Ruth Copeland (born 1946) is an English soul-rock singer who moved stateside in the late 1960s and released the 1970/71 albums Self Portrait and I Am What I Am on Invictus. After several years singing backup for Parliament, she wrapped her career with the 1976 RCA release Take Me to Baltimore. Background Ruth Copeland was […]
Martha Veléz (born August 25, 1945) is an American singer who released the blues-rock-soul albums Fiends & Angels (Sire, 1969) and Hypnotized (Polydor, 1972). Between 1973 and 1977, she released the Sire albums Matinée Weepers, Escape from Babylon, and American Heartbeat. Bob Marley produced Escape from Babylon, which includes her 1976 reggae-pop hit “Disco Night.” […]
Rita Jean Bodine is an American singer who released the 1974 soul-rock albums Sitting on Top of My World and Bodine, Rita Jean on 20th Century Records. Seven years earlier, she cut a pair of singles with girl-group The Babies. She also notched a handful of backing-vocal credits during the 1970s with appearances on albums […]
Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer and actress from Long Beach, California. She entered public view as a member of the Mamas & the Papas, the vocal quartet she co-founded in 1965 with John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Cass Elliot. As their visual focal point, she sang soprano harmony and co-authored […]
Cory Braverman is an American soul-rock vocalist who released the 1976 album Fire Sign. In 1982, she resurfaced with the standalone single “The Smirf.” Profile Little is known about Braverman before her emergence on the East Coast. She performed in proximity to The Band on the upstate Woodstock scene, which also spawned contemporaries Libby Titus […]
The Andrea True Connection was an American disco group that released the 1976/77 albums More, More, More and White Witch on Buddah. Singer Andrea True (July 26, 1943 — Nov. 7, 2011) conceived the project with producer Gregg Diamond during a stay in Jamaica, where an impromptu recording session yielded the global hit “More, More, […]
Martee LeBous (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter from New York who released the cabaret/soul-pop album The Lady Wants to Be a Star on Image Records in 1976. A decade later, she resurfaced with the modified surname LeBow and released the 1986 mini-album Crimes of the Heart, followed by the 1987 […]
Celia Yancey (November 26, 1942 – January 16, 2021) was an American soul-rock singer who released the 1976 album Yancey on GRT (U.S.) and Bellaphon (Germany). In 1982, the album reappeared as Southern Lady on Brylen Records. Background Celia Yancey was born Celia Maxey in Brandon, Mississippi. Family recollection traced her singing gift to her […]
Libby Titus (1947–2024) was an American singer from Woodstock, NY, who released a self-titled album of covers on Hot Biscuit in 1968. After years behind the scenes, she released a second eponymous album of originals and co-writes on Columbia in 1977. She was the wife of Donald Fagen. Background Titus was born Elizabeth Jurist on […]
Kathe Green (born Sept. 22, 1944) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and actress who released the album Run the Length of Your Wildness on Deram/Decca in 1969, followed by a self-titled album on Prodigal/Motown in 1976. Background She was born Kathe Jennifer Green on September 22, 1944, in Beverly Hills, California; the daughter of MGM […]
Lady Flash was an American soul-pop vocal trio that released the album Beauties in the Night on RSO in 1976. The group also provided vocal backing for Barry Manilow, who produced and co-wrote the album. Members: Debra Byrd, Lorraine Mazzola, Monica Burruss Background Lady Flash formed when Barry Manilow embarked on a talent search of […]
Patsy Gallant (born August 15, 1948) is a Canadian singer from New Brunswick who moved from child-performer work with the Gallant Sisters into a bilingual solo career during the late 1960s. She first built her profile on Quebec television and French-language releases, then broke wider in the mid-1970s with the Canadian and UK hit “From […]
The Surprise Sisters were an Australian vocal group that first recorded as The Cliffmores. After moving to the UK, they changed their name and issued multiple singles and a 1976 self-titled album, charting with the Andy Fairweather Low cover “La Booga Rooga.” Members: Ellen Sutcliffe, Linda Sutcliffe, Patricia Sutcliffe, Susan Sutcliffe The Surprise Sisters comprised […]
Ruby Starr — aka Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak (Nov. 30, 1949 — Jan. 14, 1995) — was an American soul-rock singer from Toledo, Ohio, who released one album with the band Ruby Jones on Curtom in 1971. As a solo singer, she released three albums on Capitol between 1975 and 1977. Her stage name dates from […]
Samantha Sang (born Aug. 5, 1953) is an Australian singer and entertainer from Melbourne who released three albums between 1975 and 1979. Her duet with writer/producer Barry Gibb yielded the lush, calypso-flavored “Emotion” — one of the biggest global hits of 1978. Discography: Samantha Sang and Rocked the World (1975) Emotion (1978) From Dance to […]
Frannie Golde is an American songwriter from Chicago who released three albums between 1976 and 1980 on Atlantic and Portrait. She co-wrote hits for the Commodores (“Night Shift”), Diana Ross (“Gettin’ Ready for Love”), and the Dennis Edwards/Siedah Garrett duet “Don’t Look Any Further.” Background Frannie Golde (born Francine Vicki Golde) grew up in Chicago, […]
Lynsey de Paul (June 11, 1948 — Oct. 1, 2014) was an English pop singer and songwriter who emerged with the 1973 album Surprise on MAM Records, followed by the 1974/75 Jet titles Taste Me … Don’t Waste Me and Love Bomb and the 1979 Polydor release Tigers and Fireflies. She landed UK hits with […]
Genevieve Waite (born Feb. 13, 1948) is a South African actress and singer who achieved cult-status opposite Donald Sutherland in the 1968 swinging London drama Joanna. In 1970, she co-starred with Elliot Gould and Paula Prentiss in the American comedy Move and also played an uncredited role in the infamous Raquel Welch vehicle Myra Breckinridge, adopted […]
