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Betty Wright (born December 21, 1953, in Miami, Florida) is a soul and R&B singer, who influenced a generation of female singer-songwriters and also influenced the world of hip hop, who sampled some of her more famous material.
Born singing gospel with the family group, the Echoes of Joy, Wright began switching to R&B music in 1965 when she was only 11. In 1968, she released her first album, My First Time Around, at the age of 15, and scored her first hit, “Girls Can’t Do What Guys Can Do”. But it was not until the end of 1971 that Wright’s most successful phase of her career took place.
The song, “Clean Up Woman”, became a Top 5 pop and R&B hit, and would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” single with the sample of its guitar riffs; R&B girl group trio SWV’s “I’m So Into You” also featured a sample from “Clean Up Woman,” as did Afrika Bambaataa’s song “Zulu War Chant.” In 1974, Wright scored big with the songs “Tonight is the Night” (about a real-life love affair that happened with Wright when she was a teenager) and “Where is the Love” (which won her a Grammy for Best R&B Song).
After experiencing a brief slump in the early 1980s, she rebounded founding her own record label, Ms. B Records, and in 1988 made music history by being the first woman to have a gold record on her own label, with the release of Mother Wit, which featured two of her biggest hits in years, “No Pain No Gain” and the “After The Pain.” On both songs, Wright displays her powerful upper register capabilities and five-octave range.
By 2001 a compilation album The Very Best of Betty Wright was released, along with her first studio album for several years, Fit for a King.
Born singing gospel with the family group, the Echoes of Joy, Wright began switching to R&B music in 1965 when she was only 11. In 1968, she released her first album, My First Time Around, at the age of 15, and scored her first hit, “Girls Can’t Do What Guys Can Do”. But it was not until the end of 1971 that Wright’s most successful phase of her career took place.
The song, “Clean Up Woman”, became a Top 5 pop and R&B hit, and would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” single with the sample of its guitar riffs; R&B girl group trio SWV’s “I’m So Into You” also featured a sample from “Clean Up Woman,” as did Afrika Bambaataa’s song “Zulu War Chant.” In 1974, Wright scored big with the songs “Tonight is the Night” (about a real-life love affair that happened with Wright when she was a teenager) and “Where is the Love” (which won her a Grammy for Best R&B Song).
After experiencing a brief slump in the early 1980s, she rebounded founding her own record label, Ms. B Records, and in 1988 made music history by being the first woman to have a gold record on her own label, with the release of Mother Wit, which featured two of her biggest hits in years, “No Pain No Gain” and the “After The Pain.” On both songs, Wright displays her powerful upper register capabilities and five-octave range.
By 2001 a compilation album The Very Best of Betty Wright was released, along with her first studio album for several years, Fit for a King.
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FatimaSSM wrote:
Fala aí pessoal, essa canta muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuito!
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RuruRoosta wrote:
Tonight, is the night. I remember hearing this song play all the time as a kid whenever my mom and her friends were together gossiping and what not.
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el_yucatan wrote:
tonight's the night like Betty Wright and I'm chillin'
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n69n wrote:
Betty Wright gives the BEST ADVICE!
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PostScriptum18 wrote:
Wow! SOUL!!!!
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soulxlutherking wrote:
Grande BETTY... ya no hay cantantes como tu... PAIN AND AFTER THE PAIN...canciones hechas con y para el alma
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ziyahd wrote:
this sistah can sing her ass off !!!
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FCA19795 wrote:
No Pain, No Gain. One of very few songs that sends chills up my spine. She can hit that high note like few can. I did not know her son passed a few years ago. My condolences, of course.
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po4olks wrote:
The best thing going.
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KeKeReppinJerZ wrote:
After The Pain!!!
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ReformatMe wrote:
SHOORAH SHOORAH!
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maxwellveli wrote:
NEW MAXWELL SONG! Finally! True Maxwell fans I heard a demo of a new Maxwell song. I heard from a inside source at the label that he is working with some producer named Fanatic who has produced Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Anthony Hamilton, Raheem DeVaughn. The song is on his youtube page. go to www.youtube.com/alphabigmama The song is called "Test Drive".
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DjaMihail wrote:
Music is tight!
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FiyahG wrote:
tonights the night
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sansoblique wrote:
<3
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bigsexyshaq wrote:
The love is in my pants.
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this is insane
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