RIP, Betty Wright
Born Bessie Regina Norris in 1953, Wright started her music career singing with Echoes of Joy, her family's gospel group in Miami. In 1968, at age 15, she released her debut album,, giving her a top 40 song on the Billboard Hot 100 with"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do."
Wright earned a top 10 single in 1972 with"Clean Up Woman," which peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100, and would go on to be sampled by numerous artists, including Mary J. Blige, Afrika Bambaataa and Sublime. By the mid-'70s, Wright had scored big with songs"Tonight Is the Night" and"Where Is the Love," which earned her a Grammy for for best R&B song in 1975., featuring the popular song"No Pain .
Wright was introduced to a younger generation of fans in 2006 after being appointed a vocal coach by Sean “P Diddy” Combs on his television showBetty Wright: The Movie"Betty Wright was one of the foundations of S-Curve's creative family," S-Curve Records founder/president Steve Greenberg tells Billboard."She and I worked together on so many projects, ranging from Joss Stone to Tom Jones to the O’Jays, to her own album, Betty Wright & the Roots.
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