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Betty Wright to perform in Jamaica
Published: Monday | October 18, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
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All roads will lead to the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston on Saturday, November 6, when Grammy Award-winning, American R&B singer Betty Wright gives [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music [COLOR=blue !important]lovers[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] a night to remember. The singer, who has an impressive catalogue of hits, which include numbers such as No Pain No Gain, Tonight Is The Night, Goodbye You Hello Him and Thank You For The Many Things, should have R&B lovers on a musical high.
Betty Wright has influenced a generation of female singer-song-writers and also left an indelible mark in the world of hip hop; her songs have and keep on inspiring the younger singers, who take a cue from her legendary songs.
Born in December 1953, Wright began singing gospel with the family group, the Echoes of Joy. She switched to R&B [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music[/COLOR][/COLOR] in 1965 when she was only 11. In 1968, at age 15, she released her first album, My First Time Around, 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 career took off; her song, Clean Up Woman, hit the charts and became a top-five pop and R&B hit. This number would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige's Real Love single with the sample of its guitar riffs.
In 1974, Wright scored big with the songs Tonight is the Night which was centred around her real-life love affair when she was a teenager, and Where is the Love, which won her a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1975.
In the early 1980s, she founded her own [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]record [COLOR=blue !important]label[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], 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.
Biggest hits
The album featured two of her biggest hits in years, No Pain No Gain and After The Pain. In both songs, Wright displays her powerful upper register capabilities and seven-octave range. By 2001, a compilation album, The Very Best of Betty Wright, was released, along with her first studio [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]album[/COLOR][/COLOR] for several years, Fit for a King.
For Wright, music is what drives her, she is still recording to this day and mentors several young singers. She has also done vocal production for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Joss Stone.
Betty Wright's association with Jamaica, its people and the culture, is deep rooted.
As a teenager, she recorded with Johnny Nash who migrated to Jamaica during the ska days. She also sang on Tears on my Pillow.
"I recorded on [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Peter [COLOR=blue !important]Tosh[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], (Mama Africa), Jimmy Cliff, Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Inner Circle, Barrington Levy, Native, Mother Cedella Marley Booker, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Damian Marley and, of course, King Sporty (Noel Williams) who along with his friend-for-life Bob Marley, wrote Buffalo Soldier," she said.
She also toured with Bob Marley and the Wailers for most of 1979 and 1980 to the United States, Africa, and Grand Bahamas Islands.
"Yes, I have deep Jamaican roots," Wright exuded. "I have released many reggae songs and continue to flavour my music with that mountain spice!"
She added, "I also wrote Adams Rib for Rita Marley and continue to produce, write and record in Miami, Florida, city of my birth."
Her concert in Kingston will also see local talents Tarrus Riley and Tessanne Chin in action. Negotiations are in the works for other local acts to be on the line-up. The momentum is building for this powerful R&B performer who, no doubt, will have lovers cuddling closer when she takes centre stage.
Dubbed 'Betty Wright In Concert - No Pain No Gain', the event is presented by Stiletto Concepts and will begin at 9 p.m. sharp.
Published: Monday | October 18, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
Wright
All roads will lead to the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston on Saturday, November 6, when Grammy Award-winning, American R&B singer Betty Wright gives [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music [COLOR=blue !important]lovers[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] a night to remember. The singer, who has an impressive catalogue of hits, which include numbers such as No Pain No Gain, Tonight Is The Night, Goodbye You Hello Him and Thank You For The Many Things, should have R&B lovers on a musical high.
Betty Wright has influenced a generation of female singer-song-writers and also left an indelible mark in the world of hip hop; her songs have and keep on inspiring the younger singers, who take a cue from her legendary songs.
Born in December 1953, Wright began singing gospel with the family group, the Echoes of Joy. She switched to R&B [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music[/COLOR][/COLOR] in 1965 when she was only 11. In 1968, at age 15, she released her first album, My First Time Around, 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 career took off; her song, Clean Up Woman, hit the charts and became a top-five pop and R&B hit. This number would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige's Real Love single with the sample of its guitar riffs.
In 1974, Wright scored big with the songs Tonight is the Night which was centred around her real-life love affair when she was a teenager, and Where is the Love, which won her a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1975.
In the early 1980s, she founded her own [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]record [COLOR=blue !important]label[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], 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.
Biggest hits
The album featured two of her biggest hits in years, No Pain No Gain and After The Pain. In both songs, Wright displays her powerful upper register capabilities and seven-octave range. By 2001, a compilation album, The Very Best of Betty Wright, was released, along with her first studio [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]album[/COLOR][/COLOR] for several years, Fit for a King.
For Wright, music is what drives her, she is still recording to this day and mentors several young singers. She has also done vocal production for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Joss Stone.
Betty Wright's association with Jamaica, its people and the culture, is deep rooted.
As a teenager, she recorded with Johnny Nash who migrated to Jamaica during the ska days. She also sang on Tears on my Pillow.
"I recorded on [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Peter [COLOR=blue !important]Tosh[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], (Mama Africa), Jimmy Cliff, Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Inner Circle, Barrington Levy, Native, Mother Cedella Marley Booker, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Damian Marley and, of course, King Sporty (Noel Williams) who along with his friend-for-life Bob Marley, wrote Buffalo Soldier," she said.
She also toured with Bob Marley and the Wailers for most of 1979 and 1980 to the United States, Africa, and Grand Bahamas Islands.
"Yes, I have deep Jamaican roots," Wright exuded. "I have released many reggae songs and continue to flavour my music with that mountain spice!"
She added, "I also wrote Adams Rib for Rita Marley and continue to produce, write and record in Miami, Florida, city of my birth."
Her concert in Kingston will also see local talents Tarrus Riley and Tessanne Chin in action. Negotiations are in the works for other local acts to be on the line-up. The momentum is building for this powerful R&B performer who, no doubt, will have lovers cuddling closer when she takes centre stage.
Dubbed 'Betty Wright In Concert - No Pain No Gain', the event is presented by Stiletto Concepts and will begin at 9 p.m. sharp.
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