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ALBUMShow It (Remixes) - EPBetty Harris
Albums by Betty Harris
ALBUMSoul from the SouthBetty Harris
ALBUMSoul Perfection (2024 remastered)Betty Harris
Artist Biography
Soul singer Betty Harris did not achieve the commercial success her talent deserved. Once a maid for Big Maybelle, with whom she once duetted on-stage, Harris signed to Jubilee and reached the R&B Top Ten with her version of "Cry to Me" (1963). She matured upon signing to the New Orleans outlet Sansu, where she recorded a series of exemplary Allen Toussaint songs that combined the Crescent City kick of Lee Dorsey with traces of uptown soul, as exemplified by "What a Sad Feeling," "I Don't Want to Hear It," and "What'd I Do Wrong." Paradoxically, the simpler ballad "Nearer to You" (1967) was Harris' only other hit. Following decades of inactivity, Harris recorded her first proper album, Intuition (2007). ~ Rovi Staff
Hometown
Orlando, FL, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul