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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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The Donnas
The Donnas
American musical group; rock band
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer
American singer and songwriter
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Richard Page
Richard Page
American musician
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American rock band
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Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
American musician
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Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
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Amy Helm
Amy Helm
American singer-songwriter
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Amy Grant
Amy Grant
American musician
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Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
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Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey
Irish singer, musician, songwriter; known from Banarama and Shakespears Sister
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
American rock band
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Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore
American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015)
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Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
American musician
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Nikki Leonti
Nikki Leonti
American musician
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Sheila E.
Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist
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Sixx:A.M.
Sixx:A.M.
American hard rock band
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara
American recording artist; singer and actress
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Sponge
Sponge
alternative rock band from Detroit
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Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell
American singer-songwriter
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TolumiDE
TolumiDE
Nigerian–Canadian singer-songwriter
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
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Prima Donna
Prima Donna
food themed band
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The Runaways
The Runaways
American rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1975
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Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly
American musician
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Lou Fellingham
Lou Fellingham
singer-songwriter
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
American folk rock duo
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
1960s all-girl music group
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Ursula Rucker
Ursula Rucker
American poet and musician
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
English band
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DJ Ashba
DJ Ashba
American musician
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Marcella Detroit
Marcella Detroit
American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
American rock singer, songwriter and musician
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The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
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Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo
American country singer-songwriter
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The Von Bondies
The Von Bondies
American alternative rock band
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Sparks
Sparks
American rock and pop band
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Scottish recording artist
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The Muffs
The Muffs
rock band
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
English singer and songwriter
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The Motels
The Motels
American New Wave band
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Saskia Laroo
Saskia Laroo
Dutch jazz musician
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
American heavy metal band
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Poor Old Lu
Poor Old Lu
Canadian band
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Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Australian singer-songwriter
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Freda Payne
Freda Payne
American singer and actress
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Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch
American musician
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The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
American rock band formed in 1978
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Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
1970s American rock band from Michigan
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Anita Baker
Anita Baker
American singer-songwriter
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Kate Nash
Kate Nash
English pop singer and actor
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The Bangles
The Bangles
American pop rock band
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Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
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Powerman 5000
Powerman 5000
American industrial metal band
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Nikki Yanofsky
Nikki Yanofsky
Canadian singer
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The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters
American vocal group from Oakland, California
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David Foster
David Foster
Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
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American musician
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Nikki Corvette (born Dominique Lorenz in Detroit, MI), is a singer best known as a member of the band Nikki & The Corvettes from 1977 through 1981.

Corvette grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She was always fascinated with music, and at 16 ran away from home because her mother refused to allow her to attend an MC5 concert. In late 1977 or early 1978, a friend of hers arranged for Nikki to headline a concert at a bar. At the time, she was not a member of a band, and she spent the next few weeks organizing Nikki and the Corvettes. The new band had never rehearsed, and played together for the first time at the concert. Originally, they played mainly cover songs as well as a few original songs written by Corvette and her former boyfriend Peter James, who had played with The Romantics. The Corvettes were signed by Bomp! Records and released an album, Nikki and the Corvettes in 1980. Mike Miliard of the Boston Phoenix described the album as "power pop perfection" which "[split] the difference between the Ronettes and the Ramones". Adrian Mack of The Georgia Straight describes Corvette's early work as a "brief, if beautiful, career belting out innocently snotty bubblegum punk with the gutter-budget girl group Nikki and the Corvettes. Their solitary, highly prized 1980 album is still launching new bands and teenage-misfit boners, though Corvette herself didn't realize its impact until a reissue in 2000."

Nikki and the Corvettes disbanded in 1981. At this time, it was still unusual to have a woman front a rock band. The notoriety that Nikki Corvette earned for her role in breaking those barriers led to her being namechecked in the song "Gimme My Radio" by The Donnas.

Corvette returned to music in 2003, forming a new band called Nikki and the Stingrays. Corvette described the new band as "the next progression of the Corvettes. It's got the same quality to some of it, but I grew up a little bit. Which is good, since it's only what, 27 years later?" The Stingrays released an album, Back to Detroit on Dollar Records.

After the release of this album, Corvette moved back to Detroit, where she became friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls. The two wrote several songs together, with Corvette providing the lyrics and Gore the music. In 2009 they formed the band Gorevette. Gorvette performed a fall 2010 tour opening for bands including Blondie and The Donnas.

In 2012, she appeared at the "Girls Got Rhythm" fest in St. Paul, MN alongside artists such as Ronnie Spector, The Muffs, The 5.6.7.8's and L'Assassins.