THE SEXIEST SIRENS OF SONG
SUPERSTARKERS
4 The Greatest Whitney Houston
6 Straight Up, Paula Abdul
8 Private Dancer TINA TURNER
10 Truth or Dare Madonna HARD ROCK
16 Siouxsie and the Banshees SIOUXSIE SIOUX
18 Breaking Glass HAZEL O'CONNOR
20 Transvision Vamp Wendy James
22 Watcha Do To My Body Lee Aaron
24 Return of the Giant Slits THE SLITS BODIES OF SOUL
26 The Supremes Mary Wilson
28 The Supremes Diana Ross
30 Ashford & Simpson Valerie SIMPSON
32 Rufus CHAKA KHAN
34 Control Janet Jackson
36 Bad Girl La Toya Jackson THE SAMMY AWARDS
38 Touch Me—I Want Your Body Samantha Fox
40 Hot Girl SABRINA
42 'Scar Wars' Angela Cavagna
44 The Spanish MadonnaMarta Sanchez
46 Mel & Kim Melanie Appleby CONTRO•VERSES
50 Mickey TONI BASIL
52 More, More, More Andrea True
54 Would You Lay With Me? Tanya Tucker
56 The Plasmatics WENDY 0. WILLIAMS
60 She Bop CYNDI LAUPER
62 Sugar Walls Sheena Easton PURPLE PASSION
64 Such a Pretty Mess VANITY
66 Sex Shooter APOLLONIA
68 Sex Cymbal SHEILA E. BLASTS FROM THE PAST
70 My Boy Lollypop MILLIE SMALL
72 We'll Sing in the Sunshine GALE GARNETT
74 Knock on Wood AMII STEWART NUDE WAVE
76 Pull Up to the Bumper Grace Jones
80 Ekstasy NINA HAGEN
84 Eurythmics Annie LENNOX
86 Missing Persons DALE BOZZIO BACK ON TOP
88 Here You Come Again Dolly Parton
90 Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John
92 The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle
94 Blondie Deborah-harry-singers">Deborah Harry
98 Back Issues Available
99 Special Offers
EDITORIAL
THE SLEUTHSAYER
"I love women in rock 'n' roll," shouts singer/actress Sandra Bernhard
{uncovered in our last issue}. "Belinda Carlisle—she's hot land she
heats up pages 92-3 inside}. It's obvious that women in rock 'n' roll are manipulative
sex appeal, but it's all marketed very well and it works."It works for us...
As one leading X-ponent of musical musk, Gail Johnson of the Skirtz, explains:
"I like being sexy and I don't apologize for it. When you come down to it,
what's sexier than rock 'n' roll? My band's not justtits-and-ass, but what we
do onstage is seduce the audience. That's what it's all about."
And that's what this 35th issue of CELEBRITY SLEUTH is all about: our long-awaited
encore to the "Women of Rock" we rhapsodized over in our third issue.
Since then, we've featured scores of sexy singers in a variety of issues rIngenudes,"
"Readers' Choice," "25 Sexiest").. Still, as you know, we
do take requests...and there's been a steady chorus of vocal readers chanting
for a volume devoted solely for soulyito "Throats of Note."
Since we're clearly in concert, I chose to call this collection of greatest hits
"Top 40"—not because it contains Dolly Parton and Samantha Fox,
but rather to denote the number of foxy flesh tones we've grouped on center stage.
Also, as my hometown Washington Post recently remarked: "For generations,
Top 40 radio, with its nationwide audience, provided a soundtrack for people's
lives. The whole revolution behind Top 40, the principle behind it, was that people
wanted to hear the most popular records with some degree of frequency so that
when they tuned in, they had a good chance of hearing their favorite song, or
lots of them." As we've visualized the concept, seeing is believing!
"As the Eighties began," pop music maven Nick Tosches noted, "the
queens of rock 'n' roll, low-cut and strapless or booted and gloved, seething
sex as never before...held the cocks of young America in their long-nailed fingers,
squeezing harder as the music got louder." As the Nineties continue, Sleuth
gives them the chance to really loosen their lungs.
"There used to be great Top 40 wars here," laments a D.C. deejay. "It's
really strange not to have a true Top 40 station in the Nation's Capital. It's
a great format and it's sad, because there really should be one." And now
there is...
Glad We're in Harmony!
