Betty Wright

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Born 21 December 1953.

Biography

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 have a gold record on her own vanity label. She is adept at using the whistle register.[citation needed]

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BBC Reviews

  1. Danger High Voltage 1974

    Review of Danger High Voltage

    Reviewed by Daryl Easlea

    Wright’s electrifying fourth album.

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  1. Clean Up Woman

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  2. Where Is The Love

    BBC Radio 2 | Trevor Nelson's Soul Show 26/09/2012

     
  3. Tonight Is The Night

    BBC Radio 2 | Trevor Nelson's Soul Show 26/09/2012

     
  4. Shoorah! Shoorah!

    BBC Radio 2 | Trevor Nelson's Soul Show 26/09/2012

     

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