Betty Lavette - Heart of gold

[marv2]

I know Miss Bettye recorded this one for Atco in '72, but it is just sooooo good and she is Motown artist!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMftojMidrk

[marv2]

She reprises it 40 years later here, from London:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3fLJ7WDQ0

[carlo]

She is one of the greatest!

[marv2]

She is one of the greatest!

Carlo, I totally agree! She just has it!

[marv2]

She is one of those rare singers, like Billie Holiday that makes you feel what she is singing. Aretha was like that too.

[phil]

Bettye is a true survivor, everybody should read her autobiography "A Woman Like Me", one of the most sincere and "real" that I've ever read. And very funny too !

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586758-a-woman-like-me

[marv2]

Bettye is a true survivor, everybody should read her autobiography "A Woman Like Me", one of the most sincere and "real" that I've ever read. And very funny too !

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586758-a-woman-like-me

Phil, you're right. I bought and read it a couple of years ago. It is HOT!

[sansradio]

Bettye is a true survivor, everybody should read her autobiography "A Woman Like Me", one of the most sincere and "real" that I've ever read. And very funny too !

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586758-a-woman-like-me

I second that emotion! It's a humdinger!

[NativeNuYorker]

Bettye is a true survivor, everybody should read her autobiography "A Woman Like Me", one of the most sincere and "real" that I've ever read. And very funny too !

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586758-a-woman-like-me

It's real alright. I doubt that she held back on anything. I wish all biographies were that self-reflecting, raw, and revealing.

[marv2]

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