Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
Released: Jan 10, 2006
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Released: Jan 10, 2006
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Hot on the heels of her 2005 comeback recording, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise, Varese Sarabande issues a treasure trove of Bettye LaVette material here. These 13 cuts were recorded in Memphis with...
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I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
Released: Sep 27, 2005
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Released: Sep 27, 2005
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What can be said about Bettye LaVette that hasn't already been said? Like James Carr before her, LaVette has toiled behind the smoke and glitz of the limelight for decades. Her last regular...
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Bluesoul Belles: The Complete Calla, Port & Roulette Recordings
Released: Jun 7, 2005
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Released: Jun 7, 2005
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The stellar Bluesoul Belles: The Complete Calla, Port & Roulette Recordings spotlights Betty Lavette and Carol Fran, two of the more criminally underrated singers from soul music's mid-'60s golden...
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A Woman Like Me
Released: Jan 21, 2003
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Released: Jan 21, 2003
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"I can feel the pain, Lord, it's raining in my heart," Bettye Lavette howls on "The Forecast," and it sounds like it. On this stunning comeback -- her first American release in over 20 years -- the...
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Let Me Down Easy: In Concert
Released: Aug 15, 2000
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Released: Aug 15, 2000
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This German import captures the essence of Betty Lavette, Detroit's most underrated female singer. Betty approach to recording was similar to the way pugilists Sugar Ray Leonard, and Muhammad Ali...
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Bluesoul Belles
Released: Jun 22, 1999
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Released: Jun 22, 1999
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The stellar Bluesoul Belles spotlights Betty Lavette and Carol Fran, two of the more criminally underrated singers from soul music's mid-'60s golden era. Unearthing two dozen tracks from the Calla,...
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Souvenirs
Released: 2000
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Released: 2000
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If the Billboard charts were sufficient to tell the complete story of an artist's career, you'd write off Betty Lavette in a heartbeat -- after scoring a Top Ten R&B hit with her 1963 Atlantic...
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