May 11, 2020 – Betty Wright Playlist (2020) Spotify
The great soul singer, songwriter, and producer Betty Wright passed away this week. She was 66 years old. If all you know of her music is the great 1971 hit song Clean Up Woman, then you might think of Wright as a one-hit wonder. But Wright has been making consistently great soul music for more than forty years, including her last two albums Betty Wright: The Movie (2011, with The Roots) and Living Love Lies (2014). Wright formed her own record label in 1985 and became the first female artist to have a gold album on her own label with the great Mother Wit. She also was a Grammy-nominated producer who worked with Joss Stone, Tom Jones, Gloria Estefan, and others. This playlist features some of my favorite Betty Wright songs, as well as a handful of songs she produced.