ag") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Ivl_JxSfk) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/5 "2020-03-22T05:21:33Z")
The apocalypse has truly arrived if it takes five posts before someone mentions Debby Harry. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/6 "2020-03-22T05:27:38Z")
Marilyn McCoo. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/7 "2020-03-22T07:34:39Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt… Hope Sandoval You have a type. I also have a type, but I wouldn’t class those women as the most beautiful, I just like 'em. Not gonna list them here and confuse the issue. Instead, as far as beauty goes, I’d include: [ul] [li]Olivia Newton John[/li][li]Taylor Swift[/li][li]Nancy Sinatra[/li][li]Britney Spears[/li][li]Michelle Phillips[/li][li]Alizée[/li][/ul] In their heydey at least. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/8 "2020-03-22T07:43:02Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Susanna Hoffs, lead singer of the Bangles. > > [https://www.google.com/search?q=bangels+singer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjlwe3Vo63oAhVPRs0KHRT4ACsQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=bangels+singer&gs\_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...38.38..412...0.0..0.0.0.......0....1.-49ooAHtNeA&ei=G-52XqXIH8-MtQaU8IPYAg&bih=512&biw=360&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&prmd=misvn#imgrc=hUkMPm-AcxCU5M](https://www.google.com/search?q=bangels+singer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjlwe3Vo63oAhVPRs0KHRT4ACsQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=bangels+singer&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...38.38..412...0.0..0.0.0.......0....1.-49ooAHtNeA&ei=G-52XqXIH8-MtQaU8IPYAg&bih=512&biw=360&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&prmd=misvn#imgrc=hUkMPm-AcxCU5M) I agree, but you should have inked to a picture of her with her[80’s perm](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nintchdbpict0002691923801.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/9 "2020-03-22T08:10:44Z")
Linda Ronstadt, Britney Spears, Joan Jett, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga would probably be my top five. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/10 "2020-03-22T09:47:02Z")
[Sophia Loren.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fC1u3vgx4U) [Shania Twain.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHBOQXy9dRo) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/11 "2020-03-22T09:48:20Z")
If you let the Pageant Industry define marketable beauty, all you need to do is match the woman against the template. In the other world, all women are beautiful, and just have to smile and let it out. Among those mentioned so far, I’d probably go with Marylin McCoo. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/12 "2020-03-22T11:40:34Z")
Mike Mabes: Why didn’t you return to your “_why can’t I lead the life I want to lead_?” thread in MPSIMS? You asked for advice and got lots of good ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/13 "2020-03-22T12:54:26Z")
I’m pretty sure we’ll all have our own definitions of “beautiful” but certainly the pre-teen version of me was knocked out by the overall package of Debbie Harry, stunning look, great performer… a _fascinating_ and _attractive_ woman regardless of any indivuduals concept of “beauty” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/14 "2020-03-22T13:21:07Z")
Shakira is a stunningly beautiful woman. Katy Perry is also remarkably beautiful even by the standards of pop stars. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/15 "2020-03-22T13:32:18Z")
Shania Twain and Faith Hill were both pretty nice… ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/16 "2020-03-22T13:33:55Z")
Katy Melua [https://www.google.com/search?q=katie+melua&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz4bXBmK7oAhXAShUIHaZRAYQQ\_AUoAXoECBwQAw&biw=1920&bih=920#imgrc=KlVryGnAzhDnTM](https://www.google.com/search?q=katie+melua&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz4bXBmK7oAhXAShUIHaZRAYQQ_AUoAXoECBwQAw&biw=1920&bih=920#imgrc=KlVryGnAzhDnTM) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/17 "2020-03-22T15:21:39Z")
I’d choose Marylin McCoo, also. Honorable mention to Gracie Slick and Joan Jett. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/18 "2020-03-22T16:42:40Z")
Many pale women here. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/19 "2020-03-22T16:48:18Z")
timeout dupe ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006/20 "2020-03-22T17:26:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The apocalypse has truly arrived if it takes five posts before someone mentions Debby Harry. _Prettiest_ without question. Most **beautiful** is Cyndi Lauper. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-woman-in-rock-country-pop-history/850006.md?page=2)