Stephanie,
This can be a tough thread simply because many of my favorite songs were made by ladies whom only had a few releases, while others are a part of the House Music era.
Marc,
For as many years as I've tried to get info about Jeanette "Lady" Day, that's the first time that I've heard that. As I'm sure that given the popularity of Come Let Me Love You [[at least in N.Y.C.), she'd have resurfaced by now, so I can definitely believe that.
I also remember that I was DJing at the rink the night that it was announced that Tracey had been killed. Actually, she recorded the song 6 months before being killed in Ma 1981. There's been much said about the circumstances behind her death. Some years back I was in a store talking about music & one of the guys was an older gentlemen who is the father of a young lady whom enjoyed a couple of hits in the late 80s/early 90s,who claimed to have been there that night & he told me his version, which is somewhat different than the few which have been previously stated. Either way, its a tragedy & a promising life was snuffed out needlessly. I've heard that she once sang with Betty Davis, but was never able to confirm it.
For years, there was not so much as a picture circulating about her. But thanks to the internet, there is a sorority whom honored Tracy & for the first time, those of us who missed the 1982 article about her in the N.Y. post, we finally able to place a face to the voice. Here's the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6Vl...feature=relmfu
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