Nr. 12 – Christine McVie

In my opinion, Christine McVie wrote one of Fleetwood Mac’s most beautiful songs. Her now classic Songbird has been covered by many artists, but the best versions will always be those with McVie’s subtle voice singing this beautiful melody. I like the fact that Fleetwood Mac started off as a blues band with all male members and it was first when they brought in two talented female song writers that the band captured the eyes of the world. (I know that’s the short version of the band’s history, somewhat simplified…but it suites the list perfectly.) One of those women was Christine McVie, born I Great Britain 1943. Her maiden name is Perfect, which is a good name to make clever references to her music, but I’ll try to resist the temptation. Why is she cool? She wrote cool songs and sang them with a cool, laid-back voice.