I've been into this one quite a bit lately. Her voice is fantastic.
I've been into this one quite a bit lately. Her voice is fantastic.
Here's her same vocal with a mid-tempo background:
Here's "Goodbye Cruel Love"
Here she is with a new name, "Lyn Roman", 2,5 years later, on ABC's Shivaree, singing a song she recorded for Mercury Records, backed up by Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston, and Margie Hendrix:
Here she is 3 years later, singing a Bachrach-Davidlike song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil:
Last edited by robb_k; 06-05-2018 at 01:41 AM.
Another from the same period:
I also remember "Stop! I Don't Need No Sympathy." Some savvy label should compile this lady's work and put a CD out there. Ace is really good at putting together "anthologies" for folks that have been on multiple labels. I'd like to see it happen!
Just A Little Lovin' was a tune by Cynthia Weil & Barry Mann. Sounds quite Bacharach, though.
She sang the original, as far as I know. Carl Davis wrote it for her. I'm pretty sure that Sylvia Smith was an alternate stage name for Sylvia Shemwell, who sang with The Gospelairs, and Sweet Inspirations, and was also one of the main female background singers in The New York/New Jersey Area, who often teamed up with The Warwick Sisters and Cissy Houston.
She really does have a great supper club kind of voice. I wonder why she changed names. There isn't much information on her, web-wise. Her website is poorly written, unfortunately, and doesn't really give a good bio. She was discover singing & performing in Washington DC by Smokey Robinson, currently, she is a real estate agent in Las Vegas.
Linda/Lyn was really prolific. I first became aware of her as Lyn Roman with "Stop, I Don't Need No Sympathy," which was played in the clubs all the time.
It was perfect for doin' the bump to and never failed to get people onto the floor. When I later learned that she and Linda Griner were one and the same, I became astounded at how much recorded material she turned out for someone with so little name recognition.
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