Barbara Acklin

Barbara Acklin ( born February 28, 1943 in Oakland, California, † 27 November 1998) was an American soul singer and songwriter.

Barbara Acklin was an only child and grew up in Chicago. She began to sing in the church choir and later in night clubs. At St. Lawrence Records, which her ​​cousin Monk Higgins label, she worked among other things as a background singer. During her time as a receptionist at Brunswick Records, she began to write songs. One of which was recorded by Jackie Wilson, then the record company lobbied for that Acklin got a contract with the label. " Show Me the Way to Go ", a duet with Gene Chandler, managed in 1968 to 30th place American rhythm and blues charts. In the same year followed by "Love Makes a Woman", reached # 3 on the R & B charts, and was a BMI Award win. This was followed by more singles and five albums until 1973. Their song Am I the Same Girl was first released by the record company as an instrumental with piano by Young- Holt Unlimited under the title Soulful Strut. It became a number - three hit and million-seller, while Acklins version then only reached number 79. As a songwriter, she worked primarily with Eugene Record of the Chi - Lites, with whom she was married for some time. In 1974 she moved to Capitol Records, where she was dropped after one album, the last of her career. They were then mainly solo concerts and worked as a background singer for the Chi - Lites on the go. In 1990, the acquired written by her and record the song " Have You Seen Her " renewed prominence when it was covered by MC Hammer.

When Barbara Acklin announced in 1998 to work on new material, she died shortly after of pneumonia.

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• Soul singer
• Americans
• Born in 1943
• Died in 1998
• Woman