Betty Wright
Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright (born December 21, 1953), is a Miami-based soul and R&B singer-songwriter, who won fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight is the Night". A pioneering singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, she remains one of the few black female musicians to produce a gold record on her own vanity label.
Early life and career
Born in Miami as Bessie Regina Norris on December 21, 1953, Wright is the youngest of seven children of Rosa Akins Braddy-Wright and her second husband, McArthur Norris. Wright began her professional career at the age of two when her siblings formed the gospel group, the Echoes of Joy. Wright contributed to vocals on the group's first album, released in 1956. Wright and her siblings performed together until the mid-1960s.
In 1965, following the group's break-up, 11-year-old Wright, who was already using the name Betty Wright, decided to switch musical styles from gospel to rhythm and blues, singing in local talent shows until being spotted by a local Miami record label owner, who signed her to her first label in 1966 at twelve. She released the singles, "Thank You Baby" and "Paralyzed", which found Wright local fame in Miami.
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ALBUMS
- Betty Wright: The Movie released: 2011
- The Platinum Collection released: 2007
- The Essentials released: 2002
- The Very Best Of released: 2000
- Best of released: 1992
- Live released: 1978
- Danger High Voltage released: 1974
- Hard to Stop released: 1973
- I Love the Way You Love released: 1972
- My First Time Around released: 1968
- Clean Up Woman and Many More Golden Classics released:
- Greatest Hits released:
- Clean Up Woman and Other Hits released:
- Minha História released:
The Platinum Collection
Released 2007- Clean Up Woman
- Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
- He's Bad Bad
- Pure Love
- I'm Gettin' Tired Baby
- Is It Your Girl
- Babysitter
- It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good to You)
- Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
- Secretary
- I Love the Way You Love
- I'll Love You Forever Heart and Soul
- All Your Kissin' Sho' Don't Make True Lovin'
- I Am Woman
- Sweet Wonder
- We the Two of Us
- Gimme Back My Man
- If You Think You've Got Soul
- Don't Let It End This Way
- Ain't No Sunshine
The Essentials
Released 2002- Clean Up Woman
- Baby Sitter
- Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
- Tonight Is the Night, Parts 1 & 2
- Dance with Me (feat. Peter Brown)
- Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
- If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me
- Is It Your Girl
- It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good to You)
- Secretary
- Where Is the Love
- You Should Do It (feat. Peter Brown)
The Very Best Of
Released 2000- Clean Up Woman
- Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
- He's Bad Bad Bad
- Pure Love
- I'm Gettin' Tired Baby
- Is It You Girl
- Baby Sitter
- It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good to You)
- Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
- Secretary
- Shoorah! Shoorah!
- Where Is the Love
- Ooola La
- Slip and Do It
- You Can't See for Lookin'
- Tonight Is Night, Part 1 (Rap)
Best of
Released 1992- Clean Up Woman
- I'm Gettin' Tired Baby
- It's Hard to Stop
- Outside Woman
- He's Bad Bad
- Baby Sitter
- Ooola La
- Pure Love
- Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
- When We Get Together Again
- Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
- Slip and Do It
- Cryin' In My Sleep
- Secretary
- Where is the Love
- Tonight is the Night - Part 1 (Rap)
- Shoorah Shoorah
- You Can't See For Lookin'
- Is It You Girl
- Lovin' is Really My Game
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Mother Wit
by: Betty WrightLove is giving
When there is no more to give
Love is carin' so much about someone
Till it makes it make we wanna live
And when every (Every) everything passes away
Oh... whoa... (Well) and you can't tell night from day (Just one thing)
There is one thing you can say, oh, baby
My love is, ho... yeah
Love is,.crying when you know you share your share of tears, yes, you have (Oh, yeah)
Love is forgivin' over and over (Over and over)
Over and over (Over and over) all through the years
And when every (Every) everything right seems wrong
And all of your false friends (No good friends), ho, they're long gone
Check it out (Check it out), baby
My love will still be strong, you know why, you know why
My love is, yeah, oh, oh, oh... ho...
I heard a song not too long ago
Let's see
You think that people would have had enough of silly love songs, huh
Ah, but look around you and you see these?
You see, personally I think that the world could always use just a little more love
The greatest commandment ever laid down by God was His commandment of love
But we ladies, we get so wrapped up sometimes in the thing that we're doin'
We forgot to tell our man just how we feel and let him know that we know he feels the same
And you know his love is for real, huh
We forget to do it so much and so we're so slow
Sometimes we got to catch him before he's walkin' out the door
Aw, but I'm not gonna get caught in a trap
You see 'cause I will only take out just a little bit of time each day
And whisper in his ear and say, "Honey"
My love is, oh, oh, hey... sing
Love is giving, woo... woo... woo...
Love is caring, woo... woo... woo...
Mmm, hmm
Mmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, hmm
There is one thing (There's one thing) you can say, yeah...
Oh, baby, hey, baby
My love is, whoa... yeah
(Oh...)
Oh, yeah, yeah
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