Where would we be without them? Languishing in the sphere of the merely possible. On the other hand, "Pretty girls make graves." (Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums)
Roy Orbison, Pretty Woman. Mercy! See how many of the sidemen you can identify. A great song that blends the the tender & romantic with the thrustingly Dionysian.
Bob Dylan, Just Like a Woman. I won't say anything, lest I gush, my romanticism loosened by a delicious blend of tequila and Campari. The polished Blonde on Blonde version. Van Morrison pays tribute here.
Bob Dylan, Girl from the North Country
Van Morrison, Brown Eyed Girl. This one goes out to Kathy H.
Aretha Franklin, Natural Woman. Written by Carole King. Her version.
Rolling Stone, Honky Tonk Woman
Santana, Black Magic Woman
Eric Clapton, Have You Ever Loved a Woman?
Ray Charles, I Got a Woman, 1954
Peter and Gordon, Woman
Elvis Presley, Santa Lucia
Andrea Bocelli, Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
And many more . . . .