BETTY HARRIS "The Lost Soul Queen"

Betty Harris' solid 1960s work with New Orleans songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint certainly deserved more audience and attention than it got at the time, and this fine compilation is the proof of that. Songs like "I Don't Want to Hear It," "Sometime," "Nearer to You" (which was a Top 40 R&B hit), and the stone-driving, funky "There's a Break in the Road" all show a solid soul singer working with top-notch material and the production by Toussaint is appropriately spooky, atmospheric, and dripping with New Orleans soulfulness. Also included here is Harris' pre-Toussaint cover of Solomon Burke's "Cry to Me," which she recorded in 1963 for Jubilee Records, and her version is definitive, no easy accomplishment when you're up against a singer as good as Burke. ~ Steve Leggett, Allmusic

trax:
01 Cry Baby 02 I Don't Want To Hear It 03 The Trouble With My Lover 04 Nearer To You 05 I'm Evil Tonight 06 What Did I Do Wrong 07 I'm Gonna Get You 08 Mean Man 09 Hook Line And Sinker 10 Twelve Red Roses 11 Lonely Hearts 12 Ride Your Pony 13 I Can't Last Much Longer 14 I'll Be A Liar 15 Sometime 16 All I Want Is You 17 What A Sad Feeling 18 Bad Luck 19 Break In The Road 20 Take Care Of Our Love 21 Love Lots Of Lovin'
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