From the bubblegum pop princesses to R&B royalty who’ve crossed over to satisfy that pop craving, these women are the best that have ever been.

Bobby Sherman, whose smile and shaggy mop helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and '70s with bubblegum pop hits like "Little Woman" and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me," has died.

Mr Wilson made something more complex, with both harmonies and instrumentation as swift and precise as a Swiss watch, and—unusually for pop songs of the time—an extended a capella riff in the ...