Betty Everett

Betty Everett ( born November 23, 1939 in Greenwood (Mississippi ); † August 19, 2001 in Beloit ( Wisconsin)) was an African American soul singer who was successful in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Betty Everett grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi, on and sang as a child in a gospel choir. At age nine, she began training as a pianist. After she relocated to Chicago in 1957, she turned to the secular song. In the same year she received at the Chicago label Cobra Records a recording contract and released her first single record with the title My Life Depends on You / My Love. Although they multiply to other regional record companies changed to 1963 (1960 CJ, 1962 Renee, 1963 One- derfool ) remained their published plates unsuccessful.

Only the change to the U.S. -scale record label Vee -Jay in 1963, successes one. But the second Vee - Jay record called You're No Good entered the U.S. charts. At the Billboard Hot 100, the title rose to the number 51, much more successful he was in the rhythm and blues charts with 5 Rank Everett's biggest solo success was the Shoop Shoop Song, which was released in February 1964. He was number 1 in the R & B charts and peaked at the Hot 100 6th place The best rankings reached Betty Everett duet with Jerry Butler and the title Let It Be Me This also reached the top spot in Rhythm and Blues and the Hot 100 Rank 5 they had your single international success, entitled Getting Mighty Crowded, who came into the charts in the UK. New Musical Express listed him as the best listing in February 1965 at No. 20 Cooperation with Vee -Jay lasts until 1965, and Everett was at this time another two titles bring in the charts (I Can not Hear You, Getting Mighty Crowded ).

After the last three Vee -Jay singles had flopped Everett moved to ABC Records, but was also there with their record productions no new successes. In 1969 he moved to UNI Records, and thus the return to winning ways. Already the first published title There'll Come a Time soared into the R & B charts to 2nd place and was also ranked 26th a good listing on the Hot 100 With UNI Records singles success focus was clearly on the R & B sector by 1970 could place additional three UNI title in the rhythm and blues Top 50. In 1974, Everett from a four-year contract with the record label Fantasy Records. There she had with I Got to Tell Somebody, Is not Nothing Gonne Change Me and Sweet Dan three more R & B successes. The latter title was Everett's last Top 50 hit. In 1978 she had the published United Artists song True Love their last chart notation (R & B, number 78 ).

1964 and 1991, Betty Everett was awarded the BMI Pop Awards, also in 1964, she received the BMI R & B Award. 1994 she was awarded by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards. In the 1990s, she appeared several times on television and radio shows, in 2000, she met with her former duet partner Jerry Butler on the PBS show Doo Wop 51. In her last years she lived with her sister in Beloit, Wisconsin. There she died in 2001 at the age of 61 years.

U.S. Top 50 success

Discography

U.S. Singles

U.S. vinyl LPs

Compact Disk

It's In His Kiss (Vee -Jay, 2006) Track: 1 It's In His Kiss, Hands Off 2, 3 You're No Good, June 4 Night, 5 Hound Dog, 6 With You I Stand, 7 It Hurts To Be In Love, 8 until You Were Gone, 9 The Prince Of Players, 10 I Need You So 11 Chained To Your Love 12 down In The Country, 13 I Can not Hear You, 14 gettin ' Mighty Crowded, 15. Gonna Be Ready, 16 The Real Thing 17 The Shoe Will not Fit