![]() In 1972, she signed once again with Atlantic/ Atco. The Memphis studio musicians on these recordings have since become known as The Dixie Flyers. She cut a handful of tracks, including two Top 40 R&B hits: "He Made A Woman Out Of Me" and "Do Your Duty". After recording several singles for local Detroit labels, LaVette signed to the Silver Fox label in 1969. 48, "Let Me Down Easy" afforded LaVette sufficient cachet to briefly tour with The James Brown Revue. ![]() Though only a peripheral success with an R&B chart peak of No. King, Barbara Lynn, and rising star Otis Redding.Īfter two overlooked single releases in respectively 19, LaVette in 1965 returned to the R&B charts with " Let Me Down Easy" on Calla Records, her first release to be credited to Betty LaVette: the spelling of the singer's first name as Bettye would date from her 1977 Bubbling Brown Sugar gig. Picked up by Atlantic Records, LaVette's disc became a major R&B hit over the fall and winter of 1963–64 – eventually reaching the R&B Top Ten – resulting in LaVette touring with such Atlantic Records R&B hitmakers as Clyde McPhatter, Ben E. In 1962, aged sixteen, she recorded a single, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man", with Matthews: the disc was credited to Betty LaVett, the surname being "borrowed" from Sherma Lavette Anderson, the singer's friend who had introduced her to Matthews. She was signed by Johnnie Mae Matthews, a local record producer. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she did not begin singing in the church, but in her parents' living room, singing R&B and country and western music. LaVette was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and raised in Detroit. In 2020, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. LaVette's eclectic musical style combines elements of soul, blues, rock and roll, funk, gospel, and country music. Her next album, The Scene of the Crime, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists.
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