Winning Friday Question is answered

ROUTE 1 reader MIKE D. won this month's CHOOSE THE FRIDAY QUESTION CONTEST with the following, victorious entry...
"What late musician or singer would you still like to hear recording songs?"
The ROUTE 1 prize committee is currently meeting to determine Mike's wonderful reward for his victory. He might win an ALL-EXPENSES PAID, SLIGHTLY USED, INCAPABLE OF POOPING OUTSIDE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPY THAT WOKE ME UP AT 5 A.M. THIS MORNING AND THEN PROCEEDED TO SCRATCH ON THE COUCH AND BARK AT A SHADOW. Wouldn't that be a wonderful prize?
While you are pondering that question, read how ROUTE 1 readers answered this week's FRIDAY QUESTION:
RICK T. -- Elvis!
KERI M. -- Etta James.
MARY N.-P. -- No question. Janis Joplin, one of the all-time, down-and-dirty blues ladies.
ANNIKA H. -- John Lennon and George Harrison.
JIM S. -- Several, but a few stand out in my mind. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce, "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver, Buddy Holly and, of course, John Lennon. Can you imagine what great songs went to the grave with Lennon?.
MIKE D. -- Freddie Mercury, because he possessed such a sharp, clean voice, had a wide vocal range and could write songs with complexity or simplicity.
ERIK H. -- Kirsty MacColl had branched out into beautiful Latin songs, such as "Libertango" and "Mambo de la Luna" before her death in the sea off Mexico. I wish she were still alive. I also wish her killers would be brought to justice (click here for more information).