personal portraits of over a dozen divine divas, from Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, & Diana Ross to Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, & Janet Jackson
Contains photographs and profiles of seventeen of the world's best known female rhythm and blues vocalists, including Dionne Warwick, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Esther Phillips, Doris Troy, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle, Millie Jackson, Natalie Cole, Phyllis Hyman, Roberta Flack, Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Toni Braxton; based on the author's personal relationships with the women featured.