Betty Everett

 Ur. 23.11.1939r.w Greenwood w stanie Mississipi, USA. Po przeprowadzce do Chicago pod koniec lat 50-tych nagrywała, bez powodzenia, dla kilku lokalnych wytwórni, w tym Cobra i Onederful.

 

Później podpisała kontrakt z firmą Vee Jay Records i nagraniami "You're No Good" (z 1963 r.) i "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" zdefiniowała swój styl, określony jako pop-soul. Potwierdziła to nagranym w duecie z Jerrym Butlerem singlem "Let It Be Me" (z 1964 r.), ale jej najlepszym utworem była dynamiczna piosenka Vana McCoya "Getting Mighty Crowded".
 

Upadek wytwórni Vee Jay zachwiał jej karierą, a krótki związek z ABC Records okazał się bezproduktywny. Jednak nagrana w 1969 r. piosenka "There'll Come A Time" doszła do 2. miejsca w notowaniach rhythm and bluesowych. Z nabranym w ten sposób impetem weszła w lata 70-te, dokonując kolejnych nagrań dla wytwórni UNI i Fantasy Record.

 Ostatni notowany na listach singel Betty - "True Love (You Took My Heart)" ukazał się w 1978 r. W 1991 r. własną wersję "The Shoop Shoop Song" nagrała Cher, umieszczając ją na samym szczycie list przebojów. 

 

Single

Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
You're No Good / Chained to Your Love	Betty Everett	11.1963	-	51[10]	Vee-Jay 566	[written by Clint Ballard jr.][5[12].R&B Chart]
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) / Hands Off	Betty Everett	02.1964	34[7][11.68]	6[13]	Vee-Jay 585	[written by Rudy Clark][produced by Calvin Carter][1[3][16].R&B Chart]
I Can't Hear You / Can I Get to Know You	Betty Everett	06.1964	-	66[5]	Vee-Jay 599	[written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King][produced by Calvin Carter][39[3].R&B Chart]
Happy I long to be/Your loving arms	Betty Everett with The Earl Hooker Allstars	07.1964	-	126[3]	C.J. Records 619	-
It Hurts to Be in Love / Until You Were Gone	Betty Everett	08.1964	-	109[6]	Vee-Jay 610	[written by Julius Edward Dixon / Rudy Toombs][#61 hit for Annie Laurie in 1957]
Let it be me/Ain't that loving you baby	Betty Everett And Jerry Butler	09.1964	-	5[13];B:108[1]	Vee-Jay 613	[A:written by M. Curtis, C. Becaud, P Delanoe][B:written by Jimmy Reed][A:1[3][17].R&B; Chart][B:24[2].R&B; Chart][B:#3 r&b; hit for Jimmy Reed in 1956]
Getting Mighty Crowded / Chained to a Memory	Betty Everett	11.1964	29[7]	65[6]	Vee-Jay 628	[written by Van McCoy][produced by Calvin Carter][28[8].R&B Chart]
Smile/Love is strange	Jerry Butler & Betty Everett	12.1964	-	42[7]	Vee-Jay 633	[written by Charlie Chaplin,Geoffrey Parsons,James Phillips][16[8].R&B Chart][#10 hit for Nat King Cole]
I'm Gonna Be Ready/The Real Thing	Betty Everett	06.1965	-	117[1]	Vee-Jay 683	[written by Van McCoy][produced by Calvin Carter]
There'll Come a Time / Take Me	Betty Everett	01.1969	-	26[11]	Uni 55 100	[written by E. Record, F. Smith][produced by Archie Lee Hill][2[13].R&B; Chart]
I Can't Say No to You / Better Tomorrow Than Today	Betty Everett	04.1969	-	78[4]	Uni 55 122	[written by B. Stone][produced by Archie Russell, Hillery Johnson, Leo Austell][29[6].R&B; Chart]
Maybe / 1900 Yesterday	Betty Everett	09.1969	-	116[1]	Uni 55 141	[written by F. Smith, L. Simmons][produced by Archie Russell, Hillery Johnson, Leo Austell]
It's Been a Long Time / Just a Man's Way	Betty Everett	12.1969	-	96[2]	Uni 55 174	[written by Jerry Butler / Kenneth Gamble / Leon Huff][produced by Archie Russell, Hillery Johnson, Leo Austell][17[7].R&B; Chart]
Unlucky Girl/Better Tomorrow Than Today	Betty Everett	05.1970	-	-	Uni 55 219	[written by A. Russell, L. Austell, H. Johnson][produced by Archie-Lee-Hill Productions][46[5].R&B; Chart]
I Got to Tell Somebody / Why Are You Leaving Me?	Betty Everett	12.1970	-	96[4]	Fantasy 652	[written by Difosco Ervin ][produced by Calvin Carter][22[8].R&B; Chart]
Ain't Nothing Gonna Change Me / What Is It?	Betty Everett	05.1971	-	113[3]	Fantasy 658	[written by D. Erwin, Lynne Farr][produced by Calvin Carter][32[6].R&B; Chart]
Danger/Just A Matter Of Time Till You're Gone	Betty Everett	07.1973	-	-	Fantasy 696	[written by Randall, Carter][produced by Willie Mitchell, Charles Chalmers][79[4].R&B; Chart]
Sweet Dan/Who Will Your Next Fool Be	Betty Everett	01.1974	-	-	Fantasy 714	[written by Johnny Watson][produced by David Axelrod, Johnny Watson][38[14].R&B; Chart]
True Love (You Took My Heart)/You Can Do It	Betty Everett	09.1978	-	-	United Artists 1200	[written by E. Kaz][produced by Calvin Carter][78[3].R&B; Chart]