Betty Wright
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AUDIO
Interview by Cliff White, Rock's Backpages Audio, April 1978
Ms Wright on her upcoming live album (and road band); how her daughter has changed her life; her latest album This Time For Real; the freedom she has on TK Records to do what she wants, and her upcoming recording plans.
File format: mp3; file size: 13.5mb, interview length: 14' 02" sound quality: ****
ARTICLES IN LIBRARY
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, March 1972
WHEN ATLANTIC recommences battle in this country following the switch from Polydor to Kinney's distribution, one of the records that will receive maximum support is ...
Betty Wright: I Love The Way You Love (Alston)
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, May 1972
SOMETIME LAST spring, a single appeared called 'I Love the Way You Love'. One of the people I live with bought it; she said, "This ...
Special Feature by Tony Cummings, Black Music, November 1974
George McCrae, KC And The Sunshine Band, Little Beaver, Latimore, Betty Wright, Clarence Reid... They're all hot and they're all from Miami, the city that's ...
Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 1 March 1975
BETTY WRIGHT IS, as they say, a lot more than just a pretty face. She's also got a voice that's stacked with burning southern soul, ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, January 1976
FOR EVERY successful sound, there always has to be a pioneer. For Motown and Detroit, I guess it was Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; for ...
The Miami Transfer: Florida Soul
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 13 August 1977
AFTER SEVERAL year's of British release through President Records, earlier this year Henry Stone's Miami-based TK conglomerate switched outlets to RCA who have ...
The Rhythm & Blues Gospel According To Betty Wright
Interview by John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 25 August 1977
NEW YORK — Just a few years back, Betty Wright was a candidate for Aretha Franklin's Queen of Soul crown. But now the brassy singer ...
Betty Wright: The Final Ascent To Those Dizzy Heights
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, September 1977
David Nathan gets up-to-date with the lady and prophesises big success for her in coming months ...
Betty Wright: In The Wright Place
Profile and Interview by Vernon Gibbs, Crawdaddy!, October 1977
NEW YORK — America needs a new Queen of Soul. Aretha has abdicated, Natalie Cole is a pretender; Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Millie Jackson and ...
Betty Wright: This Time For Real…
Interview by John Morthland, Black Music, January 1978
The "Clean Up Woman" cleans up — a report by John Morthland ...
Interview by Cliff White, unpublished, April 1978
This is a transcription of Cliff's audio interview with Betty. Hear it on the site here. ...
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, October 1978
Thirteen years on in her career, Betty Wright has finally begun to gain acceptance outside of just R&B circles. David Nathan reports... ...
Betty Wright: Getting It Wright
Interview by Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 15 March 1986
BETTY WRIGHT is back with 'Pain', but she doesn't feel any because she's got religion. Frank Owen is in two minds. ...
Betty Wright & The Roots: Betty Wright – The Movie (S-Curve)
Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 7 July 2012
All the Wright moves as a soul star revisits her roots. ...
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