She released her first album in 1971 and with it, her hit “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be.” Carly saw almost immediate success and won her first Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Her second album was released later that year called Anticipation. Both albums were very successful. In 1972, she released her next album, No Secrets, for which she achieved international fame.
The album took the number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for five weeks and brought with it the worldwide hit “You’re So Vain”, for which she received three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. To this day, people wonder who the song was about. In 2015, she released her memoir called Boys in the Trees: a memoir in which she discusses her childhood and her marriage to James Taylor.
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill’s first acting experience was in 1971 in The Last Picture Show. The movie received critical acclaim and won several Academy Awards as well as nominations. Shortly after in 1972, she played Kelly in the Heartbreak Kid and Betsy in Taxi Driver in 1976.
In 2012, she had her Broadway debut when she played in the Revival of the Best, starring alongside James Earl Jones and John Stamos. Her last film was in 2015's Do You Believe in which she played a mother who loses her daughter.
Agnetha Faltskog
Agnetha was in the famous ABBA Swedish pop group. The group recorded songs like “Dancing Queen” and “Take a Chance on Me.” The group split up in the early 80s and Agnetha went on to have a mildly successful solo career. She had her first solo album called “Wrap Your Arms Around Me” receive moderate success.
In 2016, Daniel Ward published a biography called “Agnetha Fältskog: The Girl with the Golden Hair,” which was released in the UK. Besides her singing success, Fältskog has major stage fright, a fear of crowds and open spaces, and a fear of heights.
Chris Evert
A former world champion in Tennis, Chris Evert was the first female to get the Sports Illustrated “sportswoman of the year award” in 1976. She began to play tennis at age 5 and was already winning big titles by age 16. She was the world champion for 7 consecutive years in a row from 1974 to 1981.
Nowadays, she owns her own tennis academy in Boca Raton, Florida, and her own line of tennis apparel for women.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton, a prolific songwriter, country singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, businesswoman, and philanthropist, is the queen of country music. It’s safe to say that when she released her three solos, Jolene, I Will Always Love You, and Love is Like a Butterfly, the world was hooked. All three were number one on the country chart. She continued to produce top hits throughout the decade. She hosted her own variety show called Dolly! from 1976-1977.
In 2016, Dolly set off on her biggest U.S tour to date and she graced 60 cities with her voice. Recently, she collaborated with the Acappella group Pentatonix and they released a cover of Jolene. The most honored female country performer of all time, she has had 25 songs reach number one on the Billboard country music charts. Dolly has garnered nine Grammy awards, two Academy Award nominations, ten Country Music Association Awards, as well as seven Academy of Country Music Awards, and three American Music Awards, and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. On top of that, Parton has received 47 Grammy nominations.