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marv2
10-16-2019, 05:31 PM
One of George Clinton best discoveries. Rick James produced some of her recordings. She was from Detroit. This was her biggest hit for Motown in 1986:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74naC8Yzp7o
copley
10-17-2019, 05:29 PM
A fav of mine. Should have been a massive hit.
marv2
10-17-2019, 05:38 PM
A fav of mine. Should have been a massive hit.

Mine too. It really should have. I was living in Philly when this came out. One days she appeared on the local dance program "Dancin' On the Air" and she was the greatest singer/performer I had seen in a while. I wish I still had the VHS tape from that show.
luke
10-17-2019, 08:10 PM
She is now a Mary Jane girl!
marv2
10-17-2019, 08:12 PM
She is now a Mary Jane girl!

Wow! I didn't know that. I know she recorded with Tupac in the early 90s. Thanks Luke!
khansperac
10-17-2019, 08:18 PM
Great song.
Guy
10-17-2019, 09:12 PM
A fav of mine. Should have been a massive hit.

It got a lot of radio airplay. I thought it charted higher.

Mariah Carey incorporated a bit of this into one of her remixes a while back.
marv2
10-17-2019, 09:12 PM
A little trivia about Val Young. She grew up in the Brewster Projects in Detroit.
marv2
10-17-2019, 09:15 PM
She did have another hit with "Seduction"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0bucWeGRXc
marv2
10-17-2019, 09:17 PM
There is not a lot of performance video of Val on Youtube and I can kick myself for not keeping the VHS tape I recorded of her on television in Philadelphia. This is something I found:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1pkxkNs3U
sansradio
10-18-2019, 03:47 AM
She sang background for Bobby Womack for a time in the early 2000s. He gave her a solo spot during "You're Welcome, Stop on By" for his BET on Jazz special; their back-and-forth banter was hilarious.