Well, I’m gay and I rarely listen to diva-pop or dance music. My iTunes playlist includes Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, Al Stewart, Argent, ABBA, Alvin Cash & the Crawlers, American Breed, The Animals, Anita O'Day, Anthony Fedorov, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops, Arthur Lyman, The Associaton, Audrey Hepburn, Adam Lambert, The B-52's, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, The Bee Gees, Benny Goodman, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Blossom Dearie, Bob Crewe Generation, Bob Dylan, Bobby Gentry, The Bostweeds, The Boxtops, Boyz II Men, Brick, Bryan Ferry, Buffalo Springfield, Cab Calloway, Carole King, The Carpenters, The Cars, Cat Stevens, Chaka Khan, The Champs, Cheap Trick, Cher, Chi Coltrane, Chick Webb, China Crisis, Chris Isaak, ChumbaWamba, Claudine Longet, Count Basie, The Cowsills, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, David Holmes, Delerium, Diesel, Dinah Washington, Dionne Warwick, Donovan, The Doors, Duke Ellington, The Eagles, Earth, Wind & Fire, Edwin Star, Electric Light Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Eminem, Enya, Era, Fatboy Slim, Ferrante and Teicher, The Fifth Dimension, Fiona Apple, The Five Man Electrical Band, Fleetwood Mac, The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, Gene Autry, Gene Krupa, Genesis, George Benson, George & Ira Gershwin, George Harrison, George Michael, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Glen Miller Orchestra, The Go-Go's, Gogi Grant, Gordon Lightfoot, The Grass Roots, The Guess Who, Heaven 17, Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass, The Hollies, Information Society, Jackson 5ive, Jackson Browne, Janet Hammer, Janis Ian, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Dorsey, John Lennon, Johnny Nash, Joni Mitchell, Judy Garland, KC and the Sunshine Band, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, kd lang, Led Zeppelin, Left Banke, Lemon Pipers, Len, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Lionel Hampton, Loreena McKennitt, Love and Rockets, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madonna, The Mamas and the Papas, Mary Hopkin, Melanie, Men Without Hats, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Mono, The Moody Blues, Morgana King, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Neil Young, New Vaudeville Band, Nina Hagen, Nina Simone, The Nylons, Ohio Players, Oscar Levant, Oscar Peterson, Otis Redding, Paulina Rubio, Peter Paul & Mary, Petula Clark, The Pied Pipers, Pink Floyd, The Platters, The Pretenders, Queen, Rick Wakeman, Right Said Fred, Ringo Starr, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Sarah Vaughn, Sheb Wooley, Sheryl Crow, Shirley Horn, Sinead O'Connor, Sister Sledge, Sly & The Family Stone, Smashmouth, The Smiths, Smokey Robinson, Sonny & Cher, The Spinners, Stan Getz, Stan Kenton, Steely Dan, Steppenwolf, Stevie Wonder, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Styx, The Supremes, The Toys, The Wynford Big Band, Thelma Houston, Thompson Twins, Three Dog Night, Tom Lehrer, Tommy Dorsey, Tommy James & The Shondells, Tony Bennett, Traffic, The Tubes, U2, UB40, Vangelis, Vince Guaraldi, Wall of Voodoo, Woody Herman, XTC, Yes, The Young Rascals, The Zombies, ZZ Top. ...and even more that I haven’t digitized from my vinyl record collection yet.
